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.

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病毒bìngdúHSK 5

virus

virus

玻璃bōliHSK 5

glass

glass
CL:张,块
(slang) male homosexual

脖子bóziHSK 5

neck

neck
CL:个

博物馆bówùguǎnHSK 5

museum

museum

补充bǔchōngHSK 5

to replenish

to replenish
to supplement
to complement
additional
supplementary
CL:个

不安bùānHSK 5

unpeaceful

unpeaceful
unstable
uneasy
disturbed
restless
worried

不必bùbìHSK 5

need not

need not
does not have to
not necessarily

不得了bùdéliǎoHSK 5

desperately serious

desperately serious
disastrous
extremely
exceedingly

不断bùduànHSK 5

unceasing

unceasing
uninterrupted
continuous
constant

不好意思bùhǎoyìsiHSK 5

to feel embarrassed

to feel embarrassed
to find it embarrassing
to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

不见得bùjiàndeHSK 5

not necessarily

not necessarily
not likely

不免bùmiǎnHSK 5

inevitably

inevitably

不耐烦bùnàifánHSK 5

impatient

impatient
to lose patience

不然bùránHSK 5

not so

not so
no
or else
otherwise
if not
How about ...?

不如bùrúHSK 5

not equal to

not equal to
not as good as
inferior to
it would be better to

不要紧bùyàojǐnHSK 5

unimportant

unimportant
not serious
it doesn't matter
never mind
it looks all right, but

不足bùzúHSK 5

insufficient

insufficient
lacking
deficiency
not enough
inadequate
not worth
cannot
should not

布bùHSK 5

to announce

to announce
to spread
variant of 布

步骤bùzhòuHSK 5

procedure

procedure
step

部门bùménHSK 5

department

department
branch
section
division
CL:个

财产cáichǎnHSK 5

property

property
assets
estate
CL:笔

采访cǎifǎngHSK 5

to interview

to interview
to gather news
to hunt for and collect
to cover

采取cǎiqǔHSK 5

to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)

to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
to take

彩虹cǎihóngHSK 5

rainbow

rainbow
CL:道

踩cǎiHSK 5

variant of 踩

variant of 踩

参考cānkǎoHSK 5

consultation

consultation
reference
to consult
to refer

参与cānyùHSK 5

to participate (in sth)

to participate (in sth)

餐厅cāntīngHSK 5

dining hall

dining hall
dining room
restaurant
CL:间,家

残疾cánjíHSK 5

disabled

disabled
handicapped
deformity on a person or animal

惭愧cánkuìHSK 5

ashamed

ashamed

操场cāochǎngHSK 5

playground

playground
sports field
drill ground
CL:个

操心cāoxīnHSK 5

to worry about

to worry about

册cèHSK 5

book

book
booklet
classifier for books

厕所cèsuǒHSK 5

toilet

toilet
lavatory
CL:间,处

测验cèyànHSK 5

test

test
to test
CL:次,个

曾经céngjīngHSK 5

once

once
already
former
previously
ever
(past tense marker used before verb or clause)

叉子chāziHSK 5

fork

fork
CL:把

插chāHSK 5

to insert

to insert
stick in
pierce
to take part in
to interfere
to interpose

差别chābiéHSK 5

difference

difference
distinction
disparity

拆chāiHSK 5

to tear open

to tear open
to tear down
to tear apart
to open

产品chǎnpǐnHSK 5

goods

goods
merchandise
product
CL:个

产生chǎnshēngHSK 5

to arise

to arise
to come into being
to come about
to give rise to
to bring into being
to bring about
to produce
to engender
to generate

常识chángshíHSK 5

common sense

common sense
general knowledge
CL:门

抄chāoHSK 5

to make a copy

to make a copy
to plagiarize
to search and seize
to raid
to grab
to go off with
to take a shortcut
to make a turning move
to fold one's arms

朝cháoHSK 5

abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea

abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea

朝代cháodàiHSK 5

dynasty

dynasty
reign (of a king)

吵架chǎojiàHSK 5

to quarrel

to quarrel
to have a row
quarrel
CL:顿

炒chǎoHSK 5

to sauté

to sauté
to stir-fry
to speculate (in real estate etc)
to scalp
to hype up
to sack
to fire (sb)

车库chēkùHSK 5

garage

garage

车厢chēxiāngHSK 5

carriage

carriage
CL:节

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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

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Look a word up only after you have heard it

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Come back to this list monthly

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