A hundred timed questions at the top of the HSK 2.0 scale: idioms, formal written grammar and long passages, with a projected score out of 300.
The real HSK 6 exam has 101 questions: listening (50, about 35 minutes), reading (50, 50 minutes) and a single writing task (45 minutes), about 140 minutes including 5 minutes for personal details. It is scored out of 300 and 180 passes. Engame's HSK 6 mock test covers listening and reading with the official counts and timing; the summary-writing task is not included, so the result out of 300 is an estimate.
| Section | Questions | Minutes | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening | 50 | ~35 | 100 |
| Reading | 50 | 50 | 100 |
| Writing | 1 | 45 | 100 |
| Total | 101 | ~140 | 300 |
Sources: chinesetest.cn: HSK 6
| Section | Questions | Minutes | Task types on Engame |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening | 50 | 35 | hear a word, pick how it is written; hear a sentence, pick its meaning |
| Reading | 50 | 50 | grammar gap-fill; read a meaning, pick the word; read a text, answer questions |
| Total | 100 | 85 |
Engame converts your share of correct answers to the 300-point scale: score = correct answers ÷ 100 × 300, rounded. 180 or more is shown as a pass.
| Correct answers (of 100) | Engame score | Result shown |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 150/300 | below the pass mark |
| 60 | 180/300 | pass |
| 70 | 210/300 | pass |
| 80 | 240/300 | pass |
| 90 | 270/300 | pass |
HSK 6 is the top level of the six-level HSK 2.0 system. The syllabus describes understanding written and spoken Chinese with ease and expressing yourself fluently in speech and writing. The word list exceeds 5,000 words, and texts are full of four-character idioms (成语) and literary connectors.
In the 2010 table HSK 6 is mapped to CEFR C2. Many teachers regard it as closer to C1, and it is not a native-speaker certificate: a strong reader with good exam technique can pass while still speaking hesitantly, because there is no speaking section.
Typical candidates are translators, teachers of Chinese, postgraduate applicants and professionals who work in Chinese. The testing body has published a newer nine-band standard (HSK 3.0) with an advanced exam for bands 7 to 9, so check with your test centre which format your session uses.
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在博物馆的修复室里，林师傅已经工作了二十六年。他的工作是修复那些因年代久远而破损的古画。很多人以为，修复就是把画“修得跟新的一样”，林师傅却不这么看。“我们要做的，是让它活得更久，而不是让它变年轻。”他说，一幅几百年前的画，纸张发黄、颜色变淡，这些都是历史留下的痕迹，如果为了好看而随意补色，反而会破坏它的真实性。因此，修复时他坚持“修旧如旧”的原则：能不动的地方尽量不动，必须补的地方，所用的材料也要与原作相近，并且要保证将来可以被去除。在他看来，修复师首先要学会的不是技术，而是克制。有一次，为了找到一种合适的旧纸，他跑了好几个省，花了大半年时间。有年轻同事觉得不值得，他只是笑笑：“我们今天多花一点儿功夫，后人就能多看到一点儿真东西。”
Master Lin has worked in the museum's restoration room for twenty-six years. His job is to restore ancient paintings damaged by age. Many people think restoration means making a painting "look as good as new", but Master Lin doesn't see it that way. "What we do is help it live longer, not make it younger," he says. When a painting from several hundred years ago has yellowed paper and faded colors, these are traces left by history; if you casually repaint it to make it look nicer, you actually destroy its authenticity. So in his work he insists on the principle of "restoring the old as old": whatever can be left alone is left alone, and where something must be filled in, the materials used must be close to the original and must be removable in the future. In his view, the first thing a restorer must learn is not technique but restraint. Once, to find a suitable kind of old paper, he traveled to several provinces and spent more than half a year. When a young colleague felt it wasn't worth it, he just smiled: "If we put in a little more effort today, later generations will get to see a little more of the real thing."
A. 让古画保存得更久 "我们要做的，是让它活得更久，而不是让它变年轻".
D. 修复后尽量保持原样 It is explained right after: leave untouched what can be left, use materials close to the original – keep it as it was.
B. 认真负责，尊重历史 He spent half a year finding old paper and values authenticity – conscientious and respectful of history.
C. 以至于 An extreme degree leading to a result calls for 以至于. 以免 means so as to avoid, 唯独 means only, 何况 means let alone.
D. 务必 请务必… is a formal request: be sure to. 未必 means not necessarily, 何必 means why bother, and 势必 predicts an outcome rather than making a request.
C. 难以 难以 + two-syllable verb means hard to. 难怪 (no wonder), 难道 (could it be) and 难免 (unavoidable) do not fit.
A. 就 Both parallel clauses use 就…而言. 把, 和 and 跟 cannot open a …而言 phrase.
It is the highest level of HSK 2.0. The newer HSK 3.0 standard adds bands 7 to 9, tested in one separate advanced exam.
About 140 minutes, including 5 minutes for personal details: about 35 minutes of listening, 50 of reading and 45 of writing.
You read a story of about 1,000 characters for 10 minutes, then rewrite it from memory as a summary of about 400 characters in 35 minutes.
The HSK 2.0 syllabus lists 5,000 words, including all lower levels.
It gives an estimate from listening and reading. Since writing counts for a third of the real score, use the estimate as a guide and practise the summary task separately.
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