
All 11,000
The word map
Every word gets a little house here: all 11,000 from the official 3.0 syllabus, 11,130 of them spoken aloud. Not sure which band is yours? Take the five-minute placement. Looking for one word? Search the whole aviary.
Band 1The first 300 words. Everything else is built from these.0 of 300 in your nest
Band 2200 more for daily life: family, food, getting around.0 of 200 in your nest
Band 3500 words that unlock real conversations and short stories.0 of 500 in your nest
Band 4A thousand words. This is where reading starts feeling easy.0 of 1000 in your nest
Band 51600 words, audio on the entries, with sentences ready to read.0 of 1600 in your nest
Band 61800 words, sentences all in, audio you can tap.0 of 1800 in your nest
Bands 7 to 9 summitThe advanced 5600, all with two example sentences.0 of 5600 in your nestThe older map (HSK 2.0) & the status report
How the old HSK 2.0 maps to 3.0
The six old levels line up with the seven new bands by where most of their words actually sit, and almost every old word survived the move.
| HSK 2.0 level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most words land in 3.0 band | 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 to 9 |
Counted from the official lists: 4853 of the old 5000 words, 97.06%, reappear in 3.0. 147 exist only in 2.0, and 3.0 adds 6147 new words on top.
See every band and level in full, with where each old word landed