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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提前tíqiánHSK 4to shift to an earlier date
- to shift to an earlier date
- to do sth ahead of time
- in advance
提醒tíxǐngHSK 4to remind
- to remind
- to call attention to
- to warn of
体检tǐjiǎnHSK 4physical examination
- physical examination
- clinical examination
- health checkup
体温tǐwēnHSK 4(body) temperature
- (body) temperature
体重tǐzhòngHSK 4body weight
- body weight
填写tiánxiěHSK 4to fill in a form
- to fill in a form
- to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
条件tiáojiànHSK 4condition
- condition
- circumstance
- term
- factor
- requirement
- prerequisite
- qualification
- situation
- state
- condition
- CL:个
听力tīnglìHSK 4hearing
- hearing
- listening ability
听众tīngzhòngHSK 4audience
- audience
- listeners
停tíngHSK 4to stop
- to stop
- to halt
- to park (a car)
停车tíngchēHSK 4to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
- to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
- to park
- (of a machine) to stop working
- to stall
停车场tíngchēchǎngHSK 4parking lot
- parking lot
- car park
停止tíngzhǐHSK 4to stop
- to stop
- to halt
- to cease
通tōngHSK 4to go through
- to go through
- to know well
- (suffix) expert
- to connect
- to communicate
- open
- to clear
- classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
通过tōngguòHSK 4to pass through
- to pass through
- to get through
- to adopt (a resolution)
- to pass (legislation)
- to pass (a test)
- by means of
- through
- via
通知tōngzhīHSK 4to notify
- to notify
- to inform
- notice
- notification
- CL:个
同时tóngshíHSK 4at the same time
- at the same time
- simultaneously
同样tóngyàngHSK 4same
- same
- equal
- similar
- similarly
- also
- too
童年tóngniánHSK 4childhood
- childhood
桶tǒngHSK 4bucket
- bucket
- (trash) can
- barrel (of oil etc)
- CL:个,只
痛tòngHSK 4ache
- ache
- pain
- sorrow
- deeply
- thoroughly
头痛tóutòngHSK 4to have a headache
- to have a headache
图túHSK 4diagram
- diagram
- picture
- drawing
- chart
- map
- CL:张
- to plan
- to scheme
- to attempt
- to pursue
- to seek
图片túpiànHSK 4picture
- picture
- photograph
- CL:张
土tǔHSK 4earth
- earth
- dust
- clay
- local
- indigenous
- crude opium
- unsophisticated
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音
- surname Tu
- Tu ethnic group
推tuīHSK 4to push
- to push
- to cut
- to refuse
- to reject
- to decline
- to shirk (responsibility)
- to put off
- to delay
- to push forward
- to nominate
- to elect
- massage
推迟tuīchíHSK 4to postpone
- to postpone
- to put off
- to defer
推出tuīchūHSK 4to push out
- to push out
- to release
- to launch
- to publish
- to recommend
脱tuōHSK 4to shed
- to shed
- to take off
- to escape
- to get away from
袜子wàziHSK 4socks
- socks
- stockings
- CL:只,对,双
外出wàichūHSK 4to go out
- to go out
- to go away (on a trip etc)
外套wàitàoHSK 4outer garment
- outer garment
- jacket
- coat
- CL:件
完全wánquánHSK 4complete
- complete
- whole
- totally
- entirely
晚安wǎn’ānHSK 4Good night!
- Good night!
- Good evening!
晚餐wǎncānHSK 4evening meal
- evening meal
- dinner
- CL:份,顿,次
网购wǎnggòuHSK 4Internet shopping
- Internet shopping
- to purchase online
网页wǎngyèHSK 4web page
- web page
网友wǎngyǒuHSK 4online friend
- online friend
- netizen
- Internet user
网址wǎngzhǐHSK 4web address
- web address
- URL
往往wǎngwǎngHSK 4usually
- usually
- in many cases
- more often than not
危险wēixiǎnHSK 4danger
- danger
- dangerous
卫生wèishēngHSK 4hygienic
- hygienic
- sanitary
- hygiene
- sanitation
味wèiHSK 4taste
- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (bound form) flavor
- character
- atmosphere
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
味道wèidàoHSK 4flavor
- flavor
- taste
- (fig.) feeling (of ...)
- sense (of ...)
- hint (of ...)
- (fig.) interest
- delight
- (dialect) smell
- odor
温度wēndùHSK 4temperature
- temperature
- CL:个
文件wénjiànHSK 4document
- document
- file
- CL:份
文章wénzhāngHSK 4article
- article
- essay
- literary works
- writings
- hidden meaning
- CL:篇,段,页
文字wénzìHSK 4character
- character
- script
- writing
- written language
- writing style
- phraseology
- CL:个
闻wénHSK 4to hear
- to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at
- surname Wen
污染wūrǎnHSK 4(lit. and fig.) to pollute
- (lit. and fig.) to pollute
- to contaminate
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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