2023 Updated: What do I need to know for HSK 5? Skills required to pass HSK 5

According to Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education, below are the required skills and abilities for HSK 5 learners.

・Verbal communication abilities: Possesses a certain level of listening, speaking, reading, writing abilities, and basic translation skills. Can engage in relatively complete, fluent, and effective social communication on complex topics related to daily life, study, work, etc.

・Topics and tasks: Topics include interpersonal relationships, lifestyles, study methods, natural environment, social phenomena, etc. Can complete communicative tasks related to these topics, such as discussing or expressing opinions on common social phenomena in life; able to reply to emails, introduce one's study methods and give suggestions.

・Quantitative criteria: 822 syllables (98 newly added), 1500 characters (300 newly added), 4316 words (1071 newly added), 357 grammar points (71 newly added).

HSK 5 Listening Skills

Able to understand informal and somewhat formal dialogues or speeches (within 500 characters) primarily involving Level 5 topic tasks, with dialogues or speeches pronounced naturally, with slight regional accents, and at a normal pace (200-220 characters per minute). Can avoid the impact of noisy environments, unnecessary repetition, pauses, etc., accurately extracting main information and some details. Can essentially understand cultural elements involved in dialogues or speeches.

HSK 5 Speaking Skills

Able to master the syllables and have basically accurate pronunciation according to Level 5 language quantitative indicators, with relatively natural intonation. Can use vocabulary and grammar relevant to this level to accomplish related topic expressions and communicative tasks. Possesses basic ability for paragraph expression, capable of using relatively complex sentence structures for conversation, providing detailed event descriptions, expressing personal opinions comprehensively, coherently expressing complex thoughts and emotions, using words appropriately, and having a certain degree of logical coherence.

HSK 5 Reading Skills

Able to accurately recognize the syllables, characters, and words involved in Level 5 language quantitative indicators. Can read language materials (within 700 characters) related to Level 5 topic tasks and within the grammatical scope of this level. Reading speed should not be less than 160 characters per minute. Able to understand complex compound sentences, read descriptive, explanatory, and argumentative language materials, understand and summarize the central ideas or arguments in language materials, make logical deductions, and better comprehend related cultural elements. Proficient in skills such as skimming, scanning, and information retrieval.

HSK 5 Writing Skills

Able to master 250 characters from the intermediate handwritten character chart. Can analyze the structure of common characters. Can use relatively complex sentence patterns for paragraph expression. Within a specified time, able to complete general descriptive, explanatory, and simple argumentative written materials with a word count of no less than 450 characters. Word usage is relatively appropriate, sentence structures are mostly correct, content is relatively complete, and expression is relatively smooth. Can accomplish common styles of application writing with proper format and basic norms.

HSK 5 Translating Skills

Possesses basic translation skills, able to translate Level 5 topic tasks, with content complete and capable of handling basic cultural elements involved in translation. Able to complete simple consecutive interpretation tasks in informal contexts, expressing fairly fluently. Can translate general descriptive, explanatory, or simple argumentative written materials, with translations relatively accurate.

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以下是《國際中文教育中文水準等級標準》（以下簡稱《標準》）要求HSK 5學習者的語言能力： 

・言語交際能力：具備一定的聽、說、讀、寫能力和基本的翻譯能力。能夠就複雜的生活、學習、工作等話題進行較為完整、順暢、有效的社會交際。

・話題任務內容：話題涉及人際關係、生活方式、學習方法、自然環境、社會現象等。能夠完成與之相關的交際任務，例如：能夠就生活中常見的社會現象進行交流或溝通看法；能夠回復郵件，介紹自己的學習方法及建議。

・語言量化指標：音節822個(新增98)，漢字1500個(新增300)，詞語4316個(新增1071)，語法點357個(新增71)。

聽

能夠聽懂涉及五級話題任務內容的非正式和較為式的對話或講話(500字以內)，對話或講話發音自然、略有方音、語速正常(200-220字/分鐘)。能夠規避嘈雜的環境、不必要的重複和停頓等因索的影響，準確獲取主要資訊及部分細節內容。能夠基本理解對話或講話中涉及的文化因素。

說

能夠掌握五級語言量化指標的音節、發音基本準確，語調比較自然。能夠使用本級所涉及的詞彙和語法，完成相關的話題表達和交際任務。具備基本的成段表達能力，能夠使用比較複雜的句式進行交談，較為詳細地描述事件，完整地發表個人意見，連貫表達較為複雜的思想感情，用詞恰當，具有一定的邏輯性。

讀

能夠准確認讀五級語言量化指標涉及的音節、漢字和詞彙。能夠讀懂涉及本級話題任務內容的、語法基本不超出本級範圍的語言材料(700字以內)。閱讀速度不低於160字/分鐘。能夠理解複雜的複句，讀懂敘述性、說明性、議論性等語言材料，理解、概括語言材料的中心意思或論點論據，並進行邏輯推斷，較好理解所涉及的文化因素。較好地掌握速讀、跳讀、查找資訊等閱讀技能。

寫

能夠掌握中等手寫漢字表中的漢字250個。能夠分析常見漢字的結構。能夠使用較為複雜的句式進行語段表達，在規定時間內，完成一般的敘述性、說明性及簡單的議論性等語言材料的寫作，字數不低於450字。用詞較為恰當，句式基本正確，內容比較完整，表達較為通順。能夠完成一班的應用文體寫作，格式正確，表達基本規範。

譯

具備基本的翻譯能力，能夠就本級話題任務內容進行翻譯，內容完整，能夠對翻譯中涉及的文化因素進行基本處理。能夠完成非正式場合的簡單交替傳譯任務，表達比較流利。能夠翻譯一般的敘述性、說明性或簡單的議論性等書面語言材料，譯文比較準確。

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Reference

http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/gzdt_gzdt/s5987/202103/W020210329527301787356.pdf