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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无从wúcóngHSK 6not to have access
- not to have access
- beyond one's authority or capability
- sth one has no way of doing
无动于衷wúdòngyúzhōngHSK 6aloof
- aloof
- indifferent
- unconcerned
无非wúfēiHSK 6only
- only
- nothing else
无精打采wújīngdǎcǎiHSK 6dispirited and downcast (idiom)
- dispirited and downcast (idiom)
- listless
- in low spirits
- washed out
无可奉告wúkěfènggàoHSK 6(idiom) no comment
- (idiom) no comment
无可奈何wúkěnàihéHSK 6have no way out
- have no way out
- have no alternative
- abbr. to 无奈
无赖wúlàiHSK 6hoodlum
- hoodlum
- rascal
- rogue
- rascally
- scoundrelly
无理取闹wúlǐqǔnàoHSK 6(idiom) to make trouble without reason
- (idiom) to make trouble without reason
- to be deliberately provocative
无能为力wúnéngwéilìHSK 6(idiom) powerless to do anything about it
- (idiom) powerless to do anything about it
无穷无尽wúqióngwújìnHSK 6(idiom) endless
- (idiom) endless
- boundless
- infinite
无微不至wúwēibùzhìHSK 6in every possible way (idiom)
- in every possible way (idiom)
- meticulous
无忧无虑wúyōuwúlu:4HSK 6(idiom) carefree
- (idiom) carefree
- without worries
无知wúzhīHSK 6ignorant
- ignorant
- ignorance
武侠wǔxiáHSK 6martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre)
- martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre)
- knight-errant
武装wǔzhuāngHSK 6arms
- arms
- equipment
- to arm
- military
- armed (forces)
侮辱wǔrǔHSK 6to insult
- to insult
- to humiliate
- dishonor
舞蹈wǔdǎoHSK 6dance (performance art)
- dance (performance art)
- dancing
勿wùHSK 6do not
- do not
务必wùbìHSK 6must
- must
- to need to
- to be sure to
务实wùshíHSK 6to deal with concrete matters
- to deal with concrete matters
- pragmatic
物美价廉wùměijiàliánHSK 6good quality and cheap
- good quality and cheap
- a bargain
物资wùzīHSK 6goods
- goods
- supplies
误差wùchāHSK 6difference
- difference
- error
- inaccuracy
误解wùjiěHSK 6to misunderstand
- to misunderstand
- misunderstanding
夕阳xīyángHSK 6sunset
- sunset
- the setting sun
吸取xīqǔHSK 6to absorb
- to absorb
- to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
- to assimilate
昔日xīrìHSK 6former days
- former days
- in the past
牺牲xīshēngHSK 6to sacrifice one's life
- to sacrifice one's life
- to sacrifice (sth valued)
- beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
溪xīHSK 6creek
- creek
- rivulet
熄灭xīmièHSK 6to stop burning
- to stop burning
- to go out (of fire)
- to die out
- extinguished
膝盖xīgàiHSK 6knee
- knee
- (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
习俗xísúHSK 6custom
- custom
- tradition
- local tradition
- convention
袭击xíjīHSK 6attack (esp. surprise attack)
- attack (esp. surprise attack)
- raid
- to attack
媳妇xífùHSK 6daughter-in-law
- daughter-in-law
- wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiànHSK 6to love to hear and see (idiom)
- to love to hear and see (idiom)
- well received
- to one's liking
喜悦xǐyuèHSK 6happy
- happy
- joyous
系列xìlièHSK 6series
- series
- set
细胞xìbāoHSK 6cell (biology)
- cell (biology)
细菌xìjūnHSK 6bacterium
- bacterium
- germ
细致xìzhìHSK 6delicate
- delicate
- fine
- careful
- meticulous
- painstaking
峡谷xiágǔHSK 6canyon
- canyon
- gill
- ravine
狭隘xiáàiHSK 6(of a path etc) narrow
- (of a path etc) narrow
- (of a living space etc) cramped
- (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow
- limited
狭窄xiázhǎiHSK 6narrow
- narrow
霞xiáHSK 6rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
- rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
下属xiàshǔHSK 6subordinate
- subordinate
- underling
夏令营xiàlìngyíngHSK 6summer camp
- summer camp
先进xiānjìnHSK 6sophisticated
- sophisticated
- advanced (technology etc)
- meritorious
- exemplary (deeds etc)
先前xiānqiánHSK 6before
- before
- previously
纤维xiānwéiHSK 6fiber
- fiber
- CL:种
掀起xiānqǐHSK 6to lift
- to lift
- to raise (a lid etc)
- (of a storm) to surge
- to stir up (waves etc)
- (fig.) to trigger
- set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
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.