Sinau

Learn HSK 1 (HSK 3.0) from zero

HSK 1 is the first level of the new HSK (HSK 3.0). The HSK 1 path in Sinau holds 12 units, 295 words, 96 characters, 39 grammar patterns, with pinyin and real example sentences you can listen to.

Daily cards come back right before you would forget them (spaced repetition). Practice trains tones, reading characters and listening to sentences, with a mock exam in the HSK 3.0 shape.

Built from the HSK 3.0 syllabus (2025). Sinau is not affiliated with Chinese Testing International (CTI); mock results are estimates.

About learning Mandarin and the HSK in Sinau

Units of HSK 1

  1. Unit 1: First words: I, you, is, not (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  2. Unit 2: Come, see, eat, like (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  3. Unit 3: Today, money and friends (25 words, 8 characters, 4 grammar patterns)
  4. Unit 4: Yesterday, tomorrow, how many (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  5. Unit 5: School and study (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  6. Unit 6: Family, weather and names (25 words, 8 characters, 4 grammar patterns)
  7. Unit 7: TV, phone calls and clothes (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  8. Unit 8: Tea, apples and "thank you" (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  9. Unit 9: Brothers, bread and milk (25 words, 8 characters, 4 grammar patterns)
  10. Unit 10: Hello, sorry, goodbye (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  11. Unit 11: Hundreds, thousands and shopping (25 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)
  12. Unit 12: Schools, dumplings and "you're welcome" (20 words, 8 characters, 3 grammar patterns)