Where a practice paper says “published,” it refers to the public structure used as a reference—not to official ownership of the HSKBase paper.
SOURCES & EDITORIAL STANDARDS
Trace the claim. Know the label.
Primary HSK links, original-content boundaries, and the limits of HSKBase's automated checks.
PRIMARY REFERENCES · REVIEWED AUGUST 20, 2026
Verify exam claims at their source.
These links are maintained by the Chinese testing service or host its published HSK 3.0 material. They take priority over HSKBase when dates, registration rules, fees, formats, or test requirements change.
ROLLOUTHSK 3.0 pilot notice ↗
Current pilot date, registration windows, formats, level pairings, and result information.
SYLLABUSHSK 3.0 examination resources ↗Published syllabuses and the official resource links for levels, task structures, and vocabulary.
CALENDAR2026 official test calendar ↗Regular test dates, forms, registration deadlines, and result-release dates.
HOW HSKBASE USES THOSE SOURCES
Structure can be aligned; questions remain original.
HSKBase uses public material to define study targets and then creates its own learning content. The labels below are deliberate.
HSKBase authors these materials for practice. They are not official questions, past papers, leaked items, or a prediction of a future paper.
The label describes the intended level or topic relationship. HSKBase is independent and is not affiliated with the official HSK testing organization.
ASSET SOURCES & LICENCES
Artwork and stroke data keep their own record.
These notes distinguish original HSKBase imagery from external open-source data used by interactive learning tools.
Culture and zodiac images are original AI-generated illustrations created for HSKBase. They are not museum photographs, archaeological records, or exact reconstructions; captions identify them as illustrations.
Stroke animation uses the open-source Hanzi Writer Data package, derived from Make Me a Hanzi and distributed under the Arphic Public License.
Review the upstream data project ↗QUALITY CONTROLS AND LIMITS
Automated validation is useful, but it is not official review.
Generation checks cover required fields, level membership, route integrity, item counts, and selected content constraints. They do not equal teacher certification, psychometric validation, official scoring, or endorsement. If HSKBase and a primary source differ, follow the primary source and your test center.