Beijing Mandarin Learning Scale (Assessment Chart)

You can employ the language with as much proficiency as with your own mother tongue.

You can recognize and pronounce 2000--3000 Chinese characters, can read and comprehend daily articles freely, and can write well-organized articles freely without grammar errors.

You can employ a very wide range of the language effectively and confidently in all situations.

You can use a wide range of language with confidence in most situations.

You can recognize and pronounce 900--1300 Chinese characters. You can read and understand articles for P6. You can write logical and argumentative articles using about 400 Chinese characters with few obvious errors.

You can use a good range of the language effectively for all practical needs and personal conversations with some confidence.

You can recognize and pronounce 500--900 Chinese characters. You can read and understand articles for P4- P5. You know how to form articles according to Chinese literary form. You can write logical articles using about 300 Chinese characters with a few obvious errors.

You can use a satistactory range of the language effectively for all practical needs and personal conversation.

You can recognize and pronounce 300--500 Chinese characters. You can read articles and story books for P2〞P3. You can form phrases that have more than 3 characters and know their meaning. You know the basic Chinese literary form. You can write logical story-type articles and notes using about 200 Chinese characters.

You can use a moderate range of the language, which is sufficient for most practical needs and personal conversations.

You know most of the Chinese radicals. You can recognize and pronounce 200--300 Chinese characters. You can read and understand storybooks for P1 or pre-P1. You can form phrases and short sentences with characters and understand their meaning. You can write short articles using about 100 Chinese characters.

You can use a limited range of the language, which is sufficient for everyday practical needs.

You know Chinese radicals that are frequently used. You can recognize and pronounce 130--200 Chinese characters. You can read pre-school storybooks. You have some knowledge about forming phrases and can write short articles in about 30 Chinese characters.

You can use a simple range of the language, which is sufficient for basic everyday practical needs.

You can recognize basic Chinese radicals. You can recognize and pronounce 70--130 Chinese characters. You can read toddlers＊ books. You can write sentences with more than ten characters.

You can use a few words or phrases such as common greetings, and self - introductions.

You can recognize the basic strokes. You can recognize and pronounce 30--70 Chinese characters. You can write about 30 Chinese characters or a few simple sentences with up to 10 characters.

You have no knowledge of Mandarin.

You have never known Chinese characters.