Describe personal situation
介绍个人情况
Focuses on personal information and traits such as appearance, personality, contact details, work, and family status.
HSK 3 Syllabus: Topics, Tasks, and Grammar
HSK 3 covers 54 official topics, 22 task areas, 988 words, and intermediate grammar for office life, health, environment, social life, culture, and everyday complexity. This level covers 54 topics,22 official tasks, and 988 cumulative vocabulary words. HSK 3 broadens into office life, health views, environment, social life, arts, sports, and culture.
CEFR orientation: B1988 cumulative words97 grammar patterns
54
topics
22
tasks
988
words
Level angle
Everyday complexity
HSK 3 broadens into office life, health views, environment, social life, arts, sports, and culture.
Topics
These are the official topic areas for HSK 3, shown with English labels first and the original Chinese syllabus labels preserved.
Daily life
日常生活
Personal situation个人情况
- Personal information/个人信息
- Personal traits/个人特征
Everyday affairs日常事务
- Handling affairs/事务处理
- Service handling/业务办理
Interaction交往
- Polite behavior/礼貌行为
- 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
- Travel methods/出行方式
- Travel arrangements/出行安排
- Travel experiences/出行经历
- Traffic rules/交通规则
Shopping购物
- Choosing goods/商品选购
- Shopping experiences/购物经历
Medical and health医疗健康
- Illness/生病
- Medical visits/就医
- Visiting the sick/探病
- Health ideas/健康观念
Leisure休闲
- Leisure activities/休闲活动
- Activity experiences/活动体验
Community社区
- Living situation/居住情况
Family life家庭生活
- Living habits/生活习惯
- Family relationships/家庭关系
- Family affairs/家庭事务
- Home life/居家生活
Education
教育情况
Study situation学习情况
- Course situation/课程情况
- Study activities/学习活动
- Study environment/学习环境
- Study experience/学习经历
Campus life校园生活
- Campus activities/校园活动
- School situation/学校情况
Education issues教育问题
- Family education/家庭教育
Work life
职场生活
Daily office work日常办公
- Office affairs/办公事务
- Work performance/工作表现
- Work environment/工作环境
- Getting along with colleagues/同事相处
Career and experience职业与经历
- Work experience/工作经历
- Career evaluation/职业评价
Nature and environment
自然与环境
Nature自然
- Climate/气候
- Seasons/季节
- Animals and plants/动植物
- Natural scenery/自然风景
Environment环境
- Environmental conditions/环境状况
- Environmental protection/环境保护
Contemporary society
当代社会
Social situation社会情况
- Modern life/现代生活
- Urban development/城市发展
Literature and arts文艺
- Arts activities/文艺活动
Sports体育
- Sports events/运动项目
- Sports competitions/体育比赛
Culture and tradition
文化与传统
Food culture饮食文化
- Distinctive foods/特色饮食
- Tableware/餐具
Customs and traditions风俗传统
- Traditional festivals and customs/传统节日与习俗
- Regional differences/地区差异
Tasks
Tasks describe what the syllabus expects learners to do with the language, beyond recognizing words in isolation.
Official HSK 3 tasks
HSK（三级）任务
Communicate and handle everyday affairs
交流、处理日常事务
Covers everyday errands, lost items, leave requests, borrowing, returning, and service procedures.
Handle everyday social interaction
日常交往
Focuses on polite language, wishes, decisions, suggestions, attitudes, feelings, and social-message exchanges.
Discuss food and drink situations
交流饮食情况
Covers food preferences, ordering, delivery, restaurant service, dish information, and eating habits.
Discuss transportation and travel
谈论交通出行
Focuses on transport choices, travel plans, travel experiences, road rules, routes, and trip writing.
Discuss shopping information
交流购物信息
Covers product information, purchase needs, bargaining, product comparison, shopping process, and shopping feelings.
Discuss medical visits, sick visits, and health ideas
谈论就医探病、健康观念
Focuses on symptoms, treatment, medicine use, sick visits, exercise habits, diet, and health ideas.
Discuss leisure life
谈论休闲生活
Covers travel, vacation, cycling, photography, exercise, gatherings, music, pets, and leisure experiences.
Discuss living situation
谈论居住情况
Focuses on neighborhoods, housing, home goods, room layout, and short descriptions of living situations.
Discuss living habits, family relationships, and family affairs
谈论生活习惯、家庭关系和家庭事务
Covers household routines, family relationships, caring for relatives, parenting, moving, and chores.
Communicate study situation
沟通学习情况
Focuses on courses, classroom activities, study methods, learning conditions, study plans, and education experience.
Discuss campus life
交流校园生活
Covers campus activities, school news, sports days, school environment, and short campus-life writing.
