Quanguo Waiyu Shuiping Kaoshi

Quanguo Waiyu Shuiping Kaoshi ("National Foreign Language Proficiency Test," WSK) is a series of foreign language tests administered in mainland China for educators who did not major in foreign languages.^[1] The National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA) of China developed these tests. Performance on the WSK determines whether one is permitted to take training, studies,^[2] or additional studies within one's major in institutions outside of China.^[1]

Quanguo Waiyu Shuiping Kaoshi
Simplified Chinese	全国外语水平考试
Traditional Chinese	全國外語水平考試
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Quánguó Wàiyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì

Some universities make successful completion of the WSK as a requirement for promotion in one's academic title.^[1]

Variants

• English: PETS-5 (Public English Test System).^[3]
• French: TNF
• German: NTD
• Japanese: NNS (日本語能力試験 Nihongo Nōryoku Shiken; 日语水平考试; Rìyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì^[4])
• Russian: ТПРЯ (Russian: Тест по проверке уровня владения русским языком "Russian Language Proficiency Test"; 俄语水平考试; Éyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì^[5]).^[6]

See also

• College English Test (CET)