HSK 6 Vocabulary Workbook
All 1,800 new Level 6 words in 180 themed units, with patterns like 与其…不如 and 之所以…是因为.
645 pages, US Letter. Printable PDF on Gumroad. No paperback yet.
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HSK 6 (New HSK 3.0): what's on the syllabus, and my books for it
Level 6 in numbers
| New words at this level | 1,800 (syllabus nos. 3601–5400) |
|---|---|
| Words in total by the end of Level 6 | 5,400 |
| Characters to recognise | 413 new, 1,940 in total |
| Handwriting characters | 150 new, 700 in total |
| Stage | Intermediate (Levels 4–6), last level of the stage |
Level 6 is the last level of the intermediate stage. It adds 1,800 words, bringing you to 5,400, along with 413 characters to recognise and 150 to write. If you took the old HSK 6, note that the new Level 6 is a different thing: under HSK 3.0 there are three more levels above it.
The new words lean towards written and formal Chinese: themes like rules and the law, government, history, news and media, and energy and the environment. There are also more set patterns such as 与其…不如 and 之所以…是因为. The vocabulary book has all 1,800 words in 180 themed units, each with its own example sentence.
Both Level 6 books are printable PDFs at the moment. There's no paperback yet.
Counts are from the HSK syllabus published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025 (in force from July 2026), which is what HSK 3.0 uses.
My HSK 6 books
HSK 6 Character Writing Workbook
The 150 Level 6 handwriting characters, each on its own page with stroke order, example words, a sentence and 田字格 grids.
188 pages, US Letter. Printable PDF on Gumroad. No paperback yet.
Every book has a free sample above. More free pages, including the HSK 3.0 Starter Pack, are on the free page.
Exam dates
The first HSK 3.0 exam is on Sunday 13 December 2026. Chinese Testing International announced the worldwide launch on 9 September 2026.
- Registration is on chinesetest.cn. It closes at 24:00 Beijing time on 16 November 2026 for paper-based tests and on 3 December 2026 for computer-based tests.
- Test centres have limited places and can stop taking registrations before those dates, so check with yours early.
- For Levels 3 to 6 you register for the matching speaking test at the same time. Levels 7 to 9 are one combined exam.
Sources: chinesetest.cn and the Athens Business Confucius Institute notice. Checked 21 October 2026. Your test centre has the final word on its own dates.