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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强烈qiánglièHSK 5strong
- strong
- intense
墙qiángHSK 5wall (CL:面,堵)
- wall (CL:面,堵)
- (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙)
- variant of 墙
抢qiǎngHSK 5to fight over
- to fight over
- to rush
- to scramble
- to grab
- to rob
- to snatch
- opposite in direction
- contrary
- (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
抢救qiǎngjiùHSK 5to rescue
- to rescue
悄悄qiāoqiāoHSK 5quiet
- quiet
- making little or no noise
- surreptitious
- stealthy
- anxious
- worried
- Taiwan pr.
切qiēHSK 5definitely
- definitely
- absolutely (not)
- (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
- Tut!
- to grind
- (bound form) close to
- (bound form) eager
- to correspond to
- (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- to cut
- to slice
- to carve
- (math.) tangential
亲qīnHSK 5parent
- parent
- one's own (flesh and blood)
- relative
- related
- marriage
- bride
- close
- intimate
- in person
- first-hand
- in favor of
- pro-
- to kiss
- (Internet slang) dear
- parents-in-law of one's offspring
亲爱qīn’àiHSK 5dear
- dear
- beloved
- darling
亲朋好友qīnpéng-hǎoyǒuHSK 5friends and family
- friends and family
- kith and kin
亲切qīnqièHSK 5amiable
- amiable
- cordial
- close and dear
- familiar
亲情qīnqíngHSK 5affection
- affection
- family love
- love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
亲人qīnrénHSK 5one's close relatives
- one's close relatives
亲自qīnzìHSK 5personally
- personally
- in person
- oneself
勤奋qínfènHSK 5hardworking
- hardworking
- diligent
青qīngHSK 5green
- green
- blue
- black
- youth
- young (of people)
- short name for Qinghai 青海
轻易qīngyìHSK 5easy
- easy
- simple
- rashly
- offhandedly
轻重qīngzhòngHSK 5severity (of the case)
- severity (of the case)
- degree of seriousness
- whether sth is slight or serious
情感qínggǎnHSK 5feeling
- feeling
- emotion
- to move (emotionally)
情景qíngjǐngHSK 5scene
- scene
- spectacle
- circumstances
- situation
情绪qíngxùHSK 5mood
- mood
- state of mind
- moodiness
- CL:种
请教qǐngjiàoHSK 5to ask for guidance
- to ask for guidance
- to consult
请求qǐngqiúHSK 5to request
- to request
- to ask
- request (CL:个)
穷qióngHSK 5poor
- poor
- destitute
- to use up
- to exhaust
- thoroughly
- extremely
- (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
区域qūyùHSK 5area
- area
- region
- district
趋势qūshìHSK 5trend
- trend
- tendency
去世qùshìHSK 5to pass away
- to pass away
- to die
全力quánlìHSK 5with all one's strength
- with all one's strength
- full strength
- all-out (effort)
- fully (support)
全面quánmiànHSK 5all-around
- all-around
- comprehensive
- total
- overall
全体quántǐHSK 5all
- all
- entire
全新quánxīnHSK 5all new
- all new
- completely new
权quánHSK 5authority
- authority
- power
- right
- expedient
- temporary
- (literary) to weigh
- surname Quan
权利quánlìHSK 5right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
- right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
- (classical) power and wealth
劝quànHSK 5to advise
- to advise
- to urge
- to try to persuade
- to exhort
- to console
- to soothe
缺乏quēfáHSK 5to lack
- to lack
- to be short of
确保quèbǎoHSK 5to ensure
- to ensure
- to guarantee
确定quèdìngHSK 5definite
- definite
- certain
- fixed
- to fix (on sth)
- to determine
- to be sure
- to ensure
- to make certain
- to ascertain
- to clinch
- to recognize
- to confirm
- OK (on computer dialog box)
确认quèrènHSK 5to confirm
- to confirm
- to verify
- confirmation
群qúnHSK 5group
- group
- crowd
- flock, herd, pack etc
- variant of 群
群体qúntǐHSK 5community
- community
- colony
燃烧ránshāoHSK 5to ignite
- to ignite
- to combust
- to burn
- combustion
- flaming
绕ràoHSK 5to wind
- to wind
- to coil (thread)
- to rotate around
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
- to confuse
- to perplex
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
- variant of 绕, to rotate around
热爱rè’àiHSK 5to love ardently
- to love ardently
- to adore
热量rèliàngHSK 5heat
- heat
- quantity of heat
- calorific value
热烈rèlièHSK 5enthusiastic
- enthusiastic
- ardent
- warm
热心rèxīnHSK 5enthusiastic
- enthusiastic
- ardent
- zealous
人才réncáiHSK 5talent
- talent
- talented person
- looks
- attractive looks
人工réngōngHSK 5artificial
- artificial
- manpower
- manual work
人际rénjìHSK 5human relationships
- human relationships
- interpersonal
人口rénkǒuHSK 5population
- population
- people
人类rénlèiHSK 5humanity
- humanity
- human race
- mankind
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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Hear HSK 5 vocabulary in real Mandarin
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