Guides

Nine pages on the things a learner or a parent asks first.

• Chinese stroke order: the 8 rules, with a character drawn for eachThe eight rules that decide the order of strokes, each shown stroke by stroke on a real HSK character.
• Pinyin tones: the four marks, where they sit, and tone sandhiWhat the four tones are, the three rules that place every tone mark, ü, and the three sandhi changes that matter.
• HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6: words, characters and what each level coversWhat GF 0025-2021 changed, and the exact counts: 4,868 words and 1,780 characters across 698 lessons.
• HSK 3 or HSK 4: what changes between them, and which one to sitWord counts, paper shape and the two things that actually get harder — the listening plays once at HSK 4, and the writing section shrinks.
• How long does HSK 3 take? 972 words over 139 lessonsThe size of the level in words, characters and lessons, divided into weeks, and what makes it take longer.
• HSK 3.0 exam format: sections, timing and question counts, Levels 2 to 6The three sections of every HSK 3.0 paper, what each level holds, how long you get and how many times the audio plays.
• HSK mock tests: 100 full papers, HSK 2 to HSK 620 papers at each level, with a real question from each and its answer.
• 听写: the Chinese spelling test, and how to practise for itWhat happens in a 听写, what the 米字格 is for, and the four-step practice that actually sticks.
• Helping with Chinese homework when you do not read ChineseWhat a parent can check from the outside: the pinyin, the stroke count, and whether the missed words came back.

Where the figures come from

The word, character and lesson counts in these guides are read from the catalogue the app teaches: 4,868 words and 1,780 characters of HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6, in 698 lessons. The levels are those of the standard published as GF 0025-2021. The paper shapes (sections, parts, question counts and minutes) match the official sample papers for Levels 2 to 6, checked in September 2026. No official source publishes a pass mark for HSK 3.0. The stroke-order rules are drawn from the same stroke data as the character pages.

All 176 themes, with every word · All 1,780 characters, stroke by stroke