Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Morning (Time: 2 hours)
Paper
reference 9CN0/01
Chinese
(spoken Mandarin/spoken Cantonese)
Advanced
PAPER 1: Listening, Reading and Translation
Questions Booklet Mark Scheme (Results)
Do not return this booklet with the Answer Booklet.
Summer 2026
Pearson Edexcel GCE in Chinese
9CN0/01
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, Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our
qualifications websites at or .
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
contact us page at
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
Use of Chinese characters everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
All passages and questions are printed twice, once in traditional/full characters and once learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
in simplified characters.
involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
Questions in traditional/full characters begin on page 3. 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to
Questions in simplified characters begin on page 15.
high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out
Answer only one set of questions. Write all your answers in the Answer Booklet. more about how we can help you and your students at:
Summer 2026
Question Paper Log Number P88891
Publication Code 9CN0_01_2606_MS
All the material in this publication is
Pearson
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, General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what
they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used
appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should
always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response
is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by
which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a
candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an
alternative response.
繁體字
TRADITIONAL/FULL CHARACTER VERSION
(Simplified Character Version begins on page 15)
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, Paper 1 marking principles for Sections A and B
TRADITIONAL/FULL CHARACTERS
Candidate responses
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the Answer Booklet.
For open-response questions, the candidate does not have to write in full sentences and
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an may respond using single words and phrases (with the exception of Question 3(b), summary
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross . writing).
SECTION A For example:
Listening saving money
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section. AND
Questions 2 and 3(a) do not require full sentences and you may respond using single words or saving time
phrases.
For Question 3(b), complete sentences are not necessary but single-word
Summary Question 3(b) does not require full sentences and you may respond using short responses would not be appropriate for summary writing.
phrases.
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for a 1-mark answer, the
You are going to listen to four passages. The duration of each passage is approximately: candidate’s first response is taken for assessment, even if this response is incorrect but the
correct information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are available, award the
Mandarin Cantonese individual marks discretely but apply the order of elements rule.
Passage 1 = 2 minutes 15 seconds Passage 1 = 1 minute 53 seconds Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
Passage 2 = 2 minutes Passage 2 = 1 minute 44 seconds
Passage 3(a) = 1 minute 52 seconds Passage 3(a) = 1 minute 45 seconds
Passage 3(b) = 1 minute 56 seconds Passage 3(b) = 1 minute 54 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as often as you wish,
and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
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Tuesday 19 May 2026
Morning (Time: 2 hours)
Paper
reference 9CN0/01
Chinese
(spoken Mandarin/spoken Cantonese)
Advanced
PAPER 1: Listening, Reading and Translation
Questions Booklet Mark Scheme (Results)
Do not return this booklet with the Answer Booklet.
Summer 2026
Pearson Edexcel GCE in Chinese
9CN0/01
Turn over
P88891A
P:1/1/
Pearson Education Ltd. *P88891A*
, Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
programmes for employers. For further information visit our
qualifications websites at or .
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
contact us page at
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
Use of Chinese characters everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
All passages and questions are printed twice, once in traditional/full characters and once learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
in simplified characters.
involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
Questions in traditional/full characters begin on page 3. 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to
Questions in simplified characters begin on page 15.
high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out
Answer only one set of questions. Write all your answers in the Answer Booklet. more about how we can help you and your students at:
Summer 2026
Question Paper Log Number P88891
Publication Code 9CN0_01_2606_MS
All the material in this publication is
Pearson
2 P88891A
, General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what
they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used
appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should
always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response
is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by
which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a
candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an
alternative response.
繁體字
TRADITIONAL/FULL CHARACTER VERSION
(Simplified Character Version begins on page 15)
P88891A 3
Turn over
, Paper 1 marking principles for Sections A and B
TRADITIONAL/FULL CHARACTERS
Candidate responses
Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the Answer Booklet.
For open-response questions, the candidate does not have to write in full sentences and
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an may respond using single words and phrases (with the exception of Question 3(b), summary
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross . writing).
SECTION A For example:
Listening saving money
We recommend you spend no more than 50 minutes on this section. AND
Questions 2 and 3(a) do not require full sentences and you may respond using single words or saving time
phrases.
For Question 3(b), complete sentences are not necessary but single-word
Summary Question 3(b) does not require full sentences and you may respond using short responses would not be appropriate for summary writing.
phrases.
Consider only as many elements as there are marks, for example for a 1-mark answer, the
You are going to listen to four passages. The duration of each passage is approximately: candidate’s first response is taken for assessment, even if this response is incorrect but the
correct information follows as a further element. Where 2 marks are available, award the
Mandarin Cantonese individual marks discretely but apply the order of elements rule.
Passage 1 = 2 minutes 15 seconds Passage 1 = 1 minute 53 seconds Written responses in the wrong language cannot be awarded a mark.
Passage 2 = 2 minutes Passage 2 = 1 minute 44 seconds
Passage 3(a) = 1 minute 52 seconds Passage 3(a) = 1 minute 45 seconds
Passage 3(b) = 1 minute 56 seconds Passage 3(b) = 1 minute 54 seconds
You will be in charge of the recording and you may listen to each passage as often as you wish,
and write your answers whenever you wish to do so.
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