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 288 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
美国佛州李尔喷气机坠毁 九人全部遇难
Learjet 60 Crashes in Palm Beach County, Florida, Killing All Nine On Board
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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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毕竟bìjìngHSK 5after all
- after all
- all in all
- when all is said and done
- in the final analysis
闭幕式bìmùshìHSK 5closing ceremony
- closing ceremony
避免bìmiǎnHSK 5to avert
- to avert
- to prevent
- to avoid
- to refrain from
变动biàndòngHSK 5to change
- to change
- to fluctuate
- change
- fluctuation
便biànHSK 5plain
- plain
- informal
- suitable
- convenient
- opportune
- to urinate or defecate
- equivalent to 就: then
- in that case
- even if
- soon afterwards
- used in 便宜
- used in 便便
- used in 便嬛
便利biànlìHSK 5convenient
- convenient
- easy
- to facilitate
便利店biànlìdiànHSK 5convenience store
- convenience store
标题biāotíHSK 5title
- title
- heading
- headline
- caption
- subject
标志biāozhìHSK 5sign
- sign
- mark
- symbol
- logo
- to symbolize
- to indicate
- to mark
表达biǎodáHSK 5to express
- to express
- to convey
表面biǎomiànHSK 5surface
- surface
- face
- outside
- appearance
表明biǎomíngHSK 5to make clear
- to make clear
- to make known
- to state clearly
- to indicate
- known
表情biǎoqíngHSK 5(facial) expression
- (facial) expression
- to express one's feelings
饼bǐngHSK 5round flat cake
- round flat cake
- cookie
- cake
- pastry
- CL:张
病房bìngfángHSK 5ward (of a hospital)
- ward (of a hospital)
- sickroom
- CL:间
病情bìngqíngHSK 5state of an illness
- state of an illness
- patient's condition
拨打bōdǎHSK 5to call
- to call
- to dial
玻璃bōliHSK 5glass
- glass
- CL:张,块
- (slang) male homosexual
博物馆bówùguǎnHSK 5museum
- museum
补充bǔchōngHSK 5to replenish
- to replenish
- to supplement
- to complement
- additional
- supplementary
- CL:个
不得了bùdéliǎoHSK 5desperately serious
- desperately serious
- disastrous
- extremely
- exceedingly
不符bùfúHSK 5inconsistent
- inconsistent
- not in agreement with
- not agree or tally with
- not conform to
不利búlìHSK 5unfavorable
- unfavorable
- disadvantageous
- harmful
- detrimental
不良bùliángHSK 5bad
- bad
- harmful
- unhealthy
- (of a device, connection, material etc) defective
- faulty
不然bùránHSK 5not so
- not so
- no
- or else
- otherwise
- if not
- How about ...?
不幸búxìngHSK 5misfortune
- misfortune
- adversity
- unfortunate
- sad
- unfortunately
- CL:个
不要紧búyàojǐnHSK 5unimportant
- unimportant
- not serious
- it doesn't matter
- never mind
- it looks all right, but
不足bùzúHSK 5insufficient
- insufficient
- lacking
- deficiency
- not enough
- inadequate
- not worth
- cannot
- should not
步行bùxíngHSK 5to go on foot
- to go on foot
- to walk
裁判cáipànHSK 5(law) to judge
- (law) to judge
- to adjudicate
- verdict
- judgement
- (sports) to referee
- (sports) umpire
- referee
- judge
采访cǎifǎngHSK 5to interview
- to interview
- to gather news
- to hunt for and collect
- to cover
采取cǎiqǔHSK 5to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
- to take
采用cǎiyòngHSK 5to adopt
- to adopt
- to employ
- to use
彩色cǎisèHSK 5color
- color
- multicolored
参考cānkǎoHSK 5consultation
- consultation
- reference
- to consult
- to refer
参与cānyùHSK 5to participate (in sth)
- to participate (in sth)
餐饮cānyǐnHSK 5food and beverage
- food and beverage
- catering
- repast
藏cángHSK 5to conceal
- to conceal
- to hide away
- to harbor
- to store
- to collect
- storehouse
- depository
- Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- Tibetan ethnic group
- Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治区)
操作cāozuòHSK 5to work
- to work
- to operate
- to manipulate
册cèHSK 5book
- book
- booklet
- classifier for books
测cèHSK 5to survey
- to survey
- to measure
- to conjecture
测试cèshìHSK 5to test (machinery etc)
- to test (machinery etc)
- to test (a person's skill in a particular area)
- a test
- (computing) beta (version of software)
曾céngHSK 5once
- once
- already
- ever (in the past)
- former
- previously
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- surname Zeng
曾经céngjīngHSK 5once
- once
- already
- former
- previously
- ever
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
叉子chāziHSK 5fork
- fork
- CL:把
插chāHSK 5to insert
- to insert
- stick in
- pierce
- to take part in
- to interfere
- to interpose
- old variant of 插
差别chābiéHSK 5difference
- difference
- distinction
- disparity
差距chājùHSK 5disparity
- disparity
- gap
拆chāiHSK 5to tear open
- to tear open
- to tear down
- to tear apart
- to open
产chǎnHSK 5to give birth
- to give birth
- to reproduce
- to produce
- product
- resource
- estate
- property
- variant of 产
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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