New HSK · Learn Chinese with Lan

Your coach for the new HSK.

Clear strategies for every HSK 4–6 question type. Start with free speaking lessons.

See the HSK 4 Pack Start speaking — free
HSK 4 Pack opens in early November.
Opens early November
HSK 4 Pack
Exam coaching for the new HSK 4
10question-type units
2full mocks with speaking
479new words decoded
  • Free to try: Mini Mock and one full unit
  • Pay once, everything opens
  • 7-day refund
$39$59founding price
HSK 4–6

Exam coaching and vocabulary, level by level

HSK 4 exam coaching opens first. The other courses follow in stages.

HSK Exam Coaching
HSK 4Early November

10 units, one per question type: how it works, a worked example, guided and timed practice, common mistakes. Plus 2 full mocks.

Try the free unit
HSK 5Coming in stages

The new HSK 5 tasks: sentence ordering, picture writing, the 200-character essay, picture-based speaking.

HSK 6Coming in stages

The same step-by-step coaching, for HSK 6.

HSK Vocabulary Fast TrackLearn new words through characters you already know.
HSK 4 VocabularyComing
HSK 5 VocabularyComing
HSK 6 VocabularyComing
Free speaking courses

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Level 1Everyday Chinese

65 five-minute story units: ordering coffee, meeting people, paying. Every sentence uses only words you have already learned.

我要一杯咖啡。Wǒ yào yì bēi kāfēi.
Start Lesson 1
Level 2Living in China

12 everyday situations: asking the way, taking the bus, ordering food, seeing a doctor. Each unit ends with you speaking.

过了医院，往左走。Guòle yīyuàn, wǎng zuǒ zǒu.
Start Unit 1
Free

Useful tools

Character Sense119 starter characters behind most of the words you will learnOpen → Word Cards HSK 3–4Flip, listen and quiz every HSK 3 and 4 wordOpen → HSK 3 Decode Course29 lessons: from characters to word families to reading new wordsOpen → HSK 7–9 TrainerWords that share a character, practised side by sideOpen →
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Lan Chengxiao
Your coach

Lan Chengxiao

兰老师

I have taught Chinese to international students for more than 20 years. I wrote the HSK textbook series used in classrooms in Mongolia, and the vocabulary courses here follow my Fast Track method.

20+ years teachingHSK textbook author
Free: the HSK 1 word list and a guide to the new HSK. One email from Lan now, and one more when the HSK 4 Pack opens.