Ask and answer basic personal situation questions
问答个人基本情况
Focuses on appearance, clothing, birthdays, identity, habits, hobbies, and where someone is from in simple personal exchanges.
HSK 2 Syllabus: Topics, Tasks, and Grammar
HSK 2 covers 34 official topics, 17 task areas, 496 words, and elementary grammar for personal life, routines, transport, study, work, and simple opinions. This level covers 34 topics,17 official tasks, and 496 cumulative vocabulary words. HSK 2 expands into routines, family, study, work feelings, transport, and simple opinions.
CEFR orientation: A2496 cumulative words75 grammar patterns
34
topics
17
tasks
496
words
Level angle
Personal-world expansion
HSK 2 expands into routines, family, study, work feelings, transport, and simple opinions.
Topics
These are the official topic areas for HSK 2, shown with English labels first and the original Chinese syllabus labels preserved.
Basic information
基本信息
Personal information个人信息
- Appearance, clothing, birthday/外貌、穿着、生日等
- Identity, habits, hobbies, origin/身份、习惯、爱好、来处等
Event information事件信息
- Events, people, time, method, address, reason, change, state/事件、人物、时间、方式、地址、原因、变化、状态等
Object information物品信息
- Name, color, difference, quantity, location, features/名称、颜色、差别、数量、所在、特点等
Environment information环境信息
- Weather/天气
- Environment features/环境特征
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 habits/饮食习惯
- Eating out and meals/就餐
Transportation and travel交通出行
- Asking directions/问路
- Travel methods/出行方式
- Travel arrangements/出行安排
- Travel impressions/出行感受
Shopping购物
- Choosing goods/商品选购
- Product descriptions/商品描述
Medical and health医疗健康
- Illness/生病
- Medical visits/就医
Leisure休闲
- Leisure activities/休闲活动
- Leisure arrangements/休闲安排
Family life家庭生活
- Family relationships/家庭关系
- Family activities/家庭活动
Education
教育情况
Study situation学习情况
- Basic situation/基本情况
- Study experience/学习经历
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 experience and feelings/工作经历、工作感受
Occupations职业
- Occupational situation/职业状况
Culture and tradition
文化与传统
Traditional customs传统习俗
- Festivals/节日
Food culture饮食文化
- Impressions of Chinese food/中餐印象
Surname culture姓氏文化
- Major surnames and formal forms of address/主要姓氏、正式称谓等
Tasks
Tasks describe what the syllabus expects learners to do with the language, beyond recognizing words in isolation.
Official HSK 2 tasks
HSK（二级）任务
Ask and answer event situation questions
问答事件情况
Covers basic event details such as people, time, method, address, reasons, changes, and status.
Ask and answer object situation questions
问答物品情况
Covers everyday object names, colors, quantities, locations, features, and simple comparisons.
Describe basic weather conditions
介绍天气基本情况
Focuses on describing weather, temperature, sunny or cloudy conditions, comfort, and simple weather preferences.
Describe a place
介绍某个地方
Covers short descriptions of places such as schools, homes, and stations, including distance and location.
Handle everyday verbal interaction
日常言语交往
Covers greetings, thanks, apologies, choices, suggestions, requests, and simple emotional reactions.
Ask and answer daily food and drink questions
问答日常饮食
Focuses on eating habits, meal routines, restaurant preferences, food evaluation, and simple menu information.
Ask and answer travel situation questions
问答出行情况
Covers directions, routes, schedules, tickets, transport choices, travel purposes, and basic travel feelings.
Ask and answer product situation questions
问答商品情况
Focuses on product names, prices, colors, quantities, differences, evaluations, and simple buying situations.
Ask and answer illness and sick-visit questions
问答生病、探病
Covers illness, doctor visits, medicine use, advice, visiting sick relatives or friends, and simple comfort phrases.
Discuss leisure activities
交流休闲活动
Focuses on leisure activities, activity plans, travel, exercise, internet use, dancing, and sports.
Describe everyday family life
介绍家庭日常生活
Covers family relationships, birthdays, habits, household activities, and basic division of chores.
Describe study situation and experience
介绍学习情况、学习经历
Focuses on schedules, courses, supplies, tests, methods, school stages, and simple study experience.
Discuss school situation and after-class activities
交流学校情况、课后活动
Covers school environment, classroom situation, student life, after-class activities, and activity arrangements.
Discuss work situation
交流工作情况
Focuses on work location, environment, schedule, feelings, career status, and simple work descriptions.
Describe Spring Festival and traditional foods
介绍过年及传统饮食
Covers Spring Festival timing, greetings, foods, activities, and short festival descriptions.
Use Chinese forms of address
使用中文称谓语
Focuses on recognizing and using Chinese forms of address in conversation, notes, cards, and letters.
Grammar
Grammar categories use native expansion controls so the full pattern list remains readable on phone screens.
Morphemes语素
面
suffix -面
里面没有人。
There is no one inside.
Word classes: Nouns词类：名词
左、右
left and right
左边是医院，右边是学校。
On the left is the hospital, on the right is the school.
Word classes: Verbs词类：动词
AA、A一A、A了A、ABAB
verb reduplication
我想看看这本书。
I want to have a look at this book.
可能
possibility verb
明天可能下雨。
It might rain tomorrow.
帮忙、游泳、跳舞、跑步
verb-object verbs
我每天早上跑步。
I go running every morning.
Word classes: Pronouns词类：代词
为什么
why
你为什么不来？
Why aren't you coming?
自己
self pronoun
我自己做饭。
I cook by myself.
