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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区域qūyùHSK 5area
- area
- region
- district
趋势qūshìHSK 5trend
- trend
- tendency
去世qùshìHSK 5to pass away
- to pass away
- to die
全力quánlìHSK 5with all one's strength
- with all one's strength
- full strength
- all-out (effort)
- fully (support)
全面quánmiànHSK 5all-around
- all-around
- comprehensive
- total
- overall
全体quántǐHSK 5all
- all
- entire
全新quánxīnHSK 5all new
- all new
- completely new
权quánHSK 5authority
- authority
- power
- right
- (literary) to weigh
- expedient
- temporary
- surname Quan
权利quánlìHSK 5right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
- right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
- (classical) power and wealth
劝quànHSK 5to advise
- to advise
- to urge
- to try to persuade
- to exhort
- to console
- to soothe
缺乏quēfáHSK 5to lack
- to lack
- to be short of
确保quèbǎoHSK 5to ensure
- to ensure
- to guarantee
确定quèdìngHSK 5definite
- definite
- certain
- fixed
- to fix (on sth)
- to determine
- to be sure
- to ensure
- to make certain
- to ascertain
- to clinch
- to recognize
- to confirm
- OK (on computer dialog box)
确认quèrènHSK 5to confirm
- to confirm
- to verify
- confirmation
群qúnHSK 5group
- group
- crowd
- flock, herd, pack etc
- variant of 群
群体qúntǐHSK 5community
- community
- colony
燃烧ránshāoHSK 5to ignite
- to ignite
- to combust
- to burn
- combustion
- flaming
绕ràoHSK 5to wind
- to wind
- to coil (thread)
- to rotate around
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
- to confuse
- to perplex
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
- variant of 绕, to rotate around
热爱rè’àiHSK 5to love ardently
- to love ardently
- to adore
热量rèliàngHSK 5heat
- heat
- quantity of heat
- calorific value
热烈rèlièHSK 5enthusiastic
- enthusiastic
- ardent
- warm
热心rèxīnHSK 5enthusiastic
- enthusiastic
- ardent
- zealous
人才réncáiHSK 5talent
- talent
- talented person
- looks
- attractive looks
人工réngōngHSK 5artificial
- artificial
- manpower
- manual work
人际rénjìHSK 5human relationships
- human relationships
- interpersonal
人口rénkǒuHSK 5population
- population
- people
人类rénlèiHSK 5humanity
- humanity
- human race
- mankind
人力rénlìHSK 5manpower
- manpower
- labor power
人民rénmínHSK 5the people
- the people
人民币rénmínbìHSK 5Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
- Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
人群rénqúnHSK 5crowd
- crowd
人体réntǐHSK 5human body
- human body
人物rénwùHSK 5person
- person
- personage
- figure (esp. sb of importance)
- character (in a play, novel etc)
- (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
忍rěnHSK 5to bear
- to bear
- to endure
- to tolerate
- to restrain oneself
认rènHSK 5to recognize
- to recognize
- to know
- to admit
日历rìlìHSK 5calendar
- calendar
- CL:张,本
日用品rìyòngpǐnHSK 5articles for daily use
- articles for daily use
- CL:件
如rúHSK 5as
- as
- as if
- such as
如此rúcǐHSK 5like this
- like this
- so
- such
如何rúhéHSK 5how
- how
- what way
- what
如今rújīnHSK 5nowadays
- nowadays
- now
如同rútóngHSK 5like
- like
- as
如下rúxiàHSK 5as follows
- as follows
软ruǎnHSK 5soft
- soft
- flexible
- variant of 软
软件ruǎnjiànHSK 5software
- software
弱ruòHSK 5weak
- weak
- feeble
- young
- inferior
- not as good as
- (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
洒sǎHSK 5to sprinkle
- to sprinkle
- to spray
- to spill
- to shed
赛场sàichǎngHSK 5racetrack
- racetrack
- field (for athletics competition)
色彩sècǎiHSK 5tint
- tint
- coloring
- coloration
- (fig.) flavor
- character
沙漠shāmòHSK 5desert
- desert
- CL:个
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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HSK 5–6 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.