HSK Level 2 contains 60 questions of which 35 test your Chinese listening and the remaining 25 questions test your Chinese reading comprehension. The new HSK level 2 test is designed to test the candidates’ ability to use daily Chinese. It is for learners who with understanding of 300 basic Chinese words and related grammars.

1. Listening (35 questions and 25 minutes)

Part 1 (10): listen to the sentence and judge true or false according to the content
Part 2 (10): listen to the dialogue and select the relevant picture according to the content
Part 3 (10): listen to the dialogue with and choose the right answer
Part 4 (5) : listen to the dialogue ( 4-5 sentences) and choose the correct answer
2. Reading (25 questions and 20 minutes)

Part 1 (5) : choose the relevant picture according to the sentence given
Part 2 (5) : fill-in the gap to complete the sentence
Part 3 (5) : judge whether the second sentence has the same meaning as the first one
Part 4 (10): match sentences with the answers