How many questions are in the HSK 6 listening?

40, in three parts: 8 short talks, then 20 questions on six longer talks, then 12 questions on three interviews. It takes about 30 minutes, and each recording plays once.

Why is there no question in Part 1?

Because the real exam asks none. You hear one person speak for about 20 seconds and pick the one statement of four that matches what was said. Read the four options before the talk starts.

How many words do I need for HSK 6?

The HSK 3.0 list for levels 1–6 has about 5,400 words. The official HSK 6 paper also uses some words above the list, about one word in twenty, and so do our tests.

Why is the right answer worded differently from the audio?

Because the real exam does it almost every time. In the official HSK 6 sample paper, 37 of the 40 answers use words that were not said together in the recording, so the test checks that you understood, not just that you heard a word.

Free HSK 3.0 mock test

HSK 6 listening mock tests

HSK 6 listening in the new HSK 3.0 format is 40 questions in about 30 minutes, and each recording plays once. Fluentide has two free mock tests in that format, and every answer is explained: what was said, why the right option is right and why the others are wrong.

Mock test 1

40 questions · 32 minutes

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Mock test 2

40 questions · 31 minutes

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Your results

Every answer explained, not just marked

The official trial and most mock-test sites mark right or wrong and stop there. Here, every question shows:

The transcript, with the words the answer comes from highlighted.
Why the right answer is right, and how what you heard became the option.
Why each wrong option is wrong: not said, said about someone else, or the opposite.
Pinyin and English for every line, question and option.
A replay button for that question, and its key words to save.

Wrong

Question 2

男的让女的做什么？

nán de ràng nǚ de zuò shénme?

What does the man ask the woman to do?

Why this is the answer

The man says '拍个片子' (take an X-ray). This is a medical examination, matching option D.

ANot mentioned: Medicine is not discussed yet.
BNot mentioned: He asks her to get an X-ray, not go home.
CNot mentioned: Drinking water is not mentioned.

What was said

Woman

大夫，我这几天一直咳嗽，晚上睡不好。

dàifu, wǒ zhèjǐtiān yìzhí késou, wǎnshàng shuì bùhǎo.

Doctor, I have been coughing for the past few days and cannot sleep well at night.

Man

别急，我先听听，然后你去拍个片子。

bié jí, wǒxiān tīng tīng, ránhòu nǐ qù pāi gè piānzi.

Don't worry. Let me listen first, then go get an X-ray.

A real explanation from HSK 4 mock test 1, question 2

What the new HSK 6 listening looks like

The official HSK 3.0 sample paper for HSK 6 has 40 questions in three parts and takes about 30 minutes. Every question has four written options, and each recording plays once.

Questions 1–8: One person speaks briefly. No question is read: pick the statement that matches what you heard
Questions 9–28: Six longer talks, each with three or four questions
Questions 29–40: Three interviews, each with four questions

In Part 1 nothing is asked, and the matching statement is rarely what you heard word for word. You hear 这家小店开了三十年，老顾客从来没断过 and pick 这家店很受欢迎. After each test, the review shows the words you heard next to the option they became.

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How these tests are made

Each paper follows the official HSK 3.0 sample paper: the same three parts, question counts, timing and 14-second pauses.
Every item uses the official HSK 3.0 word list for levels 1–6, plus a few words above it where the official paper uses them too. A second AI model has to answer each question from the recording and agree with our key.
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.

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