HSK 6: Read Between the Lines, Express Ideas in Depth

Understand arguments and implied attitudes in complex texts. Bring information together, respond to different views, and develop your ideas in clear, coherent Chinese.

HSK 6
24 short lessons
About 4320 min

What you’ll learn

Listening for detail
- Understand main ideas, argumentation, key details, and speaker attitudes in complex Level 6 daily, academic, professional, social, and cultural contexts.
Spoken communication
- Explain complex situations, negotiate solutions, present knowledge, and express and respond to supported views fluently across the 24 official tasks.
Reading for detail
- Understand structure, facts, argumentation, and implicit attitudes in Level 6 regulations, reports, news, popular science, commentary, literary, and cultural texts.
Written communication
- Write cohesive, well-structured texts to report situations, explain processes, present knowledge, and develop supported arguments on social and cultural issues.

Lessons24 Vocabulary234 Grammar22

Your lesson path

Each short lesson has one clear goal and builds on what you’ve learned.

Start learning46 steps
1. Public Services and Seeking Assistance
Develop integrated skills for Public Services and Seeking Assistance: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
Complete the previous lesson to unlock.47 steps
2. Dining Experiences and Food Safety
Develop integrated skills for Dining Experiences and Food Safety: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
Complete the previous lesson to unlock.41 steps
3. Travel Experiences and Practical Guides
Develop integrated skills for Travel Experiences and Practical Guides: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
Complete the previous lesson to unlock.42 steps
4. Medical Care and Healthy Living
Develop integrated skills for Medical Care and Healthy Living: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
Complete the previous lesson to unlock.49 steps
5. Community Living, Services, and Management
Develop integrated skills for Community Living, Services, and Management: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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6. Courses, Teaching, and Learner Development
Develop integrated skills for Courses, Teaching, and Learner Development: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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7. Campus Activities and School Life
Develop integrated skills for Campus Activities and School Life: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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8. Education Debates, Ideas, and Current Issues
Develop integrated skills for Education Debates, Ideas, and Current Issues: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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9. Work Responsibilities and Career Positioning
Develop integrated skills for Work Responsibilities and Career Positioning: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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10. Personnel Management and Business Growth
Develop integrated skills for Personnel Management and Business Growth: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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11. Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources
Develop integrated skills for Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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12. Disasters, Energy, and Environmental Protection
Develop integrated skills for Disasters, Energy, and Environmental Protection: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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13. Technology Products and Digital Life
Develop integrated skills for Technology Products and Digital Life: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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14. Scientific Knowledge, Research, and Public Outreach
Develop integrated skills for Scientific Knowledge, Research, and Public Outreach: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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15. Trade, Finance, and Economic Development
Develop integrated skills for Trade, Finance, and Economic Development: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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16. Social Change, Public Welfare, and Current Affairs
Develop integrated skills for Social Change, Public Welfare, and Current Affairs: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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17. Art Forms, Creators, Works, and Events
Develop integrated skills for Art Forms, Creators, Works, and Events: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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18. Sports, Events, Figures, and Stories
Develop integrated skills for Sports, Events, Figures, and Stories: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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19. International Events and Friendly Exchange
Develop integrated skills for International Events and Friendly Exchange: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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20. Classical Poetry, Idioms, and Dialects
Develop integrated skills for Classical Poetry, Idioms, and Dialects: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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21. Traditional Festivals, Legends, and Cultural Landscapes
Develop integrated skills for Traditional Festivals, Legends, and Cultural Landscapes: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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22. Traditional Thought, Art, and Aesthetic Imagery
Develop integrated skills for Traditional Thought, Art, and Aesthetic Imagery: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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23. Historical Figures, Events, and Dynasties
Develop integrated skills for Historical Figures, Events, and Dynasties: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.
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24. Ancient Technology and Scientific Thought
Develop integrated skills for Ancient Technology and Scientific Thought: understand complex explanations and discussions, read reports and explanatory texts, exchange views fluently, and write well-structured texts.

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Grammar

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What you’ll learn

Your lesson path

1. Public Services and Seeking Assistance

2. Dining Experiences and Food Safety

3. Travel Experiences and Practical Guides

4. Medical Care and Healthy Living

5. Community Living, Services, and Management

6. Courses, Teaching, and Learner Development

7. Campus Activities and School Life

8. Education Debates, Ideas, and Current Issues

9. Work Responsibilities and Career Positioning

10. Personnel Management and Business Growth

11. Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources

12. Disasters, Energy, and Environmental Protection

13. Technology Products and Digital Life

14. Scientific Knowledge, Research, and Public Outreach

15. Trade, Finance, and Economic Development

16. Social Change, Public Welfare, and Current Affairs

17. Art Forms, Creators, Works, and Events

18. Sports, Events, Figures, and Stories

19. International Events and Friendly Exchange

20. Classical Poetry, Idioms, and Dialects

21. Traditional Festivals, Legends, and Cultural Landscapes

22. Traditional Thought, Art, and Aesthetic Imagery

23. Historical Figures, Events, and Dynasties

24. Ancient Technology and Scientific Thought

Vocabulary

补偿bǔchángTo make up for a loss or effort with money, goods, or action.

查询cháxúnTo look for needed information in records, a database, or a system.

发票fāpiàoAn official proof of payment issued by a seller after goods or services are purchased.

航空hángkōngTo travel through the air by aircraft, often referring to the associated transport and industry.

核心héxīnThe most central and important part of something, playing a decisive role.

结果jiēguǒFor a plant to bear fruit, often paired with “flower.”

Grammar

The purpose construction …，以便…行动或安排，以便 + 预期目的以便 introduces the facilitating condition or intended purpose created by the preceding action, a more formal equivalent of “so that.”

Scope adverbs 净, 一同, and 大都范围副词 + 谓语净 says the scope consists entirely of one kind, often evaluatively; 一同 marks joint participation; 大都 means most, not all.

The universal condition 凡是…，都…凡是 + 类别条件，都 + 共同结果凡是 ranges over every member of a class, and 都 states that all members share the same result or rule without exception.

The alternative construction 要么…，要么…要么 + 选择一，要么 + 选择二要么…，要么… presents two or more mutually exclusive alternatives and calls for a definite choice.

The concessive hypothesis 就算…，也…就算 + 极端假设，也 + 不变结论就算 concedes an uncertain, extreme, or unfavorable hypothesis; 也 states that the following conclusion remains unchanged even if it holds.