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 288 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
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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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灯光dēngguāngHSK 5(stage) lighting
- (stage) lighting
- light
登dēngHSK 5to scale (a height)
- to scale (a height)
- to ascend
- to mount
- to publish or record
- to enter (e.g. in a register)
- to press down with the foot
- to step or tread on
- to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
- to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
登记dēngjìHSK 5to register (one's name)
- to register (one's name)
登录dēnglùHSK 5to register
- to register
- to log in
等待děngdàiHSK 5to wait
- to wait
- to wait for
等候děnghòuHSK 5to wait
- to wait
- to wait for
等于děngyúHSK 5to equal
- to equal
- to be tantamount to
低头dītóuHSK 5to bow the head
- to bow the head
- to yield
- to give in
敌人dírénHSK 5enemy
- enemy
- CL:个
递dìHSK 5to hand over
- to hand over
- to pass on
- to deliver
- (bound form) progressively
- in the proper order
点心diǎnxinHSK 5light refreshments
- light refreshments
- pastry
- dim sum (in Cantonese cooking)
- dessert
点赞diǎnzànHSK 5to like
- to like
- to upvote (on social media)
电池diànchíHSK 5battery
- battery
- electric cell
- CL:节,组
电动diàndòngHSK 5electric-powered
- electric-powered
- (Tw) video game
电器diànqìHSK 5(electrical) appliance
- (electrical) appliance
- device
电商diànshāngHSK 5e-commerce (abbr. for 电子商务)
- e-commerce (abbr. for 电子商务)
- (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone
电视台diànshìtáiHSK 5television station
- television station
电子版diànzǐbǎnHSK 5electronic edition
- electronic edition
- digital version
调diào / tiáoHSK 5to harmonize
- to harmonize
- to reconcile
- to blend
- to suit well
- to adjust
- to regulate
- to season (food)
- to provoke
- to incite
- to transfer
- to move (troops or cadres)
- to investigate
- to enquire into
- accent
- view
- argument
- key (in music)
- mode (music)
- tune
- tone
- melody
调皮tiáopíHSK 5naughty
- naughty
- mischievous
- unruly
调研diàoyánHSK 5to investigate and research
- to investigate and research
- research
- investigation
调整tiáozhěngHSK 5to adjust
- to adjust
- to revise
- to reorganize
定期dìngqīHSK 5at set dates
- at set dates
- at regular intervals
- periodic
- limited to a fixed period of time
- fixed term
丢失diūshīHSK 5to lose
- to lose
- to misplace
动画dònghuàHSK 5animation
- animation
- cartoon
动人dòngrénHSK 5touching
- touching
- moving
动手dòngshǒuHSK 5to set about (a task)
- to set about (a task)
- to raise a hand to hit sb
- to touch
- to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
冻dòngHSK 5to freeze
- to freeze
- to feel very cold
- aspic or jelly
洞dòngHSK 5cave
- cave
- hole
- zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
- CL:个
- used in 洪洞 (the name of a place in Shanxi)
豆腐dòufuHSK 5tofu
- tofu
- bean curd
豆浆dòujiāngHSK 5soy milk
- soy milk
独立dúlìHSK 5independent
- independent
- independence
- to stand alone
独特dútèHSK 5unique
- unique
- distinctive
独自dúzìHSK 5alone
- alone
读音dúyīnHSK 5pronunciation
- pronunciation
- literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
堵dǔHSK 5to block up (a road, pipe etc)
- to block up (a road, pipe etc)
- to stop up (a hole)
- (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
- wall (literary)
- (classifier for walls)
度dùHSK 5degree
- degree
- to spend (time)
- to pass
- to spend (time)
- measure
- limit
- extent
- degree of intensity
- degree (angles, temperature etc)
- kilowatt-hour
- classifier for events and occurrences
- to estimate
- Taiwan pr.
短处duǎnchùHSK 5shortcoming
- shortcoming
- defect
- fault
- one's weak points
短期duǎnqīHSK 5short-term
- short-term
断duànHSK 5to break
- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly
堆duīHSK 5to pile up
- to pile up
- to heap up
- a mass
- pile
- heap
- stack
- large amount
队伍duìwuHSK 5troops
- troops
- army
- ranks
- contingent
- force
- staff
- team
- line
- procession
- (in video games or fantasy settings etc) party
对比duìbǐHSK 5to contrast
- to contrast
- contrast
- ratio
- CL:个
对待duìdàiHSK 5to treat
- to treat
- treatment
对手duìshǒuHSK 5opponent
- opponent
- rival
- competitor
- (well-matched) adversary
- match
对象duìxiàngHSK 5target
- target
- object
- partner
- boyfriend
- girlfriend
- CL:个
吨dūnHSK 5ton (loanword)
- ton (loanword)
- Taiwan pr.
朵duǒHSK 5flower
- flower
- earlobe
- fig. item on both sides
- classifier for flowers, clouds etc
- variant of 朵
躲duǒHSK 5to hide
- to hide
- to dodge
- to avoid
儿女érnǚHSK 5children
- children
- sons and daughters
- a young man and a young woman (in love)
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
Each one is a Fluentide Advanced (HSK 5+) story, written inside that word band. Press play; the first few need no account.
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How to actually learn HSK 5 vocabulary
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