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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受shòuHSK 3to receive
- to receive
- to accept
- to suffer
- subjected to
- to bear
- to stand
- pleasant
- (passive marker)
- (LGBT) bottom
受到shòudàoHSK 3to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
- to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
瘦shòuHSK 3thin
- thin
- to lose weight
- (of clothing) tight
- (of meat) lean
- (of land) unproductive
叔叔shūshuHSK 3father's younger brother
- father's younger brother
- paternal uncle
- form of address used by children for a male one generation older
树shùHSK 3tree
- tree
- CL:棵
- to cultivate
- to set up
数学shùxuéHSK 3mathematics
刷shuāHSK 3a brush
- a brush
- to paint
- to daub
- to brush
- to scrub
- (fig.) to remove
- to eliminate (from a contest)
- to fire (from a job)
- to swipe (a card)
- to scroll on (a phone)
- (gaming) to grind
- to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
- (onom.) swish
- rustle
- to select
双shuāngHSK 3two
- two
- double
- pair
- both
- even (number)
- surname Shuang
- variant of 双
水平shuǐpíngHSK 3horizontal
- horizontal
- level
- a standard
- a level (of ability, development etc)
司机sījīHSK 3chauffeur
- chauffeur
- driver
四季sìjìHSK 3four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
- four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
太阳tàiyángHSK 3sun
- sun
- sunlight
- sunshine
- temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太阳穴)
糖tángHSK 3sugar
- sugar
- sweets
- candy
- CL:颗,块
- old variant of 糖
特别tèbiéHSK 3especially
- especially
- special
- unusual
- special
- very
- especially
- particularly
- expressly
- for a specific purpose
- (often followed by 是) in particular
提高tígāoHSK 3to raise
- to raise
- to increase
- to improve
体育tǐyùHSK 3sports
- sports
- physical education
体育馆tǐyùguǎnHSK 3gym
- gym
- gymnasium
- stadium
- CL:个
甜tiánHSK 3sweet
- sweet
- (fig.) pleasant
- endearing
- lovely
跳tiàoHSK 3to jump
- to jump
- to hop
- to skip over
- to bounce
- to palpitate
听说tīngshuōHSK 3to hear (sth said)
- to hear (sth said)
- one hears (that)
- hearsay
- listening and speaking
挺tǐngHSK 3quite
- quite
- very
- straight
- erect
- to stick out (a part of the body)
- to (physically) straighten up
- to support
- to withstand
- outstanding
- (coll.) quite
- very
- classifier for machine guns
同事tóngshìHSK 3colleague
- colleague
- co-worker
同意tóngyìHSK 3to agree
- to agree
- to consent
- to approve
头发tóufaHSK 3hair (on the head)
- hair (on the head)
突然tūránHSK 3sudden
- sudden
- abrupt
- unexpected
图书馆túshūguǎnHSK 3library
- library
- CL:家,个
腿tuǐHSK 3leg
- leg
- CL:条
- hip bone
- old variant of 腿
外地wàidìHSK 3parts of the country other than where one is
- parts of the country other than where one is
外卖wàimàiHSK 3(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
- (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
- takeout (business)
- takeout (meal)
外语wàiyǔHSK 3foreign language
- foreign language
- CL:门
完成wánchéngHSK 3to complete
- to complete
- to accomplish
晚点wǎndiǎnHSK 3(of trains etc) late
- (of trains etc) late
- delayed
- behind schedule
- light dinner
晚会wǎnhuìHSK 3evening party
- evening party
- CL:个
碗wǎnHSK 3bowl
- bowl
- cup
- CL:只,个
- variant of 碗
- variant of 碗
- variant of 碗
网球wǎngqiúHSK 3tennis
- tennis
- tennis ball
- CL:个
网站wǎngzhànHSK 3website
- website
忘记wàngjìHSK 3to forget
卫生间wèishēngjiānHSK 3bathroom
- bathroom
- toilet
- WC
- CL:间
为wèi / wéiHSK 3because of
- because of
- for
- to
- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
- variant of 为
- variant of 为
为了wèileHSK 3for
- for
- for the purpose of
- in order to
文化wénhuàHSK 3culture
- culture
- civilization
- cultural
- CL:个,种
屋子wūziHSK 3house
- house
- room
- CL:间
西xīHSK 3west
- west
- the West
- Spanish
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙
西北xīběiHSK 3northwest
- northwest
西方xīfāngHSK 3the West
- the West
- the Occident
- Western countries
西瓜xīguāHSK 3watermelon
- watermelon
- CL:颗
西南xīnánHSK 3southwest
- southwest
习惯xíguànHSK 3habit
- habit
- custom
- usual practice
- to be used to
- CL:个
洗衣机xǐyījīHSK 3washing machine
- washing machine
- washer
- CL:台
洗澡xǐzǎoHSK 3to bathe
- to bathe
- to take a shower
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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