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.
HSK 6 Syllabus: Topics, Tasks, and Grammar
HSK 6 covers 68 official topics, 24 task areas, 5,334 words, and formal grammar for infrastructure, disasters, investment, AI, public issues, history, and culture. This level covers 68 topics,24 official tasks, and 5,334 cumulative vocabulary words. HSK 6 emphasizes infrastructure, investment, disasters, AI, public issues, history, and culture.
CEFR orientation: C25,334 cumulative words50 grammar patterns
68
topics
24
tasks
5,334
words
Level angle
Formal and public register
HSK 6 emphasizes infrastructure, investment, disasters, AI, public issues, history, and culture.
Topics
These are the official topic areas for HSK 6, shown with English labels first and the original Chinese syllabus labels preserved.
Daily life
日常生活
Everyday affairs日常事务
- Service handling/业务办理
- Asking for help with difficulties/困难求助
Food and drink饮食
- Dining experience/餐饮体验
- Food safety/食品安全
Transportation and travel交通出行
- Travel experience/出行体验
- Travel guides and strategies/出行攻略
Medical and health医疗健康
- Medical visits/就医
- Healthy living/健康生活
Community社区
- Living situation/居住情况
- Community services/社区服务
- Community management/社区管理
- Residents' life/居民生活
Education
教育情况
Study situation学习情况
- Course situation/课程情况
- Teaching situation/教学情况
- Learners/学习者
Campus life校园生活
- Campus activities/校园活动
- School situation/学校情况
Education issues教育问题
- Education events, ideas, and public issues/教育事件、教育理念、教育热点问题
Work life
职场生活
Career and experience职业与经历
- Work content/工作内容
- Career positioning/职场定位
Operations and management经营与管理
- Personnel management/人员管理
- Enterprise development/企业发展
Nature and environment
自然与环境
Nature自然
- Geographic regions/地理分区
- Terrain and landforms/地形地貌
- Natural phenomena/自然现象
- Animals and plants/动植物
- Natural resources/自然资源
- Natural laws/自然规律
Environment环境
- Disasters/灾害
- Energy development/能源开发
- Environmental protection/环境保护
- Infrastructure/基础设施
Science and technology
科学技术
Technology development科技发展
- Everyday technology products/生活类科技产品
- Information technology products/信息科技产品
Scientific knowledge科学知识
- Popular science knowledge/科普知识
- Research results/科研成果
- Popular science work/科普工作
Contemporary society
当代社会
Economic phenomena经济现象
- Commercial and trade activities/商贸活动
- Investment and financial management/投资理财
- Finance and consumption/财务与消费
- Economic development/经济发展
Social phenomena社会现象
- People's livelihood development/民生发展
- Emerging things/新兴事物
- Trends and social climate/潮流风气
- Public welfare activities/公益活动
- News hotspots/新闻热点
Literature and arts文艺
- Artistic forms/文艺形式
- Arts knowledge/文艺常识
- Creators and their works/创作者及其作品
- Arts activities/文艺活动
Sports体育
- Sports events/运动项目
- Sports events and tournaments/体育赛事
- Sports figures and stories/体育名人、体育故事等
Chinese-foreign exchange中外交流
- International activities/国际活动
- Friendly exchange events/友好交流事件
Language and writing语言文字
- Classical poetry/古诗词
- Idioms, sayings, and dialects/成语、俗语、方言等
Culture and tradition
文化与传统
Folk customs and traditions民俗传统
- Traditional festivals and customs/传统节日与习俗
- Folk legends/民间传说
- Ancient life/古代生活
Cultural landscapes人文景观
- Historic sites, traditional dwellings, and architecture/名胜古迹、传统民居、建筑等
Traditional thought and arts传统思想与艺术
- Philosophical thought/哲学思想
- Traditional arts/传统艺术
- Traditional aesthetic images/传统审美意象
History历史
- Historical figures, objects, and events/历史人物、器物与事件
- Dynasty overview/朝代概况
Ancient science and technology古代科技
- Ancient technological achievements/古代科技成就
- Ancient scientific ideas and scientists' stories/古人科学观念、古代科学家事迹
Tasks
Tasks describe what the syllabus expects learners to do with the language, beyond recognizing words in isolation.
