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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设备shèbèiHSK 5equipment
- equipment
- facilities
- installations
设计shèjìHSK 5to design
- to design
- to plan
- design
- plan
设立shèlìHSK 5to set up
- to set up
- to establish
设施shèshīHSK 5facilities
- facilities
- installation
设置shèzhìHSK 5to set up
- to set up
- to install
社区shèqūHSK 5community
- community
- neighborhood
摄影shèyǐngHSK 5to take a photograph
- to take a photograph
- photography
- to shoot (a movie)
伸shēnHSK 5to stretch
- to stretch
- to extend
身材shēncáiHSK 5stature
- stature
- build (height and weight)
- figure
身份shēnfènHSK 5identity
- identity
- aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident)
- role
- capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 + ... + 的身份)
- status (social, legal etc)
- position
- rank
深度shēndùHSK 5depth
- depth
- (of a speech etc) profundity
- advanced stage of development
深厚shēnhòuHSK 5deep
- deep
- profound
深刻shēnkèHSK 5profound
- profound
- deep
- deep-going
深入shēnrùHSK 5to penetrate deeply
- to penetrate deeply
- thorough
深远shēnyuǎnHSK 5far-reaching
- far-reaching
- profound and long-lasting
神话shénhuàHSK 5legend
- legend
- fairy tale
- myth
- mythology
神秘shénmìHSK 5mysterious
- mysterious
- mystery
升shēngHSK 5to ascend
- to ascend
- to rise
- to promote
- to elevate
- liter
- unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗)
- to ascend
- to rise (variant of 升)
- to promote
- to elevate (variant of 升)
- to ascend
- to rise (variant of 升)
- to promote
- to elevate (variant of 升)
升级shēngjíHSK 5to go up by one grade
- to go up by one grade
- to be promoted
- to escalate (in intensity)
- (computing) to upgrade
升温shēngwēnHSK 5to become hot
- to become hot
- temperature rise
- (fig.) to intensify
- to hot up
- to escalate
- to get a boost
生产shēngchǎnHSK 5to produce
- to produce
- to manufacture
- to give birth to a child
生存shēngcúnHSK 5to exist
- to exist
- to survive
生动shēngdòngHSK 5(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid
- (of descriptions, writing etc) vivid
- lively
生物shēngwùHSK 5organism
- organism
- living creature
- life form
- (attributive) biological
- bio-
生肖shēngxiàoHSK 5one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支
- one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支
- animal from the Chinese zodiac
生长shēngzhǎngHSK 5to grow
- to grow
- to grow up
- to be brought up
省份shěngfènHSK 5province
- province
省会shěnghuìHSK 5provincial capital
- provincial capital
胜shèngHSK 5victory
- victory
- success
- to beat
- to defeat
- to surpass
- victorious
- superior to
- to get the better of
- better than
- surpassing
- superb (of vista)
- beautiful (scenery)
- wonderful (view)
- (Taiwan pr. ) able to bear
- equal to (a task)
胜利shènglìHSK 5victory
- victory
- CL:个
失恋shīliànHSK 5to lose one's love
- to lose one's love
- to break up (in a romantic relationship)
- to feel jilted
失眠shīmiánHSK 5to suffer from insomnia
- to suffer from insomnia
失误shīwùHSK 5lapse
- lapse
- mistake
- to make a mistake
- fault
- service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
失业shīyèHSK 5unemployment
- unemployment
- to lose one's job
诗shīHSK 5poem
- poem
- CL:首
- poetry
- verse
- abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs
诗人shīrénHSK 5bard
- bard
- poet
湿shīHSK 5moist
- moist
- wet
- variant of 湿
石头shítouHSK 5stone
- stone
- CL:块
时差shíchāHSK 5time difference
- time difference
- time lag
- jet lag
时常shíchángHSK 5often
- often
- frequently
时代shídàiHSK 5age
- age
- era
- epoch
- period (in one's life)
- CL:个
时刻shíkèHSK 5time
- time
- juncture
- moment
- period of time
- CL:个,段
- constantly
- always
时期shíqīHSK 5period
- period
- phase
- CL:个
实践shíjiànHSK 5practice
- practice
- to put into practice
- to live up to (a promise)
- to carry out (a project)
实力shílìHSK 5strength
- strength
实施shíshīHSK 5to implement
- to implement
- to carry out
实习shíxíHSK 5to practice
- to practice
- field work
- to intern
- internship
实现shíxiànHSK 5to achieve
- to achieve
- to implement
- to realize
- to bring about
实行shíxíngHSK 5to implement
- to implement
- to carry out
- to put into practice
实验shíyànHSK 5experiment
- experiment
- test
- CL:个,次
- experimental
- to experiment
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
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