I Made Laoma Chris Take The HARDEST Chinese Exam: NEW HSK 9

[@strongopinionsweaklyheld2811]

Very helpful and detailed analysis. Thanks to both of you for doing this and posting.

[@magdolnavida2717]

Woow,I can't find any words... All I can say is that how much I envy Chris for his Chinese ...I am just a beginner student but I enjoy studying this language so much 😊 Thank You for this content ❤

[@amunra5330]

Hello guys!!! Love this.

[@NormandP]

Unique and very interesting information about HSK 3.0. I salute Chris's bravery for taking the exam, and I appreciate the considerable work that went into producing Chris's write-up and this excellent video.

[@yeroca]

I'm curious how much the level 1-6 tests have changed since the new test system came out.

Has Chris gotten his test results back yet?

[@徐宏超-d3n]

The difficulty of HSK reform has really increased a lot, and the pressure on Chinese teacher is also rising!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

考试以后，肯定她给他好吃的食物 The exam ... it broke Laoma like an old horse. So I'm sure Rita gave him some comfort food。

[@laozi6334]

for the writing part, it is computer based or done through hand writting?

[@clarao3]

The way he said "就是有点" at 13:26 I was like excuse me, let me play that again lol This is just an example, many parts were like that :D

[@nicoleraheem1195]

0:25 You'll catch it 😜

[@BeyondMediocreMandarin]

I really appreciate these honest assessments of exams. Thanks Chris and Rita! I was thinking about taking this exam, but I think I'm now thoroughly disabused of that idea.

[@victoramezcua4713]

I guess that we can summarize the new HSK 7 - 9 test as it stands now in 2 words: "it sucks" 😅

[@noxilsun3488]

7, 8, 9 in one go 🎉🎉🎉

[@matthewdavis9437]

Unrelated to the video I am commenting under, I have a question. Is using erhua considered non-standard / something a newscaster wouldn't use?

[@rairaidj1]

For most words yes but for words like 一点儿 no

[@diabolik15]

好像挺像零八年的高级HSK, 当时，六道八级的听力，说的很清楚，比较慢。到九级以上，是难多的，从广播录音的。阅读，时间特别紧。关于写作，我不知道现在如何，当时是手写的。那时候，没有翻译，口语是把一篇文章朗读出来，然后讨论一个话题。好像现在一样的，中级到高级，难度差距很大的

[@gcajaiba4910]

The fact that a guy with this level of Chinese failed the exam is that there is a problem with the exam. What a so tricky and complicated exam like this wants to measure? What for? What kind of opportunities I would miss if I had level 7 instead of 9? If had Chris' level of Chinese, a HSK 7-9 would not be one of my top priorities...

[@azw2236]

did he pass???

[@breadman5048]

His accent is so interesting.. what region would you say it hails from? Is it a really strong northern accent?

[@RitaChinese]

Yeah it's pretty authentic Beijing Mandarin accent

[@UUBrahman]

@@RitaChinese He changes his rate of speaking and volume, which, in my limited experience in Beijing's hutongs in 1983, is very Beijing localized. I am a little shocked at how authentic he sounds. He does not speak like an academic, just regular Beijing folk. If I talked to him on the phone, I would bet money he is from Beijing.

[@NomadicVegan]

Did any parts of the test have to be written by hand? The official vocab lists include handwriting lists of 1200 total characters that people who sit the 7 to 9 exam should be able to write, but it's not clear to me how this is actually being tested.

[@yun1666]

i believe it has to be written using hand。

[@Brockington394]

For the new one it can only be hand written

[@davegl9305]

chris habla super rapido! cuanto tiempo lleva aprendiendo chino?

[@dannymolina1027]

Sino estoy mal cerca de 10 años

[@amunra5330]

Rita do you live close Washington DC?

[@Brockington394]

They live in Bethesda I believe

[@yun1666]

Hsk 7 8 9 是为了最优秀的测试者的，因此难一点倒也无可厚非。再说了 你又不需要 一定拿到高分 毕竟只有一个考试。

[@yun1666]

并且这是为了硕士及以上的学生的。

[@yun1666]

学习本科的话 hsk6就足够了。

[@ronniejamesdio6889]

你得了几分？

[@yun1666]

还没出分呢。

[@filipgrkovic5671]

请问一下，在网上可不可以下载汉语水平考试7-9级的词汇量？

[@RitaChinese]

可以的！能找到

[@filipgrkovic5671]

@@RitaChinese 哪儿？非常感谢。

[@RitaChinese]

@@filipgrkovic5671 www.chinaeducenter.com/cecdl/vocabulary_band789.pdf

[@filipgrkovic5671]

@@RitaChinese 十分感谢。

[@PierreMiniggio]

第四個留言for the algorithm' ! 😁

[@josenildo2189]

👏👏👏😃😃😃🇧🇷😃😃谢谢你

[@pa02tri07zio82]

我还没搞明白到底hsk9级对应于语言框架的哪个等级。如果hsk6级上等于是我们的C2 ，那9级就算是。。。E1啊！？🤔不可能。。。

[@yun1666]

hsk6 =high b2 or low c1 7，8，9，=high C1 to high D1

[@RitaChinese]

HSK6绝对不是C2...最多B2

[@habotare-pn6db]

Are they a couple?

[@darian5428]

They're married

[@san0L]

Get him to do a Chinese A level paper 😂 apparently its basically impossible for non native speakers to get a good score

[@darian5428]

我觉得你在thumbnail上不要放剧透spoiler更好

[@QuizmasterLaw]

and here we see Rita gradually coming to terms with the fact she married someone who just isn't so good at Chinese as she is...

[@Brockington394]

I mean she’s a native speaker so it isn’t expected of him to be at her level

[@1rstBorn]

His wife? If so his cup over floweth.

[@biglance]

Is Chris Mexican?

[@pietropedrini5752]

I believe his mother is from venezuela

[@danxav5737]

@@pietropedrini5752 Honduras