Miniglot
中文The HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) is the standard test of Mandarin Chinese for non-native speakers. Its levels run from HSK 1, the first few hundred everyday words, to HSK 6, where you read newspapers and follow most conversations. Miniglot teaches simplified characters, each word with its pinyin, its meanings and an example sentence.
6,327 words in all. Times are at 15 new words a day, about ten minutes in the app.
| Level | Words | With examples | Time | CSV, Anki deck |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSK 1 vocabulary | 365 | 365 | 4 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| HSK 2 vocabulary | 302 | 302 | 3 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| HSK 3 vocabulary | 562 | 562 | 5 weeks | CSV|Anki |
| HSK 4 vocabulary | 1,117 | 1,117 | 3 months | CSV|Anki |
| HSK 5 vocabulary | 1,776 | 1,776 | 4 months | CSV|Anki |
| HSK 6 vocabulary | 2,205 | 2,205 | 5 months | CSV|Anki |
Miniglot shows these words one card at a time, with audio, and brings each back just before you forget it. Then you read stories made only from the words you know.
Miniglot's HSK 1 list has 365 words. At 15 new words a day, that is about 4 weeks.
6,327 words across 6 levels, each word taught at one level only. Learning all of them at 15 a day takes about 14 months.
Spaced repetition: seeing each word again just before you would forget it, at longer and longer intervals, then meeting it in sentences and stories. Miniglot does both: it schedules each word's reviews and writes stories from the words you already know.
Yes. Every list is a free CSV file and a free Anki deck, with the word, its pinyin, its meaning, an example sentence and its translation.