The examinees of HSK are those whose first language is not the Chinese language.

6.1. The HSK (Basic) is appropriate for those beginners who have had 100-800 hours of formal education in modern Chinese, and have a basic vocabulary of 400-3,000 common Chinese characters (at the A and B levels), and who understand the corresponding Chinese grammar structures (at the A and B levels).

6.2. The HSK (Elementary-Intermediate) is appropriate for elementary and intermediate students of Chinese who have had 400-2,000 hours of formal education in modern Chinese, have a basic vocabulary of 2,000-5,000 common Chinese characters (at the A, B and C levels), and who understand the corresponding Chinese grammar structure (at the A, B and C levels).

6.3. The HSK (Advanced) is appropriate for Advanced students of Chinese who have had 3,000 hours of formal education in modern Chinese, have a basic vocabulary of 5,000-8,000 common Chinese characters (at the A, B, C and D levels), and who understand the corresponding Chinese grammar structure (at the A, B, C and D levels).

6.4. The HSK (for Young learners) is appropriate for young learners of Chinese under the age of 15. Level 1 is appropriate for those who have had 150 hours of learning Chinese; Level 2 is appropriate for those who have had 250 hours of learning Chinese; and level 3 is appropriate for those who have had 400 hours of learning Chinese.

6.5. The HSK (for Business), HSK (for Secretaries) and HSK (for Tourism) are appropriate for those who hold a HSK Level 3 (HSK Basic A or HSK Elementary C) or above that level.

HSK考试对象

HSK的考试对象为第一语言非汉语者。

（1）凡接受过100-800学时现代汉语正规教育，掌握400-3000汉语常用词（甲、乙级常用词）和与之相应的语法项目（甲、乙级语法项目）的汉语初学者，均适于参加HSK（基础）。

（2）凡接受过400-2000学时现代汉语正规教育，掌握2000-5000汉语常用词（甲、乙、丙级常用词）和与之相应的语法项目（甲、乙、丙级语法项目）的汉语学习者，均适于参加HSK（初、中等）。

（3）凡掌握5000-8000汉语常用词（甲、乙、丙、丁级常用词）和与之相应的语法项目（甲、乙、丙、丁级语法项目），具有高等汉语水平的汉语学习者，均适于参加HSK（高等）。

（4）15岁以下的少儿汉语学习者，均适于参加HSK（少儿）。学过150学时汉语的少儿适合参加一级；学过250学时汉语的少儿适合参加二级；学过400学时汉语的少儿适合参加三级。

（5）具有HSK三级水平（HSK基础A级或HSK初等C级）或同等以上水平者，均适于参加HSK（商务）、HSK（文秘）、HSK（旅游）。