ACA teaches HSK 5 through its New HSK (HSK 3.0) Level 5 courseware: 30 online lessons, with the first two free to study. ACA does not publish a separate classic (HSK 2.0) HSK 5 course. In the official 2025 syllabus, New HSK Level 5 requires 3,600 words in total (1,600 new at this level) and 1,527 characters (431 new), with 550 characters on the cumulative handwriting list.
Study lessons 1 and 2 in HSK 5 free, with no membership required.
Learners can study the first two lessons free for every legacy HSK1-4 level and every New HSK 1-6 or 7-9 A/B/C track. Lesson 3 onward follows course access rules.
The official New HSK syllabus was published in November 2025 and identifies July 2026 as its effective date. The syllabus effective date does not mean every test center switched every regular examination on one date. Confirm the examination version with your test center before booking.
New HSK levels explainedEvery lesson focuses on higher-level reading, topic development and precise written expression.
Describe the physical and mental signs of stress, present and evaluate ways of relieving it, advise a friend in distress, and give an extended opinion on how to see stress.
State the facts on community and management, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on neighbours helping each other, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on study planning, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on reflection and improvement, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on ways of growing, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on spending decisions, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on service communication, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on price and value, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on workplace communication, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on written communication, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on teamwork, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on city life, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on environmental action, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on environmental governance, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on digital privacy, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on judging information, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on online learning, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on cultural memory, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on language and culture, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on experiencing art, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on public rules, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on community participation, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on media literacy, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on reviewing your learning, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on reviewing communication, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on reviewing judgements, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on integrated tasks, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on expressing opinions, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.
State the facts on the level finale, compare different views, and make practical proposals in extended speech or writing.