YCT · Youth Chinese TestLevels 1–4

YCT Word Lists and Worksheets

Free word lists with pinyin and English for all four written levels of the YCT, the official Chinese test for school students, plus printable writing worksheets for each level.

The four YCT levels

YCT vs HSK

Which HSK level is each YCT level? See how many YCT words are HSK 1–3 words, and which YCT 4 words go beyond HSK 3.

What is the YCT?

The Youth Chinese Test (中小学生汉语考试, YCT) is the official Chinese test for primary and secondary school students whose first language is not Chinese. It is the school-age counterpart of the HSK.

The written test has four levels. Each level's word list includes all the words of the levels below it, so YCT 4 covers 600 words in total. There is also a separate speaking test.

On each word list page you can search by character, pinyin or English, and show only the words that are new at that level. The worksheet pages print stroke order, pinyin and tracing boxes for the characters in those words, so teachers and parents can hand out practice sheets that match the test.