HSK 3.0 (2021 edition) is not as terrifying as you think

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Hello, I’m Becky, a teacher with 16 years of experience teaching Chinese to foreigners.

The new HSK 3.0 exam is finally coming. In the past few days, many students have sent me messages asking me:

Becky, did I waste my time learning?

HSK 3.0 doubles the vocabulary, am I unable to keep up?

If you also have such anxiety, I can tell you a conclusion first:

Most people are scared by the “vocabulary quantity”.

 

What has changed in HSK 3.0?

On November 15th, the “New HSK Course” was officially announced:

1–3 levels: Available in December 2025

4–6 levels: Expected to be available in mid-2026

7–9 levels: Expected to be available by the end of 2026

 

HSK 3.0 Examination: To be launched successively from the second half of 2026.

 

Yes, the vocabulary has indeed increased.

But what has increased is not the “academic torture type words”, but rather the words that you would actually use in your daily life in China. For example:

 

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If you live, work, or interact with Chinese people in China,

You should already know these words.

So, don’t worry!

The new HSK is not “more difficult”, but more authentic.

The old HSK was more like “exam-oriented Chinese”.

The HSK3.0 is more like “the Chinese language you need to survive in contemporary China”.

The real issue, however, is this sentence:

How can I systematically and step-by-step prepare?

It is why I started working on it two years ago.

From January 2024 to November 2025, I compiled over 300 practice materials in accordance with the official new syllabus, “Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards” (HSK 1–9).

Including:

1. Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary, Learning Methods

2. Videos, audio, explanatory text, and printable exercises

These were originally the after-class training sessions for my one-on-one students.

However, later I discovered that:

Many other students are self-learners and lack “someone to help you plan the schedule”.

So, I systematically organized them into a membership practice area:

“Practice Chinese continuously with Becky.”

 

This section addresses not “exams”, but three core issues:

❌ You have learned many words, but you don’t know how to use them.

❌ Your learning is scattered and lacks a systematic understanding of the Chinese language.

❌ Your Chinese learning has reached a bottleneck, and you can’t find a way to continue improving.

My design concept can be summed up in one sentence:

Simple explanations + corresponding level exercises

You can gain the most practical and comprehensive knowledge of Chinese in a short time.

It is updated weekly, and all you need to do is follow and practice.

Now you can start like this:

  1. Download my FREE HSK 1-9 practice Samples (Recently, I have updated and replaced them)

 https://buymeacoffee.com/beckyhuang/extras

 

2. Try to go through the materials at your level.

3. Then decide whether to join the membership.

 √ Join my Membership for $10 per month (Can be cancelled at any time)

https://buymeacoffee.com/beckyhuang

If you want to improve your Chinese skills, but not just be guided by HSK 3.0,

This section is made just for you.

 

HSK 3.0 并没有你想的那么可怕

你好,我是 Becky,一名教了外国人16年中文的老师。

新的HSK3.0终于要开始了。这几天,很多同学给我发消息问我:

“Becky,我是不是白学了?”
“HSK 3.0 词汇量翻倍,我是不是跟不上了?”

如果你也有这样的焦虑,我可以先告诉你一个结论:

大多数人,被“词汇数量”吓到了。

✅ HSK3.0到底变了什么?

11月 15日,《新HSK教程》正式公布:

1–3 级: 2025年12月上架

4–6 级: 预2026 年年中上架

7–9 级: 预计 2026 年年底上架

HSK 3.0 考试:2026 年下半年起陆续启动

是的,词汇量确实增加了。
但它增加的,不是“学术折磨型词汇”,而是——你在中国真实生活中每天会用到的词。

例如:

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如果你在中国生活、工作,或者和中国人打交道,
这些词,你本来就应该会。

所以,请不要慌。

新HSK不是“更难”,而是更真实

旧HSK更像“考试中文”;
新HSK更像“你在当代中国生存需要的中文”。

而真正的问题其实是这一句:

“我该怎么系统地、一步一步地准备?”

这就是我为什么提前两年做这件事

2024年1月到2025年11月,我已经按照官方新大纲Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards(HSK1–9)编写了 300+ 份练习。包括:

1. 覆盖:听力 / 语法 / 词汇 / 学习方法

2. 形式包括:视频、音频、讲解文字、可打印练习

 

这些原本是我一对一学生的课后训练

但是,后来我发现:
很多人是自学者,缺乏“有人帮你规划节奏”。

于是,我把它们系统整理成一个会员练习专区:

Practice Chinese continuously with Becky.

 

这个专区解决的不是“考试”,而是 3 个核心问题:

❌ 学了很多词,但是不会用。

❌ 学习很零散,缺乏系统地对中文语言的认知

❌ 学习中文进入了瓶颈期,找不到继续提高的办法。

✅ 我的设计逻辑只有一句话:

用最简单的解释 + 对应等级的练习,
让你在单位时间内学到最多、最有用的中文。

每周更新,你只需要跟着练。

现在你可以这样开始

✅ 下载我的HSK1-9练习样卷(最近替换了一部分提高版的)

https://buymeacoffee.com/beckyhuang/extras

✅ 先根据我的讲解做一份适合你中文水平的练习

✅ 再决定要不要加入会员

会员价格:$10 / 月
(随时可取消)

https://buymeacoffee.com/beckyhuang

 

如果你希望不被HSK 3.0牵着走
而是踏踏实实提升中文能力
这个专区就是为你做的。

Becky Huang

Hey, my name is Becky. I'm a Chinese teacher certified by the Confucius Institute with 14 years of teaching experience. I wrote all these exercises based on the New HSK Standard (2021).