HSK 6 (汉语水平考试六级)

At HSK 6, you're able to:

1. Discuss business, management and economic questions without preparing first.
2. Read news reports, articles and formal documents, and comment on them.
3. Deal with awkward situations such as a traffic offence, a banking procedure or an insurance claim.
4. Express yourself precisely enough that a native speaker rarely has to make allowances.

HSK 6 covers 5,456 words, 1,800 characters and 424 grammar points, counted from the start of the standard.

HSK 6 vocabulary list (1,748 words)

Essential HSK 6 articles

1. Chinese direction complements: Basic verbal directions with 来 (lái) and 去 (qù)

Important HSK 6 articles

1. Using 嘛 (ma) in Chinese grammar: stating the obvious and describing expectations
2. Borrowing and lending in Chinese grammar: 借 (jiè), 借给 (jiègěi) and 跟…借 (gēn…jiè)
3. How to use 倍 (bèi) in Chinese grammar: -times, -fold and multiplication
4. Chinese grammar 所 (suǒ) structural particle

Supplementary HSK 6 articles

1. The difference between 拿 (ná) and 带 (dài) in Chinese grammar
2. Three uses of 才 (cái) in Chinese grammar: only, just now / not until, emphasis
3. The difference between 想 (xiǎng), 要 (yào) and 想要 (xiǎngyào)
4. Repeating question words in Chinese (place-holder question words)
5. How to use 放假 (fàngjià) and 假期 (jiàqī) correctly in Mandarin Chinese
6. The difference between 算 (suàn), 算上 (suànshang) and 算了 (suànle) in Chinese grammar
7. How to use 帮 (bāng) and 帮忙 (bāngmáng) correctly in Mandarin Chinese
8. Where to place 一点儿 (yī diǎnr) in a sentence