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
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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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告诉gàosuHSK 2to tell
- to tell
- to inform
- to let know
个子gèziHSK 2stature
- stature
- height
- size (of a person or object)
- (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
跟gēnHSK 2with
- with
- and
- to follow
- heel
- to follow closely
- to go with
- (of a woman) to marry sb
- with
- compared with
- to
- towards
- and (joining two nouns)
公交车gōngjiāochēHSK 2public transport vehicle
- public transport vehicle
- town bus
- CL:辆
过guò / guoHSK 2to cross
- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
- (experienced action marker)
- surname Guo
过来guòláiHSK 2to come over
- to come over
- to manage
- to handle
- to be able to take care of
过年guòniánHSK 2to celebrate the Chinese New Year
- to celebrate the Chinese New Year
过去guòqùHSK 2(in the) past
- (in the) past
- former
- previous
- to go over
- to pass by
还是háishiHSK 2still (as before)
- still (as before)
- had better
- unexpectedly
- or
黑色hēisèHSK 2black
- black
红茶hóngcháHSK 2black tea
- black tea
- CL:杯,壶
红色hóngsèHSK 2red (color)
- red (color)
- revolutionary
后面hòumiànHSK 2the back
- the back
- the rear
- the last bit
- behind
- near the end
- at the back
- later
- afterwards
花huāHSK 2flower
- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵,支,束,把,盆,簇
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
- flower
- blossom
- also pr.
- surname Hua
- variant of 花
- old variant of 花
画huàHSK 2to draw
- to draw
- to paint
- picture
- painting (CL:幅,张)
- to draw (a line) (variant of 划)
- stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划)
- (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划)
坏huàiHSK 2bad
- bad
- spoiled
- broken
- to break down
- (suffix) to the utmost
回来huíláiHSK 2to return
- to return
- to come back
回去huíqùHSK 2to return
- to return
- to go back
机场jīchǎngHSK 2airport
- airport
- airfield
- (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship
- CL:家,处
机票jīpiàoHSK 2plane ticket
- plane ticket
- airline ticket
- CL:张
记得jìdeHSK 2to remember
间jiānHSK 2between
- between
- among
- within a definite time or space
- room
- section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- classifier for rooms
- gap
- to separate
- to thin out (seedlings)
- to sow discontent
教jiāoHSK 2(bound form) to teach
- (bound form) to teach
- to instruct
- a religion
- to cause (sb to do sth)
- to tell (sb to do sth)
- to teach
- to instruct
- surname Jiao
教室jiàoshìHSK 2classroom
- classroom
- CL:间
介绍jièshàoHSK 2to introduce (sb to sb)
- to introduce (sb to sb)
- to give a presentation
- to present (sb for a job etc)
- introduction
近jìnHSK 2near
- near
- close to
- approximately
进jìnHSK 2to go forward
- to go forward
- to advance
- to go in
- to enter
- to put in
- to submit
- to take in
- to admit
- (math.) base of a number system
- classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
进来jìnláiHSK 2to come in
- to come in
进去jìnqùHSK 2to go in
- to go in
经常jīngchángHSK 2frequently
- frequently
- constantly
- regularly
- often
- day-to-day
- everyday
- daily
酒店jiǔdiànHSK 2wine shop
- wine shop
- pub (public house)
- hotel
- restaurant
- (Tw) hostess club
就jiùHSK 2then
- then
- just
- right away
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case
- then
- (after a clause of action) as soon as
- immediately after
- (same as 就是) merely
- nothing else but
- simply
- just
- precisely
- exactly
- only
- as little as
- as much as
- as many as
- to approach
- to move towards
- to undertake
- to engage in
- (often followed by 着) taking advantage of
- (of food) to go with
- with regard to
- concerning
- (bound form) to reach
- to attain (as in 一蹴而就)
- (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...
- (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...
咖啡kāfēiHSK 2(loanword) coffee
- (loanword) coffee
- CL:杯
开始kāishǐHSK 2to begin
- to begin
- to start
- beginning
- start
开学kāixuéHSK 2(of a student) to start school
- (of a student) to start school
- (of a semester) to begin
- the start of a new term
- (old) to found a school
考kǎoHSK 2to take an exam
- to take an exam
- to test
- to beat
- to hit
- to inspect
- to test
- to take an exam
- to check
- to verify
- to test
- to examine
- to take an exam
- to take an entrance exam for
- deceased father
- variant of 考
考试kǎoshìHSK 2to take an exam
- to take an exam
- exam
- CL:次
可能kěnéngHSK 2might (happen)
- might (happen)
- possible
- probable
- possibility
- probability
- maybe
- perhaps
- CL:个
裤子kùziHSK 2trousers
- trousers
- pants
- CL:条
快kuàiHSK 2rapid
- rapid
- quick
- speed
- rate
- soon
- almost
- to make haste
- clever
- sharp (of knives or wits)
- forthright
- plainspoken
- gratified
- pleased
- pleasant
快乐kuàilèHSK 2happy
快要kuàiyàoHSK 2nearly at the point of (doing sth)
- nearly at the point of (doing sth)
- about to (do sth)
篮球lánqiúHSK 2basketball
- basketball
- CL:个,只
累lèiHSK 2tired
- tired
- weary
- to strain
- to wear out
- to work hard
- to accumulate
- to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. )
- continuous
- repeated
- used in 累累
- used in 累赘 and 累坠
- used in 累累
离líHSK 2away from
- away from
- to leave
- to leave
- to part from
- to be away from
- (in giving distances) from
- without (sth)
- independent of
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire
- ☲
- mythical beast (archaic)
- surname Li
里面lǐmiànHSK 2inside
- inside
- interior
- also pr.
楼lóuHSK 2building
- building
- floor
- house with more than 1 story
- storied building
- floor
- CL:层,座,栋
- surname Lou
路lùHSK 2road (CL:条)
- road (CL:条)
- journey
- route
- line (bus etc)
- sort
- kind
- surname Lu
路上lùshangHSK 2on the road
- on the road
- on the way
- en route
旅游lǚyóuHSK 2trip
- trip
- journey
- tourism
- travel
- tour
- to travel
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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