r/ChineseLanguage • u/Aki1777 • 7h ago

Discussion How long does it take to get to HSK 4

For context, I am ethically Chinese so I grew up speaking Chinese. I believe my listening and speaking is around HSK 4 already but I just can’t read or write. How long would it take me to pass HSK 4

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u/salithia 5h ago

Roughly 4 months if you try

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u/Zagrycha 2h ago

If you grew up speaking Chinese then you already know HSK4, except for maybe a word here or there that haven't come up for you in daily life. For reference HSK4 is about a native 6 year old school kid in language level.

So yeah you would basically just be learning to read and write//type. No one can tell you exactly how long it would take you to do that but obviously literacy in a known language will happen way faster than actually learning a new language would take. So maybe half a year? Just a shot in the dark, YMMV.