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
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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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中介zhōngjièHSK 5to act as intermediary
- to act as intermediary
- to link
- intermediate
- inter-
- agency
- agent
中期zhōngqīHSK 5middle (of a period of time)
- middle (of a period of time)
- medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
中外zhōngwàiHSK 5Sino-foreign
- Sino-foreign
- Chinese-foreign
- home and abroad
中心zhōngxīnHSK 5center
- center
- heart
- core
中药zhōngyàoHSK 5traditional Chinese medicine
- traditional Chinese medicine
- CL:服
中医zhōngyīHSK 5traditional Chinese medical science
- traditional Chinese medical science
- a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
种类zhǒnglèiHSK 5kind
- kind
- genus
- type
- category
- variety
- species
- sort
- class
种植zhòngzhíHSK 5to plant
- to plant
- to grow (a crop)
- to cultivate
种子zhǒngziHSK 5seed
- seed
- CL:颗,粒
众多zhòngduōHSK 5numerous
- numerous
重大zhòngdàHSK 5great
- great
- important
- major
- significant
重复chóngfùHSK 5to repeat
- to repeat
- to duplicate
- CL:个
重量zhòngliàngHSK 5weight
- weight
周年zhōuniánHSK 5anniversary
- anniversary
- annual
猪zhūHSK 5hog
- hog
- pig
- swine
- CL:口,头
竹子zhúziHSK 5bamboo
- bamboo
- CL:棵,根
逐步zhúbùHSK 5progressively
- progressively
- step by step
逐渐zhújiànHSK 5gradually
- gradually
主持zhǔchíHSK 5to take charge of
- to take charge of
- to manage or direct
- to preside over
- to uphold
- to stand for (justice etc)
- to host (a TV or radio program etc)
- (TV) anchor
主动zhǔdòngHSK 5to take the initiative
- to take the initiative
- to do sth of one's own accord
- spontaneous
- active
- opposite: passive 被动
- drive (of gears and shafts etc)
主观zhǔguānHSK 5subjective
- subjective
主人zhǔrénHSK 5owner
- owner
- host
- master
主任zhǔrènHSK 5director
- director
- head
- CL:个
主食zhǔshíHSK 5staple food
- staple food
主题zhǔtíHSK 5theme
- theme
- subject
主席zhǔxíHSK 5chairperson
- chairperson
- premier
- chairman
- CL:个,位
煮zhǔHSK 5to cook
- to cook
- to boil
- variant of 煮
住房zhùfángHSK 5housing
- housing
住宿zhùsùHSK 5to stay at
- to stay at
- lodging
- accommodation
住址zhùzhǐHSK 5address
- address
注册zhùcèHSK 5to register
- to register
- to enroll
注重zhùzhòngHSK 5to pay attention to
- to pay attention to
- to emphasize
抓zhuāHSK 5to grab
- to grab
- to catch
- to arrest
- to snatch
- to scratch
抓紧zhuājǐnHSK 5to keep a firm grip on
- to keep a firm grip on
- to pay close attention to
- to lose no time in (doing sth)
专家zhuānjiāHSK 5expert
- expert
- specialist
专心zhuānxīnHSK 5to focus one's attention
- to focus one's attention
- to concentrate on (doing sth)
转变zhuǎnbiànHSK 5to change
- to change
- to transform
- shift
- transformation
- CL:个
转告zhuǎngàoHSK 5to pass on
- to pass on
- to communicate
- to transmit
装饰zhuāngshìHSK 5to decorate
- to decorate
- decoration
- decorative
- ornamental
装修zhuāngxiūHSK 5to decorate
- to decorate
- interior decoration
- to fit up
- to renovate
状况zhuàngkuàngHSK 5condition
- condition
- state
- situation
状态zhuàngtàiHSK 5condition
- condition
- state
- state of affairs
撞zhuàngHSK 5to knock against
- to knock against
- to bump into
- to run into
- to meet by accident
追zhuīHSK 5to chase
- to chase
- to pursue
- to look into
- to investigate
- to reminisce
- to recall
- to court (one's beloved)
- to binge-watch (a TV drama)
- retroactively
- posthumously
- to sculpt
- to carve
- musical instrument (old)
追求zhuīqiúHSK 5to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
- to seek after
- to woo
咨询zīxúnHSK 5to inquire
- to inquire
- to consult
- to seek advice from
姿势zīshìHSK 5posture
- posture
- position
资格zīgéHSK 5qualifications
- qualifications
- seniority
资金zījīnHSK 5funds
- funds
- capital
资源zīyuánHSK 5natural resource (such as water or minerals)
- natural resource (such as water or minerals)
- resource (such as manpower or tourism)
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.