HSK 1 practice test — a full paper, on the clock
40 questions across listening and reading, 40 minutes, scored out of 200 against a 120 practice target. Every attempt draws new questions. Free, and nothing is stored.
What is on the paper
| Section | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 听力 Listening | 20 | 100 |
| 阅读 Reading | 20 | 100 |
| Total | 40 | 200 |
- 40 minutes for the whole paper. One clock, not one per section — the real exam times each section separately, and this does not pretend to.
- Practice target 120 / 200. Each section is worth 100; this practice score does not predict an official result.
- Listening questions have a play button. Press it as often as you like; the real exam controls the playback.
- Pinyin is printed throughout, exactly as it is on the real HSK 1 paper. It disappears from HSK 3.
- You can skip and come back. Nothing is submitted or stored, and there is no sign-up.
Question palette — answered questions are filled in.
Your score
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out of 200 · practice target 120
Every question, marked
Words to take away
The words behind the questions you missed. Tap to save one to your review deck, or the word itself for its dictionary entry.
Where these questions come from
Every question is built from material published elsewhere on this site: the official HSK 1 word list, the hand-written example sentences on the dictionary pages, and the graded readers with their original comprehension questions. Word boundaries in the gap-fill and word-order questions come from the same segmenter the translators use, so a question can never disagree with the dictionary about where a word starts.
That also means the paper is different every time: there is far more material at this level than one sitting can use, so retaking it is a new exam rather than a second look at the same one.
Questions people ask
Is this the real HSK 1 exam?
No — it uses the classic HSK 2.0 section counts and adapted exercises, with a 40-minute clock and a 120 / 200 practice target. The questions are generated from HSK 1 material, not taken from a past paper.
Why is there only one clock?
The real exam times each section separately and plays the listening once or twice at a fixed pace. This gives you the whole 40 minutes to use as you like and lets you replay any listening question. It is a study tool, and being stricter than that would make it worse at teaching.
Can I practise HSK 5 and HSK 6 here?
Yes: the HSK 5 practice paper has 100 questions, and the HSK 6 practice paper has 101. Both draw from thousands of curated sentences, with no sentence tested twice in a paper and no pinyin hints. Their writing sections use word-order drills, not essay grading. Review missed words, save them to your deck, then try a fresh paper.
Prepare for HSK 1
- HSK 1 vocabulary list — every word with audio, plus a free printable PDF
- HSK 1 flashcards — the same words one card at a time
- Vocabulary size test — find out how much of the list you already know
- Graded readers — shorter reading practice at HSK 1–4
- Review your saved words — spaced repetition on everything you missed above
- HSK explained — levels, formats, scoring and how long each takes