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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女生nǚshēngHSK 3schoolgirl
- schoolgirl
- female student
- girl
爬páHSK 3to crawl
- to crawl
- to climb
- to get up or sit up
怕pàHSK 3to be afraid
- to be afraid
- to fear
- to dread
- to be unable to endure
- perhaps
- surname Pa
拍照pāizhàoHSK 3to take a picture
- to take a picture
盘子pánziHSK 3tray
- tray
- plate
- dish
- CL:个
胖pàngHSK 3fat
- fat
- plump
- healthy
- at ease
啤酒píjiǔHSK 3beer (loanword)
- beer (loanword)
- CL:杯,瓶,罐,桶,缸
平时píngshíHSK 3ordinarily
- ordinarily
- in normal times
- in peacetime
瓶子píngziHSK 3bottle
- bottle
- CL:个
其实qíshíHSK 3actually
- actually
- in fact
- really
其他qítāHSK 3other
- other
- (sth or sb) else
- the rest
奇怪qíguàiHSK 3strange
- strange
- odd
- to marvel
- to be baffled
骑qíHSK 3to sit astride
- to sit astride
- to ride (a horse, bike etc)
- classifier for saddle horses
- (Tw) saddle horse
- mounted soldier
起qǐHSK 3to rise
- to rise
- to raise
- to get up
- to set out
- to start
- to appear
- to launch
- to initiate (action)
- to draft
- to establish
- to get (from a depot or counter)
- verb suffix, to start
- starting from (a time, place, price etc)
- classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
- classifier for groups: batch, group
起飞qǐfēiHSK 3(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off
- (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off
- to lift off
- (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
汽车qìchēHSK 3car
- car
- automobile
- bus
- CL:辆
铅笔qiānbǐHSK 3(lead) pencil
- (lead) pencil
- CL:支,枝,杆
前年qiánniánHSK 3the year before last
- the year before last
前天qiántiānHSK 3the day before yesterday
- the day before yesterday
清楚qīngchuHSK 3clear
- clear
- distinct
- to understand thoroughly
- to be clear about
请假qǐngjiàHSK 3to request leave of absence
- to request leave of absence
请客qǐngkèHSK 3to give a dinner party
- to give a dinner party
- to entertain guests
- to invite to dinner
秋天qiūtiānHSK 3autumn
- autumn
- CL:个
球场qiúchǎngHSK 3stadium
- stadium
- sports ground
- court
- pitch
- field
- golf course
- CL:个,处
裙子qúnziHSK 3skirt
然后ránhòuHSK 3then
- then
- after that
- afterwards
热情rèqíngHSK 3cordial
- cordial
- enthusiastic
- passion
- passionate
- passionately
认得rèndeHSK 3to recognize
- to recognize
- to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it
- to know
认为rènwéiHSK 3to believe
- to believe
- to think
- to consider
- to feel
认真rènzhēnHSK 3conscientious
- conscientious
- earnest
- serious
- to take seriously
- to take to heart
容易róngyìHSK 3easy
- easy
- straightforward
- likely
- liable to
- apt to
如果rúguǒHSK 3if
- if
- in case
- in the event that
伞sǎnHSK 3umbrella
- umbrella
- parasol
- CL:把
- damask silk
- variant of 伞
扫sǎoHSK 3to sweep (with a brush or broom)
- to sweep (with a brush or broom)
- to sweep away
- to wipe out
- to get rid of
- to sweep (one's eyes etc) over
- to scan
- (bound form) a (large) broom
沙发shāfāHSK 3(loanword) sofa (CL:条,张)
- (loanword) sofa (CL:条,张)
- (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
山shānHSK 3mountain
- mountain
- hill (CL:座)
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- surname Shan
上衣shàngyīHSK 3jacket
- jacket
- upper outer garment
- CL:件
勺子sháoziHSK 3spoon
- spoon
- ladle
- CL:把
身边shēnbiānHSK 3at one's side
- at one's side
- on hand
身高shēngāoHSK 3(a person's) height
- (a person's) height
生活shēnghuóHSK 3to live
- to live
- life
- livelihood
生气shēngqìHSK 3to get angry
- to get angry
- to be furious
- vitality
- liveliness
声shēngHSK 3sound
- sound
- voice
- tone
- noise
- reputation
- classifier for sounds
声音shēngyīnHSK 3sound
世界shìjièHSK 3world
市shìHSK 3market
- market
- city
- municipality (administrative unit)
- (literary) to trade
- to buy and sell goods
试shìHSK 3to test
- to test
- to try
- experiment
- examination
- test
室shìHSK 3room
- room
- work unit
- grave
- scabbard
- family or clan
- one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- surname Shi
收shōuHSK 3to receive
- to receive
- to accept
- to collect
- to put away
- to restrain
- to stop
- in care of (used on address line after name)
收到shōudàoHSK 3to receive
- to receive
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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