Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education (National Standard: Application and Interpretation) (hereinafter referred to as the Interpretation) is an interpretation of the practical use of Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education (hereinafter referred to as the Standards), giving a further explanation and demonstration of the Standards in terms of its overall framework, descriptors, lists of syllables, characters, and vocabulary as well as the grammar syllabus.

The Interpretation is divided into three volumes. This book is Volume 1.

Volume 1 deals with three sections of the Standards – Grade Descriptors, List of Syllables, and List of Characters. In addition to the contents in the Standards, for the List of Syllables, the Interpretation has added representative characters for syllables at each level and an alphabetically ordered overall list; for the List of Characters, the Interpretation has added an alphabetically ordered overall list of characters, an alphabetically ordered list of graded homophones, and an overall list of characters for writing.