HSK 0 → 6 · Mastery learning · reading-first

Everything you must learn, in the only order that works.

Chinese, from zero to mastery, in as little as three months of intense study. Every HSK topic — HSK 0 to 6 — mapped into one dependency graph, each locked until you've mastered what it's built on.

Show up and prove what you already know — our diagnostic tests you in on day one and drops you exactly at your frontier. 722 topics, 1,500+ prerequisite links, from your first tone to HSK 6. Tap any dot in the funnel to see everything you must master before it.

FoundationsHSK 1 HSK 2HSK 3 HSK 4HSK 5 HSK 6
HSK 0 at the base · HSK 6 at the mouth · tap a dot to trace its prerequisites down
Try it — real exercises from the live course

One exercise from every level. This is the actual product.

Same mastery rules you'll study under: no hints, real distractors, an explanation after every answer — and every character is one tap from its definition and stroke order.


How it works · The HSK Mastery Way

Mastery learning, the Math Academy way — every level, HSK 0 to 6.

Not a course you push through regardless of what you've retained. A system built on a century of learning science that only moves you forward when you've actually learned what came before — and takes you all the way to fluency in as little as three months.

Step 1 · Test in

Prove what you already know

Show up and take a free adaptive diagnostic — 20–40 questions, binary-search style, mapping your exact frontier across all 722 topics from HSK 0 to 6. Skip nothing you know; start nothing you're not ready for. No account needed at first.

Step 2 · Learn on your frontier

Deliberate practice, one small step at a time

The system finds topics where every prerequisite is already mastered and serves those first — grammar, vocab clusters, and conversation drills together, each broken into steps small enough to keep cognitive load low. Active recall on every card, never passive reading.

Step 3 · Prove mastery

Nothing unlocks without evidence

Each topic requires a rep score ≥ 2.0 before its dependents open. Timed quizzes every 150 XP interleave everything you've learned, so retrieval — not recognition — is what earns the unlock.

Hard rule: a topic stays locked until every prerequisite is mastered — no skipping, no workarounds.
Step 4 · Never forget

Spaced repetition keeps it alive

FIRe-lite decay scheduling surfaces reviews the moment memory is about to slip, spaced and interleaved so knowledge consolidates instead of interfering. Mastered topics layer credit onto what builds on them; failures propagate warnings back down the funnel.


What's included

Every modality HSK tests — from zero to six.

Vocabulary in context

Every word from HSK 1 to 6 drilled in authentic sentences — MCQ, cloze, and sentence ordering. Active recall, never a flashcard you just flip. Each word appears across at least two exercises per topic.

Grammar mastery

Every HSK grammar point (把-construction, resultative complements, 越…越…, and up through HSK 6 structures) taught with worked examples and tested with graded exercises at three difficulty levels.

Conversation drills

2–3 spoken question patterns per topic — the memorize-questions→conversation method. Auto-graded best-response MCQ counts toward mastery; self-rated speak-aloud builds automaticity and fluency.

Knowledge graph

All 722 topics in one dependency funnel — vocab clusters, grammar points, and skill topics, HSK 0 to 6. Mastering a topic layers partial credit onto what builds on it; failing flags it for review.

Timed quizzes

10-question, 10-minute quizzes fire every 150 XP, interleaving a broad mix of everything you've learned. Score ≥70% earns a rep bonus; below 70% triggers targeted remediation before new topics unlock.

Spaced repetition

FIRe-lite: memory decays as a half-life function of your interval. Reviews surface when memory drops below 50%, spaced across sessions so it consolidates. Intervals stretch from 1 day to 120 days as you prove retention.


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One price · lifetime · founding member
$199
lifetime access · one payment, yours forever
no subscriptions · zero to HSK 6, for as long as it takes
  • Adaptive diagnostic — test in and map your exact frontier
  • All 722 topics, HSK 0 to 6: grammar + vocab clusters + skills
  • Every HSK 1–6 word drilled in context
  • Conversation drills: question patterns + best-response MCQ
  • Timed quizzes with interleaving + targeted remediation
  • FIRe-lite spaced repetition — nothing fades quietly
  • Daily XP goal (default 20 XP) + streak tracking

Secure checkout by Stripe · instant access · founding-member pricing

Less than two tutoring hours — once — for a system that takes you from zero to HSK 6 and never forgets what you need to review.

A couple of tutor sessions cost more, don't track what you actually retain, and end when the hour does. HSK Mastery is one payment and works every day at the exact edge of what you know — for as long as it takes you to reach fluency.


Stop grinding vocab lists. Start proving mastery.

Start from zero or test in at your level — either way, the graph knows exactly what you should learn next.

Get lifetime access — $199