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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掏tāoHSK 6to fish out (from pocket)
- to fish out (from pocket)
- to scoop
- variant of 掏
逃táoHSK 6to escape
- to escape
- to run away
- to flee
逃跑táopǎoHSK 6to flee from sth
- to flee from sth
- to run away
- to escape
淘气táoqìHSK 6naughty
- naughty
- mischievous
淘汰táotàiHSK 6to wash out
- to wash out
- (fig.) to cull
- to weed out
- to eliminate
- to die out
- to phase out
套餐tàocānHSK 6set meal
- set meal
- (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
特tèHSK 6special
- special
- unique
- distinguished
- especially
- unusual
- very
- abbr. for 特克斯, tex
特地tèdìHSK 6specially
- specially
- for a special purpose
特定tèdìngHSK 6special
- special
- specific
- designated
- particular
特性tèxìngHSK 6property
- property
- characteristic
特意tèyìHSK 6specially
- specially
- intentionally
特长tèchángHSK 6personal strength
- personal strength
- one's special ability or strong points
提取tíqǔHSK 6to withdraw (money)
- to withdraw (money)
- to collect (left luggage)
- to extract
- to refine
提示tíshìHSK 6to point out
- to point out
- to remind (sb of sth)
- to suggest
- suggestion
- tip
- reminder
- notice
题材tícáiHSK 6subject matter
- subject matter
体操tǐcāoHSK 6gymnastic
- gymnastic
- gymnastics
体积tǐjīHSK 6volume (amount of space an object occupies)
- volume (amount of space an object occupies)
体系tǐxìHSK 6system
- system
- setup
- CL:个
天才tiāncáiHSK 6talent
- talent
- gift
- genius
- talented
- gifted
天然tiānránHSK 6natural
- natural
天然气tiānránqìHSK 6natural gas
- natural gas
天文tiānwénHSK 6astronomy
- astronomy
天下tiānxiàHSK 6land under heaven
- land under heaven
- the whole world
- the whole of China
- realm
- rule
天真tiānzhēnHSK 6naive
- naive
- innocent
- artless
添tiānHSK 6to add
- to add
- to increase
- to replenish
添加tiānjiāHSK 6to add
- to add
- to increase
田tiánHSK 6field
- field
- farm
- CL:片
- surname Tian
田径tiánjìngHSK 6track and field (athletics)
- track and field (athletics)
跳水tiàoshuǐHSK 6to dive (into water)
- to dive (into water)
- (sports) diving
- to commit suicide by jumping into water
- (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
贴近tiējìnHSK 6to press close to
- to press close to
- to snuggle close
- intimate
听话tīnghuàHSK 6to do what one is told
- to do what one is told
- obedient
听觉tīngjuéHSK 6sense of hearing
- sense of hearing
- auditory
听取tīngqǔHSK 6to hear (news)
- to hear (news)
- to listen to
通道tōngdàoHSK 6(communications) channel
- (communications) channel
- thoroughfare
- passage
通风tōngfēngHSK 6airy
- airy
- ventilation
- to ventilate
- to disclose information
通话tōnghuàHSK 6to hold a conversation
- to hold a conversation
- to talk over the telephone
- phone call
通信tōngxìnHSK 6to correspond (by letter, email etc)
- to correspond (by letter, email etc)
- to send or receive messages through telecommunications
通讯tōngxùnHSK 6communications
- communications
- news story
- dispatch
- CL:个
通用tōngyòngHSK 6to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
- to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
- (of two or more things) interchangeable
同伴tóngbànHSK 6companion
- companion
- comrade
- fellow
同类tónglèiHSK 6similar
- similar
- same type
- alike
同行tónghángHSK 6person of the same profession
- person of the same profession
- of the same trade, occupation or industry
铜tóngHSK 6copper (chemistry)
- copper (chemistry)
- CL:块
- see also 红铜
铜牌tóngpáiHSK 6bronze medal
- bronze medal
- bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc
- CL:枚
童话tónghuàHSK 6children's fairy tales
- children's fairy tales
痛快tòngkuàiHSK 6delighted
- delighted
- to one's heart's content
- straightforward
- also pr.
偷tōuHSK 6to steal
- to steal
- to pilfer
- to snatch
- thief
- stealthily
偷偷tōutōuHSK 6stealthily
- stealthily
- secretly
- covertly
- furtively
- on the sly
头脑tóunǎoHSK 6brains
- brains
- mind
- skull
- (fig.) gist (of a matter)
- leader
- boss
投票tóupiàoHSK 6to vote
- to vote
- to cast a vote
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.