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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天空tiānkōngHSK 5sky
- sky
天上tiānshàngHSK 5the sky
- the sky
- the heavens
甜品tiánpǐnHSK 5dessert
- dessert
填tiánHSK 5to fill or stuff
- to fill or stuff
- (of a form etc) to fill in
挑tiāoHSK 5to carry on a shoulder pole
- to carry on a shoulder pole
- to choose
- to pick
- to nitpick
- to raise
- to dig up
- to poke
- to prick
- to incite
- to stir up
挑选tiāoxuǎnHSK 5to choose
- to choose
- to select
挑战tiǎozhànHSK 5to challenge
- to challenge
- to take on a challenge
- a challenge
跳高tiàogāoHSK 5(athletics) high jump
- (athletics) high jump
跳远tiàoyuǎnHSK 5long jump (athletics)
- long jump (athletics)
贴tiēHSK 5to stick
- to stick
- to paste
- to post (e.g. on a blog)
- to keep close to
- to fit snugly
- to subsidize
- allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)
- sticker
- classifier for sticking plaster: strip
铁路tiělùHSK 5railroad
- railroad
- railway
- CL:条
停留tíngliúHSK 5to stay for a time
- to stay for a time
- to stop
- to remain
- to remain (at a stage, level etc)
通常tōngchángHSK 5regular
- regular
- usual
- normal
- usually
- normally
通行tōngxíngHSK 5to go through
- to go through
- to pass through
- to be in general use
同tóngHSK 5like
- like
- same
- similar
- together
- alike
- with
- used in 胡同
- used in 胡同
同情tóngqíngHSK 5to sympathize with
- to sympathize with
- sympathy
同一tóngyīHSK 5identical
- identical
- the same
统计tǒngjìHSK 5statistics
- statistics
- to count
- to add up
统一tǒngyīHSK 5to unify
- to unify
- to integrate
- unified
- integrated
痛苦tòngkǔHSK 5pain
- pain
- suffering
- painful
- CL:个
投tóuHSK 5to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)
- to cast (a ballot)
- to cast (a glance, a shadow etc)
- to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine)
- to send (a letter, a manuscript etc)
- to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide)
- to go to
- to seek refuge
- to place oneself into the hands of
- (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
投入tóurùHSK 5to throw into
- to throw into
- to put into
- to throw oneself into
- to participate in
- to invest in
- absorbed
- engrossed
突出tūchūHSK 5prominent
- prominent
- outstanding
- to give prominence to
- to protrude
- to project
图画túhuàHSK 5drawing
- drawing
- picture
图书túshūHSK 5books (in a library or bookstore)
- books (in a library or bookstore)
- CL:本,册,部
土地tǔdìHSK 5land
- land
- soil
- territory
- CL:片,块
土豆tǔdòuHSK 5potato
- potato
- (Tw) peanut (CL:颗)
兔子tùziHSK 5hare
- hare
- rabbit
- CL:只
团tuánHSK 5round
- round
- lump
- ball
- to roll into a ball
- to gather
- regiment
- group
- society
- classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
- dumpling
团队tuánduìHSK 5team
- team
推动tuīdòngHSK 5to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)
- to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)
- to promote
- to give impetus to
推广tuīguǎngHSK 5to extend
- to extend
- to spread
- to popularize
- generalization
- promotion (of a product etc)
推荐tuījiànHSK 5to recommend
- to recommend
推进tuījìnHSK 5to impel
- to impel
- to carry forward
- to push on
- to advance
- to drive forward
退tuìHSK 5to retreat
- to retreat
- to withdraw
- to reject
- to return (sth)
- to decline
退出tuìchūHSK 5to withdraw
- to withdraw
- to abort
- to quit
- to log out (computing)
退还tuìhuánHSK 5to return (sth borrowed etc)
- to return (sth borrowed etc)
- to send back
- to refund
- to rebate
退休tuìxiūHSK 5to retire (from the workforce)
- to retire (from the workforce)
- to go into retirement
拖鞋tuōxiéHSK 5slippers
- slippers
- sandals
- flip-flops
- CL:双,只
外部wàibùHSK 5the outside
- the outside
- (attributive) external
- exterior
- surface
外公wàigōngHSK 5(coll.) mother's father
- (coll.) mother's father
- maternal grandfather
外观wàiguānHSK 5outward appearance
- outward appearance
外婆wàipóHSK 5(coll.) mother's mother
- (coll.) mother's mother
- maternal grandmother
外形wàixíngHSK 5figure
- figure
- shape
- external form
- contour
弯wānHSK 5to bend
- to bend
- bent
- a bend
- a turn (in a road etc)
- CL:道
完美wánměiHSK 5perfect
- perfect
完善wánshànHSK 5(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
- (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
- well-developed
- excellent
- to refine
- to improve
完整wánzhěngHSK 5complete
- complete
- intact
玩具wánjùHSK 5plaything
- plaything
- toy
万一wànyīHSK 5just in case
- just in case
- if by any chance
- contingency
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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