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 HongNative Mandarin speakerUpdated July 2026
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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美妙měimiàoHSK 6beautiful
- beautiful
- wonderful
- splendid
门诊ménzhěnHSK 6outpatient service
- outpatient service
萌芽méngyáHSK 6(of a seed) to germinate
- (of a seed) to germinate
- (of a plant) to sprout
- to bud
- sprout
- bud
- (also used figuratively)
蒙méngHSK 6(literary) sincere
- (literary) sincere
- honest
- genuine
猛烈měnglièHSK 6fierce
- fierce
- violent
- vigorous
- intense
梦想mèngxiǎngHSK 6(fig.) to dream of
- (fig.) to dream of
- dream
眯míHSK 6to blind (as with dust)
- to blind (as with dust)
- Taiwan pr.
弥补míbǔHSK 6to complement
- to complement
- to make up for a deficiency
弥漫mímànHSK 6to pervade
- to pervade
- to fill the air
- diffuse
- everywhere present
- about to inundate (water)
- permeated by (smoke)
- filled with (dust)
- to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
迷惑míhuoHSK 6to puzzle
- to puzzle
- to confuse
- to baffle
迷人mírénHSK 6fascinating
- fascinating
- enchanting
- charming
- tempting
迷失míshīHSK 6to lose (one's bearings)
- to lose (one's bearings)
- to get lost
迷信míxìnHSK 6superstition
- superstition
- to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
密度mìdùHSK 6density
- density
- concentration
密封mìfēngHSK 6to seal up
- to seal up
免得miǎndeHSK 6so as not to
- so as not to
- so as to avoid
免疫miǎnyìHSK 6immunity (to disease)
- immunity (to disease)
勉励miǎnlìHSK 6to encourage
- to encourage
勉强miǎnqiǎngHSK 6to do with difficulty
- to do with difficulty
- to force sb to do sth
- reluctant
- barely enough
面貌miànmàoHSK 6face
- face
- features
- appearance
- look
- CL:个
面子miànziHSK 6outer surface
- outer surface
- the outside of sth
- social prestige
- face
描绘miáohuìHSK 6to describe
- to describe
- to depict
- to portray
渺小miǎoxiǎoHSK 6minute
- minute
- tiny
- negligible
- insignificant
灭亡mièwángHSK 6to be destroyed
- to be destroyed
- to become extinct
- to perish
- to die out
- to destroy
- to exterminate
蔑视mièshìHSK 6to loathe
- to loathe
- to despise
- contempt
民间mínjiānHSK 6among the people
- among the people
- popular
- folk
- non-governmental
- involving people rather than governments
民用mínyòngHSK 6(for) civilian use
- (for) civilian use
敏感mǐngǎnHSK 6sensitive
- sensitive
- susceptible
敏捷mǐnjiéHSK 6nimble
- nimble
- quick
- shrewd
敏锐mǐnruìHSK 6keen
- keen
- sharp
- acute
名次míngcìHSK 6position in a ranking of names
- position in a ranking of names
- place
- rank
名额míngéHSK 6quota
- quota
- number of places
- place (in an institution, a group etc)
名副其实míngfùqíshíHSK 6not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
- not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
- aptly named
- worthy of the name
名誉míngyùHSK 6fame
- fame
- reputation
- honor
- honorary
- emeritus (of retired professor)
明明míngmíngHSK 6obviously
- obviously
- plainly
- undoubtedly
- definitely
命名mìngmíngHSK 6to give a name to
- to give a name to
- to dub
- to christen
- to designate
- named after
- naming
摸索mōsuoHSK 6to feel about
- to feel about
- to grope about
- to fumble
- to do things slowly
模范mófànHSK 6model
- model
- fine example
模式móshìHSK 6mode
- mode
- pattern
- model
模型móxíngHSK 6model
- model
- mold
- matrix
- pattern
模样múyàngHSK 6look
- look
- style
- appearance
- approximation
- about
- CL:个
- also pr.
膜móHSK 6membrane
- membrane
- film
摩擦mócāHSK 6friction
- friction
- rubbing
- chafing
- fig. disharmony
- conflict
- also written 磨擦
磨合móhéHSK 6to break in
- to break in
- to wear in
魔鬼móguǐHSK 6devil
- devil
魔术móshùHSK 6magic
- magic
抹杀mǒshāHSK 6to erase
- to erase
- to cover traces
- to obliterate evidence
- to expunge
- to blot out
- to suppress
莫名其妙mòmíngqímiàoHSK 6(idiom) baffling
- (idiom) baffling
- bizarre
- without rhyme or reason
- inexplicable
墨水儿mòshuǐrHSK 6erhua variant of 墨水
- erhua variant of 墨水
默默mòmòHSK 6in silence
- in silence
- not speaking
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.
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.