HSK 1 · Quiz
A quick way to check whether the HSK 1 word list has actually stuck: you're shown a character, a pinyin, or a translation, and you answer in the missing form. Right answers space out further apart, wrong ones come back sooner.
The HSK 1 quiz mixes questions in both directions — Chinese to English and English to Chinese — so recognition alone isn't enough; you also have to produce the word yourself. It draws only from HSK 1, so nothing in a question requires vocabulary from later levels.
Mixing up 不 (bù) and 没 (méi) for "not". The rule that covers 90% of cases: 不 negates a habit, a state, or an intention (我不喝咖啡 — "I don't drink coffee", generally); 没 negates a past or completed fact (我没喝咖啡 — "I haven't had coffee", this morning specifically). English speakers tend to default to 不 everywhere since it's learned first — the quiz deliberately mixes both to force a conscious choice.
你 →
Answer: you
"to have" →
Answer: 有 (yǒu)
没有 →
Answer: to not have
喜欢 →
Answer: to like
"to work" →
Answer: 工作 (gōngzuò)
Answering the same word ten times in a row barely helps once you already recognize it — the review is too easy to teach you anything. HSK Trainer's spaced repetition instead waits until a word is starting to fade before bringing it back, which is the point at which testing yourself actually strengthens memory.
How many words does this quiz cover?
The 300 official HSK 1 words, the very first step of the scale.
Do I need to already know the vocabulary before taking this quiz?
Ideally yes: this quiz tests what's already been seen — check the HSK 1 vocabulary list first if this is your first contact with Chinese.
Does this quiz also test tones?
Not specifically — it tests recognition of meaning and character/pinyin, not tones.
不 and 没 both mean "not" — why does the quiz emphasize this so much?
Because it's the most common and longest-lasting mistake starting at HSK 1 (see the panel above).