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HSK 3.0, levels 1 to 9
Every HSK word on a schedule that keeps it
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Every word you review is scheduled to come back just before you would have forgotten it. All 10,980 HSK 3.0 words, with pinyin, audio, and an example sentence for each one.
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WHAT IS THIS?
坚持
jiān chí
to persevere; to persist
Again1m
Hard10m
Good12h
Easy1d
114,959 dictionary entries
·10,980 HSK 3.0 words
·Audio on every word
·Also on iOS & Android
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39 days laterReviews Get Further Apart as You Learn
SM-2 spaced repetition, 12 hours out to 2 years
Get a word right and the gap before you see it again multiplies by 2.5. Get it wrong and it comes back in a minute. You spend your time on the words you are actually losing.
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Progress tracked per HSK level
Your dashboard counts words learned, words due, your current streak, and how far through each HSK level you are. All of it comes from your own review history, nobody else's.
Words learnedCounted per HSK level
Words due todayScheduled by the SRS
Day streakDays with a review done
Level progressHSK 1 through 9
HSK 1
506 wordsHSK 2
750 wordsHSK 3
954 wordsHSK 4
973 wordsAll 10,980 Official HSK 3.0 Words
Levels 1 to 9, plus the older HSK 2.0 lists
Every word from the official Ministry of Education lists, each with pinyin, audio, and an example sentence. Behind them sits the full 114,959-entry CC-CEDICT dictionary for anything you meet outside the syllabus.
114,959
Dictionary Entries
Full CC-CEDICT, searchable
10,980
HSK 3.0 Words
All nine levels, 1 through 9
16,019
Example Sentences
One for every word
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| Feature | HSK Lord | Anki |
|---|---|---|
| HSK vocabulary | Built in, HSK 1 to 9, maintained by us | Shared decks, community-made and of mixed quality |
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| Statistics | Progress and retention dashboards | Detailed stats, denser to read |
| Mobile | Apps on iOS and Android, free to download | AnkiDroid free, AnkiMobile paid |
| Scheduling | Spaced repetition | Spaced repetition |
| Customisation | Fixed decks and card types | Fully customisable, including card templates |
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Ordering food, messaging a friend, following a drama without subtitles. All of it runs on vocabulary you can recall without stopping to think.
That is what the review schedule is built to give you.
Are you free this weekend?
你这周末有空吗？
你这周末有空吗？
Yes! Let's go eat hotpot.
有空！我们去吃火锅吧。
有空！我们去吃火锅吧。
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