Discuss family education
谈论家庭教育
Focuses on family education ideas, methods, children's schooling, and simple opinions about education.
Discuss daily office work
交流日常办公情况
Covers work schedules, meetings, email, attendance, attitude, ability, equipment, and colleague relationships.
Discuss careers
谈论职业
Focuses on work changes, career wishes, career choices, professional status, and general career evaluation.
Discuss nature
谈论自然情况
Covers climate, seasons, animals, plants, scenery, weather, and short descriptions of nature.
Describe a place's environment and environmental protection
介绍某个地方的环境和环保
Focuses on a place's location, features, environmental conditions, protection practices, and related opinions.
Discuss an aspect of social life
交流社会生活的某个方面
Covers modern transport, mobile payment, urban development, social facilities, and daily social change.
Discuss arts activity information
交流文艺活动信息
Focuses on performances, programs, competitions, participants, popularity, posters, and arts-event descriptions.
Describe sports events and competitions
介绍体育项目及比赛
Covers sports names, match information, participants, simple rules, and short competition descriptions.
Describe distinctive Chinese foods and tableware
介绍中国特色饮食及餐具
Focuses on tea, alcohol, Chinese dishes, staple foods, and common Chinese tableware.
Describe Chinese traditional customs
介绍中国传统风俗
Covers festival customs, regional differences, and short descriptions of Chinese traditional customs.
Grammar
Grammar categories use native expansion controls so the full pattern list remains readable on phone screens.
Morphemes语素
老一
prefix 老-
老张是我爸爸的朋友。
Lao Zhang is my father's friend.
一家、一子、一员
noun suffixes
这位作家在本子上写了店员的名字。
This writer wrote the clerk's name in a notebook.
Word classes词类
东、南、西、北、北方、东方、南方、西方、中间
direction nouns
太阳从东方升起，从西方落下。
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
需要、该、应该、愿意、得
modal verbs
你应该早点睡觉，明天得早起。
You should go to bed early; tomorrow you have to get up early.
动宾式离合词：放假、见面、结婚、洗澡
verb-object separable verbs
我们明天见个面吧。
Let's meet tomorrow.
动补式离合词：离开、完成、分开
verb-complement separable verbs
火车已经离开了车站。
The train has already left the station.
怎样
how
你怎样去学校？
How do you go to school?
疑问代词的非疑问用法：
non-question interrogative pronouns
我不知道他什么时候来。
I do not know when he will come.
（1）任指用法：①疑问代词+都…… ②疑问代词+疑问代词
any-reference pronouns
谁都不知道这件事。
No one knows about this matter.
（2）不定指用法
indefinite-reference pronouns
我想吃点什么。
I want to eat something.
别人、咱们
other people and inclusive we
咱们别等别人了。
Let's not wait for other people.
别的、其他
other
我喜欢这件衣服，不喜欢别的。
I like this piece of clothing, not the other ones.
（1）专用名量词：把、双、张、种、层、封、页、辆、节、所、班、段、头、句、公斤、斤、角、毛、刻、米
specific noun measure words
我买了一把椅子、一双鞋和一张纸。
I bought a chair, a pair of shoes, and a sheet of paper.
（2）借用名量词：碗、盘
borrowed noun measure words
我吃了两碗饭。
I ate two bowls of rice.
口、回、遍、声
action measure words
我去过北京三回。
I have been to Beijing three times.
个个、张张
measure-word reduplication
孩子们个个都很聪明。
Every one of the children is very smart.
比较、还³、更、特别、挺、有些、越、极
degree adverbs
今天比较冷，明天更冷。
Today is relatively cold, and tomorrow will be even colder.
就³、一块儿、一共、只、到处、只是
scope adverbs
我们一共五个人，一块儿去公园。
There are five of us in total, and we are going to the park together.
才¹、马上、先、一会儿、刚、刚刚、一直
time adverbs
他才来，马上就走。
He has only just arrived and will leave right away.
总、总是、又、常常
frequency adverbs
他总是很忙，又常常加班。
He is always busy and often works overtime.
一边
simultaneous action marker
她一边听音乐一边做饭。
She listens to music while cooking.
大概、必须、差不多、一定、好像、几乎
modal adverbs
你大概累了，休息一下吧。
You are probably tired; take a rest.
当然、其实、终于、才²、才³、就⁴
assertion adverbs
他终于来了，其实我一直在等他。
He finally came; actually, I had been waiting for him.
不必、不用
no need
你不必着急，不用现在回答。
You do not need to worry or answer now.
为¹、向¹、关于
for, toward, about
我为你高兴，向你学习。
I am happy for you and learn from you.
