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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下载xiàzàiHSK 5to download
- to download
- also pr.
先后xiānhòuHSK 5early or late
- early or late
- first and last
- priority
- in succession
- one after another
先进xiānjìnHSK 5sophisticated
- sophisticated
- advanced (technology etc)
- meritorious
- exemplary (deeds etc)
闲xiánHSK 5enclosure
- enclosure
- (variant of 闲) idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
- idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
显得xiǎndeHSK 5to seem
- to seem
- to look
- to appear
显然xiǎnránHSK 5clearly
- clearly
- evidently
- obviously
显示xiǎnshìHSK 5to show
- to show
- to illustrate
- to display
- to demonstrate
县xiànHSK 5county
- county
- (Japan) prefecture
现场xiànchǎngHSK 5the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
- the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
- (on) the spot
- (at) the site
现代xiàndàiHSK 5modern times
- modern times
- modern age
- modern era
现代化xiàndàihuàHSK 5modernization
- modernization
- CL:个
现实xiànshíHSK 5reality
- reality
- actuality
- real
- actual
- realistic
- pragmatic
- materialistic
- self-interested
现象xiànxiàngHSK 5phenomenon
- phenomenon
- CL:个,种
- appearance
现状xiànzhuàngHSK 5current situation
- current situation
线路xiànlùHSK 5(electricity) line
- (electricity) line
- circuit
- wire
- (traffic) road
- track
- route
限制xiànzhìHSK 5to restrict
- to restrict
- to limit
- to confine
- restriction
- limit
- CL:个
乡xiāngHSK 5country or countryside
- country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)
乡村xiāngcūnHSK 5rustic
- rustic
- village
- countryside
相册xiàngcèHSK 5photo album
- photo album
相处xiāngchǔHSK 5to be in contact (with sb)
- to be in contact (with sb)
- to associate
- to interact
- to get along (well, poorly)
相当xiāngdāngHSK 5equivalent to
- equivalent to
- appropriate
- considerably
- to a certain extent
- fairly
- quite
相对xiāngduìHSK 5relatively
- relatively
- opposite
- to resist
- to oppose
- relative
- vis-a-vis
- counterpart
相关xiāngguānHSK 5related
- related
- relevant
- pertinent
- to be interrelated
- (statistics) correlation
相似xiāngsìHSK 5similar
- similar
- alike
享受xiǎngshòuHSK 5to enjoy
- to enjoy
- to live it up
- pleasure
- CL:种
响声xiǎngshēngHSK 5noise
- noise
想念xiǎngniànHSK 5to miss
- to miss
- to remember with longing
- to long to see again
想象xiǎngxiàngHSK 5to imagine
- to imagine
- to envision
- imagination
向上xiàngshàngHSK 5upward
- upward
- up
- to advance
- to try to improve oneself
- to make progress
项目xiàngmùHSK 5item
- item
- project
- (sports) event
象征xiàngzhēngHSK 5symbol
- symbol
- emblem
- to symbolize
- to signify
- to represent
橡皮xiàngpíHSK 5rubber
- rubber
- an eraser
- CL:块
消费xiāofèiHSK 5to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
- to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消费者xiāofèizhěHSK 5consumer
- consumer
消化xiāohuàHSK 5to digest (food)
- to digest (food)
- (fig.) to absorb (information etc)
- to assimilate
- to process
消极xiāojíHSK 5negative
- negative
- passive
- inactive
消失xiāoshīHSK 5to disappear
- to disappear
- to fade away
销量xiāoliàngHSK 5sales volume
- sales volume
销售xiāoshòuHSK 5to sell
- to sell
- to market
- sales (representative, agreement etc)
小姐xiǎojiěHSK 5young lady
- young lady
- miss
- (slang) prostitute
- CL:个,位
小型xiǎoxíngHSK 5small scale
- small scale
- small size
小于xiǎoyúHSK 5less than, <
- less than, <
效率xiàolǜHSK 5efficiency
- efficiency
协议xiéyìHSK 5agreement
- agreement
- pact
- protocol
- CL:项
斜xiéHSK 5inclined
- inclined
- slanting
- oblique
- tilting
写作xiězuòHSK 5to write
- to write
- to compose
- writing
- written works
心理xīnlǐHSK 5psychology
- psychology
- mentality
心态xīntàiHSK 5attitude (of the heart)
- attitude (of the heart)
- state of one's psyche
- way of thinking
- mentality
欣赏xīnshǎngHSK 5to appreciate
- to appreciate
- to enjoy
- to admire
新郎xīnlángHSK 5bridegroom
- bridegroom
- groom
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.