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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研制yánzhìHSK 5to research and manufacture
- to research and manufacture
- to research and to develop
眼yǎnHSK 5eye (CL:只,双)
- eye (CL:只,双)
- (often used with 一) a look
- a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
眼泪yǎnlèiHSK 5tear
- tear
- teardrop
- CL:滴
演讲yǎnjiǎngHSK 5to give a lecture
- to give a lecture
- to make a speech
阳台yángtáiHSK 5balcony
- balcony
- porch
样式yàngshìHSK 5type
- type
- style
腰yāoHSK 5the waist and lower back
- the waist and lower back
- (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- the waist of trousers or a skirt
- (metonym) money pouch
- (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
摇yáoHSK 5to shake
- to shake
- to rock
- to row
- to crank
- surname Yao
咬yǎoHSK 5to bite
- to bite
- to nip
- variant of 咬
药品yàopǐnHSK 5medicaments
- medicaments
- medicine
- drug
药物yàowùHSK 5medicaments
- medicaments
- pharmaceuticals
- medication
- medicine
- drug
要不yàobùHSK 5otherwise
- otherwise
- or else
- how about...?
- either... (or...)
要不是yàobúshìHSK 5if it were not for
- if it were not for
- but for
业务yèwùHSK 5business
- business
- professional work
- service
- CL:项
业余yèyúHSK 5in one's spare time
- in one's spare time
- outside working hours
- amateur (historian etc)
夜间yèjiānHSK 5nighttime
- nighttime
- evening or night (e.g. classes)
夜市yèshìHSK 5night market
- night market
一次性yícìxìngHSK 5one-off (offer)
- one-off (offer)
- one-time
- single-use
- disposable (goods)
一代yídàiHSK 5an era
- an era
- an age
- a generation
一旦yídànHSK 5in case (sth happens)
- in case (sth happens)
- if
- once (sth happens, then...)
- when
- in a short time
- in one day
一路yílùHSK 5the whole journey
- the whole journey
- all the way
- going the same way
- going in the same direction
- of the same kind
一路顺风yílù-shùnfēngHSK 5to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
- to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
一致yízhìHSK 5consistent
- consistent
- unanimous
- in agreement
- together
- in unison
医疗yīliáoHSK 5medical treatment
- medical treatment
医学yīxuéHSK 5medicine
- medicine
- medical science
- study of medicine
依据yījùHSK 5according to
- according to
- basis
- foundation
依靠yīkàoHSK 5to rely on
- to rely on
- to depend on
依然yīránHSK 5still
- still
- as before
移yíHSK 5to move
- to move
- to shift
- to change
- to alter
- to remove
移动yídòngHSK 5to move
- to move
- movement
- migration
- mobile
- portable
遗憾yíhànHSK 5regret
- regret
- to regret
- to be sorry that
疑问yíwènHSK 5question
- question
- interrogation
- doubt
乙yǐHSK 5second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
- second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
- second in order
- letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方)
- ethyl
- bent
- winding
- radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
- ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
- turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折
以yǐHSK 5with
- with
- by means of
- in order to
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以
- old variant of 以
- abbr. for Israel 以色列
以及yǐjíHSK 5and
- and
- as well as
以来yǐláiHSK 5since (used after a specified time or event)
- since (used after a specified time or event)
义务yìwùHSK 5duty
- duty
- obligation (CL:项)
- volunteer (work etc)
亿yìHSK 5100 million
- 100 million
意识yìshíHSK 5consciousness
- consciousness
- awareness
- (usu. followed by 到) to be aware of
- to realize
意外yìwàiHSK 5unexpected
- unexpected
- accident
- mishap
- CL:个
意味着yìwèizheHSK 5to signify
- to signify
- to mean
- to imply
意义yìyìHSK 5sense
- sense
- meaning
- significance
- importance
- CL:个
因而yīn’érHSK 5therefore
- therefore
- as a result
- thus
- and as a result, ...
因素yīnsùHSK 5element
- element
- factor
- CL:个
音量yīnliàngHSK 5loudness
- loudness
- volume
引进yǐnjìnHSK 5to recommend
- to recommend
- to introduce (from outside)
饮食yǐnshíHSK 5eating and drinking
- eating and drinking
- food and drink
- diet
印刷yìnshuāHSK 5to print
- to print
- printing
应当yīngdāngHSK 5should
- should
- ought to
应对yìngduìHSK 5to answer
- to answer
- to reply
- to handle
- to deal with
- response
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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How to actually learn HSK 5 vocabulary
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