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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路人lùrénHSK 5passer-by
- passer-by
- stranger
路线lùxiànHSK 5itinerary
- itinerary
- route
- political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
- CL:条
旅行社lǚxíngshèHSK 5travel agency
- travel agency
论文lùnwénHSK 5paper
- paper
- treatise
- thesis
- CL:篇
- to discuss a paper or thesis (old)
逻辑luójíHSK 5(loanword) logic
- (loanword) logic
骂màHSK 5to scold
- to scold
- to abuse
- to curse
- CL:通,顿
- variant of 骂
买卖mǎimaiHSK 5to buy and sell
- to buy and sell
满足mǎnzúHSK 5to satisfy
- to satisfy
- to meet (the needs of)
- satisfied
- content
忙碌mánglùHSK 5busy
- busy
- bustling
毛笔máobǐHSK 5writing brush
- writing brush
- CL:枝,管
毛病máobìngHSK 5fault
- fault
- defect
- shortcomings
- ailment
- CL:个
矛盾máodùnHSK 5contradiction
- contradiction
- CL:个
- conflicting views
- contradictory
没法儿méifǎrHSK 5(coll.) can't do anything about it
- (coll.) can't do anything about it
- (coll.) there's no way that ...
- it's simply not credible that ...
- (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
玫瑰méiguiHSK 5rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵)
- rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵)
- rose flower (CL:朵)
媒体méitǐHSK 5media, esp. news media
- media, esp. news media
美术měishùHSK 5art
- art
- fine arts
- painting
- CL:种
美味měiwèiHSK 5delicious
- delicious
- delicious food
- delicacy
魅力mèilìHSK 5charm
- charm
- fascination
- glamor
- charisma
门诊ménzhěnHSK 5outpatient service
- outpatient service
迷míHSK 5to bewilder
- to bewilder
- crazy about
- fan
- enthusiast
- lost
- confused
迷路mílùHSK 5to lose the way
- to lose the way
- lost
- labyrinth
- labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
秘密mìmìHSK 5secret
- secret
- private
- confidential
- clandestine
- a secret
秘书mìshūHSK 5secretary
- secretary
密切mìqièHSK 5close
- close
- intimate
- to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
- closely
- intently
- carefully
- (math.) to osculate
面积miànjīHSK 5area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
- area (of a floor, piece of land etc)
- surface area
- tract of land
面临miànlínHSK 5to face sth
- to face sth
- to be confronted with
面向miànxiàngHSK 5to face
- to face
- to turn towards
- geared towards
- catering for
- -oriented
- (Tw) aspect
- facet
描述miáoshùHSK 5to describe
- to describe
- description
敏感mǐngǎnHSK 5sensitive
- sensitive
- susceptible
名称míngchēngHSK 5name (of a thing)
- name (of a thing)
- name (of an organization)
名牌míngpáiHSK 5famous brand
- famous brand
- nameplate
- name tag
名片míngpiànHSK 5(business) card
- (business) card
明确míngquèHSK 5clear-cut
- clear-cut
- definite
- explicit
- to clarify
- to specify
- to make definite
明显míngxiǎnHSK 5clear
- clear
- distinct
- obvious
明星míngxīngHSK 5star
- star
- celebrity
命mìngHSK 5life
- life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc
命运mìngyùnHSK 5fate
- fate
- destiny
摸mōHSK 5to feel with the hand
- to feel with the hand
- to touch
- to stroke
- to grope
- to steal
- to abstract
- variant of 摹
模糊móhuHSK 5vague
- vague
- indistinct
- fuzzy
- to blur
- to obscure
- to confuse
- to mix up
模式móshìHSK 5mode
- mode
- pattern
- model
陌生mòshēngHSK 5strange
- strange
- unfamiliar
某mǒuHSK 5some
- some
- a certain
- sb or sth indefinite
- such-and-such
木头mùtouHSK 5wood
- wood
- log (CL:块,根)
- (fig.) blockhead
- dolt
目光mùguāngHSK 5gaze
- gaze
- (fig.) attention
- expression in one's eyes
- look
- (lit. and fig.) sight
- vision
哪怕nǎpàHSK 5even
- even
- even if
- even though
- no matter how
男子nánzǐHSK 5a man
- a man
- a male
难得nándéHSK 5seldom
- seldom
- rare
- hard to come by
难度nándùHSK 5degree of difficulty
- degree of difficulty
难以nányǐHSK 5hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
闹nàoHSK 5noisy
- noisy
- cacophonous
- to make noise
- to disturb
- to vent (feelings)
- to fall ill
- to have an attack (of sickness)
- to go in (for some activity)
- to joke
- variant of 闹
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.