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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实验室shíyànshìHSK 5laboratory
- laboratory
- CL:间
实用shíyòngHSK 5to apply in practice
- to apply in practice
- practical
- functional
- pragmatic
- applied (science)
食用shíyòngHSK 5to eat
- to eat
- to consume
- edible
使得shǐdeHSK 5usable
- usable
- serviceable
- feasible
- workable
- doable
- to make
- to cause
- to bring about
始终shǐzhōngHSK 5from beginning to end
- from beginning to end
- all along
市民shìmínHSK 5city resident
- city resident
- townspeople
式shìHSK 5type
- type
- form
- pattern
- style
事故shìgùHSK 5accident
- accident
- CL:桩,起,次
事件shìjiànHSK 5incident
- incident
- event
事实shìshíHSK 5fact
- fact
- CL:个
事物shìwùHSK 5thing
- thing
- object
事先shìxiānHSK 5in advance
- in advance
- before the event
- beforehand
- prior
事业shìyèHSK 5undertaking
- undertaking
- project
- activity
- (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
- publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
- career
- occupation
- CL:个
视为shìwéiHSK 5to view as
- to view as
- to see as
- to consider to be
- to deem
试卷shìjuànHSK 5examination paper
- examination paper
- test paper
- CL:份,张
试验shìyànHSK 5experiment
- experiment
- test
- CL:次,个
- to experiment
- experimental
试用shìyòngHSK 5to try sth out
- to try sth out
- to be on probation
适当shìdàngHSK 5suitable
- suitable
- appropriate
适用shìyòngHSK 5to be applicable
- to be applicable
收获shōuhuòHSK 5to harvest
- to harvest
- to reap
- to gain
- crop
- harvest
- profit
- gain
- bonus
- reward
收集shōujíHSK 5to gather
- to gather
- to collect
收看shōukànHSK 5to watch (a TV program)
- to watch (a TV program)
手段shǒuduànHSK 5method
- method
- way
- means (of doing sth)
- skill
- ability
- trick
- wile
手工shǒugōngHSK 5handwork
- handwork
- manual
手术shǒushùHSK 5(surgical) operation
- (surgical) operation
- surgery
- CL:个
手套shǒutàoHSK 5glove
- glove
- mitten
- CL:双,只
手续shǒuxùHSK 5procedure
- procedure
- CL:道,个
- formalities
手指shǒuzhǐHSK 5finger
- finger
- CL:个,只
守shǒuHSK 5to guard
- to guard
- to defend
- to keep watch
- to abide by the law
- to observe (rules or ritual)
- nearby
- adjoining
首次shǒucìHSK 5first
- first
- first time
- for the first time
售价shòujiàHSK 5selling price
- selling price
书法shūfǎHSK 5calligraphy
- calligraphy
- handwriting
- penmanship
书房shūfángHSK 5study (room)
- study (room)
- studio
- CL:间
书架shūjiàHSK 5bookshelf
- bookshelf
- CL:个
舒适shūshìHSK 5cozy
输入shūrùHSK 5to import
- to import
- to input
蔬菜shūcàiHSK 5vegetables
- vegetables
熟练shúliànHSK 5practiced
- practiced
- proficient
- skilled
- skillful
熟人shúrénHSK 5acquaintance
- acquaintance
- friend
属于shǔyúHSK 5to belong to
- to belong to
- to fall under (a category)
鼠标shǔbiāoHSK 5(computing) mouse
- (computing) mouse
束shùHSK 5to bind
- to bind
- bunch
- bundle
- classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
- to control
- surname Shu
树木shùmùHSK 5tree
- tree
数据shùjùHSK 5data
摔shuāiHSK 5to throw down
- to throw down
- to fall
- to drop and break
双方shuāngfāngHSK 5bilateral
- bilateral
- both sides
- both parties involved
水分shuǐfènHSK 5moisture content
- moisture content
- (fig.) overstatement
- padding
税shuìHSK 5taxes
- taxes
- duties
睡眠shuìmiánHSK 5sleep
- sleep
- to sleep
- (computing) to enter sleep mode
顺shùnHSK 5to obey
- to obey
- to follow
- to arrange
- to make reasonable
- along
- favorable
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.