Learning resources
HSK 3.0 vocabulary and grammar by level
The new words and grammar points of the HuWolMont textbooks, levels 1–6, lesson by lesson, with pinyin, English meanings and example sentences. Use them to preview, review or check yourself against the syllabus.
Pronunciation and writing basics
- Pinyin for beginnersHow pinyin works: initials, finals and tones; aspirated and unaspirated sounds; flat and curled tongue; -n and -ng; and the spelling rules learners most often get wrong.
- Tones and tone changesHow the four tones and the neutral tone sound, where the tone mark goes, and the three tone changes you meet in Level 1: two third tones, “一” and “不”.
- Stroke order rulesChinese characters are built from a few basic strokes, written in a fixed order. Learn seven rules and you can work out the order of most characters.
- Measure wordsIn Chinese a number cannot go straight before a noun; a measure word comes in between. Here is how they work, with selected measure words in the textbooks for levels 1–6.
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Level 1 vocabulary (302 words) →Level 1 grammar (77 points) →Level 2
Level 2 vocabulary (214 words) →Level 2 grammar (60 points) →Level 3
Level 3 vocabulary (587 words) →Level 3 grammar (182 points) →Level 4
Level 4 vocabulary (1019 words) →Level 4 grammar (161 points) →Level 5
Level 5 vocabulary (1550 words) →Level 5 grammar (138 points) →Level 6
Level 6 vocabulary (1756 words) →Level 6 grammar (171 points) →
From the HuWolMont HSK 3.0 textbooks, written to the 2025 HSK syllabus.