HSK 6 Vocabulary List: 5,000 Words
HSK 6 assumes 5,000 cumulative words — 2500 of them new at this level. They cover chengyu, formal and classical register, and the layered vocabulary of serious written Chinese.
By Haoshan Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated July 2026
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What is on the HSK 6 word list?
The HSK word lists are published and cumulative, which is what makes the exam a finite target. HSK 6 assumes 5,000 words in total — 2,500 of them introduced at this level.
They cover chengyu, formal and classical register, and the layered vocabulary of serious written Chinese.
HSK 6 word list
All 4,991 entries below, straight from the official Hanban HSK 2.0 list. The 2,500 words new at HSK 6 come first, then earlier levels.
Pinyin and definitions come 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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多元化duōyuánhuàHSK 6diversification
- diversification
- pluralism
- to diversify
哆嗦duōsuoHSK 6to tremble
- to tremble
- to shiver
堕落duòluòHSK 6to degrade
- to degrade
- to degenerate
- to become depraved
- corrupt
- a fall from grace
额外éwàiHSK 6extra
- extra
- added
- additional
恶化èhuàHSK 6to worsen
- to worsen
恶心ěxīnHSK 6nausea
- nausea
- to feel sick
- disgust
- nauseating
- to embarrass (deliberately)
遏制èzhìHSK 6to check
- to check
- to contain
- to hold back
- to keep within limits
- to constrain
- to restrain
恩怨ēnyuànHSK 6gratitude and grudges
- gratitude and grudges
- resentment
- grudges
- grievances
而已éryǐHSK 6that's all
- that's all
- nothing more
耳环ěrhuánHSK 6earring
- earring
- CL:只,对
二氧化碳èryǎnghuàtànHSK 6carbon dioxide CO2
- carbon dioxide CO2
发布fābùHSK 6to release
- to release
- to issue
- to announce
- to distribute
发财fācáiHSK 6to get rich
- to get rich
发呆fādāiHSK 6to stare blankly
- to stare blankly
- to be stunned
- to be lost in thought
发动fādòngHSK 6to start
- to start
- to launch
- to unleash
- to mobilize
- to arouse
发火fāhuǒHSK 6to catch fire
- to catch fire
- to ignite
- to detonate
- to get angry
发觉fājuéHSK 6to become aware
- to become aware
- to detect
- to realize
- to perceive
发射fāshèHSK 6to shoot (a projectile)
- to shoot (a projectile)
- to fire (a rocket)
- to launch
- to emit (a particle)
- to discharge
- emanation
- emission
发誓fāshìHSK 6to vow
- to vow
- to pledge
- to swear
发行fāxíngHSK 6to publish
- to publish
- to issue
- to release
- to distribute
发炎fāyánHSK 6to become inflamed
- to become inflamed
- inflammation
发扬fāyángHSK 6to develop
- to develop
- to make full use of
发育fāyùHSK 6to develop
- to develop
- to mature
- growth
- development
- (sexually) mature
法人fǎrénHSK 6legal person
- legal person
- corporation
- see also 自然人
番fānHSK 6(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese)
- (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese)
- barbarian
- classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
- (classifier) a kind
- a sort
- (classifier) (used after the verb 翻 to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double")
- surname Pan
繁华fánhuáHSK 6flourishing
- flourishing
- bustling
繁忙fánmángHSK 6busy
- busy
- bustling
繁体字fántǐzìHSK 6traditional Chinese character
- traditional Chinese character
繁殖fánzhíHSK 6to breed
- to breed
- to reproduce
- to propagate
反驳fǎnbóHSK 6to retort
- to retort
- to refute
反常fǎnchángHSK 6unusual
- unusual
- abnormal
反倒fǎndàoHSK 6(coll.) but on the contrary
- (coll.) but on the contrary
- but instead
反动fǎndòngHSK 6reaction
- reaction
- reactionary
反感fǎngǎnHSK 6to be disgusted with
- to be disgusted with
- to dislike
- bad reaction
- antipathy
反抗fǎnkàngHSK 6to resist
- to resist
- to rebel
反馈fǎnkuìHSK 6to send back information
- to send back information
- feedback
反面fǎnmiànHSK 6reverse side
- reverse side
- backside
- the other side (of a problem etc)
- negative
- bad
反射fǎnshèHSK 6to reflect
- to reflect
- reflection (from a mirror etc)
- reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
反思fǎnsīHSK 6to think back over sth
- to think back over sth
- to review
- to revisit
- to rethink
- reflection
- reassessment
反问fǎnwènHSK 6to ask (a question) in reply
- to ask (a question) in reply
- to answer a question with a question
- rhetorical question
反之fǎnzhīHSK 6on the other hand...
- on the other hand...
- conversely...
泛滥fànlànHSK 6to overflow
- to overflow
- to inundate
- to flood
- (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
范畴fànchóuHSK 6category
- category
贩卖fànmàiHSK 6to sell
- to sell
- to peddle
- to traffic
方位fāngwèiHSK 6direction
- direction
- points of the compass
- bearing
- position
- azimuth
方言fāngyánHSK 6topolect
- topolect
- dialect
方针fāngzhēnHSK 6policy
- policy
- guidelines
- CL:个
防守fángshǒuHSK 6to defend
- to defend
- to protect (against)
防疫fángyìHSK 6to prevent epidemics
- to prevent epidemics
防御fángyùHSK 6defense
- defense
- to defend
How to actually learn HSK 6 vocabulary
A word list is a checklist, not a method. Recognising a word on a page is a different skill from catching it at speed in a sentence — and the HSK listening section only tests the second one.
Read the list once, do not memorise it
You are looking for which words feel unfamiliar, not trying to learn them here.
Listen at your level daily
Fluentide's HSK 6 episodes are written inside this vocabulary band, so the words arrive in sentences instead of flashcards.
Look a word up only after you have heard it
A word you have already met in audio sticks in one reading. A word you meet cold takes many.
Come back to this list monthly
Use it as a progress check, not a study plan. The gaps you find are what to listen for next.
HSK 6 episodes to hear these words in
Every episode below is written inside the HSK 6 word band and read at HSK 6 speed. Press play — no account needed for the first few.
HSK 1 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 2 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 3–4 Chinese listening episodes
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HSK 5–6 Chinese listening episodes
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The method in practice
Hear HSK 6 vocabulary in real Mandarin
Every HSK 6 episode is written inside this word band and read at HSK 6 speed, so words stick because you have heard them in a sentence. Full transcript, pinyin toggle, and line-by-line English on every episode. Five free episodes after a one-tap magic-link sign-in — no password, no payment.