HSK is a national standard text for testing the Chinese language level of foreigners, overseas Chinese, ethnic minority people and others whose mother tongue is not Chinese.

• 中国汉语水平考试（HSK）是为测试母语非汉语者（包括外国人、华侨和中国国内少数民族人员）的汉语水平而设立的国家标准化考试。