Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi
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| Simplified Chinese | 汉语水平考试 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 漢語水平考試 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì |
| Wade–Giles | Hànyǚ Shuǐp'íng K'ǎoshìh |
| Yale Romanization | Hànyǔ Shweǐpíng Kǎushr̀ |
| IPA | [xânỳ ʂwèipʰǐŋ kʰàuʂɻ̩̂] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | hon yúh seuí pìhng háau si |
| IPA | [hɔ̄ːn ʔy̬ː sɵ̌y pʰɪ̏ŋ hǎːu sī] |
| Jyutping | hon3 jyu5 seoi2 ping4 haau2 si3 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Hàn-gú Chúi-pêng Khó-chhì |
The Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì (HSK) (Chinese: 汉语水平考试), translated as the Chinese Proficiency Test or the Chinese Standard Exam, is China's only standardized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers such as foreign students and overseas Chinese.
It is not uncommon to refer to a standard or level of proficiency by the HSK level number, or score. For example, a job description might ask for foreign applicants with "HSK5 or better."
The test is administered by Hanban, an agency of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
Development began in 1984 at Beijing Language and Culture University and in 1992 the HSK was officially made a national standardized test. By 2005, over 120 countries had participated as regular host sites and the tests had been taken around 100 million times (domestic ethnic minority candidates included). The general count of candidates from outside of China is stated as being around 1.9 million. In 2011, Beijing International Chinese College became the first HSK testing center to conduct the HSK test online.
The HSK test approximates the English TOEFL, and an HSK certificate is valid without any limitation in China. The test aims to be a certificate of language proficiency for higher educational and professional purposes.
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