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HSK 1 Syllabus: Topics, Tasks, and Grammar

HSK 1 covers 30 official topics, 15 task areas, 300 words, and beginner grammar for basic personal information, daily life, school, work, and food culture. This level covers 30 topics,15 official tasks, and 300 cumulative vocabulary words. HSK 1 is the starting map for personal details, daily needs, school, work, and basic food culture.

AnthonyAnthony·April 27, 2026
CEFR orientation: A1300 cumulative words34 grammar patterns
30
topics
15
tasks
300
words

Level angle

Survival toolkit

HSK 1 is the starting map for personal details, daily needs, school, work, and basic food culture.

Topics

These are the official topic areas for HSK 1, shown with English labels first and the original Chinese syllabus labels preserved.

Basic information

基本信息

Personal information个人信息
  • Name, nationality, age, gender, likes, habits/姓名、国籍、年龄、性别、喜好、习惯等
  • Identity, family members, friends, skills/身份、家庭成员、朋友、技能等
Event information事件信息
  • Date, time, place, direction, participants, numbers/日期、时间、地点、方位、参加者、号码等
Object information物品信息
  • Object names/物品名称
  • Object features/物品特征
Environment information环境信息
  • Weather/天气
  • Environment features/环境特点

Daily life

日常生活

Interaction交往
  • Basic polite behavior/基本礼貌行为
  • Simple interaction behavior/简单互动行为
  • Wishes and feelings/意愿感受
Food and drink饮食
  • Food and drinks/食物饮品
  • Eating meals/就餐
Transportation交通出行
  • Asking directions/问路
  • Ways of traveling/出行方式
  • Travel arrangements/出行安排
Shopping购物
  • Product names/商品名称
  • Product prices/商品价格
  • Choosing products/商品选购
Medical and health医疗健康
  • Being sick, seeing a doctor, visiting the sick/生病、看病、探病等
Leisure休闲
  • Leisure activities/休闲活动

Education

教育情况

Study situation学习情况
  • Course information/课程信息
  • Study content/学习内容
  • Education level/教育层次
Campus life校园生活
  • School situation/学校情况
  • After-class activities/课后活动

Work life

职场生活

Work situation工作情况
  • Work information/工作信息
  • Work evaluation/工作评价
Occupations职业
  • Types of occupations/职业种类

Culture and tradition

文化与传统

Food culture饮食文化
  • Chinese food/中餐
  • Traditional drinks/传统饮品

Tasks

Tasks describe what the syllabus expects learners to do with the language, beyond recognizing words in isolation.

Official HSK 1 tasks

HSK（一级）任务

Ask and answer basic personal information

问答个人基本信息

Covers names, nationality, age, gender, likes, habits, identity, family, friends, and skills.

Ask and answer event information

问答事件信息

Covers dates, times, places, directions, participants, phone numbers, and simple public-place notices.

Ask and answer object information

问答物品信息

Covers common object names plus size, quantity, quality, age, and ownership features.

Ask and answer weather information

问答天气

Covers simple weather descriptions such as hot, cold, good, bad, rain, snow, and weather preferences.

Ask and answer environment information

问答环境信息

Covers simple descriptions of places such as schools, cinemas, supermarkets, size, quality, direction, and likes.

Handle everyday verbal interaction

日常言语交往

Covers greetings, thanks, apologies, goodbyes, simple requests, introductions, phone calls, needs, and moods.

Ask and answer food preferences

问答饮食喜好

Covers meals, diners, food and drink preferences, cooking, meal times, locations, and common food names.

Ask and answer travel information

问答出行信息

Covers daily travel methods, destinations, schedules, route questions, location confirmation, and basic transit details.

Ask and answer product information

问答商品信息

Covers product names, prices, availability, purchase intentions, labels, dates, and basic shopping choices.

Report illness and visit the sick

告知生病、探病

Covers simple illness statements, medical intentions, basic instructions, comfort, and visiting sick friends or relatives.

Discuss leisure activities

交流休闲活动

Covers reading, singing, watching television, activity preferences, plans, times, and locations.

Introduce study situation

介绍学习情况

Covers schools, subjects, class times, course schedules, and short descriptions of study arrangements.

Discuss school and after-class activities

交流学校情况、课后活动

Covers teachers, classmates, school information, after-class plans, timetables, and student information forms.

Discuss work information

交流工作信息

Covers occupations, work content, work time, work location, job preferences, and short work descriptions.

Ask and answer Chinese traditional food topics

问答中国传统饮食

Covers simple Chinese food and drink habits such as baozi, dumplings, noodles, tea, menus, and preferences.

Grammar

Grammar categories use native expansion controls so the full pattern list remains readable on phone screens.

Morphemes语素

  • 前缀：小—、第—

    prefixes

    小王是我的朋友。

    Xiao Wang is my friend.

  • 后缀：—们、—边

    suffixes

    老师们在那边。

    The teachers are over there.

Word classes词类

  • 方位名词：上、下、里、外、前、后

    location nouns

    书在桌子上。

    The book is on the table.

  • 能愿动词：会、能、想、要、可以

    modal verbs

    我会说中文。

    I can speak Chinese.

  • 离合词：看病、睡觉、说话、上课、下课、上班、下班、生病

    separable verbs

    我今天上课。

    I have class today.

