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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支柱zhīzhùHSK 6mainstay
- mainstay
- pillar
- prop
- backbone
枝zhīHSK 6branch
- branch
- classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
知觉zhījuéHSK 6perception
- perception
- consciousness
知足常乐zhīzúchánglèHSK 6satisfied with what one has (idiom)
- satisfied with what one has (idiom)
脂肪zhīfángHSK 6fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
- fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
直播zhíbōHSK 6(TV, radio) to broadcast live
- (TV, radio) to broadcast live
- live broadcast
- (Internet) to livestream
- (agriculture) direct seeding
值班zhíbānHSK 6to work a shift
- to work a shift
- on duty
职能zhínéngHSK 6function
- function
- role
职位zhíwèiHSK 6position
- position
- post
- job
职务zhíwùHSK 6post
- post
- position
- job
- duties
殖民地zhímíndìHSK 6colony
- colony
指标zhǐbiāoHSK 6(production) target
- (production) target
- quota
- index
- indicator
- sign
- signpost
- (computing) pointer
指定zhǐdìngHSK 6to appoint
- to appoint
- to assign
- to indicate clearly and with certainty
- designated
指甲zhǐjiaHSK 6fingernail
- fingernail
指令zhǐlìngHSK 6order
- order
- command
- instruction
指南针zhǐnánzhēnHSK 6compass
- compass
指示zhǐshìHSK 6to point out
- to point out
- to indicate
- to instruct
- directives
- instructions
- CL:个
指望zhǐwàngHSK 6to count on
- to count on
- to hope for
- prospect
- hope
指责zhǐzéHSK 6to criticize
- to criticize
- to find fault with
- to denounce
志气zhìqìHSK 6ambition
- ambition
- resolve
- backbone
- drive
- spirit
制裁zhìcáiHSK 6to punish
- to punish
- punishment
- sanctions (incl. economic)
制订zhìdìngHSK 6to work out
- to work out
- to formulate
制服zhìfúHSK 6to subdue
- to subdue
- to check
- to bring under control
- (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
- uniform (army, party, school etc)
- livery (for company employees)
- CL:套
制约zhìyuēHSK 6to restrict
- to restrict
- condition
制止zhìzhǐHSK 6to curb
- to curb
- to put a stop to
- to stop
- to check
- to limit
治安zhìānHSK 6law and order
- law and order
- public security
治理zhìlǐHSK 6to govern
- to govern
- to administer
- to manage
- to control
- governance
致辞zhìcíHSK 6to express in words or writing
- to express in words or writing
- to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc)
- to address (an audience)
- same as 致词
致力于zhìlì yúHSK 6致力 (to work for) + 于 (surname Yu)
致使zhìshǐHSK 6to cause
- to cause
- to result in
智力zhìlìHSK 6intelligence
- intelligence
- intellect
智能zhìnéngHSK 6intelligent
- intelligent
- able
- smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
智商zhìshāngHSK 6IQ (intelligence quotient)
- IQ (intelligence quotient)
滞留zhìliúHSK 6(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving)
- (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving)
- to be stranded
- (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain
- to linger
中断zhōngduànHSK 6to cut short
- to cut short
- to break off
- to discontinue
- to interrupt
中立zhōnglìHSK 6neutral
- neutral
- neutrality
中央zhōngyāngHSK 6central
- central
- middle
- center
- central authorities (of a state)
忠诚zhōngchéngHSK 6devoted
- devoted
- loyal
- fidelity
- loyalty
忠实zhōngshíHSK 6faithful
- faithful
终点zhōngdiǎnHSK 6the end
- the end
- end point
- finishing line (in a race)
- destination
- terminus
- CL:个
终究zhōngjiūHSK 6in the end
- in the end
- after all is said and done
终年zhōngniánHSK 6entire year
- entire year
- throughout the year
- age at death
终身zhōngshēnHSK 6lifelong
- lifelong
- all one's life
- marriage
终止zhōngzhǐHSK 6to stop
- to stop
- to terminate
衷心zhōngxīnHSK 6heartfelt
- heartfelt
- wholehearted
- cordial
肿瘤zhǒngliúHSK 6tumor
- tumor
种子zhǒngziHSK 6seed
- seed
- CL:颗,粒
种族zhǒngzúHSK 6race
- race
- ethnic group
众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhīHSK 6(idiom) as everyone knows
- (idiom) as everyone knows
重叠chóngdiéHSK 6to overlap
- to overlap
- to superimpose
- to telescope
- to run together
- to duplicate
- one over another
- superposition
- an overlap
- redundancy
- reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步 to have a stroll)
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.