A high-quality HSK vocabulary Excel file should contain these crucial columns: For tracking the order of learning.

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Are you targeting the or the new HSK 3.0 syllabus?

The primary text used in mainland China.

Before diving into the spreadsheet, it's important to understand the standard. This guide focuses on the widely recognized vocabulary lists based on the official standards. The cumulative word counts you'll find in these resources are typically: