Skills · 任务
What tasks are on the HSK syllabus?
Tasks and topics are two sections. Level 1 tasks on the November 2025 syllabus are 15 numbered items, and topics are a second table. Levels 2 to 6 each open on a heading, and levels 7 to 9 share one heading.
Written October 6, 2026. Open the section that matches the job in front of you.
What tasks are on the HSK syllabus? Tasks and topics are two sections: Level 1 tasks in the November 2025 syllabus are 15 numbered items, and topics are a second table. If you are at zero, say one line on the sentence bank before you open either section.
Level 1 tasks are numbered items
The HSK syllabus PDF writes: “HSK（一级）任务”. Level 1 tasks there are 15 numbered items.
One task line is a thing you can do
The first item in the HSK syllabus PDF is “一、问答个人基本信息”. In English, that line is asking and answering basic personal information. The items after it stay on that page of the syllabus.
Topics are a second table
Topics in the HSK syllabus PDF open under “HSK（一级）话题”. That heading is the topic table.
The topic columns name three depths
Under the Level 1 topic heading, the HSK syllabus PDF prints “一级话题 二级话题 三级话题”. Those names are a first topic depth, a second, and a third. Read the name in the column you need.
Levels 2 to 6 each have a heading
Levels 2 to 6 each open on a task heading and a topic heading in the HSK syllabus PDF. Levels 7 to 9 share one heading in each of those sections. The task numbers start again at 1. Level 4 has 30 numbered task items. Levels 7 to 9 have 30 numbered task items, after a preface that names three kinds of scene: life and social scenes, work and occupation scenes, and education and academic scenes.
| Level | Task items | Topic section |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 numbered task items | Its own heading |
| 2 | 17 numbered task items | Its own heading |
| 3 | 22 numbered task items | Its own heading |
| 4 | 30 numbered task items, level 4 | Its own heading |
| 5 | 28 numbered task items | Its own heading |
| 6 | 24 numbered task items | Its own heading |
| Levels 7 to 9 | 30 numbered task items, levels 7 to 9 | One heading |
Words and grammar stay on their pages
The older audience lines stay on how many Chinese words should I learn. The grammar tables stay on what grammar is on the HSK syllabus. The file these sections belong to is which HSK should I study.
A spoken line is still the sentence bank
When the work in front of you is one spoken line, open how to start learning Chinese and say it from the sentence bank. The task heading can wait until that line is said.
Questions about the two sections
What tasks are on the HSK syllabus?
Level 1 tasks in the HSK syllabus PDF are 15 numbered items, and topics are a second table.
How many HSK 1 tasks are there?
Tasks and topics are two sections. Level 1 tasks in the HSK syllabus PDFare 15 numbered items, running from the first item through the fifteenth. Topics are a second table, and this page uses that table's three column names. Word counts stay on how many Chinese words should I learn. Open the task heading for the level you will sit.
Are HSK topics the same as the word list?
The topic columns name three depths of a topic. The older audience lines stay on how many Chinese words should I learn. Keep the two pages apart.
Sources
- Center for Language Education and Cooperation, HSK syllabus PDF (read 6 October 2026).
Open the section you are reading. If it is tasks, read the number that band reaches on its own. If it is topics, read the three column names.
Version 1. Recheck when the syllabus reprints a task or topic heading, or every six months.