  • 疑问代词：多、多少、几、哪、哪儿、哪里、哪些、什么、谁、怎么、怎么样

    interrogative pronouns

    你叫什么名字？

    What is your name?

  • 人称代词：我、你、您、他、她、我们、你们、他们、她们、它、它们、大家

    personal pronouns

    我们是学生。

    We are students.

  • 指示代词：这、那、这儿、那儿、这里、那里、这些、那些、有的、这个、那个、有些

    demonstrative pronouns

    这个杯子是我的。

    This cup is mine.

  • 数词：一、二/两、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、零、十、百、半、千

    numerals

    我有三本书。

    I have three books.

  • 名量词：本、个、家、口、块、件、只、元、杯；时量词：日、号、岁、点、分、年、天

    measure words

    我喝两杯水。

    I drink two cups of water.

  • 副词：非常、很、太、真、有（一）点儿、都、在、正在、再、还、也、不、没（有）、不要

    adverbs

    我很喜欢中文。

    I like Chinese very much.

  • 介词：在、和、对；连词：和

    prepositions and conjunctions

    我在学校学习。

    I study at school.

  • 助词：的、了、吧、吗、呢；叹词：喂

    particles and interjections

    这是我的书吗？

    Is this my book?

Phrases短语

  • 联合短语、偏正短语、动宾短语、主谓短语

    basic phrase structures

    我和妈妈去学校。

    My mother and I go to school.

  • 数量短语、介宾短语、方位短语

    other phrase structures

    桌子上有书。

    There are books on the table.

Sentence components句子成分

  • 名词、代词或名词性短语作主语/宾语

    nominal subjects and objects

    我喜欢茶。

    I like tea.

  • 名词、代词、数词、数量短语、动词短语、形容词短语作谓语

    predicate types

    今天星期一。

    Today is Monday.

  • 定语、状语、数量补语1：动词+动量补语

    modifiers and complements

    我看了一次。

    I looked once.

Sentence patterns句型

  • 主谓句1：动词谓语句

    verb-predicate sentence

    他喝水。

    He drinks water.

  • 主谓句2：形容词谓语句

    adjective-predicate sentence

    天气很好。

    The weather is good.

  • 主谓句3：名词谓语句；非主谓句

    noun-predicate and non-subject-predicate sentences

    明天星期五。

    Tomorrow is Friday.

Sentence types句类

  • 陈述句、是非问句、特指问句、正反问句、祈使句、感叹句

    statements, questions, imperatives, exclamations

    你看！

    Look!

Sentence constructions句子的类型

  • "是"字句1：表示等同或类属

    是 construction

    我是老师。

    I am a teacher.

  • "有"字句1：表示领有

    有 construction

    我有一个哥哥。

    I have an older brother.

  • 存现句1：所处+是+名词；处所+有+数量短语+名词

    existential sentences

    学校里有三个人。

    There are three people in the school.

  • 连动句1：前后动作先后发生，后一动作是前一动作的目的；前一动作是后一动作的方式

    serial verb sentences

    我去商店买水。

    I go to the store to buy water.

  • 双宾语句1：主语+动词+宾语1+宾语2

    double-object sentences

    老师给我一本书。

    The teacher gives me a book.

  • 并列复句：……，也……；……，还……

    parallel clauses

    我喜欢茶，也喜欢水。

    I like tea and also water.

Aspect动作的态

  • 完成态：用动态助词"了1"表示

    completed aspect

    我吃了饭。

    I ate.

  • 变化态：用动态助词"了2"表示

    change of state

    下雨了。

    It started raining.

  • 进行态：……在/正在+动词；……在/正在+动词……+呢；……呢

    progressive aspect

    他正在看书呢。

    He is reading.

Special expressions特殊表达法

  • 钱数表示法

    money expressions

    这本书三十元。

    This book is thirty yuan.

  • 序数表达法1：第+数词

    ordinal numbers

    我第一个来。

    I am the first to come.

  • 年、月、日、星期表示法；钟点表示法

    date, weekday, and clock-time expressions

    今天五月一日，八点上课。

    Today is May 1; class starts at eight.

Study Tips

  • Use topics as recognition domains. Treat the topic list as a checklist for familiar daily-life domains, not as a promise of free conversation.
  • Read simple stories for repetition. HSK 1 stories repeat basic topics such as family, school, food, weather, health, transport, and shopping in context.
  • Track recurring patterns. Notice recurring grammar such as copula sentences, existential sentences, question forms, simple verb sentences, aspect markers, and basic time expressions.

Read HSK 1 topics in context

Graded stories turn this syllabus scope into vocabulary, grammar, and tasks inside a narrative instead of isolated lists.

Browse HSK 1 stories

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the full HSK 1 syllabus?

This page represents the full compact HSK 1 topic, task, and grammar syllabus from the local extracted HSK 3.0 source files. It keeps the official Chinese labels and adds English summaries for readability.

What does HSK 1 cover beyond vocabulary?

HSK 1 covers basic personal information, dates and places, simple objects, weather, daily interactions, food, directions, shopping, health basics, school, work, and Chinese food culture.

Does HSK 1 mean conversational fluency?

No. HSK 1 is a starting point. It maps the basic topics, tasks, and grammar that 300 words can support, but it does not imply free conversation across daily life.