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
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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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范围fànwéiHSK 5range
- range
- scope
- limit
- extent
- CL:个
方fāngHSK 5square
- square
- power or involution (math.)
- upright
- honest
- fair and square
- direction
- side
- party (to a contract, dispute etc)
- place
- method
- prescription (medicine)
- just when
- only or just
- classifier for square things
- surname Fang
- abbr. for square or cubic meter
方案fāng’ànHSK 5plan
- plan
- program (for action etc)
- proposal
- proposed bill
- CL:个,套
防fángHSK 5to protect
- to protect
- to defend
- to guard against
- to prevent
防止fángzhǐHSK 5to prevent
- to prevent
- to guard against
- to take precautions
房屋fángwūHSK 5house
- house
- building
- CL:所,套
仿佛fǎngfúHSK 5to seem
- to seem
- as if
- seemingly
- alike
- similar
访问fǎngwènHSK 5to visit
- to visit
- to call on (a person or place)
- (computing) to visit (a website)
- to access (a network resource etc)
- (Tw) to interview (e.g. for a report or feature story)
- CL:次
飞行fēixíngHSK 5(of planes etc) to fly
- (of planes etc) to fly
- flying
- flight
- aviation
飞行员fēixíngyuánHSK 5pilot
- pilot
- aviator
非洲FēizhōuHSK 5Africa
- Africa
- abbr. for 阿非利加洲
分别fēnbiéHSK 5to part
- to part
- to leave each other
- to distinguish
- to tell apart
- difference
- distinction
- in different ways
- differently
- separately
- individually
- respectively
分布fēnbùHSK 5to scatter
- to scatter
- to distribute
- to be distributed (over an area etc)
- (statistical, geographic) distribution
分类fēnlèiHSK 5to classify
- to classify
分离fēnlíHSK 5to separate
- to separate
分配fēnpèiHSK 5to distribute
- to distribute
- to assign
- to allocate
- to partition (a hard drive)
分手fēnshǒuHSK 5to part company
- to part company
- to split up
- to break up
分析fēnxīHSK 5to analyze
- to analyze
- analysis
- CL:个
分享fēnxiǎngHSK 5to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
- to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
纷纷fēnfēnHSK 5one after another
- one after another
- in succession
- one by one
- continuously
- diverse
- in profusion
- numerous and confused
- pell-mell
奋斗fèndòuHSK 5to strive
- to strive
- to struggle
丰富多彩fēngfù-duōcǎiHSK 5richly colorful
- richly colorful
风格fēnggéHSK 5style
- style
风俗fēngsúHSK 5social custom
- social custom
- CL:个
风险fēngxiǎnHSK 5risk
- risk
- hazard
疯狂fēngkuángHSK 5crazy
- crazy
- frenzied
- wild
否定fǒudìngHSK 5to negate
- to negate
- to deny
- to reject
- negative (answer)
- negation
否认fǒurènHSK 5to declare to be untrue
- to declare to be untrue
- to deny
夫妇fūfùHSK 5a (married) couple
- a (married) couple
- husband and wife
- CL:对
扶fúHSK 5to support with the hand
- to support with the hand
- to help sb up
- to support oneself by holding onto something
- to help
服装fúzhuāngHSK 5dress
- dress
- clothing
- costume
- clothes
- CL:身
福fúHSK 5good fortune
- good fortune
- happiness
- luck
- surname Fu
- abbr. for Fujian province 福建省
付出fùchūHSK 5to pay
- to pay
- to expend
- to invest (energy or time)
妇女fùnǚHSK 5woman
- woman
负担fùdānHSK 5to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)
- to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)
- burden
复制fùzhìHSK 5to duplicate
- to duplicate
- to make a copy of
- to copy
- to reproduce
- to clone
副fùHSK 5secondary
- secondary
- auxiliary
- deputy
- assistant
- vice-
- classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- abbr. for 副词 adverb
富fùHSK 5rich
- rich
- abundant
- wealthy
- surname Fu
富有fùyǒuHSK 5rich
- rich
- wealthy
- affluent
- to be rich in
- to be replete with
改革gǎigéHSK 5reform
- reform
- CL:次,种,项
- to reform
改进gǎijìnHSK 5to improve
- to improve
- to make better
- improvement
改善gǎishànHSK 5to make better
- to make better
- to improve
改天gǎitiānHSK 5another day
- another day
- some other time
- to find another day (for appointment etc)
- to take a rain check
改正gǎizhèngHSK 5to correct
- to correct
- to amend
- to put right
- correction
- CL:个
盖gàiHSK 5lid
- lid
- top
- cover
- canopy
- to cover
- to conceal
- to build
- surname Ge
概括gàikuòHSK 5to summarize
- to summarize
- to generalize
- briefly
- in broad outline
概念gàiniànHSK 5concept
- concept
- idea
- CL:个
敢于gǎnyúHSK 5to have the courage to do sth
- to have the courage to do sth
- to dare to
- bold in
刚好gānghǎoHSK 5just
- just
- exactly
- to happen to be
高大gāodàHSK 5tall
- tall
- lofty
- towering
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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