HSK Vocabulary

go_manly

August 04, 2010, 07:45 AM posted in General Discussion

I have just realised that the HSK Level I PDF I made is based on the old HSK system. Does anyone know of comprehensive character lists and word lists for each level in the new HSK? They would preferably be in a copiable format - not protected PDFs.

chanelle77

August 04, 2010, 08:02 AM

Hi go_manly the new HSK lists are available in hardcopy only as far as I know. Recently 6 books were published by the Commercial Press, "Chinese Profeciency Test Syllabus Level 1/2/3/4/5/6" corresponding with the 6 new levels and each volume contains the new word lists. I looked online for digital version, but no succes.

Here is a link to the first book:

http://search.dangdang.com/search.php?catalog=&key=9787100067751&SearchFromTop=1

go_manly

August 04, 2010, 08:18 AM

Thanks for that Chanelle.

Unfortunately, the Catch 22 is that I have to be able to read that website if I want to order the book. Is the book also written entirely in Chinese? Perhaps there is an English based website I could use?

chanelle77

August 04, 2010, 08:22 AM

Here you go:

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/9975

Sorry for new post, but otherwise could not attach file.

Here is the link for the rest (all the books for free).

http://www.confuciusinstitute.qut.edu.au/study/proficiency.jsp

go_manly

Thanks again Chanelle. Looks like I'll be doing a lot of typing - I can't copy from the PDFs.

chanelle77

Maybe louisita can be of any help? If I understood it correctly she made an excel file? That would be copiable right (if she would agree to share :-) )?

louisita72

It is a lot of typing! but I was really bored at work a while back : ) and i definitely wouldn't mind sharing, but how do i post the excel I made? well i guess i could also just email it to you if you gave me your email address....

chanelle77

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chanelle77

:-) I will send pm you with my email address!

louisita72

Here is the new post with the doc. attached:

http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/9978

chanelle77

Thanks for sharing, that looks like a LOT of work! Good luck with your HSK preparation and please update me if you passed the exam! :-) I hope to take the new one at the end of the year!

louisita72

August 04, 2010, 09:19 AM

I made an Excel file that I use to study from pdf files of all the vocab for levels 1-4 (new HSK levels) and am now working on adding all the vocab from level 5. But i don't know how to upload a file with this comment i´m afraid, so if anyone wants to tell me how to do this, i would be happy to upload it...

chanelle77

Hi louisita if you go to the dashboard page (home) go to the tab that says "post a message". Here you can attach a file.

louisita72

oh i just found how to attach the file, thanks! i´ll try that now....

mark

August 04, 2010, 05:27 PM

I entered the vocabulary lists for all six levels of the new HSK and put them on http://huamake.com/1to6Lists.htm The data is in UTF-8. So, it should be readily processable.

go_manly

Thanks Mark, very useful.

There is an issue though with the vocabulary lists (not the character lists).

The vocabulary lists for levels 1 and 4 are garbled - characters are not visible.

The other levels are fine.

What does the 'x' refer to next to many vocabulary items?

mark

I will fix the garbled lists. It appears that they are missing the couple of bytes that tell the Web server the data is UTF-8. If you manually set the character encoding in your browser to UTF-8, the contents will display properly.

The x means that the word does not occur in the next lower level. (e.g. something with an x in level 5 wasn't in level 4. So, it is a newly introduced word for that level.)

go_manly

Thanks again Mark. The x's make it even more useful.