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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称赞chēngzànHSK 5to praise
- to praise
- to commend
- to compliment
成本chéngběnHSK 5(manufacturing, production etc) costs
- (manufacturing, production etc) costs
成分chéngfènHSK 5composition
- composition
- ingredient
- element
- component
- one's social status
成果chéngguǒHSK 5result
- result
- achievement
- gain
- profit
- CL:个
成就chéngjiùHSK 5accomplishment
- accomplishment
- success
- achievement
- CL:个
- to achieve (a result)
- to create
- to bring about
成立chénglìHSK 5to establish
- to establish
- to set up
- to be tenable
- to hold water
成年chéngniánHSK 5to grow to adulthood
- to grow to adulthood
- fully grown
- adult
- the whole year
成人chéngrénHSK 5to reach adulthood
- to reach adulthood
- an adult
成熟chéngshúHSK 5mature
- mature
- ripe
- to mature
- to ripen
- Taiwan pr.
成员chéngyuánHSK 5member
- member
成长chéngzhǎngHSK 5to mature
- to mature
- to grow
- growth
承担chéngdānHSK 5to undertake
- to undertake
- to assume (responsibility etc)
承认chéngrènHSK 5to admit
- to admit
- to concede
- to recognize
- recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
- to acknowledge
承受chéngshòuHSK 5to bear
- to bear
- to support
- to inherit
城区chéngqūHSK 5city district
- city district
- urban area
乘务员chéngwùyuánHSK 5attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
- attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
程度chéngdùHSK 5degree
- degree
- level
- extent
程序chéngxùHSK 5procedures
- procedures
- sequence
- order
- computer program
橙子chéngziHSK 5orange
- orange
池chíHSK 5pond
- pond
- reservoir
- moat
- surname Chi
持续chíxùHSK 5to continue
- to continue
- to last
- to persist
尺子chǐziHSK 5ruler (measuring instrument)
- ruler (measuring instrument)
- CL:把
翅膀chìbǎngHSK 5wing
- wing
- CL:只,对
充电chōngdiànHSK 5to recharge (a battery)
- to recharge (a battery)
- (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure)
- to update one's skills and knowledge
充分chōngfènHSK 5ample
- ample
- sufficient
- adequate
- full
- fully
- to the full
充满chōngmǎnHSK 5full of
- full of
- brimming with
- very full
- permeated
充值chōngzhíHSK 5to recharge (money onto a card)
- to recharge (money onto a card)
- to top up
充足chōngzúHSK 5adequate
- adequate
- sufficient
- abundant
冲chōng / chòngHSK 5(of water) to dash against
- (of water) to dash against
- to mix with water
- to infuse
- to rinse
- to flush
- to develop (a film)
- to rise in the air
- to clash
- to collide with
- thoroughfare
- to go straight ahead
- to rush
- to clash
- powerful
- vigorous
- pungent
- towards
- in view of
虫子chóngziHSK 5insect
- insect
- bug
- worm
- CL:条,只
宠物chǒngwùHSK 5house pet
- house pet
抽chōuHSK 5to draw out
- to draw out
- to pull out from in between
- to remove part of the whole
- to inhale (esp. smoke)
- (of fabric etc) to shrink
- (of certain plants) to sprout
- to bud
- to whip
- to thrash
- classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
丑chǒuHSK 5clown
- clown
- 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
- ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
- shameful
- ugly
- disgraceful
- surname Chou
臭chòuHSK 5stench
- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
- sense of smell
- smell bad
出版chūbǎnHSK 5to publish
- to publish
出色chūsèHSK 5remarkable
- remarkable
- outstanding
出售chūshòuHSK 5to sell
- to sell
- to offer for sale
- to put on the market
出席chūxíHSK 5to attend
- to attend
- to participate
- present
出自chūzìHSK 5to come from
- to come from
初chūHSK 5(bound form) at first
- (bound form) at first
- initially
- (bound form) first
- early
- (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third"
初级chūjíHSK 5junior
- junior
- primary
初期chūqīHSK 5initial stage
- initial stage
- beginning period
除夕chúxīHSK 5lunar New Year's Eve
- lunar New Year's Eve
处chǔ / chùHSK 5(bound form) place
- (bound form) place
- locality
- (bound form) part
- aspect
- (bound form) office
- department
- bureau
- classifier for locations: spot, point
- to reside
- to live
- to dwell
- to be in
- to be situated at
- to stay
- to get along with
- to be in a position of
- to deal with
- to discipline
- to punish
处理chǔlǐHSK 5to handle
- to handle
- to deal with
- to punish
- to treat sth by a special process
- to process
- to sell at reduced prices
处于chǔyúHSK 5to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- to be in (some state, position, or condition)
传chuánHSK 5to pass on
- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
- biography
- historical narrative
- commentaries
- relay station
传播chuánbōHSK 5to disseminate
- to disseminate
- to propagate
- to spread
传递chuándìHSK 5to transmit
- to transmit
- to pass on to sb else
- (math.) transitive
传说chuánshuōHSK 5legend
- legend
- folk tale
- to repeat from mouth to mouth
- they say that...
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.
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The method in practice
Hear HSK 6 vocabulary in real Mandarin
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