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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掌声zhǎngshēngHSK 5applause
- applause
- CL:阵
掌握zhǎngwòHSK 5to grasp (often fig.)
- to grasp (often fig.)
- to control
- to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
- to master
- to know well
- to understand sth well and know how to use it
- fluency
账号zhànghàoHSK 5account number
- account number
- account
- username
账户zhànghùHSK 5(bank, computer etc) account
- (bank, computer etc) account
召开zhàokāiHSK 5to convene (a conference or meeting)
- to convene (a conference or meeting)
- to convoke
- to call together
折扣zhékòuHSK 5discount
- discount
哲学zhéxuéHSK 5philosophy
- philosophy
着凉zháoliángHSK 5to catch cold
- to catch cold
- Taiwan pr.
针对zhēnduìHSK 5to target
- to target
- to focus on
- to be aimed at or against
- in response to
珍贵zhēnguìHSK 5precious
- precious
珍惜zhēnxīHSK 5to treasure
- to treasure
- to value
- to cherish
真诚zhēnchéngHSK 5sincere
- sincere
- genuine
- true
真实zhēnshíHSK 5true
- true
- real
诊断zhěnduànHSK 5to diagnose
- to diagnose
阵zhènHSK 5disposition of troops
- disposition of troops
- wave
- spate
- burst
- spell
- short period of time
- classifier for events or states of short duration
争zhēngHSK 5to strive for
- to strive for
- to vie for
- to argue or debate
- deficient or lacking (dialect)
- how or what (literary)
争取zhēngqǔHSK 5to fight for
- to fight for
- to strive for
- to win over
挣zhèngHSK 5to struggle to get free
- to struggle to get free
- to strive to acquire
- to make (money)
- used in 挣扎
整齐zhěngqíHSK 5orderly
- orderly
- neat
- even
- tidy
整体zhěngtǐHSK 5whole
- whole
- entirety
- overall
- whole
- general
- on the whole
- overall
整整zhěngzhěngHSK 5whole
- whole
- full
正如zhèngrúHSK 5just as
- just as
- precisely as
证据zhèngjùHSK 5evidence
- evidence
- proof
- testimony
证书zhèngshūHSK 5credentials
- credentials
- certificate
政府zhèngfǔHSK 5government
- government
- CL:个
政治zhèngzhìHSK 5politics
- politics
- political
支zhīHSK 5to support
- to support
- to sustain
- to erect
- to raise
- branch
- division
- to draw money
- classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- surname Zhi
知名zhīmíngHSK 5well-known
- well-known
- famous
执行zhíxíngHSK 5to implement
- to implement
- to carry out
- to execute
- to run
直zhíHSK 5straight
- straight
- to straighten
- fair and reasonable
- frank
- straightforward
- (indicates continuing motion or action)
- vertical
- vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- surname Zhi
- Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God
直播zhíbōHSK 5(TV, radio) to broadcast live
- (TV, radio) to broadcast live
- live broadcast
- (Internet) to livestream
- (agriculture) direct seeding
职场zhíchǎngHSK 5workplace
- workplace
- workforce (of a nation or industry etc)
- job market
职工zhígōngHSK 5employee
- employee
- staff member
- worker
止zhǐHSK 5to stop
- to stop
- to prohibit
- until
- only
指导zhǐdǎoHSK 5to guide
- to guide
- to direct
- to instruct
- coach
- trainer
至zhìHSK 5to arrive
- to arrive
- most
- to
- until
至今zhìjīnHSK 5so far
- so far
- to this day
- until now
志愿者zhìyuànzhěHSK 5volunteer
- volunteer
制订zhìdìngHSK 5to work out
- to work out
- to formulate
制定zhìdìngHSK 5to draw up
- to draw up
- to formulate
制度zhìdùHSK 5system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
- institution
- CL:个
制造zhìzàoHSK 5to manufacture
- to manufacture
- to make
制作zhìzuòHSK 5to make
- to make
- to manufacture
治zhìHSK 5to rule
- to rule
- to govern
- to manage
- to control
- to harness (a river)
- to treat (a disease)
- to wipe out (a pest)
- to punish
- to research
治疗zhìliáoHSK 5to treat (an illness)
- to treat (an illness)
- medical treatment
- therapy
智慧zhìhuìHSK 5wisdom
- wisdom
- intelligence
智能zhìnéngHSK 5intelligent
- intelligent
- able
- smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
中华ZhōnghuáHSK 5Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中华文化 "Chinese culture")
- Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中华文化 "Chinese culture")
- used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中华民国
中华民族Zhōnghuá MínzúHSK 5the Chinese nation
- the Chinese nation
- the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
中级zhōngjíHSK 5middle level (in a hierarchy)
- middle level (in a hierarchy)
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
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Hear HSK 5 vocabulary in real Mandarin
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