HSK 6 mock test online — timed, scored and explained
Sit a full HSK 6 paper on the real 125-minute clock and get your score on submit. Built to the HSK 3.0 Level 6 syllabus.
Choose an HSK 6 paper
10 papers, each a complete timed sitting.
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
- Listening40 q · 30 min
- Reading40 q · 40 min
- Writing2 q · 45 min
82 questions2 h 5 minPass 180 / 300
What is in an HSK 6 paper
The clock runs per section, as it does in the exam: each section opens with its own time limit, and once it closes you cannot go back to it. Every recording plays once.
The 125 minutes, section by section82 questions · 300 marks
Listeningon the recording
- Questions
- 40
- Time
- 30 min
- Marks
- 100
- Marked
- By answer key
- Plays
- Once per item
- Parts
- 3
- 1–8
Listen, then pick one of three
第1—8题：请选出与所听内容一致的一项。
- 9–28
Listen, then pick one of three
第9—28题：请选出正确答案。
- 29–40
Listen, then pick one of three
第29—40题：请选出正确答案。
What this section really tests
Forty items, played once. Eight talks with four written statements and no spoken question; then talks and interviews with four questions each. It tests whether you can keep a speaker’s point separate from the examples they use.
Listening, about 30 minutes, runs on the recording. The first eight items have no spoken question, so read the four statements before each talk begins.
Reading
- Questions
- 40
- Time
- 40 min
- Marks
- 100
- Marked
- By answer key
- Parts
- 3
- 41–50
Read, then pick the answer
第41—50题：选词填空。
- 51–60
Read, then pick the answer
第51—60题：选句填空。
- 61–80
Read, then pick the answer
第61—80题：请选出正确答案。
What this section really tests
Forty items: passage cloze, sentence gap-fill with one decoy, then five long passages with four questions each. The decoy sentence is written to fit grammatically and fail on logic.
Reading, 40 minutes for 40 questions. About 8 on the cloze, 8 on sentence gap-fill, 24 on the long passages — roughly five minutes a passage.
Writing
- Questions
- 2
- Time
- 45 min
- Marks
- 100
- Marked
- AI, by rubric
- Parts
- 2
- 81–81
A topic essay
第81题：写应用文。
- 82–82
A topic essay
第82题：写议论文。
What this section really tests
Two tasks. The practical text is marked on register — a notice has to sound like a notice. The argument is marked on structure: a claim, reasons and a conclusion in 300 characters or more.
Writing, 45 minutes. Fifteen for the practical text, twenty-five for the argument, five to reread.
An HSK 6 sitting under HSK 3.0 comes with a speaking test of about 23 minutes. You register for both together, and the speaking is sat separately from the written paper. The mock test on this page covers the written paper only. Score my speaking
How HSK 6 is scored
300marks in total · pass at 180, which is 60%
- Listening, 40 questionsabout 2.5 marks each, by key
- Reading, 40 questionsabout 2.5 marks each, by key
- Writing, 2 questionsmarked by AI against a rubric
- Each section is marked out of 100, so the paper is out of 300. You pass with 180, which is 60% of the total.
- Questions carry equal weight within a section: each listening question is worth about 2.5 marks and each reading question is worth about 2.5 marks.
- Writing is marked against a rubric rather than an answer key. CTI does not publish how much each task is worth, so the weighting between tasks is ours.
- Listening and reading are scored the moment you submit. Writing is marked by AI, usually within a few minutes, with every deduction pointed out and a rewrite to compare against.
Already have your section scores? Add them up in the HSK score calculator to see how far your total is from the pass mark.
The two sections you can’t grade yourself
Listening and reading have an answer key. Writing and speaking don’t, and they’re where most people lose the exam.
Is this HSK 6 paper based on the current HSK 3.0 syllabus?
Yes. It follows the HSK 3.0 exam syllabus CTI published for levels 1–9, in force from July 2026, and the HSK 6 structure in CTI’s official sample paper: 82 questions across listening, reading and writing, about 125 minutes, marked out of 300. Before a paper goes live, every word in it is checked against the syllabus list for this level and below.
What it cannot promise is which version your own sitting will be. CTI has not announced when regular HSK 1–6 sittings switch from 2.0 to 3.0, so an HSK 6 sitting in 2026 may still be the old paper. Check the version on your registration record: if it says 3.0, or your exam falls after the switch, this is the paper to practise on. If it says 2.0, most of the vocabulary carries over but the question types and timing do not. HSK 3.0 status tracker
- Words
- 5,456
- Characters
- 1,800
- Time
- 2 h 5 min
- Pass
- 180 / 300
How HSK 3.0 Level 6 differs from the old HSK 6
Understand written and spoken Chinese with ease and express yourself fluently in writing and speech.
| Item | Old HSK 6 (2.0) | HSK 3.0 Level 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Questions | 101 | 82 |
| Time | 2 h 20 min | 2 h 5 min |
| Sections | Listening, reading, writing | Listening, reading and writing |
| Words | 5,000 | 5,456 |
| Total / pass | 300 / 180 | 300 / 180 |
| Speaking | HSKK, a separate exam | Registered together, sat separately, about 23 min |
- Down from 101 questions to 82: listening 50 → 40, reading 50 → 40, writing 1 → 2.
- The spot-the-faulty-sentence items (病句) are gone. Reading part 2 is sentence gap-fill: six sentences for five gaps.
- The 400-character summary (缩写) is replaced by two essays: a practical text of at least 150 characters, such as a notice or a letter, and an argument of at least 300.
- The word target rises from 5,000 to 5,456, and the sitting runs about 125 minutes instead of 140.
HSK 6 questions, answered
How long is the HSK 6 exam?+
About 125 minutes, including the time to fill in your details: listening about 30, reading 40 and writing 45 minutes. The speaking test is sat separately and takes about 23 minutes more.
How many questions are on HSK 6?+
82 questions: 40 listening, 40 reading and 2 writing.
What score do I need to pass HSK 6?+
180 out of 300, which is 60% of the total. Each section is marked out of 100.
Is it free to use?+
Previewing any paper — up to three questions from each section, with the answer and explanation — is free and needs no account. Sitting the whole paper on the clock, scored and marked, is part of a paid plan.
See plansCan I sit the same paper twice?+
Yes. Sitting a paper again starts a fresh attempt and uses one sitting from your plan. Going back to a sitting you left unfinished does not.
Does it include the HSK 6 speaking test?+
No. Under HSK 3.0 the 23-minute speaking test is registered with the written exam but sat separately, so the papers here cover the written exam. Speaking can be practised and scored on its own.
Score my speakingAre these official past papers?+
No. CTI has not released any HSK 3.0 past papers, so these are practice papers written to the 3.0 syllabus and to the structure of CTI’s official sample paper.
HSK 6 sample paper PDF (HSK 3.0)
A reference for the exam’s structure and question types: one question from each part. Not a full paper — no answers, audio or other materials.