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.

Showing 2201–2250 of 4,991 · page 45 of 100

油腻yóunìHSK 6

greasy food

greasy food
oily food
(of food) greasy
oily
fatty
(neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious
pretentious
vulgar

油漆yóuqīHSK 6

oil paints

oil paints
lacquer
to paint
CL:层

有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěnHSK 6

regular and thorough (idiom)

regular and thorough (idiom)
methodically arranged

幼稚yòuzhìHSK 6

young

young
childish
puerile

诱惑yòuhuòHSK 6

to entice

to entice
to lure
to induce
to attract

渔民yúmínHSK 6

fisherman

fisherman
fisher folk

愚蠢yúchǔnHSK 6

silly

silly
stupid

愚昧yúmèiHSK 6

ignorant

ignorant
uneducated
ignorance

舆论yúlùnHSK 6

public opinion

public opinion

与日俱增yǔrìjùzēngHSK 6

to increase steadily

to increase steadily
to grow with each passing day

予以yǔyǐHSK 6

to give

to give
to impose
to apply

羽绒服yǔróngfúHSK 6

down-filled garment

down-filled garment

预料yùliàoHSK 6

to forecast

to forecast
to anticipate
expectation

预期yùqīHSK 6

to expect

to expect
to anticipate

预赛yùsàiHSK 6

preliminary competition

preliminary competition
to hold preliminary heats

预算yùsuànHSK 6

budget

budget

预先yùxiānHSK 6

beforehand

beforehand
in advance

预言yùyánHSK 6

to predict

to predict
prophecy

预兆yùzhàoHSK 6

omen

omen
sign (of sth yet to occur)
prior indication
to foreshadow

欲望yùwàngHSK 6

desire

desire
longing
appetite
craving

寓言yùyánHSK 6

fable

fable
allegory
parable
CL:则

愈yùHSK 6

the more...(the more...)

the more...(the more...)
to recover
to heal
better

冤枉yuānwangHSK 6

to accuse wrongly

to accuse wrongly
to treat unjustly
injustice
wronged
not worthwhile

元首yuánshǒuHSK 6

head of state

head of state

元素yuánsùHSK 6

element (key component of sth)

element (key component of sth)
(chemistry) element
(math.) element (member of a set)

元宵节yuánxiāojiéHSK 6

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

园林yuánlínHSK 6

gardens

gardens
park
landscape garden

原告yuángàoHSK 6

complainant

complainant
plaintiff

原理yuánlǐHSK 6

principle

principle
theory

原始yuánshǐHSK 6

first

first
original
primitive
original (document etc)

原先yuánxiānHSK 6

originally

originally
original
former

圆满yuánmǎnHSK 6

satisfactory

satisfactory
consummate
perfect

源泉yuánquánHSK 6

fountainhead

fountainhead
well-spring
water source
fig. origin

约束yuēshùHSK 6

to restrict

to restrict
to limit to
to constrain
restriction
constraint

岳父yuèfùHSK 6

wife's father, father-in-law

wife's father, father-in-law

孕育yùnyùHSK 6

to be pregnant

to be pregnant
to produce offspring
to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)
fig. replete with (culture etc)

运算yùnsuànHSK 6

to perform calculations

to perform calculations
(mathematical) operation

运行yùnxíngHSK 6

(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course

(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course
(fig.) to function
to be in operation
(of a train service etc) to operate
to run
(of a computer) to run

酝酿yùnniàngHSK 6

(of alcohol) to ferment

(of alcohol) to ferment
(of a crisis) to be brewing
to mull over (an issue)
to hold exploratory discussions

熨yùHSK 6

reconciled

reconciled
smooth

蕴藏yùncángHSK 6

to hold in store

to hold in store
to contain (untapped reserves etc)

杂技zájìHSK 6

acrobatics

acrobatics
CL:场

杂交zájiāoHSK 6

to hybridize

to hybridize
to crossbreed
promiscuity

砸záHSK 6

to smash

to smash
to pound
to fail
to muck up
to bungle

咋zǎHSK 6

dialectal equivalent of 怎么

dialectal equivalent of 怎么
Taiwan pr.

灾难zāinànHSK 6

disaster

disaster
catastrophe

栽培zāipéiHSK 6

to grow

to grow
to cultivate
to train
to educate
to patronize

宰zǎiHSK 6

to slaughter

to slaughter
to butcher
to kill (animals etc)
(coll.) to fleece
to rip off
to overcharge
(bound form) to govern
to rule
(bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

再接再厉zàijiēzàilìHSK 6

to continue the struggle (idiom)

to continue the struggle (idiom)
to persist
unremitting efforts

在乎zàihuHSK 6

to rest with

to rest with
to lie in
to be due to (a certain attribute)
(often used in the negative) to care about

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