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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辞职cízhíHSK 5

to resign

to resign

磁带cídàiHSK 5

magnetic tape

magnetic tape
CL:盘,盒

此外cǐwàiHSK 5

besides

besides
in addition
moreover
furthermore

次要cìyàoHSK 5

secondary

secondary

刺激cìjīHSK 5

to provoke

to provoke
to irritate
to upset
to stimulate
to excite
irritant

匆忙cōngmángHSK 5

hasty

hasty
hurried

从此cóngcǐHSK 5

from now on

from now on
since then
henceforth

从而cóngérHSK 5

thus

thus
thereby

从前cóngqiánHSK 5

previously

previously
formerly
once upon a time

从事cóngshìHSK 5

to go for

to go for
to engage in
to undertake
to deal with
to handle
to do

促进cùjìnHSK 5

to promote (an idea or cause)

to promote (an idea or cause)
to advance
boost

促使cùshǐHSK 5

to prompt

to prompt
to induce
to spur

醋cùHSK 5

vinegar

vinegar
jealousy (in love rivalry)

催cuīHSK 5

to urge

to urge
to press
to prompt
to rush sb
to hasten sth
to expedite

存cúnHSK 5

to exist

to exist
to deposit
to store
to keep
to survive

存在cúnzàiHSK 5

to exist

to exist
to be
existence

措施cuòshīHSK 5

measure

measure
step
CL:个

错误cuòwùHSK 5

mistaken

mistaken
false
wrong
error
mistake
CL:个

达到dádàoHSK 5

to reach

to reach
to achieve
to attain

答应dāyingHSK 5

to answer

to answer
to respond
to answer positively
to agree
to accept
to promise

打工dǎgōngHSK 5

to work a temporary or casual job

to work a temporary or casual job
(of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation

打交道dǎjiāodàoHSK 5

to come into contact with

to come into contact with
to have dealings

打喷嚏dǎpēntìHSK 5

to sneeze

to sneeze

打听dǎtingHSK 5

to ask about

to ask about
to make some inquiries
to ask around

打招呼dǎzhāohuHSK 5

to greet sb by word or action

to greet sb by word or action
to give prior notice

大方dàfāngHSK 5

see 大方县

see 大方县

大象dàxiàngHSK 5

elephant

elephant
CL:头

大型dàxíngHSK 5

large

large
large-scale

呆dāiHSK 5

foolish

foolish
stupid
expressionless
blank
variant of 待

待遇dàiyùHSK 5

treatment

treatment
pay
salary
status
rank

贷款dàikuǎnHSK 5

a loan

a loan
CL:笔
to provide a loan (e.g. bank)
to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)

单纯dānchúnHSK 5

simple

simple
pure
unsophisticated
merely
purely

单调dāndiàoHSK 5

monotonous

monotonous

单独dāndúHSK 5

alone

alone
by oneself
on one's own

单位dānwèiHSK 5

unit (of measure)

unit (of measure)
unit (group of people as a whole)
work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
CL:个

单元dānyuánHSK 5

unit (forming an entity)

unit (forming an entity)
element
(in a residential building) entrance or staircase

担任dānrènHSK 5

to hold a governmental office or post

to hold a governmental office or post
to assume office of
to take charge of
to serve as

耽误dānwuHSK 5

to delay

to delay
to hold up
to waste time
to interfere with

胆小鬼dǎnxiǎoguǐHSK 5

coward

coward

淡dànHSK 5

insipid

insipid
diluted
weak
mild
light in color
tasteless
indifferent
(variant of 氮) nitrogen

当代dāngdàiHSK 5

the present age

the present age
the contemporary era

挡dǎngHSK 5

to resist

to resist
to obstruct
to hinder
to keep off
to block (a blow)
to get in the way of
cover
gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

导演dǎoyǎnHSK 5

to direct

to direct
director (film etc)

导致dǎozhìHSK 5

to lead to

to lead to
to create
to cause
to bring about

岛dǎoHSK 5

variant of 岛

variant of 岛

到达dàodáHSK 5

to reach

to reach
to arrive

倒dǎoHSK 5

to fall

to fall
to collapse
to lie horizontally
to fail
to go bankrupt
to overthrow
to change (trains or buses)
to move around
to resell at a profit

倒霉dǎoméiHSK 5

to have bad luck

to have bad luck
to be out of luck

道德dàodéHSK 5

virtue

virtue
morality
ethics
CL:种

道理dàoliHSK 5

reason

reason
argument
sense
principle
basis
justification
CL:个

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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

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.

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