Official HSK 6 tasks
HSK（六级）任务
Discuss food and drink
谈论饮食
Covers dining evaluation, service, cooking methods, utensils, nutrition, storage, and food-safety advice.
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 medical and health topics
谈论医疗健康
Focuses on injuries, diagnosis, emergency care, mental health, prevention, and health concepts.
Communicate and discuss community life
沟通、交流社区生活情况
Focuses on housing, facilities, property management, safety, services, volunteers, and neighborhood communication.
Discuss study situation
交流学习情况
Focuses on exams, course types, degrees, teaching resources, learner traits, performance, and academic planning.
Discuss campus life
谈论校园生活
Covers campus planning, activity organization, public-service activities, celebrations, academic events, admissions, and student management.
Discuss education events and ideas
谈论教育事件、教育理念
Focuses on education events, principles, requirements, social impact, public debate, and education hot topics.
Discuss work content and career positioning
谈论工作内容和职业定位
Covers work planning, decisions, business communication, reporting, finance, job roles, duties, and career positioning.
Discuss operations and management
谈论经营与管理情况
Focuses on entrepreneurship, teamwork, hiring, training, personnel structure, compensation, and management experience.
Discuss geography, climate, and natural resources
谈论地理、气候与自然资源
Focuses on geographic regions, landforms, climate phenomena, animals, plants, energy, and natural resources.
Discuss environmental issues
谈论环境问题
Covers urban and rural environments, pollution, environmental governance, human impact, and public opinions.
Introduce technology products
介绍科技产品
Focuses on robots, livestreaming technology, smart products, product development, and practical applications.
Introduce scientific knowledge
介绍科学知识
Covers popular science, research results, scientific experiments, conclusions, and science communication.
Discuss economic phenomena
谈论经济现象
Covers products, exhibitions, cooperation, promotion, industry trends, enterprise development, and economic hot topics.
Discuss social phenomena
谈论社会现象
Focuses on livelihoods, employment, population, social change, values, infrastructure, and public facilities.
Discuss artistic forms, activities, and works
谈论文艺形式、活动、作品
Focuses on painting, fairy tales, drama, animation, games, creators, exhibitions, book events, and literary works.
Discuss sports events and tournaments
谈论体育项目及赛事
Focuses on sport features, competition settings, judging, ceremonies, athletes, achievements, and sports stories.
Discuss international activities and friendly exchange events
谈论国际活动、中外友好交流事件
Covers international conferences, exhibitions, civil exchange, cultural exchange, and multi-field cooperation.
Introduce Chinese language and writing
介绍中国语言文字
Focuses on sayings, idioms, quotations, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, characters, and language phenomena.
Introduce ancient Chinese folk customs and cultural landscapes
介绍中国古代民俗传统、人文景观
Covers local foods, regional differences, festivals, legends, ancient life, and historic sites.
Introduce Chinese traditional thought and arts
介绍中国传统思想与艺术
Focuses on traditional thought, famous sayings, calligraphy, painting, music, folk arts, martial arts, and crafts.
Introduce Chinese history
介绍中国历史
Covers historical figures, events, background, causes, results, dynasties, and cultural landmarks.
Introduce ancient Chinese science and technology
介绍中国古代科技
Focuses on traditional medicine, agriculture, inventions, scientific ideas, and ancient scientists' influence.
Grammar
Grammar categories use native expansion controls so the full pattern list remains readable on phone screens.
Morphemes语素
超一、多一、反一、无一、亚一、准一
advanced prefixes
这款超薄电脑适合出差携带。
This ultra-thin laptop is easy to carry on business trips.
一化、一式、一型、一性
advanced suffixes
学校逐步推行小班化教学。
The school is gradually adopting small-class teaching.
Word classes词类
人家
人家 pronoun
人家都道歉了，你就别再追问了。
They already apologized, so stop pressing them.
专用名量词：串、滴、枝、扇、卷¹、卷²
specific noun measure words
她摘了一枝花，插在窗边的花瓶里。
She picked a flower and put it in the vase by the window.
番
action measure word
老板又批评了我一番。
The boss criticized me again at length.
特、异常、较为
degree adverbs
这个问题异常复杂，处理起来较为困难。
This problem is unusually complex and relatively difficult to handle.
