Sinau

Learn HSK 2 (HSK 3.0)

The HSK 2 path picks up where HSK 1 ends: 8 units, 186 words, 61 characters, 37 grammar patterns, with grammar explained in plain words and pinyin on every example.

Its mock exam follows the HSK 3.0 shape: listening, reading, and writing characters from pinyin.

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 2

  1. Unit 1: Why, because and already (25 words, 8 characters, 4 grammar patterns)
  2. Unit 2: Or, but and together (25 words, 8 characters, 5 grammar patterns)
  3. Unit 3: Finish, wash and run (25 words, 8 characters, 5 grammar patterns)
  4. Unit 4: Exams, tickets and birthdays (25 words, 8 characters, 5 grammar patterns)
  5. Unit 5: Colours, buses and the airport (25 words, 8 characters, 4 grammar patterns)
  6. Unit 6: Colours, travel and grandparents (25 words, 8 characters, 5 grammar patterns)
  7. Unit 7: Left, right, up and down (25 words, 8 characters, 5 grammar patterns)
  8. Unit 8: Tea, tickets and taking a taxi (11 words, 5 characters, 4 grammar patterns)