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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零食língshíHSK 4snack
- snack
- nibbles
零下líng xiàHSK 4below zero (esp. temperature)
- below zero (esp. temperature)
另lìngHSK 4other
- other
- another
- separate
- separately
另外lìngwàiHSK 4additional
- additional
- in addition
- besides
- separate
- other
- moreover
- furthermore
流liúHSK 4to flow
- to flow
- to disseminate
- to circulate or spread
- to move or drift
- to degenerate
- to banish or send into exile
- stream of water or sth resembling one
- class, rate or grade
流利liúlìHSK 4fluent
- fluent
流行liúxíngHSK 4(of a contagious disease etc) to spread
- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
- to propagate
- (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
- fashionable
留liúHSK 4to leave (a message etc)
- to leave (a message etc)
- to retain
- to stay
- to remain
- to keep
- to preserve
- old variant of 留
- old variant of 留
留下liúxiaHSK 4to leave behind
- to leave behind
- to stay behind
- to remain
- to keep
- not to let (sb) go
路过lùguòHSK 4to pass by
- to pass by
- to pass through
旅馆lǚguǎnHSK 4hotel
- hotel
- CL:家
旅客lǚkèHSK 4traveler
- traveler
- tourist
旅行lǚxíngHSK 4to travel
- to travel
- journey
- trip
- CL:趟,次
律师lǜshīHSK 4lawyer
- lawyer
乱luànHSK 4in confusion or disorder
- in confusion or disorder
- in a confused state of mind
- disorder
- upheaval
- riot
- illicit sexual relations
- to throw into disorder
- to mix up
- indiscriminate
- random
- arbitrary
落luò / làHSK 4to fall or drop
- to fall or drop
- (of the sun) to set
- (of a tide) to go out
- to lower
- to decline or sink
- to lag or fall behind
- to fall onto
- to rest with
- to get or receive
- to write down
- whereabouts
- settlement
- to leave out
- to be missing
- to leave behind or forget to bring
- to lag or fall behind
- colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds
麻烦máfanHSK 4trouble
- trouble
- inconvenience
- inconvenient
- troublesome
- annoying
- to bother sb
- to put sb to trouble
馒头mántouHSK 4steamed bun
- steamed bun
满mǎnHSK 4to fill
- to fill
- full
- filled
- packed
- fully
- completely
- quite
- to reach the limit
- to satisfy
- satisfied
- contented
- Manchu ethnic group
毛巾máojīnHSK 4towel
- towel
- CL:条
毛衣máoyīHSK 4(wool) sweater
- (wool) sweater
- CL:件
帽子màoziHSK 4hat
- hat
- cap
- (fig.) label
- bad name
- CL:顶
美měiHSK 4beautiful
- beautiful
- very satisfactory
- good
- to beautify
- to be pleased with oneself
- (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲)
- (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国)
美好měihǎoHSK 4beautiful
- beautiful
- fine
美景měijǐngHSK 4beautiful scenery
- beautiful scenery
美丽měilìHSK 4beautiful
- beautiful
美食měishíHSK 4culinary delicacy
- culinary delicacy
- fine food
- gourmet food
梦mèngHSK 4dream (CL:场)
- dream (CL:场)
- (bound form) to dream
梦想mèngxiǎngHSK 4(fig.) to dream of
- (fig.) to dream of
- dream
密码mìmǎHSK 4cipher
- cipher
- secret code
- password
- PIN
免费miǎnfèiHSK 4free (of charge)
- free (of charge)
面对miànduìHSK 4to face
- to face
- to confront
面试miànshìHSK 4to be interviewed (as a candidate)
- to be interviewed (as a candidate)
- interview
秒miǎoHSK 4second (unit of time)
- second (unit of time)
- arc second (angular measurement unit)
- (coll.) instantly
民族mínzúHSK 4nationality
- nationality
- ethnic group
末mòHSK 4tip
- tip
- end
- final stage
- latter part
- inessential detail
- powder
- dust
- opera role of old man
- variant of 么
母女mǔnǚHSK 4mother and daughter
- mother and daughter
- mother-daughter
母亲mǔqīnHSK 4mother
母子mǔzǐHSK 4mother and child
- mother and child
- parent and subsidiary (companies)
- principal and interest
目标mùbiāoHSK 4target
- target
- goal
- objective
- CL:个
目的mùdìHSK 4purpose
- purpose
- aim
- goal
- target
- objective
目的地mùdìdìHSK 4destination (location)
- destination (location)
目前mùqiánHSK 4at the present time
- at the present time
- currently
耐心nàixīnHSK 4to be patient
- to be patient
- patience
男士nánshìHSK 4man
- man
- gentleman
男性nánxìngHSK 4the male sex
- the male sex
- a male
南部nánbùHSK 4southern part
- southern part
难道nándàoHSK 4don't tell me ...
- don't tell me ...
- could it be that...?
难受nánshòuHSK 4to feel unwell
- to feel unwell
- to suffer pain
- to be difficult to bear
难忘nánwàngHSK 4unforgettable
- unforgettable
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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How to actually learn HSK 5 vocabulary
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