Chinese proficiency test HSK5 paper 3, HSK 3.0 format

72 questions 25 + 35 + 40 min official total 110 min, admin included

Which format is this?

This test follows the renewed HSK 3.0 format, published by Chinese Testing International in December 2025 and due to apply from July 2026.

Sittings for levels 1 to 6 still use the previous format at the time of writing, and no changeover date has been announced. If your exam is soon, expect the older paper on the day.

The vocabulary is the same either way: the HSK 3.0 word list is what you have to know for both formats, and that is what this test drills.

Writing

Part 1 (71)

Using the four pictures, and in their order, tell the story they show, respecting the minimum length. A Chinese keyboard is required.

Practice — this part is not marked

The real exam asks you to write freely here, and a human examiner reads it. No browser can mark that, and this page does not invent a score: these questions do not count towards your result. Write them anyway — it is the only practice this part allows, and a possible answer is offered once you have handed in.

71

请根据下面四张图，按顺序写一篇一百个字以上的文章，说一说下雪那天小雨和楼上那位老人之间发生的事。

Using the four pictures below, in their order, write a piece of at least 100 characters telling what happened, on the snowy day, between Xiao Yu and the elderly woman living upstairs.
The four pictures, in order
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
Type here 0 / 100 Chinese characters written

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那天早上下起了大雪。小雨从窗户往外看，发现楼上那位老人还是出了门，一个人慢慢地往市场走。她想下去帮忙，又怕老人觉得自己被当作走不动的人，就在楼下等着，看她平安回来才放心。从那天起，小雨每次煮面都多煮一碗，热热地送上去。一个星期以后的早上，门被敲响了：老人站在门口，手里拿着三朵花，说是自己阳台上种的。小雨说，那三朵花比任何一句谢谢都让她记得久。

This is only one answer among many: yours may be quite different and just as good. It uses nothing beyond your level, which is what proves the task can be done without going outside the word list.

Part 2 (72)

Write a continuous piece on the topic given, respecting the minimum length. A Chinese keyboard is required.

Practice — this part is not marked

72

影响我们最深的，常常不是有名的人，而是身边一位十分普通的人。请写一篇两百个字以上的文章，谈一谈这样的一位普通的人，以及他让你改变了什么。

What marks us most deeply is often not a famous person but someone entirely ordinary around us. Write a piece of at least 200 characters about such a person and about what they changed in you.

Type here 0 / 200 Chinese characters written

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我想谈的是我家楼下修鞋的李师傅。他的店只有三四个座位，墙上挂满了工具。我第一次去，是因为一双鞋的底开了。他看了两分钟，说这双不值得修，让我别花这个钱。那天他一分也没有收。后来我才知道，他常常这样。有顾客说他傻，他说，我在这条街上干了二十八年，靠的就是这个。那以后，我在工作里碰见过好几次类似的情况：客户想买的东西，其实并不适合他。从前我会先把协议签下来，现在我会先说清楚。刚开始，我担心这样会失去机会；两年下来，回头找我的人反而多了。李师傅从来没有跟我讲过什么，他只是让我看见，一个人可以怎样做事。

This is only one answer among many: yours may be quite different and just as good. It uses nothing beyond your level, which is what proves the task can be done without going outside the word list.

Chinese proficiency test HSK5 paper 3, HSK 3.0 format

Listening

Part 1 (1–19)

Part 2 (20–35)

Reading

Part 1 (36–45)

Part 2 (46–55)

Part 3 (56–70)

Writing

Part 1 (71)

Part 2 (72)

Your score

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