Both simplified and origional Chinese version of HSK tests are available to test takers. Please specify your perference when filling out your registration form.

SM Chinese means simplified Chinese, which is the script of Mandarin used in mainland China and also in Singapore.

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) or the Chinese Proficiency Test is a standard examination for evaluating the proficiency of one's modern Chinese language. HSK is designed specially for those people--including foreigners, overseas Chinese and students from Chinese national minorities--whose first language is not Chinese.

Chinese characters have been evolving throughout their usage. In the 1950's, the Chinese Communist government sped this process up by starting a program of massive character simplification with the goal of improving literacy rates. This involved replacing characters with new forms that required fewer strokes to write or combining several characters into just one form.

If you have Chinese Windows, you can read Chinese on the web. Or, you can set your IE browser by clicking View -> Encoding -> select the type of Chinese language.

Yes it does support Chinese characters as well as other characters. This would also be subjected to phone compatibility.

a sub score of HSK Basic is a scale score ranging from "0" to "100" with 50 as the mean and 20 as the standard deviation. The total score, which is the sum of scale scores for sub scores, is a scale score ranging from "0" to "300." The scale sub scores show the relative position of an examinee in a standard HSK Basic sample group. The type and grade of HSK Basic is based on the total score.

HSK is a general language examination, it is not based on any particular textbook or subject. Thus you may use any textbooks you prefer to prepare for the test. UBC HSK Center is a non-profit test center. We do not organize any preparation courses. Sample tests are available at our site for downloading. Some private education agencies, however, offer courses helping you know more about the test. You may register these courses at your own cost.

Unlike US/EU versions in China, the ping and lag is not that high, but it is still high enough to be annoying.

The Simplified Method is a way of determining the tax-free portion of a retired member's allowance so accurate tax withholding amounts can be calculated. The IRS requires that this method be used under certain circumstances (see question #2 below).

I am half Chinese. My father is from Hong Kong / Macau and my mother is from Newcastle, England. I have lived in England all my life and unfortunately didn't learn Cantonese when I was younger. I still have family in Hong Kong, Macau and possibly Southern China. I also have a lot of Chinese uncles and aunties living in England, as well as my Grandma. All of my Cantonese speaking family help me practise now when I see them.

All HSK tests are designed by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University located in Beijing, China. The Center's entire work, from making tests to issuing certificates, is supervised by the National Commission of Chinese Proficiency Test under the Ministry of Education of China.

HSK was first offered in 1990. Since then, many test centers have been established in China and in nearly twenty foreign countries, and HSK has been held regularly in each test center every year.

All HSK certificates are issued by the National Commission of Chinese Proficiency Test, which is under the Ministry of Education of China.

To certify that you have obtained the required Chinese proficiency to enter a college or university in China as an undergraduate or graduate student; To certify that you have obtained the required Chinese proficiency and thus, you may be exempted from taking certain Chinese language courses in your institution (if your institution agrees to grant you the permission). At UBC, HSK scores can be used to waive foreign language requirements.

Your HSK certificate is like a "diploma": once you receive it, it becomes your property and it is valid permanently. However, if you wish to use your HSK scores to apply for admission to a college or university in China, your scores are good for two years only (from the date you take the test).

The HSK Winner Scholarship was established by the Chinese HSK Authorities. Its purpose is to financially aid those HSK examinees who have obtained excellent scores to study in China. Scholarship recipients can study Chinese language, culture, history and philosophy at a Chinese university for one year. They can enjoy free tuition, free accommodation, free textbooks and free medical care. However, recipients are responsible for their international traveling expenses.

HSK Basic is composed of three sections: listening comprehension; sentence structure; and reading comprehension. HSK Elementary-Intermediate is composed of four sections: listening comprehension; sentence structure; reading comprehension and filling in blanks. HSK Advance has three sections: written examination (including listening comprehension; reading comprehension; and filling in blanks); composition; and oral examination.