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Cambridge International AS Level Chinese (8238) past papers and mark schemes

Cambridge International AS Level Chinese past papers

Grade thresholds

Cambridge sits the same paper as numbered variants in different administrative zones.

May/June 2026 Latest

For every paper this year Grade boundaries

Paper 1Variant 2
Paper 2Variant 2
Paper 3Variant 2

Oct/Nov 2025

For every paper this year Grade boundaries

Paper 1Variant 1
Paper 1Variant 2
Paper 1Variant 3
Paper 2Variant 1
Paper 2Variant 2
Paper 2Variant 3
Paper 3Variant 1
Paper 3Variant 2
Paper 3Variant 3

May/June 2025

For every paper this year Grade boundaries

Paper 1Variant 2
Paper 2Variant 2
Paper 3Variant 2

Oct/Nov 2024

For every paper this year Grade boundaries

Paper 1Variant 1
Paper 1Variant 2
Paper 1Variant 3
Paper 2Variant 1
Paper 2Variant 2
Paper 2Variant 3
Paper 3Variant 1
Paper 3Variant 2
Paper 3Variant 3

May/June 2024

For every paper this year Examiner reportGrade boundaries

Paper 1Variant 2
Paper 2Variant 2
Paper 3Variant 2

Paper by year

Cambridge International AS Level Chinese

Code8238

At a glance

The course
What we hold
We hold 32 papers from 5 sittings, May/June 2024 to May/June 2026.
Full title
Cambridge International Chinese Language (AS Level only)

Not Cambridge? Same subject, other boards.

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

Cambridge is the only board we hold for International AS Level Chinese.

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 8238. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

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 โ€˜ni haoโ€™
Getting the tones right
Writing characters in stroke order
Hearing the audio and knowing which โ€˜shiโ€™ it is
Chinese enlightenment, ranked

Mum ๐Ÿ’–

how many characters do you know now?? ๐Ÿฅฐ

loads, like at least 6

amazing!!! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ“ฑ Screen time this week ยท 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