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 Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated 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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清洗qīngxǐHSK 6to wash
- to wash
- to rinse
- to clean
- (fig.) to purge
- to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
清醒qīngxǐngHSK 6clear-headed
- clear-headed
- sober
- awake
情节qíngjiéHSK 6circumstances
- circumstances
- plot
- storyline
情形qíngxingHSK 6circumstances
- circumstances
- situation
- state of affairs
晴朗qínglǎngHSK 6sunny and cloudless
- sunny and cloudless
求qiúHSK 6to seek
- to seek
- to look for
- to request
- to demand
- to beseech
求婚qiúhūnHSK 6to propose marriage
- to propose marriage
求救qiújiùHSK 6to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
- to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
求职qiúzhíHSK 6to seek employment
- to seek employment
求助qiúzhùHSK 6to request help
- to request help
- to appeal (for help)
区分qūfēnHSK 6to differentiate
- to differentiate
- to draw a distinction
- to divide into categories
曲qǔHSK 6tune
- tune
- song
- CL:支
- bent
- crooked
- wrong
- fermentation starter
- leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc)
- Taiwan pr.
- surname Qu
- variant of 曲
渠道qúdàoHSK 6irrigation ditch
- irrigation ditch
- (fig.) channel
- avenue
取代qǔdàiHSK 6to replace
- to replace
- to supersede
- to supplant
- (chemistry) substitution
娶qǔHSK 6to take a wife
- to take a wife
- to marry (a woman)
趣味qùwèiHSK 6fun
- fun
- interest
- delight
- taste
- liking
- preference
圈quānHSK 6circle
- circle
- ring
- loop
- (fig.) social circle
- niche group
- community
- fandom
- classifier for loops, orbits, laps
- to surround
- to encircle
- to circle (sth)
- to mark with a circle
- to confine
- to lock up
- to pen in
- livestock enclosure
- pen
- fold
- sty
全程quánchéngHSK 6the whole distance
- the whole distance
- from beginning to end
权力quánlìHSK 6power
- power
- authority
券quànHSK 6bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)
- bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)
- contract
- deed (i.e. title deeds)
- ticket
- voucher
- certificate
- variant of 券
缺陷quēxiànHSK 6defect
- defect
- flaw
确立quèlìHSK 6to establish
- to establish
- to institute
群众qúnzhòngHSK 6mass
- mass
- multitude
- the masses
燃料ránliàoHSK 6fuel
- fuel
染rǎnHSK 6to dye
- to dye
- to catch (a disease)
- to acquire (bad habits etc)
- to contaminate
- to add color washes to a painting
热点rèdiǎnHSK 6hot spot
- hot spot
- point of special interest
热度rèdùHSK 6level of heat
- level of heat
- (fig.) zeal
- fervor
- (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
热门rèménHSK 6popular
- popular
- hot
- in vogue
热水器rèshuǐqìHSK 6water heater
- water heater
热线rèxiànHSK 6hotline (communications link)
- hotline (communications link)
热议rèyìHSK 6to discuss passionately
- to discuss passionately
- heated debate
人工智能réngōng zhìnéngHSK 6artificial intelligence (AI)
- artificial intelligence (AI)
人家rénjiaHSK 6household
- household
- dwelling
- family
- sb else's house
- household business
- house of woman's husband-to-be
- CL:户,家
人均rénjūnHSK 6per capita
- per capita
- averaged per person
人山人海rénshān-rénhǎiHSK 6(idiom) multitude
- (idiom) multitude
- vast crowd
人士rénshìHSK 6person
- person
- figure
- public figure
人事rénshìHSK 6personnel
- personnel
- human resources
- human affairs
- ways of the world
- (euphemism) sexuality
- the facts of life
人为rénwéiHSK 6artificial
- artificial
- man-made
- having human cause or origin
- human attempt or effort
人行道rénxíngdàoHSK 6sidewalk
- sidewalk
忍受rěnshòuHSK 6to bear
- to bear
- to endure
认错rèncuòHSK 6to admit an error
- to admit an error
- to acknowledge one's mistake
认定rèndìngHSK 6to maintain (that sth is true)
- to maintain (that sth is true)
- to determine (a fact)
- determination (of an amount)
- of the firm opinion
- to believe firmly
- to set one's mind on
- to identify with
认可rènkěHSK 6to approve
- to approve
- approval
- acknowledgment
- OK
认同rèntóngHSK 6to approve of
- to approve of
- to endorse
- to acknowledge
- to recognize
- to identify oneself with
认知rènzhīHSK 6cognition
- cognition
- cognitive
- understanding
- perception
- awareness
- to be cognizant of
- to recognize
- to realize
仍旧réngjiùHSK 6still (remaining)
- still (remaining)
- to remain (the same)
- yet
日后rìhòuHSK 6sometime
- sometime
- someday (in the future)
日前rìqiánHSK 6the other day
- the other day
- a few days ago
日夜rìyèHSK 6day and night
- day and night
- around the clock
日益rìyìHSK 6day by day
- day by day
- more and more
- increasingly
- more and more with each passing day
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.
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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.