HSK 6 Vocabulary List: 5,399 Words (HSK 3.0)
In HSK 3.0, HSK 6 has 5,399 words in total, 1,800 of them new at this level. They cover chengyu, formal and classical register, and the layered vocabulary of serious written Chinese.
By Haoshan HongNative Mandarin speakerUpdated September 2026
Hear HSK 6 words in a real story
唱北京奥运会主题歌《我和你》的歌手刘欢去世，享年63岁
Liu Huan, Who Sang the 2008 Beijing Olympics Theme 'You and Me,' Dies at 63
3 min
What is on the HSK 6 word list?
In HSK 3.0, the exam from 13 December 2026, HSK 6 has 5,399 words. Of those, 1,800 are new at this level and the rest come from HSK 1–5. The old HSK 2.0 list had 5,000.
They cover chengyu, formal and classical register, and the layered vocabulary of serious written Chinese.
HSK 6 word list
All 5,334 words below, straight from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus. The 1,777 words new at HSK 6 come first, then earlier levels. The syllabus counts 5,399 entries because a few words are listed once per reading; each appears here once, with every reading.
Pinyin comes from the syllabus and definitions from CC-CEDICT. Tap any word to see its other senses without leaving the list. Words with a full Fluentide entry — character breakdown, usage notes, example sentences — link out from there.
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国guóHSK 1country
- country
- nation
- state
- (bound form) national
- surname Guo
还hái / huánHSK 1still
- still
- still in progress
- still more
- yet
- even more
- in addition
- fairly
- passably (good)
- as early as
- even
- also
- else
- to pay back
- to return
- surname Huan
孩子háiziHSK 1child
汉语HànyǔHSK 1Chinese language
- Chinese language
汉字HànzìHSK 1Chinese character(s)
- Chinese character(s)
好hǎoHSK 1good
- good
- appropriate
- proper
- all right!
- (before a verb) easy to
- (before a verb) good to
- (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
- (verb complement indicating completion)
- (of two people) close
- on intimate terms
- (after a form of address) hello
- to be fond of
- to have a tendency to
- to be prone to
好吃hǎochīHSK 1tasty
- tasty
- delicious
好看hǎokànHSK 1good-looking
- good-looking
- nice-looking
- (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
- in an embarrassing situation
好听hǎotīngHSK 1pleasant to hear
- pleasant to hear
好玩儿hǎowánrHSK 1erhua variant of 好玩
- erhua variant of 好玩
号hàoHSK 1(bound form) to wail
- (bound form) to wail
- to howl
- (literary) to call out
- to command
- (bound form) bugle
- trumpet
- (bound form) signal
- bugle call (e.g. 起床号)
- (bound form) mark
- sign
- to mark
- to label
- to assign a number
- (bound form) name
- appellation (e.g. 国号, 年号, 辽宁号)
- (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237")
- day of the month (e.g. 七号 "the 7th")
- (bound form) size
- type
- category (e.g. 五号电池)
- (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉)
- classifier for numbered people or items
喝hēHSK 1to drink
- to drink
- to shout
- variant of 嗬
和héHSK 1(joining two nouns) and
- (joining two nouns) and
- together with
- with (Taiwan pr. )
- (math.) sum
- to make peace
- (sports) to draw
- to tie
- (bound form) harmonious
- (bound form) Japan
- Japanese
- to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
- to join in the singing
- to chime in with others
- to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
- to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
- Taiwan pr.
- to mix (ingredients) together
- to blend
- classifier for rinses of clothes
- classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- surname He
- (literary) harmonious (variant of 和)
- old variant of 和
很hěnHSK 1very
- very
- quite
- (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
后hòuHSK 1empress
- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
- surname Hou
回huíHSK 1to go back
- to go back
- to return
- to turn back
- to turn around
- to reply
- to answer
- classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book)
- classifier for occurrences or times
- to curve
- to return
- to revolve
- Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- variant of 回
会huìHSK 1can
- can
- to have the skill
- to know how to
- to be likely to
- to be sure to
- to meet
- to get together
- meeting
- gathering
- (suffix) union
- group
- association
- (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. )
- (bound form) to reckon accounts
火车huǒchēHSK 1train
- train
- CL:列,节,班,趟
鸡蛋jīdànHSK 1(chicken) egg
- (chicken) egg
- hen's egg
- CL:个,打
几jǐHSK 1how many
- how many
- how much
- several
- a few
- small table
- (literary) almost
家jiāHSK 1home
- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:个
- used in 家伙 and 家俱
家人jiārénHSK 1family member
- family member
- (old) servant
见jiànHSK 1to see
- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
- to interview
- opinion
- view
- to appear
- also written 现
件jiànHSK 1item
- item
- component
- classifier for events, things, clothes etc
饺子jiǎoziHSK 1dumpling
- dumpling
- pot-sticker
- CL:个,只
叫jiàoHSK 1to shout
- to shout
- to call
- to order
- to ask
- to be called
- by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- variant of 叫
姐姐jiějieHSK 1older sister
- older sister
- CL:个
今年jīnniánHSK 1this year
- this year
今天jīntiānHSK 1today
- today
- the present time
- now
九jiǔHSK 1nine
觉得juédeHSK 1to think that ...
- to think that ...
- to feel that ...
- to feel (uncomfortable etc)
开kāiHSK 1to open (transitive or intransitive)
- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on
- to put in operation
- to operate
- to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away
- off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文
- abbr. for 开本, book format
开车kāichēHSK 1to drive a car (or train etc)
- to drive a car (or train etc)
- (slang) to post sexual content online
- to make a sexual joke
看kàn / kānHSK 1to see
- to see
- to look at
- to read
- to watch
- to visit
- to call on
- to consider
- to regard as
- to look after
- to treat (a patient or illness)
- to depend on
- to feel (that)
- (after a verb) to give it a try
- to watch out for
- to look after
- to take care of
- to watch
- to guard
看病kànbìngHSK 1to visit a doctor
- to visit a doctor
- to see a patient
看见kànjiànHSK 1to see
- to see
- to catch sight of
可以kěyǐHSK 1can
- can
- may
- possible
- able to
- not bad
- pretty good
课kèHSK 1subject
- subject
- course
- CL:门
- class
- lesson
- CL:堂,节
- to levy
- tax
- form of divination
口kǒuHSK 1mouth
- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
块kuàiHSK 1lump
- lump
- chunk
- piece
- classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
- (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
来láiHSK 1to come
- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来)
- ever since (as in 自古以来)
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...
- the next ... (as in 来世)
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
老师lǎoshīHSK 1teacher
了leHSK 1to finish
- to finish
- (used with 得 or 不 after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 "cannot forget")
- (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 or 不) completely (not)
- entirely (not)
- (not) in the least
- (bound form) clear in one's mind
- to understand clearly
- (completed action marker)
- (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- unofficial variant of 瞭
- variant of 了
冷lěngHSK 1cold
- cold
- surname Leng
里lǐHSK 1lining
- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 里
- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels
- surname Li
- variant of 里
两liǎngHSK 1two
- two
- both
- some
- a few
- tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
零língHSK 1zero
- zero
- nought
- zero sign
- fractional
- fragmentary
- odd (of numbers)
- (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
- fraction
- (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
- extra
- to wither and fall
- to wither
六liùHSK 1six
- six
- 6
- used in place names
妈妈māmaHSK 1mama
- mama
- mommy
- mother
- CL:个,位
吗maHSK 1(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- (coll.) what?
- used in 吗啡
How to actually learn HSK 6 vocabulary
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