向²
toward
为了、为²
purpose and beneficiary
把、被
ba and bei markers
根据
according to
或、或者
or
只有、只要、不但、而且、如果、可¹、可是、然后
compound conjunctions
的话
conditional particle
Phrases短语
同位短语
appositive phrase
动补短语2
verb-complement phrase
数量重叠：数词+量词+数词+量词
quantity reduplication
不A不B
not A not B
不一会儿
after a short while
看来
it seems
在……看来
in ... view
越来越
more and more
看起来
looks like
看上去
looks as if
一般来说
generally speaking
不怎么样
not very good
Fixed patterns固定格式
除了 ……（以外），……还/也/都……
besides ... also ...
从……起
from ... on
对……来说
for ...
……也/都+不/没……
neither nor
一点儿也不
not at all
越……越……
the more ... the more ...
（在）……以前/以后/前/后
before and after
X什么（啊）
what X
该……了
time to ...
在……上/下/中
in terms of
Sentence components句子成分
动词或动词性短语、形容词或形容词性短语作主语
verbal or adjectival subject
主谓短语作主语
subject-predicate subject
多项定语
multiple attributives
动词+到/住/走/上
result complements
趋向补语的引申用法：（1）表示结果意义：动词+出/起/下
direction complement as result
（2）表示动作行为的开始：动词+上/起来
direction complement for beginning
（3）表示动作行为的持续：动词+下去/下来
direction complement for continuation
动词+得/不+动词/形容词
potential complement
（1）形容词+得很
very with de hen
（2）形容词/动词+极了/坏了
extreme degree complement
表示动作结束到某个时间点的间隔时间
elapsed interval
Sentence types句子的类型
"怎样+动词"的特指问句
how question
用反问句表示强调：不是……吗？
rhetorical emphasis
（1）主语+把+宾语+动词+在/到+处所
ba with place result
（2）主语+把+宾语1+动词（+给）+宾语2
ba with recipient
（3）主语+把+宾语+动词+结果补语/趋向补语/状态补语
ba with complements
（1）主语+被+宾语+动词+其他成分
bei passive with agent
（2）主语+被+动词+其他成分
bei passive without agent
"着"表示动作的伴随：动词1+着+动词2
accompanying action with zhe
（1）A比B+更/还+形容词
greater comparison
（2）A跟B一样
equal comparison
（3）A跟B一样+形容词
equally adjective
（4）A不比B+形容词
not more than comparison
（5）A比B+多/少/早/晚+动词+数量短语
quantity and time comparison
（1）表示出现：处所词+动词+趋向补语/结果补语+动态助词（了）+数量短语+人/物
appearance existential sentence
（2）表示消失：处所词+动词+结果补语+动态助词（了）+数量短语+人/物
disappearance existential sentence
强调说话人的看法或态度
speaker attitude emphasis
主语+动词+宾语+动词+补语
verb-object complement pattern
先……，再/然后……
first ... then ...
或者……，或者……
either ... or ...
一会儿……，一会儿……
one moment ... another ...
又……，又……
both ... and ...
一边……，一边……
doing two actions at the same time
不但……，而且……
not only ... but also ...
虽然……，可是……
although ... but ...
如果……，就……
if ... then ...
……的话，就……
if ... then ...
只有……，才……
only if ... then ...
只要……，就……
as long as ... then ...
为了……，……
for the purpose of ...
……了……（就）……
after ... then ...
Special expressions特殊表达法
概数表达法2：（1）用"大概"表示概数
approximation with dagai
（2）相邻数词连用表示概数
adjacent numbers for approximation
Study Tips
- Find weak social domains. Use topics to identify which daily and social domains feel weak.
- Read across domains. Read across office, health, environment, and social stories rather than repeating one genre.
- Notice paragraph grammar. Notice grammar patterns in paragraph context, especially passive voice and complements.
Read HSK 3 topics in context
Graded stories turn this syllabus scope into vocabulary, grammar, and tasks inside a narrative instead of isolated lists.
Browse HSK 3 storiesFrequently Asked Questions
Is this the full HSK 3 syllabus?
This page covers the full compact HSK 3 topic, task, and grammar syllabus from the local extracted HSK 3.0 source files.
Why does HSK 3 feel like an intermediate plateau?
HSK 3 broadens from personal routines into office, health, community, environment, social, arts, sports, and cultural domains.
Which new topic areas appear at HSK 3?
HSK 3 adds richer office life, health views, community living, natural environment, contemporary society, arts, sports, and traditional culture.
How should HSK 3 learners use the grammar section?
Use it to spot patterns in paragraph context, especially complements, passive voice, comparisons, and sentence-linking forms.