净、一同、大都
scope adverbs
这次会议来的大都是一线老师。
Most of the people at this meeting are front-line teachers.
一时、不时、仍旧、依旧、一向
time adverbs
他一向守时，今天却迟到了。
He has always been punctual, but today he was late.
一再、再三
frequency adverbs
我一再提醒他不要迟到。
I reminded him again and again not to be late.
不禁、赶忙、特地、特意、偷偷
manner adverbs
她不禁笑了起来，赶忙低下头。
She could not help laughing and quickly lowered her head.
未必
modal adverb
你说的未必对，我们再想想。
What you said may not be right; let's think it over.
恰好、倒是、干脆、明明、总算
tone and stance adverbs
明明是他迟到，他倒是先抱怨起来。
He was clearly the one who was late, yet he started complaining first.
于
formal preposition yu
会议将于下午三点开始。
The meeting will begin at 3 p.m.
至于
as for
至于明天的事，以后再说。
As for tomorrow's matters, we'll talk about them later.
因
because of
因天气不好，比赛取消了。
Because of the bad weather, the match was cancelled.
除
except for
除他以外，大家都到了。
Except for him, everyone else has arrived.
不料
unexpectedly
我以为会下雨，不料太阳出来了。
I thought it would rain, but unexpectedly the sun came out.
所
nominalizing suo
这是我所知道的一切。
This is everything that I know.
啦、嘛
sentence-final particles
好啦，别急嘛，我们马上出发。
All right, don't rush; we're leaving right away.
也好
or also acceptable
你去也好，不去也好，我都行。
Whether you go or not is fine with me.
Phrases短语
A这A那
A this, A that
他挑这挑那，半天没决定。
He fussed over this and that and could not decide for a long time.
左A右B
A and B all around
他左思右想，还是拿不定主意。
He thought it over from every angle and still could not decide.
好（不）容易
with great difficulty
我好不容易才找到这份工作。
I finally found this job after much effort.
那倒（也）是
that is true
那倒也是，你说得有道理。
That's true; what you said makes sense.
算了
let it go
算了，别生气了，吃饭吧。
Let it go, don't be angry anymore, let's eat.
得了
enough already
A一+量词，B一+量词
one measure A, one measure B
东一A，西一A
scattered A here and there
到……为止
up to ...
X到Y头上来了
X falling on Y
不X不……，一X……
once X, then ...
好你个X
you X indeed
早（也）不X，晚（也）不X
neither earlier nor later X
看/瞧+把+宾语（施事）+X得
look what X did to someone
放着X不Y
leave X unused instead of Y
X了就X了，（没）有……
X happened, so what
这/那也不X，那/这也不Y
neither this X nor that Y
X归X，Y归Y
X is X, Y is Y
看你X的/瞧他X的
look at how X
Sentence components句子成分
动词/形容词+透+了
thoroughly with tou le
Sentence types句子的类型
(1) 主语（非生物体）+把+宾语+动词+其他成分
ba sentence with nonliving subject
(2) 主语+把+宾语（施事）+动词+其他成分
ba sentence with agent object
一时……一时……
now ... now ...
要么……，要么……
either ... or ...
虽……，但/可/却/也……
although ... but ...
凡是……，都……
all that ...
除非……，才……
only if ... then ...
除非……，否则/不然……
unless ... otherwise ...
就算……，也……
even if ... still ...
……，以便……
... so as to ...
Study Tips
- Identify public-domain gaps. Use the topic hierarchy to identify gaps in public-domain Chinese.
- Read formal themes. Read stories with formal, historical, technological, and social themes.
- Parse arguments through grammar. Treat advanced grammar as a way to parse arguments, not as isolated exam trivia.
Read HSK 6 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 6 syllabus?
This page covers the full compact HSK 6 official topic, task, and grammar scope from the local extracted syllabus files.
What makes HSK 6 formal or public-facing?
HSK 6 emphasizes public services, infrastructure, investment, disasters, information technology, AI, public issues, history, and traditional thought.
How does HSK 6 prepare learners for the HSK 7-9 jump?
HSK 6 strengthens formal register, public-domain vocabulary, complex arguments, and cultural-historical reading before the shared advanced band.
How should learners use the HSK 6 grammar categories?
Use them to parse formal writing, arguments, reports, and public-topic explanations in context.