found: Work cat.: Han yu shui ping kao shi (HSK) yan jiu, 2006:t.p. verso (Hanyu shuiping kaoshi [in rom.]) p. 21, etc. (a test of Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers; designed by Beijing Language Institute in 1984)
found: HSK WWW site, Oct. 30, 2007:English introd. page (Zhongguo Han yu shui ping kao shi; Chinese Proficiency Test; a national standardized test to assess the Chinese language proficiency of non-native speakers; passed the appraisal by experts in 1990 and launched abroad in 1991; including HSK Basic, HSK Elementary-Intermediate and HSK Advanced)
found: Wikipedia, Nov. 28, 2007(Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, abbreviated HSK, is the world's most well-known test of Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers, such as foreign students, overseas Chinese, or members of ethnic minority groups in China. It is also known as the Chinese Proficiency Test.)
found: China Internet Information Web site, Nov. 28, 2007(Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK))
