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Edexcel IGCSE Chinese past papers and mark schemes

Edexcel IGCSE Chinese past papers

R papers are the same exam sat in a different time zone. Same content, fine to use as practice.

June 2025 Latest

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Paper 1R · regional
Paper 2
Paper 2R · regional
Paper 3

November 2024

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June 2024

Paper 1
Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
Paper 3

November 2023

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June 2023

Paper 1
Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
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2022June

June 2022

Paper 2R · regional
Paper 1R · regional
QPMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
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2021November

November 2021

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2020November

November 2020

Paper 1
Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
2019June

June 2019

Paper 01
Paper 1R · regional
Paper 02
Paper 2R · regional
Paper 03
Old course 4CN0 June 2011 to June 2018. The exam before 4CN1: still good practice, but the papers are numbered differently.

June 2018

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Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
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June 2017

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Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
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June 2016

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Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
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June 2015

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Paper 1R · regional
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Paper 2R · regional
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June 2014

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June 2013

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June 2012

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June 2011

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Paper by year

Edexcel IGCSE Chinese

Code4CN1

At a glance

The course
What we hold
We hold 67 papers from 17 sittings, June 2011 to June 2025.
Full title
International GCSE Chinese

Not Edexcel? Same subject, other boards.

Each board sets completely different papers. Check yours before you revise the wrong thing for months.

The board and course code are printed on the front of every mock paper.

HELP. Which board am I??

Find a mock or past paper from school. The board's name is at the top of the front cover, and the course code is printed next to it, like 4CN1. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

Also on this page 4CN1 4CN0

Edexcel 4CN0 Earlier

Chinese

Its 30 papers from 8 series are in the years above.

Memes

Certified Chinese memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Cry in the exam hall later. Then come back and do a past paper.

Learn the stroke order
Draw it how it looks and pray
Me facing a character I've seen once
Knowing ‘ni hao’
Getting the tones right
Writing characters in stroke order
Hearing the audio and knowing which ‘shi’ it is
Chinese enlightenment, ranked

Mum 💖

how many characters do you know now?? 🥰

loads, like at least 6

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📱 Screen time this week · TikTok7h 3m

Six characters. Two of them right.

Chinese starter pack

Grid paper, mostly smudgedFlashcards with wrong tonesListening track at 2x speedThis website
Collect all four tones