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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投诉tóusùHSK 6to lodge a complaint
- to lodge a complaint
投资tóuzīHSK 6investment
- investment
- to invest
透tòuHSK 6(bound form) to penetrate
- (bound form) to penetrate
- to seep through
- to tell secretly
- to leak
- thoroughly
- through and through
- to appear
- to show
透过tòuguòHSK 6to pass through
- to pass through
- to penetrate
- by means of
- via
透露tòulùHSK 6to leak out
- to leak out
- to divulge
- to reveal
透明tòumíngHSK 6transparent
- transparent
- (fig.) transparent
- open to scrutiny
突发tūfāHSK 6to occur suddenly
- to occur suddenly
突破tūpòHSK 6to break through
- to break through
- to make a breakthrough
- to surmount (an obstacle)
- (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
图案tú’ànHSK 6design
- design
- pattern
图表túbiǎoHSK 6chart
- chart
- diagram
图像túxiàngHSK 6image
- image
- picture
- graphic
徒弟túdìHSK 6apprentice
- apprentice
- disciple
途径tújìngHSK 6way
- way
- means
- channel
土壤tǔrǎngHSK 6soil
- soil
吐tǔ / tùHSK 6to spit
- to spit
- to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)
- to say
- to pour out (one's grievances)
- to vomit
- to throw up
团结tuánjiéHSK 6to unite
- to unite
- unity
- solidarity
- united
团体tuántǐHSK 6group
- group
- organization
- team
- CL:个
团圆tuányuánHSK 6to have a reunion
- to have a reunion
推测tuīcèHSK 6speculation
- speculation
- to conjecture
- to surmise
- to speculate
推销tuīxiāoHSK 6to market
- to market
- to sell
推行tuīxíngHSK 6to implement
- to implement
- to carry out
- to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc)
- to promote
- to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc)
- to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
退税tuìshuìHSK 6tax rebate or refund
- tax rebate or refund
吞tūnHSK 6to swallow
- to swallow
- to take
托运tuōyùnHSK 6to consign (goods)
- to consign (goods)
- to check through (baggage)
拖tuōHSK 6to drag
- to drag
- to tow
- to trail
- to hang down
- to mop (the floor)
- to delay
- to drag on
- variant of 拖
拖延tuōyánHSK 6to delay
- to delay
- to put off
- to procrastinate
挖wāHSK 6to dig
- to dig
- to excavate
- to scoop out
娃娃wáwaHSK 6baby
- baby
- small child
- doll
哇wāHSK 6Wow!
- Wow!
- sound of a child's crying
- sound of vomiting
- replaces 啊 when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
歪wāiHSK 6askew
- askew
- at a crooked angle
- devious
- noxious
- (coll.) to lie on one's side
- to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
外表wàibiǎoHSK 6external
- external
- outside
- outward appearance
外交wàijiāoHSK 6diplomacy
- diplomacy
- diplomatic
- foreign affairs
- CL:个
外界wàijièHSK 6the outside world
- the outside world
- external
外科wàikēHSK 6surgery (branch of medicine)
- surgery (branch of medicine)
外来wàiláiHSK 6external
- external
- foreign
- outside
外甥wàishengHSK 6sister's son
- sister's son
- wife's sibling's son
弯曲wānqūHSK 6to bend
- to bend
- to curve around
- curved
- crooked
- to wind
- to warp
顽强wánqiángHSK 6tenacious
- tenacious
- hard to defeat
万物wànwùHSK 6all things
- all things
- all that exists
王子wángzǐHSK 6prince
- prince
- son of a king
网wǎngHSK 6net
- net
- web
- network
- to net
- to catch with a net
往后wǎnghòuHSK 6from now on
- from now on
- in the future
- time to come
往来wǎngláiHSK 6dealings
- dealings
- contacts
- to go back and forth
往年wǎngniánHSK 6in former years
- in former years
- in previous years
望wàngHSK 6full moon
- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望
危机wēijīHSK 6crisis
- crisis
微小wēixiǎoHSK 6minute (i.e. extremely small)
- minute (i.e. extremely small)
- infinitesimal
围棋wéiqíHSK 6the game of Go
- the game of Go
违规wéiguīHSK 6to violate the rules
- to violate the rules
维护wéihùHSK 6to defend
- to defend
- to safeguard
- to protect
- to uphold
- to maintain
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.