HSK Level 1

Mixed

Studying for the Chinese Proficiency Test? This playlist is meant to boost your vocabulary in preparation for the HSK 1. This lesson collection is for any student that wants to kick start their learning to take the exam.

Thank you to our diligent ChinesePod student, and developer extraordinaire, Edsko who prepared a list of ChinesePod lessons that would best prepare him for the listening portion of the test.

For more information about how Edsko picked these lessons, you can read his in-depth blog post here, or reply directly on the forum.


HSK 1 = 150 cumulative words. Designed for learners who can understand and use some simple Chinese characters and sentences to communicate, and prepares them for continuing their Chinese studies. In HSK 1 all characters are provided along with Pinyin.