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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通货tōnghuòHSK 6

currency

currency
(old) exchange of goods

通俗tōngsúHSK 6

common

common
everyday
average

通用tōngyòngHSK 6

to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)

to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc)
to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)
(of two or more things) interchangeable

同胞tóngbāoHSK 6

born of the same parents

born of the same parents
sibling
fellow citizen
compatriot

同志tóngzhìHSK 6

comrade

comrade
(slang) homosexual
CL:位,个

铜矿tóngkuàngHSK 6

copper mine

copper mine
copper ore

童话tónghuàHSK 6

children's fairy tales

children's fairy tales

统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngùHSK 6

an overall plan taking into account all factors

an overall plan taking into account all factors

统计tǒngjìHSK 6

statistics

statistics
to count
to add up

统统tǒngtǒngHSK 6

totally

totally

投机tóujīHSK 6

congenial

congenial
agreeable
to speculate
to profiteer

投降tóuxiángHSK 6

to surrender

to surrender

投票tóupiàoHSK 6

to vote

to vote
vote

投掷tóuzhìHSK 6

to throw sth a long distance

to throw sth a long distance
to hurl
to throw at
to throw (dice etc)
to flip (a coin)

秃tūHSK 6

bald (lacking hair or feathers)

bald (lacking hair or feathers)
barren
bare
denuded
blunt (lacking a point)
(of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory
lacking something

突破tūpòHSK 6

to break through

to break through
to make a breakthrough
to surmount (an obstacle)
(sports) to break through the opponent's defense

图案túànHSK 6

design

design
pattern

徒弟túdìHSK 6

apprentice

apprentice
disciple

涂抹túmǒHSK 6

to paint

to paint
to smear
to apply (makeup etc)
to doodle
to erase
to obliterate

途径tújìngHSK 6

way

way
means
channel

土壤tǔrǎngHSK 6

soil

soil

团结tuánjiéHSK 6

to unite

to unite
unity
solidarity
united

团体tuántǐHSK 6

group

group
organization
team
CL:个

团圆tuányuánHSK 6

to have a reunion

to have a reunion

推测tuīcèHSK 6

speculation

speculation
to conjecture
to surmise
to speculate

推翻tuīfānHSK 6

to overthrow

to overthrow

推理tuīlǐHSK 6

reasoning

reasoning
inference
to infer
to deduce

推论tuīlùnHSK 6

to infer

to infer
inference
corollary
reasoned conclusion

推销tuīxiāoHSK 6

to market

to market
to sell

吞咽tūnyànHSK 6

to swallow

to swallow
to gulp

托运tuōyùnHSK 6

to consign (goods)

to consign (goods)
to check through (baggage)

拖延tuōyánHSK 6

to delay

to delay
to put off
to procrastinate

脱离tuōlíHSK 6

to separate oneself from

to separate oneself from
to break away from
diastasis (medicine)
abscission
abjunction (botany)

妥当tuǒdangHSK 6

appropriate

appropriate
proper
ready

妥善tuǒshànHSK 6

appropriate

appropriate
proper

妥协tuǒxiéHSK 6

to compromise

to compromise
to reach terms
a compromise

椭圆tuǒyuánHSK 6

oval

oval
ellipse
elliptic

唾沫tuòmoHSK 6

spittle

spittle
saliva

挖掘wājuéHSK 6

to excavate

to excavate
(lit and fig.) to unearth
to dig into

娃娃wáwaHSK 6

baby

baby
small child
doll

瓦解wǎjiěHSK 6

to collapse

to collapse
to disintegrate
to crumble
to disrupt
to break up

哇wāHSK 6

Wow!

Wow!
sound of a child's crying
sound of vomiting

歪曲wāiqūHSK 6

to distort

to distort
to misrepresent

外表wàibiǎoHSK 6

external

external
outside
outward appearance

外界wàijièHSK 6

the outside world

the outside world
external

外向wàixiàngHSK 6

extroverted (personality)

extroverted (personality)
(economics etc) export-oriented

外行wàihángHSK 6

layman

layman
amateur

丸wánHSK 6

ball

ball
pellet
pill

完备wánbèiHSK 6

faultless

faultless
complete
perfect
to leave nothing to be desired

完毕wánbìHSK 6

to finish

to finish
to end
to complete

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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

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

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