Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language

Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
Logo of the TOP
Traditional Chinese	華語文能力測驗
Simplified Chinese	华语文能力测验
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Huáyǔwén Nénglì Cèyàn - Tongyong Pinyin Huáyǔwún Nénglì Cèyàn - Wade–Giles Huáyǚwén Nénglì Ts'èhyèn - IPA [xwǎyỳwə̌n nɤ̌ŋlɨ̂ tsʰɤ̂yân] - Yale Romanization Hwáyǔwén Nénglì Tsèyàn Min - Hokkien POJ Hôa-gú-bûn Lêng-le̍k Chhek-giām

The Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (formerly known as the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu or TOP)^[1] (Chinese: 華語文能力測驗; pinyin: Huáyǔwén Nénglì Cèyàn) is the Republic of China's (Taiwan's) Mandarin Chinese test. It is administered by the Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) (Chinese: 國家華語測驗推動工作委員會; pinyin: Guójiā Huáyǔ Cèyàn Tuīdòng Gōngzuòwěiyuánhuì). The committee is under the direction of the Ministry of Education.^[1]

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Test Level 3 Vocabulary Lists 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

Introduction

The Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) was established in November 2005 under the direction of the Ministry of Education of R.O.C. Originally called the Chinese Language Testing Center^[1] and renamed in January, 2007, the Committee aims to develop and promote an effective Chinese assessment system, mainly the Test of Proficiency-Huayu (TOP), for Chinese learners worldwide to assess their Chinese proficiency.

The SC-TOP has the following major missions:

• To design and plan the test contents of TOP
• To build test item pools for TOP
• To develop computer-based Chinese proficiency test systems
• To promote Taiwan’s Chinese proficiency tests for nonnative speakers of Chinese
• To increase exchange among Chinese proficiency test organizations worldwide

Test Level

TOP test results are compared here with the HSK offered in China. As shown on the figure, Level 1 in TOP is comparable to Level 4 in HSK.^[2]

Vocabulary Lists

The TOP also provide vocabulary lists :

• 基礎 / 基础, jīchǔ: List of Words: Beginners.pdf (800)
• 初等, chūděng: List of Words: Basic.pdf (~1.600)
• 中等, zhōngděng: List of Words: Intermediate.pdf (~3.400)
• 高等, gāoděng: List of Words: Advanced.pdf (~2.800)

The set make about 8.000 words.

References

External links

• Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu

See also

• HSK test

Word lists by frequency (and number of words) English Basic English (850)  • Simplified English (~875)  • Globish (1.500)  • General Service List (2.000) Add-ons Academic Word List (570) Chinese Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi / HSK (8.848)  • Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (~8.600) Japanese Japanese Language Proficiency Test / JLPT (8.009) Others TOPIK (Korean)