那么、那样、这么、这样、每
demonstrative and every pronouns
每人都有一本书。
Everyone has a book.
Word classes: Adjectives词类：形容词
AA、AABB
adjective reduplication
她高高兴兴地走了。
She left happily.
Word classes: Numerals词类：数词
万、好多、多
large and approximate numbers
我们学校有一万人。
Our school has ten thousand people.
Word classes: Measure words词类：量词
（1）专用名量词：条、位、间、名
specific noun measure words
那位老师很好。
That teacher is very nice.
（2）借用名量词：包
borrowed noun measure word
我买了一包药。
I bought a pack of medicine.
次
action measure word
我去过北京三次。
I have been to Beijing three times.
Word classes: Adverbs词类：副词
多、好、最
degree adverbs
今天好冷啊！
Today is so cold!
一起
together
我们一起吃饭吧。
Let's eat together.
还², 已经、有时（候）、快、快要、正
time adverbs
他快要走了。
He is about to leave.
常、经常
frequency adverbs
我经常去学校。
I often go to school.
别
negative imperative
别说话！
Don't talk!
再²、就¹
again and then
我明天再来。
I will come again tomorrow.
都²、就²、还是¹
scope and choice adverbs
现在都十点了。
It is already ten o'clock now.
Word classes: Prepositions词类：介词
从¹
from time or place
我从北京来。
I come from Beijing.
往
toward
请往这边走。
Please walk this way.
从²
from source
我从他那里知道了这件事。
I learned about this from him.
给
to or for
我给你买一本书。
I will buy a book for you.
比
comparison with 比
他比我高。
He is taller than me.
跟¹
with
因为¹
because preposition
Word classes: Conjunctions词类：连词
跟²
and
但、但是、那、虽然、还是²、因为²、所以
basic conjunctions
Word classes: Particles词类：助词
得、地
structural particles
过
experiential aspect particle
着
durative aspect particle
呢⁴、吧²、的²、啊¹
modal particles
Phrases: Structural phrase types短语：结构类型
动补短语1
verb-complement phrase
（1）"的"字短语
de phrase
（2）连谓短语
serial verb phrase
（3）兼语短语
pivotal phrase
Phrases: Fixed phrases短语：固定短语
什么的
and so on
Fixed patterns固定格式
还是……吧
better to ... ba
要/快要/就要……了
about to ... le
都……了
already ... le
Sentence components句子成分
受事主语
patient subject
名词性短语作谓语
nominal predicate
动词或动词性短语、主谓短语作定语
verbal attributives
动词+错/懂/好/会/完
result complements
简单趋向补语的趋向意义用法：（1）动词+来/去
simple direction complement
（2）动词+上/下/进/出/过/回
direction complements
复合趋向补语的趋向意义用法：动词+出来/出去/过来/过去/回来/回去/进来/进去/起来/上来/上去/下来/下去
compound direction complements
动词+得+形容词性短语
degree complement
（1）表示动作持续的时间
duration complement
（2）形容词+数量补语
adjective quantity complement
Sentence patterns句型
主谓句4：主谓谓语句
subject-predicate predicate sentence
Sentence classes句类
用"还是"连接的选择问句
alternative question with haishi
用"别"的祈使句
negative imperative with bie
Sentence types: Special sentence forms句子的类型：特殊句式
表示说明或特征
explanation or feature
表示达到
reaching a result
处所+动词+着(+数量短语)+名词
location with zhe
（1）A比B+形容词
A compared with B
（2）A比B+形容词+数量补语/程度补语
comparison with complement
（3）A有/没有B（+这么/那么）+形容词
as ... as comparison
（4）A比B+动词+得+形容词/A+动词+得+比+B+形容词
verb comparison with de
强调时间、地点、方式、动作者
emphasis construction
表使令：主语+请/叫/让……+宾语1+动词+宾语2
causative or request pattern
主语+动词+给+宾语1+宾语2
double-object with gei
Sentence types: Compound sentences句子的类型：复句
（是）……，还是……
whether ... or ...
虽然……，但是……
although ... but ...
因为……，所以……
because ... so ...
一……就……
as soon as ...
Aspect动作的态
动词+着：（1）表示状态的持续
continuing state with zhe
（2）表示动作的持续
continuing action with zhe
用动态助词"过"表示
experience with guo
Special expressions: Number expressions特殊表达法：数的表达法
数词+量词
numeral-measure phrase
（1）用"几"表示概数
approximation with ji
（2）数词+多+量词
number plus duo plus measure
（3）数词+量词+多
number plus measure plus duo
Study Tips
- Connect topics to routines. Use HSK 2 topics to connect basic vocabulary to routines, feelings, and simple opinions.
- Track connectors in stories. Watch for connectors such as because-so and although-but patterns in graded reading.
- Use tasks as practice domains. Treat task titles as practice domains, not promises of fluent conversation.
Read HSK 2 topics in context
Graded stories turn this syllabus scope into vocabulary, grammar, and tasks inside a narrative instead of isolated lists.
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Is this the full HSK 2 syllabus?
This page represents the full compact HSK 2 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 changes in HSK 2 beyond vocabulary growth?
HSK 2 expands basic survival Chinese into routines, feelings, family life, study experience, work impressions, travel, and simple opinions.
What personal-life topics does HSK 2 add?
HSK 2 adds appearance, clothing, birthdays, habits, hobbies, family activities, work feelings, study experience, and travel impressions.
How should learners use the HSK 2 task list?
Use the task list as a map of practice domains for listening, speaking, reading, and writing at the level.