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
美国佛州李尔喷气机坠毁 九人全部遇难
Learjet 60 Crashes in Palm Beach County, Florida, Killing All Nine On Board
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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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公务员gōngwùyuánHSK 5civil servant
- civil servant
- public servant
公寓gōngyùHSK 5apartment building
- apartment building
- block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套)
功能gōngnéngHSK 5function
- function
- capability
恭喜gōngxǐHSK 5to congratulate
- to congratulate
- (interj.) congratulations!
共享gòngxiǎngHSK 5to share
- to share
- to enjoy together
贡献gòngxiànHSK 5to contribute
- to contribute
- to dedicate
- to devote
- contribution
- CL:个
沟通gōutōngHSK 5to join
- to join
- to connect
- to link up
- to communicate
构成gòuchéngHSK 5to constitute
- to constitute
- to form
- to compose
- to make up
- to configure (computing)
古gǔHSK 5ancient
- ancient
- old
- paleo-
- surname Gu
古代gǔdàiHSK 5ancient times
- ancient times
古老gǔlǎoHSK 5ancient
- ancient
- old
- age-old
鼓gǔHSK 5drum
- drum
- CL:通,面
- to drum
- to strike
- to rouse
- to bulge
- to swell
- old variant of 鼓
鼓掌gǔzhǎngHSK 5to applaud
- to applaud
- to clap
固定gùdìngHSK 5to fix
- to fix
- to fasten
- to set rigidly in place
- fixed
- set
- regular
故乡gùxiāngHSK 5home
- home
- homeland
- native place
- CL:个
挂号guàhàoHSK 5to register (at a hospital etc)
- to register (at a hospital etc)
- to send by registered mail
怪guàiHSK 5odd
- odd
- strange
- uncanny
- (bound form) monster
- supernatural being
- to find strange
- to regard as odd
- to blame
- (coll.) somewhat
- rather
- variant of 怪
关闭guānbìHSK 5to close
- to close
- to shut (a window etc)
- (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
观察guāncháHSK 5to observe
- to observe
- to watch
- to survey
观点guāndiǎnHSK 5point of view
- point of view
- viewpoint
- standpoint
- CL:个
观念guānniànHSK 5notion
- notion
- thought
- concept
- sense
- views
- ideology
- general impressions
冠军guànjūnHSK 5champion
- champion
光临guānglínHSK 5(formal) to honor with one's presence
- (formal) to honor with one's presence
- to attend
光明guāngmíngHSK 5light
- light
- radiance
- (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
- openhearted
光线guāngxiànHSK 5light ray
- light ray
- CL:条,道
- light
- illumination
- lighting (for a photograph)
广guǎngHSK 5wide
- wide
- numerous
- to spread
- "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
- surname Guang
广场guǎngchǎngHSK 5public square
- public square
- plaza
广大guǎngdàHSK 5(of an area) vast or extensive
- (of an area) vast or extensive
- large-scale
- widespread
- (of people) numerous
广泛guǎngfànHSK 5wide
- wide
- broad
- extensive
- widespread
规律guīlǜHSK 5rule (e.g. of science)
- rule (e.g. of science)
- law of behavior
- regular pattern
- rhythm
- discipline
规模guīmóHSK 5scale
- scale
- scope
- extent
规则guīzéHSK 5rule
- rule
- regulation
- regular
- orderly
- fixed
柜子guìziHSK 5cupboard
- cupboard
- cabinet
贵姓guìxìngHSK 5what is your surname?
- what is your surname?
- (May I ask) your surname?
滚gǔnHSK 5to boil
- to boil
- to roll
- to take a hike
- Get lost!
锅guōHSK 5pot
- pot
- pan
- wok
- cauldron
- pot-shaped thing
- CL:口,只
国画guóhuàHSK 5traditional Chinese painting
- traditional Chinese painting
国庆guóqìngHSK 5National Day
- National Day
果然guǒránHSK 5really
- really
- sure enough
- as expected
- if indeed
果实guǒshíHSK 5fruit (produced by a plant)
- fruit (produced by a plant)
- (fig.) fruits (of success etc)
- results
- gains
过度guòdùHSK 5excessive
- excessive
- over-
- excess
- going too far
- extravagant
- intemperate
- overdue
过分guòfènHSK 5excessive
- excessive
- undue
- unduly
- overly
过敏guòmǐnHSK 5(medicine) allergic
- (medicine) allergic
- hypersensitive
- (fig.) oversensitive
- prone to overreact
过期guòqīHSK 5to be overdue
- to be overdue
- to exceed the time limit
- to expire (as in expiration date)
过于guòyúHSK 5excessively
- excessively
- too
哈hāHSK 5(interj.) ha!
- (interj.) ha!
- (slang) to be infatuated with
- to adore
- (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇)
- (onom. for laughter)
- a Pekinese
- a pug
- (dialect) to scold
- abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan
- abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin
海关hǎiguānHSK 5customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
- customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
- CL:个
海外hǎiwàiHSK 5overseas
- overseas
- abroad
海鲜hǎixiānHSK 5seafood
- seafood
含hánHSK 5to keep in the mouth
- to keep in the mouth
- to contain
Stories that use these HSK 5 words
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