I think it's really hard to compare Chinesepod and HSK, but most dialogues here (I haven't done any exercises yet) are colloquial Chinese while there's a lot of 书面语 in the HSK. The dialogues are a good way to practise for the listening part, though (the dialogues in the test are much shorter, so I'd guess you can get grade 4 or 5 with the Intermediate level).
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July 4, 2008 at 12:07 AMI think it's really hard to compare Chinesepod and HSK, but most dialogues here (I haven't done any exercises yet) are colloquial Chinese while there's a lot of 书面语 in the HSK. The dialogues are a good way to practise for the listening part, though (the dialogues in the test are much shorter, so I'd guess you can get grade 4 or 5 with the Intermediate level).