HSKK Beginner (初级) practice test with audio
Five complete HSKK Beginner sets: 15 sentences to repeat, 10 questions to answer by ear and 2 printed questions each, at the HSK 1–2 word level. Listen to any of them freely; sign in to record and get every answer scored.
- Questions
- 27
- Exam time
- 17 min
- Pass mark
- 60 / 100
- Vocabulary
- HSK 1–2 words
共15题。每题你会听到一个句子，请在听完后重复这个句子。
You will hear a sentence. Repeat it exactly as you heard it.
Question 1 of 15
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In the exam you hear each recording once. Here you can play it again.
HSKK Beginner format
The Beginner paper has 27 questions in three parts and takes about 17 minutes, including 7 minutes to prepare part 3. The first two parts are heard and answered straight away; part 3 is printed — with pinyin — and you have a minute and a half for each question.
| Part | Questions | Answer time | What you do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1听后重复Listen and repeat | 15 | — | Hear one sentence, say it back |
| Part 2听后回答Listen and answer | 10 | — | Hear a question, answer it briefly |
| Part 3回答问题Answer the question | 2 | 1.5 min | Answer a printed question at length |
How to answer each part of HSKK Beginner
Part 1 · 听后重复 (Listen and repeat)
Listen for meaning, not sounds: a sentence you understood is one you can rebuild. Start speaking as soon as it ends — the longer you wait, the more slips away. If you lose a word, keep going; a sentence with one gap still scores most of its points, a silence scores none.
Part 2 · 听后回答 (Listen and answer)
Answer what was asked, in a sentence: 你几点起床？ → 我七点起床。 One correct sentence is a full answer at this level. If you didn’t catch the question, answer the part you did catch rather than saying nothing.
Part 3 · 回答问题 (Answer the question)
Use your preparation time to note three points, not a script. Open with a direct answer, add a reason and an example, then close. Keep talking until the time is up: an answer that stops at twenty seconds cannot score as a developed answer, however correct it is.
What Chinese HSKK Beginner expects
The 2026 HSK syllabus describes HSK 1–2 speaking as asking and answering simple questions: your name, age and family, times and places, what you like to eat, how you get somewhere, what something costs, how you feel. That is exactly what Beginner tests — short, correct sentences about everyday life, not long ones.
Every sentence, question and model answer in these sets stays inside the HSK 1–2 word lists. Learn the HSK 1 words and the HSK 2 words out loud, and you have the vocabulary the paper uses.
How your practice answers are scored
Each answer gets a score out of 100. Repeating and reading aloud are measured: how much of the text came back, in order, and how smoothly. The other parts are read by an AI examiner told the level, the task and the time you had; it scores whether you did what was asked and how good your Chinese is, and fluency is measured from the pauses in your recording.
Anyone can listen to every question and read every model answer. Recording and scoring need a free account, which gets one scored answer a day; Monthly and Lifetime score every answer with no daily limit. Your recording is never stored.
HSKK questions
How many questions are in HSKK Beginner?
27: 15 sentences to repeat, 10 questions to answer by ear, and 2 printed questions to answer for a minute and a half each.
Is pinyin printed in HSKK Beginner?
Yes — the two printed questions in part 3 come with pinyin. The practice sets here show it the same way.
How many words do I need for HSKK Beginner?
The HSK 1–2 lists. Every line in these sets stays inside them, so a word you don’t know here is one worth learning.
HSK 2 vocabularyWhat if I can’t catch a whole sentence?
Say what you did catch. Repeat items are marked on how much comes back, so half a sentence is worth far more than silence.
Is this HSKK practice free?
Listening to every recording and reading every question and model answer is free, with no account. Recording and scoring an answer needs a free account, which gets one scored answer a day; Monthly and Lifetime score without a daily limit.
See plansAre these real HSKK questions?
No — they are original questions written to the HSKK paper format and kept inside the HSK 3.0 word lists for each level. Past papers are CTI’s copyright; these are practice in the same shape.
Do you keep my recordings?
No. A recording is sent once, transcribed, scored and discarded. Only the transcript and the scores are saved to your account.