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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湖húHSK 5lake
- lake
蝴蝶húdiéHSK 5butterfly
- butterfly
- CL:只
互动hùdòngHSK 5to interact
- to interact
- interactive
户外hùwàiHSK 5outdoor
- outdoor
花费huāfèiHSK 5expense
- expense
- cost
- to spend (time or money)
- expenditure
滑huáHSK 5to slip
- to slip
- to slide
- slippery
- smooth
- sly
- slippery
- not to be trusted
- surname Hua
化huàHSK 5to make into
- to make into
- to change into
- -ization
- to ... -ize
- to transform
- abbr. for 化学
- variant of 花
化学huàxuéHSK 5chemistry
- chemistry
- chemical
划huá / huàHSK 5to delimit
- to delimit
- to transfer
- to assign
- to plan
- to draw (a line)
- stroke of a Chinese character
- to row
- to paddle
- profitable
- worth (the effort)
- it pays (to do sth)
- to cut
- to slash
- to scratch (cut into the surface of sth)
- to strike (a match)
画面huàmiànHSK 5scene
- scene
- tableau
- picture
- image
- screen (displayed by a computer)
- (motion picture) frame
- field of view
话费huàfèiHSK 5call charge
- call charge
话题huàtíHSK 5subject (of a talk or conversation)
- subject (of a talk or conversation)
- topic
环节huánjiéHSK 5(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)
- (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)
- (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
缓解huǎnjiěHSK 5to bring relief
- to bring relief
- to alleviate (a crisis)
- to dull (a pain)
缓慢huǎnmànHSK 5slow
- slow
- unhurried
- sluggish
黄瓜huángguāHSK 5cucumber
- cucumber
- CL:条
黄金huángjīnHSK 5gold
- gold
- golden (opportunity)
- prime (time)
灰huīHSK 5ash
- ash
- dust
- lime
- gray
- discouraged
- dejected
灰色huīsèHSK 5gray
- gray
- ash gray
- grizzly
- pessimistic
- gloomy
- dispirited
- ambiguous
恢复huīfùHSK 5to reinstate
- to reinstate
- to resume
- to restore
- to recover
- to regain
- to rehabilitate
挥huīHSK 5to wave
- to wave
- to brandish
- to command
- to conduct
- to scatter
- to disperse
回收huíshōuHSK 5to recycle
- to recycle
- to reclaim
- to retrieve
- to recover
- to recall (a defective product)
汇率huìlǜHSK 5exchange rate
- exchange rate
婚礼hūnlǐHSK 5wedding ceremony
- wedding ceremony
- wedding
- CL:场
火锅huǒguōHSK 5hotpot
- hotpot
- (basketball) a blocked shot
- a block
伙huǒHSK 5(bound form) meals (as in 伙食)
- (bound form) meals (as in 伙食)
- companion
- partner
- group
- classifier for groups of people
- to combine
- together
- variant of 伙
伙伴huǒbànHSK 5companion
- companion
- pal
- partner
- business associate
或是huòshìHSK 5or
- or
- either one or the other
或许huòxǔHSK 5perhaps
- perhaps
- maybe
货物huòwùHSK 5goods
- goods
- commodity
- merchandise
- CL:宗
机构jīgòuHSK 5mechanism
- mechanism
- structure
- organization
- agency
- institution
- CL:所
机器jīqìHSK 5machine
- machine
- CL:台,部,个
机器人jīqìrénHSK 5robot
- robot
- android
肌肉jīròuHSK 5muscle
- muscle
- flesh
激烈jīlièHSK 5(of competition or fighting) intense
- (of competition or fighting) intense
- fierce
- (of pain) acute
- (of an expression of opinion) impassioned
- vehement
- (of a course of action) drastic
- extreme
及jíHSK 5and
- and
- to reach
- up to
- in time for
及格jígéHSK 5to pass an exam or a test
- to pass an exam or a test
- to meet a minimum standard
级jíHSK 5level
- level
- grade
- rank
- step (of stairs)
- CL:个
- classifier: step, level
即将jíjiāngHSK 5about to
- about to
- on the point of
- soon
极其jíqíHSK 5extremely
- extremely
急忙jímángHSK 5hastily
- hastily
急需jíxūHSK 5to urgently need
- to urgently need
- urgent need
急诊jízhěnHSK 5to give or receive urgent medical treatment
- to give or receive urgent medical treatment
- emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)
疾病jíbìngHSK 5disease
- disease
- sickness
- ailment
集jíHSK 5to gather
- to gather
- to collect
- collected works
- classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
集合jíhéHSK 5to gather
- to gather
- to assemble
- (math.) set
集体jítǐHSK 5collective (decision)
- collective (decision)
- joint (effort)
- a group
- a team
- en masse
- as a group
集中jízhōngHSK 5to concentrate
- to concentrate
- to centralize
- to focus
- centralized
- concentrated
- to put together
挤jǐHSK 5to crowd in
- to crowd in
- to cram in
- to force others aside
- to press
- to squeeze
- to find (time in one's busy schedule)
计算jìsuànHSK 5to calculate
- to calculate
- to compute
- to consider
- to think over
- to plot
- to scheme
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.
HSK 1 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 2 Chinese listening episodes
HSK 3–4 Chinese listening episodes
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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.