HSK 5 Vocabulary List: 3,599 Words (HSK 3.0)
HSK 5 has 3,599 words in HSK 3.0, 1,599 of them new at this level (the old HSK 2.0 list had 2,500). Fluentide has 292 free stories at the Advanced (HSK 5+) level that use them, with transcript and pinyin.
By Haoshan Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated October 2026
Hear HSK 5 words in a real story
《经济学人》劝华盛顿：让中国抄美国AI
The Economist Urges Washington: Let China Copy American AI — Why Banning Distillation Would Backfire
2 min
What is on the HSK 5 word list?
The other 2,000 come from HSK 1–4. They cover news, business, academic and literary register: the vocabulary of newspapers, lectures, and film dialogue.
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HSK 5 word list
All 3,557 words from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus, the 1,579 new at HSK 5 first. The syllabus counts 3,599 because a few words are listed once per reading; here each appears once.
Pinyin from the syllabus, definitions from CC-CEDICT. Tap a word for its other senses.
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客观kèguānHSK 5objective
- objective
- impartial
客户kèhùHSK 5client
- client
- customer
空间kōngjiānHSK 5space
- space
- room
- (fig.) scope
- leeway
- (astronomy) outer space
- (physics, math.) space
空中kōngzhōngHSK 5in the sky
- in the sky
- in the air
控制kòngzhìHSK 5to control
- to control
口袋kǒudaiHSK 5pocket
- bag
- sack
口味kǒuwèiHSK 5a person's preferences
- a person's preferences
- tastes (in food)
- flavor
库kùHSK 5warehouse
- warehouse
- storehouse
- (file) library
宽kuānHSK 5wide
- wide
- broad
- loose
- relaxed
- lenient
- surname Kuan
宽度kuāndùHSK 5width
- width
亏kuīHSK 5to lose (money)
- to lose (money)
- to have a deficit
- to be deficient
- to treat unfairly
- luckily
- fortunately
- thanks to
- (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
昆虫kūnchóngHSK 5insect
- insect
- CL:只,群,堆
扩大kuòdàHSK 5to expand
- to expand
- to enlarge
- to broaden one's scope
来源láiyuánHSK 5source (of information etc)
- source (of information etc)
- origin
劳动láodòngHSK 5work
- work
- toil
- physical labor
- CL:次
老百姓lǎobǎixìngHSK 5ordinary people
- ordinary people
- the "person in the street"
- CL:个
老板lǎobǎnHSK 5boss
- boss
- proprietor
老公lǎogōngHSK 5(coll.) husband
- (coll.) husband
老婆lǎopoHSK 5(coll.) wife
- (coll.) wife
姥姥lǎolaoHSK 5(coll.) mother's mother
- (coll.) mother's mother
- maternal grandmother
姥爷lǎoyeHSK 5(coll.) mother's father
- (coll.) mother's father
- maternal grandfather
乐观lèguānHSK 5optimistic
- optimistic
- hopeful
乐趣lèqùHSK 5delight
- delight
- pleasure
- joy
了不起liǎobuqǐHSK 5amazing
- amazing
- terrific
- extraordinary
泪lèiHSK 5(bound form) tears
- (bound form) tears
- teardrops
泪水lèishuǐHSK 5teardrop
- teardrop
- tears
类lèiHSK 5kind
- kind
- type
- class
- category
- (classifier) kind
- type
- (bound form) to resemble
- to be similar to
类似lèisìHSK 5similar
- similar
- analogous
类型lèixíngHSK 5type
- type
- kind
- category
- (computer programming) type
厘米límǐHSK 5centimeter
- centimeter
离婚líhūnHSK 5to divorce
- to divorce
离职lízhíHSK 5to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)
- to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)
- to leave one's job
- to resign
梨líHSK 5pear
- pear
- CL:个
里头lǐtouHSK 5inside
- inside
- interior
理论lǐlùnHSK 5theory
- theory
- CL:个
- to argue
- to take notice of
理由lǐyóuHSK 5reason
- reason
- grounds
- justification
- CL:个
力lìHSK 5power
- power
- force
- strength
- ability
- strenuously
- surname Li
力量lìliàngHSK 5power
- power
- force
- strength
立即lìjíHSK 5immediately
- immediately
立刻lìkèHSK 5immediately
- immediately
- at once
- right away
利润lìrùnHSK 5profits
- profits
利益lìyìHSK 5benefit
- benefit
- (in sb's) interest
- CL:个
利用lìyòngHSK 5to exploit
- to exploit
- to make use of
- to use
- to take advantage of
- to utilize
连接liánjiēHSK 5to link
- to link
- to join
- to connect
连忙liánmángHSK 5promptly
- promptly
- at once
连续liánxùHSK 5continuous
- continuous
- in a row
- serial
- consecutive
联合liánhéHSK 5to combine
- to combine
- to join
- unite
- alliance
脸色liǎnsèHSK 5complexion
- complexion
- look
恋爱liàn’àiHSK 5(romantic) love
- (romantic) love
- CL:个,场
- in love
- to have an affair
良好liánghǎoHSK 5good
- good
- favorable
- well
- fine
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
Each one is a Fluentide Advanced (HSK 5+) story, written inside that word band. Press play; the first few need no account.
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How to actually learn HSK 5 vocabulary
Reading a word on a page and catching it at speed in a sentence are different skills. The HSK listening section tests the second.
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Hear HSK 5 vocabulary in real Mandarin
Each HSK 5 episode uses this word band, with the transcript, pinyin and line-by-line English. Five free episodes after a one-tap magic-link sign-in — no password, no payment.