Chinese proficiency test HSK5 paper 9, 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，说一说姥姥第一次坐飞机的事。

Using the four pictures below, in their order, write a piece of at least 100 characters telling the story of the grandmother's first flight.
The four pictures, in order
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
Type here 0 / 100 Chinese characters written

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姥姥七十六岁那年，我给她买了人生第一张飞机票。她拿着那张票看了很久，问我中间那一行点是做什么用的。出发那天，机场的队伍排了很长，她一直把票握在手里，前面的人往前走一步，她就跟一步。飞机起飞的时候她没有说话。过了十几分钟，她忽然拉我的手，说：原来云是从上面看的。回来以后，她的习惯变了一件事。从前电视上的那些节目她从不看，觉得那是别人的世界；现在她每天下午都坐在那把旧椅子上看，还会跟我说，这个地方的天，跟我那天看见的一样。

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

有人说，让一个人真正长大的，常常不是得到，而是第一次发现自己被人依靠。请写一篇两百个字以上的文章，谈一谈你第一次被人依靠的经历，以及它改变了你什么。

It is said that what makes a person grow up is not what they receive but the day they find that others are relying on them. Write a piece of at least 200 characters about the first time someone relied on you, and about what it changed.

Type here 0 / 200 Chinese characters written

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我第一次被人依靠，是十九岁那年的冬天。母亲住进了医院，父亲在外地赶不回来，家里只剩下我和上小学的弟弟。那天晚上弟弟发了烧，我一边给他量体温，一边想的全是：怎么办，我也不会。可是弟弟躺在床上，看着我说了一句：有你在就行。那一句我至今记得清清楚楚。后来那一个月，我学会了做三种菜，学会了在医院的三个楼之间跑，也第一次知道了家里一个月要花多少钱。真正改变我的并不是这些事。是我忽然明白，从前我总觉得自己还小，其实“还小”不是一个年龄，是一种位置——只要你后面还有人，你就可以一直小下去。那个冬天，我后面没有人了。从那以后，遇到难事我还是会怕，可是我不再先看旁边有没有人。

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 9, 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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