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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彻底chèdǐHSK 5

thorough

thorough
thoroughly
complete

沉默chénmòHSK 5

taciturn

taciturn
uncommunicative
silent

趁chènHSK 5

to avail oneself of

to avail oneself of
to take advantage of

称呼chēnghuHSK 5

to call

to call
to address as
form of address
appellation

称赞chēngzànHSK 5

to praise

to praise
to commend
to compliment

成分chéngfènHSK 5

composition

composition
ingredient
element
component
one's social status

成果chéngguǒHSK 5

result

result
achievement
gain
profit
CL:个

成就chéngjiùHSK 5

accomplishment

accomplishment
success
achievement
CL:个
to achieve (a result)
to create
to bring about

成立chénglìHSK 5

to establish

to establish
to set up
to be tenable
to hold water

成语chéngyǔHSK 5

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
idiom
proverb
saying
adage
CL:条,本,句

成长chéngzhǎngHSK 5

to mature

to mature
to grow
growth

承担chéngdānHSK 5

to undertake

to undertake
to assume (responsibility etc)

承认chéngrènHSK 5

to admit

to admit
to concede
to recognize
recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
to acknowledge

承受chéngshòuHSK 5

to bear

to bear
to support
to inherit

诚恳chéngkěnHSK 5

sincere

sincere
honest
cordial

乘chéngHSK 5

surname Cheng

surname Cheng

程度chéngdùHSK 5

degree

degree
level
extent

程序chéngxùHSK 5

procedures

procedures
sequence
order
computer program

吃亏chīkuīHSK 5

to suffer losses

to suffer losses
to come to grief
to lose out
to get the worst of it
to be at a disadvantage
unfortunately

池子chíziHSK 5

pond

pond
bathhouse pool
dance floor of a ballroom
(old) stalls (front rows in a theater)

持续chíxùHSK 5

to continue

to continue
to persist
to last
sustainable
preservation

尺子chǐziHSK 5

ruler (measuring instrument)

ruler (measuring instrument)
CL:把

翅膀chìbǎngHSK 5

wing

wing
CL:只,对

充电器chōngdiànqìHSK 5

battery charger

battery charger

充分chōngfènHSK 5

ample

ample
sufficient
adequate
full
fully
to the full

充满chōngmǎnHSK 5

full of

full of
brimming with
very full
permeated

冲chōngHSK 5

(of water) to dash against

(of water) to dash against
to mix with water
to infuse
to rinse
to flush
to develop (a film)
to rise in the air
to clash
to collide with

宠物chǒngwùHSK 5

house pet

house pet

抽屉chōutiHSK 5

drawer

drawer

抽象chōuxiàngHSK 5

abstract

abstract
abstraction
CL:种

丑chǒuHSK 5

surname Chou

surname Chou

臭chòuHSK 5

stench

stench
smelly
to smell (bad)
repulsive
loathsome
terrible
bad
severely
ruthlessly
dud (ammunition)

出版chūbǎnHSK 5

to publish

to publish

出口chūkǒuHSK 5

an exit

an exit
CL:个
to speak
to export
(of a ship) to leave port

出色chūsèHSK 5

remarkable

remarkable
outstanding

出席chūxíHSK 5

to attend

to attend
to participate
present

初级chūjíHSK 5

junior

junior
primary

除chúHSK 5

to get rid of

to get rid of
to remove
to exclude
to eliminate
to wipe out
to divide
except
not including

除非chúfēiHSK 5

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
only when
only in the case that
unless

除夕chúxīHSK 5

lunar New Year's Eve

lunar New Year's Eve

处理chǔlǐHSK 5

to handle

to handle
to deal with
to punish
to treat sth by a special process
to process
to sell at reduced prices

传播chuánbōHSK 5

to disseminate

to disseminate
to propagate
to spread

传递chuándìHSK 5

to transmit

to transmit
to pass on to sb else
(math.) transitive

传染chuánrǎnHSK 5

to infect

to infect
contagious

传说chuánshuōHSK 5

legend

legend
folk tale
to repeat from mouth to mouth
they say that...

传统chuántǒngHSK 5

tradition

tradition
traditional
convention
conventional
CL:个

Character breakdown, usage notes and examples →

窗帘chuāngliánHSK 5

window curtains

window curtains

闯chuǎngHSK 5

to rush

to rush
to charge
to dash
to break through
to temper oneself (through battling hardships)

创造chuàngzàoHSK 5

to create

to create
to bring about
to produce
to set (a record)

吹chuīHSK 5

to blow

to blow
to play a wind instrument
to blast
to puff
to boast
to brag
to end in failure
to fall through

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How to actually learn HSK 6 vocabulary

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Read the list once, do not memorise it

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Listen at your level daily

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Look a word up only after you have heard it

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