This book is intended for Western students of the Chinese language who
wish to take the Chinese language proficiency exam (Hànyu Shuipíng
Kaoshì), HSK) either for academic reasons when planning to enroll for
studies at a university in Mainland China or for any other professional
or personal reasons. This book contains lists of vocabulary and Chinese
characters that students are required to know for the six different
levels of the HSK exam. It is intended as a reference guide to essential
vocabulary and Chinese characters as well as to the grammar aspects that
will be requested within the exam in one of the various ways of the
communicative tasks assigned to the candidate. This book should be used
in conjunction with the official monolingual textbooks available for
each level of the HSK exam as a guide of bilingual reference throughout
the preparation process for the exam at each proficiency level.