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.
Scroll
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.
Showing 1051–1100 of 3,557 · page 22 of 72
说不定shuōbudìngHSK 5can't say for sure
- can't say for sure
- maybe
说服shuōfúHSK 5to persuade
- to persuade
- to convince
- to talk sb over
- Taiwan pr.
私人sīrénHSK 5private
- private
- personal
- interpersonal
- sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
- a member of one's clique
思考sīkǎoHSK 5to reflect on
- to reflect on
- to ponder over
思维sīwéiHSK 5(line of) thought
- (line of) thought
- thinking
思想sīxiǎngHSK 5thought
- thought
- thinking
- idea
- ideology
- CL:个
四处sìchùHSK 5all over the place
- all over the place
- everywhere and all directions
四周sìzhōuHSK 5all around
- all around
似的shìdeHSK 5seems as if
- seems as if
- rather like
- Taiwan pr.
似乎sìhūHSK 5it seems
- it seems
- seemingly
- as if
搜sōuHSK 5to search
- to search
- (bound form) to collect
- to gather
- variant of 搜
搜索sōusuǒHSK 5to search (a place, a database, online etc)
- to search (a place, a database, online etc)
- to search for (sth)
宿舍sùshèHSK 5dormitory
- dormitory
- dorm room
- living quarters
- hostel
- CL:间
酸甜苦辣suān-tián-kǔ-làHSK 5(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
- (lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)
- (fig.) all kinds of flavors
- the joys and sorrows of life
随suíHSK 5to follow
- to follow
- to comply with
- varying according to...
- to allow
- subsequently
- surname Sui
随后suíhòuHSK 5afterward
- afterward
- later
- subsequently
- following that
随时suíshíHSK 5at any time
- at any time
- at all times
- at the right time
- whenever necessary
随手suíshǒuHSK 5conveniently
- conveniently
- without extra trouble
- while doing it
- in passing
随意suíyìHSK 5as one wishes
- as one wishes
- according to one's wishes
- at will
- voluntary
- conscious
碎suìHSK 5(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces
- (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces
- to shatter
- to crumble
- broken
- fragmentary
- scattered
- garrulous
损害sǔnhàiHSK 5harm
- harm
- to damage
- to impair
损失sǔnshīHSK 5loss
- loss
- damage
- CL:个
- to lose
- to suffer damage
缩短suōduǎnHSK 5to shorten
- to shorten
- to reduce
- to curtail
缩小suōxiǎoHSK 5to reduce
- to reduce
- to decrease
- to shrink
所suǒHSK 5place
- place
- classifier for houses and schools
- actually
- place
- classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
- that which
- particle introducing a relative clause or passive
- CL:个
锁suǒHSK 5to lock
- to lock
- to lock up
- a lock (CL:把)
- old variant of 锁
他人tārénHSK 5another person
- another person
- sb else
- other people
台灯táidēngHSK 5desk lamp
- desk lamp
- table lamp
台阶táijiēHSK 5steps
- steps
- flight of steps
- step (over obstacle)
- fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
- bench (geology)
太太tàitaiHSK 5married woman
- married woman
- Mrs.
- Madam
- wife
- CL:个,位
谈话tánhuàHSK 5to talk (with sb)
- to talk (with sb)
- to have a conversation
- talk
- conversation
- CL:次
桃táoHSK 5peach
- peach
套tàoHSK 5to cover
- to cover
- to encase
- cover
- sheath
- to overlap
- to interleave
- to model after
- to copy
- formula
- harness
- loop of rope
- (fig.) to fish for
- to obtain slyly
- classifier for sets, collections
- bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
- tau (Greek letter Ττ)
特产tèchǎnHSK 5special local product
- special local product
- (regional) specialty
特色tèsèHSK 5a characteristic
- a characteristic
- a distinctive feature or quality
特殊tèshūHSK 5special
- special
- particular
- unusual
- extraordinary
特有tèyǒuHSK 5specific (to)
- specific (to)
- characteristic (of)
- distinctive
特征tèzhēngHSK 5characteristic
- characteristic
- diagnostic property
- distinctive feature
- trait
疼痛téngtòngHSK 5pain
- pain
- (of a body part) to be painful
- to be sore
- to hurt
- (of a person) to be in pain
提倡tíchàngHSK 5to promote
- to promote
- to advocate
提交tíjiāoHSK 5to submit (a report etc)
- to submit (a report etc)
- to refer (a problem) to sb
提起tíqǐHSK 5to mention
- to mention
- to bring up
- (lit. and fig.) to lift
- to raise
- to initiate (legal proceedings)
提升tíshēngHSK 5to promote (to a higher-ranking position)
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position)
- to lift
- to hoist
- (fig.) to elevate
- to raise
- to improve
提问tíwènHSK 5to question
- to question
- to quiz
- to grill
题目tímùHSK 5subject
- subject
- title
- topic
- exercise or exam question (CL:道)
体会tǐhuìHSK 5to know from experience
- to know from experience
- to learn through experience
- to realize
- understanding
- experience
体力tǐlìHSK 5physical strength
- physical strength
- physical power
体现tǐxiànHSK 5to embody
- to embody
- to reflect
- to incarnate
体验tǐyànHSK 5to experience for oneself
- to experience for oneself
替tìHSK 5to substitute for
- to substitute for
- to take the place of
- to replace
- for
- on behalf of
- to stand in for
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.
HSK 2 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 3 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 4 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 5+ Chinese listening episodes
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.
Scroll
The method in practice
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.