HSK 6 Vocabulary

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.

Cumulative vocabulary required at each HSK level — bar width is proportional to the word count.

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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谋求móuqiúHSK 6

to seek

to seek
to strive for

母语mǔyǔHSK 6

native language

native language
mother tongue
(linguistics) parent language

目睹mùdǔHSK 6

to witness

to witness
to see at first hand
to see with one's own eyes

目光mùguāngHSK 6

gaze

gaze
(fig.) attention
expression in one's eyes
look
(lit. and fig.) sight
vision

沐浴mùyùHSK 6

to take a bath

to take a bath
to bathe
to immerse

拿手náshǒuHSK 6

expert in

expert in
good at

纳闷儿nàmènrHSK 6

erhua variant of 纳闷

erhua variant of 纳闷

耐用nàiyòngHSK 6

durable

durable

难得nándéHSK 6

seldom

seldom
rare
hard to come by

难堪nánkānHSK 6

hard to take

hard to take
embarrassed

难免nánmiǎnHSK 6

hard to avoid

hard to avoid
difficult to escape from
will inevitably

难能可贵nánnéngkěguìHSK 6

rare and precious

rare and precious
valuable
remarkable

恼火nǎohuǒHSK 6

annoyed

annoyed
riled
vexed

内涵nèihánHSK 6

meaningful content

meaningful content
implication
(semantics) connotation
inner qualities (of a person)

内幕nèimùHSK 6

inside story

inside story
non-public information
behind the scenes
internal

内在nèizàiHSK 6

inner

inner
internal
intrinsic
innate

能量néngliàngHSK 6

energy

energy
capabilities

嗯ēnHSK 6

(a groaning sound)

(a groaning sound)

拟定nǐdìngHSK 6

to draw up

to draw up
to draft
to formulate

年度niándùHSK 6

year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)

year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
annual

捏niēHSK 6

to hold between the thumb and fingers

to hold between the thumb and fingers
to pinch
to mold (using the fingers)
to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
to join together
to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

宁肯nìngkěnHSK 6

would rather...

would rather...
it would be better...
would prefer

宁愿nìngyuànHSK 6

would rather ... (than ...)

would rather ... (than ...)

拧níngHSK 6

to pinch

to pinch
wring

凝固nínggùHSK 6

to freeze

to freeze
to solidify
to congeal
fig. with rapt attention

凝聚níngjùHSK 6

to condense

to condense
to coagulate
coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets)
aggregation
coherent

凝视níngshìHSK 6

to gaze at

to gaze at
to fix one's eyes on

扭转niǔzhuǎnHSK 6

to reverse

to reverse
to turn around (an undesirable situation)
(mechanics) torsion

纽扣儿niǔkòu érHSK 6

纽扣 (button) + 儿 (child)

农历nónglìHSK 6

the traditional Chinese calendar

the traditional Chinese calendar
the lunar calendar

浓厚nónghòuHSK 6

dense

dense
thick (fog, clouds etc)
to have a strong interest in
deep
fully saturated (color)

奴隶núlìHSK 6

slave

slave

虐待nu:e4dàiHSK 6

to mistreat

to mistreat
to maltreat
to abuse
mistreatment
maltreatment

挪nuóHSK 6

to shift

to shift
to move

哦éHSK 6

to chant

to chant

欧洲ōuzhōuHSK 6

Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲)

Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲)

殴打ōudǎHSK 6

to beat up

to beat up
to come to blows
battery (law)

呕吐ǒutùHSK 6

to vomit

to vomit

趴pāHSK 6

to lie on one's stomach

to lie on one's stomach
to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc)
(Tw) percent

徘徊páihuáiHSK 6

to pace back and forth

to pace back and forth
to dither
to hesitate
(of sales figures etc) to fluctuate

排斥páichìHSK 6

to reject

to reject
to exclude
to eliminate
to remove
to repel

排除páichúHSK 6

to eliminate

to eliminate
to remove
to exclude
to rule out

排放páifàngHSK 6

to arrange in order

to arrange in order
to emit
to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)
(of animals) to ovulate
to discharge semen

派别pàibiéHSK 6

group

group
sect
clique
faction
school

派遣pàiqiǎnHSK 6

to send (on a mission)

to send (on a mission)
to dispatch

攀登pāndēngHSK 6

to climb

to climb
to pull oneself up
to clamber
to scale
fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger

盘旋pánxuánHSK 6

to spiral

to spiral
to circle
to go around
to hover
to orbit

判决pànjuéHSK 6

judgment (by a court of law)

judgment (by a court of law)
to pass judgment on
to sentence

畔pànHSK 6

(bound form) side

(bound form) side
edge
boundary

庞大pángdàHSK 6

huge

huge
enormous
tremendous

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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

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Listen at your level daily

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Look a word up only after you have heard it

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Come back to this list monthly

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