HSK 3 (汉语水平考试三级)

At HSK 3, you're able to:

1. Deal with everyday business, and talk about where you live, your health and your habits.
2. Talk about your studies, your job and the kind of work people do.
3. Describe a place and its environment, and pass on the details of a show or a sporting event.
4. Talk about Chinese food, how it is eaten, and traditional customs.

HSK 3 covers 1,000 words and 655 characters, counted from the start of the syllabus.

HSK 3 vocabulary list (750 words)

Essential HSK 3 articles

1. How to use 长 (cháng) and 久 (jiǔ) correctly in Chinese grammar
2. Understanding 把 (bǎ) in ten minutes
3. 以前 (yǐqián) and 以后 (yǐhòu) in Chinese grammar: before and after, past and future
4. 除了…以外 (chúle…yǐwài) in Chinese grammar: apart from, except, in addition
5. Chinese grammar 把 structure: a basic introduction
6. Chinese grammar: verb + 出来 (chūlái) construction
7. Chinese grammar de hua (的话): expressing "if" in Chinese with de hua

Important HSK 3 articles

1. Borrowing and lending in Chinese grammar: 借 (jiè), 借给 (jiègěi) and 跟…借 (gēn…jiè)
2. 没关系 (méi guānxi): it doesn't matter, not related
3. When 在 (zài) comes after the verb in Chinese grammar

Supplementary HSK 3 articles

1. The difference between 去 (qù), 走 (zǒu) and 离开 (líkāi) in Chinese grammar
2. 接 (jiē) and 接到 (jiēdào) in Chinese grammar: answering and receiving
3. The difference between 拿 (ná) and 带 (dài) in Chinese grammar
4. Three uses of 才 (cái) in Chinese grammar: only, just now / not until, emphasis
5. 长 (zhǎng) vs 长得 (zhǎngde) in Chinese grammar
6. Repeating question words in Chinese (place-holder question words)
7. How to use 放假 (fàngjià) and 假期 (jiàqī) correctly in Mandarin Chinese
8. Using 人 (rén) and 男人 (nánrén) - "man" - correctly in Mandarin Chinese
9. The difference between 终于 (zhōngyú) and 最后 (zuìhòu) in Mandarin Chinese: 'finally' vs 'the last'