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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捉zhuōHSK 6to clutch
- to clutch
- to grab
- to capture
资本zīběnHSK 6capital (economics)
- capital (economics)
资产zīchǎnHSK 6property
- property
- assets
字幕zìmùHSK 6subtitles
- subtitles
- captions (of a movie etc)
自豪zìháoHSK 6proud (of one's achievements etc)
- proud (of one's achievements etc)
自来水zìláishuǐHSK 6running water
- running water
- tap water
自律zìlǜHSK 6self-discipline
- self-discipline
- self-regulation
- autonomy (ethics)
- autonomic (physiology)
自杀zìshāHSK 6to kill oneself
- to kill oneself
- to commit suicide
- to attempt suicide
自我zìwǒHSK 6the self
- the self
- oneself
- self-
- (psychology) ego
自言自语zìyán-zìyǔHSK 6(idiom) to talk to oneself
- (idiom) to talk to oneself
- to think aloud
- to soliloquize
自愿zìyuànHSK 6voluntary
- voluntary
自助zìzhùHSK 6self-service
- self-service
棕色zōngsèHSK 6brown
- brown
总裁zǒngcáiHSK 6chairman
- chairman
- director-general (of a company etc)
总计zǒngjìHSK 6(grand) total
- (grand) total
总理zǒnglǐHSK 6premier
- premier
- prime minister
- CL:个,位,名
总算zǒngsuànHSK 6at long last
- at long last
- finally
- on the whole
粽子zòngziHSK 6glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
- glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
走廊zǒulángHSK 6corridor
- corridor
- aisle
- hallway
- passageway
- veranda
足zúHSK 6(bound form) foot
- (bound form) foot
- leg
- sufficient
- ample
- as much as
- fully
- excessive
足以zúyǐHSK 6sufficient to...
- sufficient to...
- so much so that
- so that
阻碍zǔ’àiHSK 6to obstruct
- to obstruct
- to hinder
- to block
- obstruction
- hindrance
阻挡zǔdǎngHSK 6to stop
- to stop
- to resist
- to obstruct
祖国zǔguóHSK 6motherland
- motherland
祖先zǔxiānHSK 6ancestors
- ancestors
- forebears
- (biology) ancestral species
- ancient species from which present-day species evolved
钻zuānHSK 6drill
- drill
- auger
- diamond
- to drill
- to bore
- to get into
- to make one's way into
- to enter (a hole)
- to thread one's way through
- to study intensively
- to dig into
- to curry favor for personal gain
- variant of 钻
罪zuìHSK 6guilt
- guilt
- crime
- fault
- blame
- sin
- variant of 罪, crime
哎āiHSK 5hey!
- hey!
- (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)
哎呀āiyāHSK 5interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
- interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
唉àiHSK 5alas
- alas
- oh dear
- interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
- to sigh
爱护àihùHSK 5to cherish
- to cherish
- to treasure
- to take care of
- to love and protect
安ānHSK 5(bound form) calm
- (bound form) calm
- peaceful
- to calm
- to set at ease
- safe
- secure
- in good health
- content
- satisfied (as in 安于)
- to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)
- to install
- to fix
- to fit
- to bring (a charge against sb)
- to harbor (certain intentions)
- ampere (abbr. for 安培)
- surname An
安全带ānquándàiHSK 5seat belt
- seat belt
- safety belt
安慰ānwèiHSK 5to comfort
- to comfort
- to console
安装ānzhuāngHSK 5to install
- to install
- to erect
- to fix
- to mount
- installation
暗ànHSK 5dark
- dark
- to turn dark
- secret
- hidden
- (literary) confused
- ignorant
- (literary) to close (a door)
- to eclipse
- confused
- ignorant (variant of 暗)
- dark (variant of 暗)
- variant of 暗
熬夜áoyèHSK 5to stay up late or all night
- to stay up late or all night
把握bǎwòHSK 5to grasp (also fig.)
- to grasp (also fig.)
- to seize
- to hold
- assurance
- certainty
- sure (of the outcome)
白báiHSK 5white
- white
- in vain
- free of charge
- (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear
- evident (e.g. 真相大白)
- (bound form) plain
- without additions (e.g. 白饭)
- (bound form) to explain
- to state (e.g. 辩白)
- (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼)
- (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白话)
- (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白)
- (bound form) reactionary
- anti-communist (e.g. 白区)
- surname Bai
- Bai ethnic group
半夜bànyèHSK 5midnight
- midnight
- in the middle of the night
傍晚bàngwǎnHSK 5in the evening
- in the evening
- when night falls
- towards evening
- at night fall
- at dusk
包裹bāoguǒHSK 5to wrap up
- to wrap up
- to bind up
- bundle
- parcel
- package
- CL:个
包含bāohánHSK 5to contain
- to contain
- to embody
- to include
包括bāokuòHSK 5to comprise
- to comprise
- to include
- to involve
- to incorporate
- to consist of
包装bāozhuāngHSK 5to wrap
- to wrap
- to package (goods etc)
- packaging
- packing materials
- (fig.) to present attractively
- to craft an image
- to package (sb or sth)
薄báoHSK 5thin
- thin
- cold in manner
- indifferent
- weak
- light
- infertile
- meager
- slight
- weak
- ungenerous or unkind
- frivolous
- to despise
- to belittle
- to look down on
- to approach or near
- surname Bo
- see 薄荷
宝bǎoHSK 5jewel
- jewel
- gem
- treasure
- precious
- variant of 宝
宝贝bǎobèiHSK 5treasured object
- treasured object
- treasure
- darling
- baby
- cowry
- good-for-nothing or queer character
宝贵bǎoguìHSK 5valuable
- valuable
- precious
- to value
- to treasure
- to set store by
保bǎoHSK 5to defend
- to defend
- to protect
- to keep
- to guarantee
- to ensure
- (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system
- Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亚)
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.