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
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《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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大夫dàifuHSK 4doctor
- doctor
- physician
大量dàliàngHSK 4great amount
- great amount
- large quantity
- bulk
- numerous
- generous
- magnanimous
大赛dàsàiHSK 4grand contest
- grand contest
大厅dàtīngHSK 4hall
- hall
- concourse
- public lounge
- (hotel) lobby
大约dàyuēHSK 4approximately
- approximately
- probably
大自然dàzìránHSK 4nature (the natural world)
- nature (the natural world)
待dāi / dàiHSK 4to wait
- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to
- to stay
- to remain
袋子dàiziHSK 4bag
- bag
戴dàiHSK 4to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
- to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
- to respect
- to bear
- to support
- surname Dai
单位dānwèiHSK 4unit (of measure)
- unit (of measure)
- unit (group of people as a whole)
- work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
- CL:个
弹tánHSK 4to pluck (a string)
- to pluck (a string)
- to play (a string instrument)
- to spring or leap
- to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
- (of cotton) to fluff or tease
- to flick
- to flip
- to accuse
- to impeach
- elastic (of materials)
- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
当dāng / dàngHSK 4to be
- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
- ding dong (bell)
- (onom.) dong
当时dāngshíHSK 4then
- then
- at that time
刀dāoHSK 4knife
- knife
- blade
- single-edged sword
- cutlass (CL:把)
- (slang) (loanword) dollar
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- classifier for knife cuts or stabs
- (Internet slang) to bargain
- to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
- (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
- surname Dao
导游dǎoyóuHSK 4tour guide
- tour guide
- guidebook
- to conduct a tour
到底dàodǐHSK 4finally
- finally
- in the end
- when all is said and done
- after all
- to the end
- to the last
到来dàoláiHSK 4to arrive
- to arrive
- arrival
- advent
倒dào / dǎoHSK 4to fall
- to fall
- to collapse
- to lie horizontally
- to fail
- to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
- to invert
- to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out
- to dump
- inverted
- upside down
- reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect
- but
- yet
道dàoHSK 4road
- road
- path (CL:条,股)
- (bound form) way
- reason
- principle
- (bound form) a skill
- an art
- a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way
- the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express
- to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
道路dàolùHSK 4road
- road
- path
- way
- CL:条
道歉dàoqiànHSK 4to apologize
- to apologize
得意déyìHSK 4proud of oneself
- proud of oneself
- pleased with oneself
- complacent
地球dìqiúHSK 4the earth
地址dìzhǐHSK 4address
登机dēngjīHSK 4to board a plane
- to board a plane
等到děngdàoHSK 4to wait until
- to wait until
- by the time when (sth is ready etc)
低dīHSK 4low
- low
- beneath
- to lower (one's head)
- to let droop
- to hang down
- to incline
低价dījiàHSK 4low price
- low price
低温dīwēnHSK 4low temperature
- low temperature
低于dīyúHSK 4to be lower than
- to be lower than
底dǐHSK 4bottom
- bottom
- base
- background
- foundation
- copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record
- (suffix) end of a year or month
- (math.) radix
- base (abbr. for 底数)
- (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
底下dǐxiaHSK 4the location below sth
- the location below sth
- afterwards
点名diǎnmíngHSK 4roll call
- roll call
- to mention sb by name
- (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
点头diǎntóuHSK 4to nod
- to nod
电动车diàndòngchēHSK 4electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
- electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
电视剧diànshìjùHSK 4TV series
- TV series
- TV drama
- CL:部
调查diàocháHSK 4investigation
- investigation
- inquiry
- to investigate
- to survey
- survey
- (opinion) poll
- CL:项,个
掉diàoHSK 4to fall
- to fall
- to drop
- to lag behind
- to lose
- to go missing
- to reduce
- fall (in prices)
- to lose (value, weight etc)
- to wag
- to swing
- to turn
- to change
- to exchange
- to swap
- to show off
- to shed (hair)
- (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
订dìngHSK 4to agree
- to agree
- to conclude
- to draw up
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)
- to order
定dìngHSK 4to fix
- to fix
- to set
- to make definite
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)
- to book (tickets etc)
- to order (goods etc)
- to congeal
- to coagulate
- (literary) definitely
东部dōngbùHSK 4the east
- the east
- eastern part
动车dòngchēHSK 4(PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train
- (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train
- power car
- multiple-unit train (abbr. for 动车组)
动作dòngzuòHSK 4movement
- movement
- motion
- action
- to act
- to move
读者dúzhěHSK 4reader
- reader
堵车dǔchēHSK 4traffic jam
- traffic jam
- (of traffic) to get congested
肚子dùziHSK 4belly
- belly
- abdomen
- stomach
- CL:个
度假dùjiàHSK 4to go on holidays
- to go on holidays
- to spend one's vacation
短信duǎnxìnHSK 4text message
- text message
- SMS
队duìHSK 4team
- team
- line (of people)
- squadron
- team
- group
- CL:个
队员duìyuánHSK 4team member
- team member
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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