HSK 6 Vocabulary

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 HongNative Mandarin speakerUpdated 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

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HSK 6 word list

How to actually learn HSK 6 vocabulary

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 5–6 Chinese listening episodes

Belgium's 'Aerobullet' Remco Evenepoel Won a Fourth Straight Time-Trial World Title — Then Finished 12th in the Road Race

HSK 5-6

自行车

zìxíngchē

Belgium's 'Aerobullet' Remco Evenepoel Won a Fourth Straight Time-Trial World Title — Then Finished 12th in the Road Race

The Real 'League of Their Own' Players Are in Their 90s — and Girls' Baseball Is Finally Booming

HSK 5-6

棒球

bàngqiú

The Real 'League of Their Own' Players Are in Their 90s — and Girls' Baseball Is Finally Booming

Pickleball Is Taking Off in China: 8 Million Regular Players and 1,000 Tournaments a Year

HSK 5-6

匹克球

pǐkèqiú

Pickleball Is Taking Off in China: 8 Million Regular Players and 1,000 Tournaments a Year

Liu Huan, Who Sang the 2008 Beijing Olympics Theme 'You and Me,' Dies at 63

HSK 5-6

刘欢

Liú Huān

Liu Huan, Who Sang the 2008 Beijing Olympics Theme 'You and Me,' Dies at 63

Xi's First Washington Visit in 11 Years: Pageantry, a Pair of Pandas and a Two-Month Trade Truce

HSK 5-6

白宫

Báigōng

Xi's First Washington Visit in 11 Years: Pageantry, a Pair of Pandas and a Two-Month Trade Truce

Crossing the Panama Canal Now Costs Up to $5 Million, as War and Drought Push Prices to a Record

HSK 5-6

运河

yùnhé

Crossing the Panama Canal Now Costs Up to $5 Million, as War and Drought Push Prices to a Record

No Monarch Butterfly Ever Finishes Its Own Migration — the Trip Takes Four Generations

HSK 5-6

帝王蝶

dìwángdié

No Monarch Butterfly Ever Finishes Its Own Migration — the Trip Takes Four Generations

A 2,000-Year-Old Wall Dug Up Under a Paris Hospital May Show Where Paris Began

HSK 5-6

古墙

gǔqiáng

A 2,000-Year-Old Wall Dug Up Under a Paris Hospital May Show Where Paris Began

Laid Off and Still Job Hunting, He Has Helped Pull Nearly 60,000 Fake Jobs Off LinkedIn

HSK 5-6

骗子

piànzi

Laid Off and Still Job Hunting, He Has Helped Pull Nearly 60,000 Fake Jobs Off LinkedIn

The Economist's Joke Memo: A Company Tries to Fix Its Staff's Sleep, and Everything Goes Wrong

HSK 5-6

睡觉

shuìjiào

The Economist's Joke Memo: A Company Tries to Fix Its Staff's Sleep, and Everything Goes Wrong

NASA Spots the Moon's Biggest New Crater in Years — a Warning for Future Moon Bases

HSK 5-6

月球

yuèqiú

NASA Spots the Moon's Biggest New Crater in Years — a Warning for Future Moon Bases

Caviar Got Cheap Enough to Feed a Toddler — and a Big Reason Is Chinese Fish Farms

HSK 5-6

鱼子酱

yúzǐjiàng

Caviar Got Cheap Enough to Feed a Toddler — and a Big Reason Is Chinese Fish Farms

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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.