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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曲子qǔziHSK 6poem for singing
- poem for singing
- tune
- music
- CL:支
驱逐qūzhúHSK 6to expel
- to expel
- to deport
- banishment
屈服qūfúHSK 6to surrender
- to surrender
- to succumb
- to yield
- (as a transitive verb) to defeat
- to prevail over
渠道qúdàoHSK 6irrigation ditch
- irrigation ditch
- (fig.) channel
- means
取缔qǔdìHSK 6to suppress
- to suppress
- to crack down on
- to prohibit
趣味qùwèiHSK 6fun
- fun
- interest
- delight
- taste
- liking
- preference
圈套quāntàoHSK 6trap
- trap
- snare
- trick
全局quánjúHSK 6overall situation
- overall situation
全力以赴quánlìyǐfùHSK 6to do at all costs
- to do at all costs
- to make an all-out effort
权衡quánhéngHSK 6to consider
- to consider
- to weigh (a matter)
- to balance (pros and cons)
权威quánwēiHSK 6authority
- authority
- authoritative
- power and prestige
权益quányìHSK 6rights
- rights
- interests
- rights and benefits
拳头quántouHSK 6fist
- fist
- (of a product, service, project etc) flagship
- key
- core
犬quǎnHSK 6(literary) dog
- (literary) dog
- Kangxi radical 94
缺口quēkǒuHSK 6nick
- nick
- jag
- gap
- shortfall
缺席quēxíHSK 6to be absent
- to be absent
缺陷quēxiànHSK 6defect
- defect
- flaw
瘸quéHSK 6lame
- lame
确保quèbǎoHSK 6to ensure
- to ensure
- to guarantee
确立quèlìHSK 6to establish
- to establish
- to institute
确切quèqièHSK 6definite
- definite
- exact
- precise
确信quèxìnHSK 6to be convinced
- to be convinced
- to be sure
- to firmly believe
- to be positive that
- definite news
群众qúnzhòngHSK 6mass
- mass
- multitude
- the masses
染rǎnHSK 6to dye
- to dye
- to catch (a disease)
- to acquire (bad habits etc)
- to contaminate
- to add color washes to a painting
让步ràngbùHSK 6to concede
- to concede
- to give in
- to yield
- a concession
- (linguistics) concessive
饶恕ráoshùHSK 6to forgive
- to forgive
- to pardon
- to spare
扰乱rǎoluànHSK 6to disturb
- to disturb
- to perturb
- to harass
惹祸rěhuòHSK 6to stir up trouble
- to stir up trouble
- to invite disaster
热泪盈眶rèlèiyíngkuàngHSK 6eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom)
- eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom)
- extremely moved
热门rèménHSK 6popular
- popular
- hot
- in vogue
人道réndàoHSK 6human sympathy
- human sympathy
- humanitarianism
- humane
- the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
- sexual intercourse
人格réngéHSK 6personality
- personality
- integrity
- dignity
人工réngōngHSK 6artificial
- artificial
- manpower
- manual work
人家rénjiāHSK 6household
- household
- dwelling
- family
- sb else's house
- household business
- house of woman's husband-to-be
- CL:户,家
人间rénjiānHSK 6the human world
- the human world
- the earth
人士rénshìHSK 6person
- person
- figure
- public figure
人为rénwéiHSK 6artificial
- artificial
- man-made
- having human cause or origin
- human attempt or effort
人性rénxìngHSK 6human nature
- human nature
- humanity
- human
- the totality of human attributes
人质rénzhìHSK 6hostage
- hostage
仁慈réncíHSK 6benevolent
- benevolent
- charitable
- kind
- kindly
- kindness
- merciful
忍耐rěnnàiHSK 6to endure
- to endure
- to put up with
- to exercise patience
忍受rěnshòuHSK 6to bear
- to bear
- to endure
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
任命rènmìngHSK 6to appoint
- to appoint
- (job) appointment
- CL:纸
任性rènxìngHSK 6willful
- willful
- headstrong
- unruly
任意rènyìHSK 6any
- any
- arbitrary
- at will
- at random
任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎnHSK 6a heavy load and a long road
- a heavy load and a long road
- fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
仍旧réngjiùHSK 6still (remaining)
- still (remaining)
- to remain (the same)
- yet
日新月异rìxīnyuèyìHSK 6daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
- daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
- every day sees new developments
- rapid progress
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.