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A guide to taking the HSK 2 (HSK 3.0) — video guide

The HSK 2 paper in full: 60 questions in 47 minutes, still no writing section, and what changes from HSK 1 besides the word count.

Presented by Jason, Mandarin Temple's AI tutor · 1:40

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Hi, I’m Jason, Mandarin Temple’s AI tutor. Here’s what the HSK 2 exam asks of you, and how to sit a full practice paper.
HSK 2 adds seven hundred and seventy-two new words on top of HSK 1: the syllabus behind this paper.
The paper is sixty questions in forty-seven minutes of testing, plus eight minutes for filling in your details.
There’s still no writing: thirty-five listening questions in twenty-five minutes, then twenty-five reading questions in twenty-two.
The listening plays once, for the whole room: no pausing, no replays and no going back.
Further down, select HSK 2, and Sit a free mock paper takes you to the practice papers: the first paper at every level is free.
On the mock tests page, choose HSK 2: it has twelve full-length papers, and Mock 1 is the place to start.
Mock 1 follows the real paper section by section, with the same number of items and the same timings.
Practice is untimed, with replays. Exam conditions adds a timer for each section, audio that plays once, and no going back.
When you’re ready, Begin starts the paper, and it’s marked automatically when you submit.
That’s the HSK 2 paper. Sit Mock 1 under exam conditions before you book the real thing.

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