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
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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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粮食liángshiHSK 5foodstuff
- foodstuff
- cereals
- CL:种
列车lièchēHSK 5(railway) train
- (railway) train
临时línshíHSK 5as the time draws near
- as the time draws near
- at the last moment
- temporary
- interim
- ad hoc
灵活línghuóHSK 5flexible
- flexible
- nimble
- agile
铃língHSK 5(small) bell
- (small) bell
- CL:只
领lǐngHSK 5neck
- neck
- collar
- to lead
- to receive
- classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
领带lǐngdàiHSK 5necktie
- necktie
- CL:条
领导lǐngdǎoHSK 5lead
- lead
- leading
- to lead
- leadership
- leader
- CL:位,个
领取lǐngqǔHSK 5to receive
- to receive
- to draw
- to get
领先lǐngxiānHSK 5to lead
- to lead
- to be in front
领域lǐngyùHSK 5domain
- domain
- sphere
- field
- territory
- area
令lìngHSK 5to order
- to order
- to command
- an order
- warrant
- writ
- to cause
- to make sth happen
- virtuous
- honorific title
- season
- government position (old)
- type of short song or poem
- classifier for a ream of paper
- used in 脊令
- used in 令狐 (Taiwan pr. )
浏览liúlǎnHSK 5to skim over
- to skim over
- to browse
流传liúchuánHSK 5to spread
- to spread
- to circulate
- to hand down
流感liúgǎnHSK 5flu
- flu
- influenza
留言liúyánHSK 5to leave a message
- to leave a message
- to leave one's comments
- message
龙lóngHSK 5Chinese dragon
- Chinese dragon
- loong
- (fig.) emperor
- dragon
- (bound form) dinosaur
- surname Long
漏lòuHSK 5to leak
- to leak
- to divulge
- to leave out by mistake
- waterclock or hourglass (old)
陆地lùdìHSK 5dry land (as opposed to the sea)
- dry land (as opposed to the sea)
陆续lùxùHSK 5in turn
- in turn
- successively
- one after the other
- bit by bit
录lùHSK 5to carve wood
- to carve wood
- diary
- record
- to hit
- to copy
- surname Lu
录取lùqǔHSK 5to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
- to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
- to admit (a student)
- to hire (a job candidate)
录音lùyīnHSK 5to record sound
- to record sound
- an audio recording (CL:段)
路人lùrénHSK 5passer-by
- passer-by
- stranger
路线lùxiànHSK 5itinerary
- itinerary
- route
- political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
- CL:条
旅行社lǚxíngshèHSK 5travel agency
- travel agency
论文lùnwénHSK 5paper
- paper
- treatise
- thesis
- CL:篇
- to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
逻辑luójíHSK 5(loanword) logic
- (loanword) logic
骂màHSK 5to scold
- to scold
- to abuse
- to curse
- CL:通,顿
- variant of 骂
买卖mǎimaiHSK 5to buy and sell
- to buy and sell
满足mǎnzúHSK 5to satisfy
- to satisfy
- to meet (the needs of)
- satisfied
- content
忙碌mánglùHSK 5busy
- busy
- bustling
毛笔máobǐHSK 5writing brush
- writing brush
- CL:枝,管
毛病máobìngHSK 5fault
- fault
- defect
- shortcomings
- ailment
- CL:个
矛盾máodùnHSK 5contradiction
- contradiction
- CL:个
- conflicting views
- contradictory
没法儿méifǎrHSK 5(coll.) can't do anything about it
- (coll.) can't do anything about it
- (coll.) there's no way that ...
- it's simply not credible that ...
- (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
玫瑰méiguiHSK 5rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵)
- rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵)
- rose flower (CL:朵)
媒体méitǐHSK 5media, esp. news media
- media, esp. news media
美术měishùHSK 5art
- art
- fine arts
- painting
- CL:种
美味měiwèiHSK 5delicious
- delicious
- delicious food
- delicacy
魅力mèilìHSK 5charm
- charm
- fascination
- glamor
- charisma
门诊ménzhěnHSK 5outpatient service
- outpatient service
迷míHSK 5to bewilder
- to bewilder
- crazy about
- fan
- enthusiast
- lost
- confused
迷路mílùHSK 5to lose the way
- to lose the way
- lost
- labyrinth
- labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
秘密mìmìHSK 5secret
- secret
- private
- confidential
- clandestine
- a secret
秘书mìshūHSK 5secretary
- secretary
密切mìqièHSK 5close
- close
- intimate
- to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
- closely
- intently
- carefully
- (math.) to osculate
面积miànjīHSK 5area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
- area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
- surface area
- tract of land
面临miànlínHSK 5to face sth
- to face sth
- to be confronted with
面向miànxiàngHSK 5to face
- to face
- to turn towards
- geared towards
- catering for
- -oriented
- (Tw) aspect
- facet
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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How to actually learn HSK 5 vocabulary
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