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Beginner Test - HSK Test - Reordering - Test 1

This HSK beginner test is about going to the supermarket. The main purpose of this exercise is to test your knowledge about adjectives and nouns, so that you are prepared for your HSK exam. Keep in mind that, the meaning of the phrase varies if the sentence pattern changes, ie: adjective + noun or noun + adjective

How it works You will see a sentence with words in the wrong sequence. You need to drag the words into the correct sequence. If you have difficulties in completing the question, you can click on the hint button. But we would recommend that you don't if you want to keep the exercise challenging.

HSK is a standardized test to assess the Chinese language proficiency of non-native Chinese speakers. There are three basic levels of HSK: HSK Basic, HSK Elementary-Intermediate and HSK Advanced. In this website we provide you with sample tests that help you prepare for the HSK exam. And we try to make the tests as similar as possible to the real exams.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 3

The third test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different sounds. The purpose of the test is to help you distinguish similar sounds, such as: j-zh, t-d, z-zh, etc. For Finals, the hardest part is to make a distinction between in-ing, en-eng, an-ang and so on.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 2

The second test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different sounds. The purpose of the test is to help you distinguish similar sounds, such as: b-p, q-p, z-zh, c-ch and etc. For Finals, the hardest part is to make a distinction between in-ing, en-eng, an-ang and so on.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - HSK Test - Filling the gap - Directions

This is a test for the old HSK Exam. If you are interested in the new HSK Test Level 1 please click here. Or click here for the New HSK Level 2.

This HSK beginner test examines your understanding about directions in Chinese. This HSK test is not by any means easy and it is not recommended for complete beginners. If you are a complete beginner we have plenty of other simple exercises for you to try.

How it works: You are given a sentence with one or more gaps and you are given several options from which to choose. You need to drag the words that you think are correct into the gap. Once you are done, click 'Next'. You will be given immediate feedback.

Beginner Test - Chinese Vocabulary - Kitchen

This exercise set is about common kitchen items. As the old Chinese saying goes, “Food is the first necessity of people”, paying visits to your kitchen several times a day is inevitable, which makes knowing the chinese words for kitchen appliances an essential need. Well, what are you waiting for, come and increase your chinese knowledge about common kitchen vocabulary, such as chopsticks, plates, microwave, oven, knife, fork, ...

How it works: The way this exercise works is: you are presented with a chinese word and four images and you will also hear the pronunciation of the word in chinese. Based on what you hear and what you see you need to select the correct image. Even if you don't know the word at the beginning, don't worry, you will get immediate feedback on whether your option is correct or not. If you get a low score then you should repeat the exercise again. You will see that the more you repeat the exercise the better your score will be. Tips: If you want to see the roman alphabet pronunciation of a particular chinese word, click on the button that says 'pinyin'.

Beginner Test - Chinese Vocabulary - Plants

Without plants mother earth would be a dry land and no life would exist. Without knowing the chinese words for different types of plants one might say that your mandarin is like a desert. If you don't want that to happen don't skip this vocabulary set!

The way this exercise works is: you are presented with a chinese word and four images and you will also hear the pronunciation of the word in chinese. Based on what you hear and what you see you need to select the correct image. Even if you don't know the word at the beginning, don't worry, you will get immediate feedback on whether your option is correct or not. If you get a low score then you should repeat the exercise again. You will see that the more you repeat the exercise the better your score will be.

Tips: If you want to see the roman alphabet pronunciation of a particular chinese word, click on the button that says 'pinyin'.

Beginner Test - Memory game - Clothes

Another memory game to exercise your memory. Memorise the chinese words for different types of clothes like trousers, shirt, shoes, skirt, sweater...

How it works You will see a set of cards with the face down. You need to use your mouse and click on one of the cards. After that you need to click on another card. If the cards turns to green that means you have found two cards that match. This means that you have matched an image against its chinese word in Hanzi-Image mode or that you have matched the chinese character against its chinese pronunciation if you are playing in Hanzi-Pinyin mode. There is a time constraint on this exercise so try to be quick!

Beginner Test - Chinese Vocabulary - Clothes

Learn the chinese words for different types of clothes like trousers, shirt, shoes, skirt, ...

Tips: If you want to see the roman alphabet pronunciation of a particular chinese word, click on the button that says 'pinyin'.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 1

The first test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.

In mandarin chinese it is not only difficult to distinguish tones. Certain syllabes in pinyin sound quite similar. Take as an example 知道 - zhī dao - to know and 迟到 - chí dào - to be late. To the untrained ear they sound the same but actually they have a slighly different sound. That's why it is important that you try this exercise and see whether you can differenciate the different sounds in pinyin.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones - Test 2

The second test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.

In mandarin there are 4 basic tones and a neutral tone.
The first tone is a high level tone with an horizontal pitch. The second tone is, also called rising tone that has a sound that rises from mid-level to high. The third tone is a dipping tone that starts mid-low, lowers to the bottom of your voice and then followed by a rising pitch. Finally, the fourth tone, perhaps the easiest of all to recognise(in pair with the first tone) has a sharp falling pitch. It starts high and ends low.

The more you practice at recognizing tones the more you realise how tricky it can be to distinguish the third tone from the second tone.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling with the right tone from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.