HSK 1 practice tests: free listening mock tests

The HSK 3.0 listening paper for HSK 1 has 20 questions in four parts and takes about 13 minutes. Every recording plays twice, every question has three options, and each part opens with a worked example. The printed paper shows pinyin above every word, and so do our tests.

Questions 1–5

A short phrase, then pick the matching photo from three

Questions 6–10

A short question, then pick the right reply from three

Questions 11–15

Two-line dialogue, then pick the matching picture from a set of six

Questions 16–20

One sentence and a question, then pick the answer from three

The pictures are the clue. In the photo part you hear 坐火车 and pick the train, and in the dialogue part the picture often shows something the speakers never name: you hear 你怎么还不睡觉？我在学汉语呢 and pick the man studying at night. Our review screen shows the words that point to each answer.

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• Each paper follows the official HSK 3.0 sample paper: the same four parts and question counts, every recording played twice with the same pauses, and a worked example before each part.
• Every item uses the official HSK 3.0 word list for level 1, the 300 words. A second AI model has to answer each question from the recording and agree with our key, and a vision model checks every picture against its question.
• The items are written and voiced with AI, then checked and heard in full by a native Chinese speaker before we publish them.

These are practice papers, not official papers. Scores are estimates. Fluentide is not affiliated with CTI (Chinese Testing International), which runs the HSK.