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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发挥fāhuīHSK 5

to display

to display
to exhibit
to bring out implicit or innate qualities
to express (a thought or moral)
to develop (an idea)
to elaborate (on a theme)

发明fāmíngHSK 5

to invent

to invent
an invention
CL:个

发票fāpiàoHSK 5

invoice

invoice
receipt
bill
uniform invoice (abbr. for 统一发票)

发言fāyánHSK 5

to make a speech

to make a speech
statement
utterance
CL:个

罚款fákuǎnHSK 5

to fine

to fine
penalty
fine (monetary)

法院fǎyuànHSK 5

court of law

court of law
court

翻fānHSK 5

to turn over

to turn over
to flip over
to overturn
to rummage through
to translate
to decode
to double
to climb over or into
to cross

凡是fánshìHSK 5

each and every

each and every
every
all
any

繁荣fánróngHSK 5

prosperous

prosperous
booming

反而fǎnérHSK 5

on the contrary

on the contrary
instead

反复fǎnfùHSK 5

variant of 反复

variant of 反复

反应fǎnyìngHSK 5

to react

to react
to respond
reaction
response
reply
chemical reaction
CL:个

反正fǎnzhèngHSK 5

anyway

anyway
in any case
to come over from the enemy's side

方fāngHSK 5

surname Fang

surname Fang

方案fāngànHSK 5

plan

plan
program (for action etc)
proposal
proposed bill
CL:个,套

方式fāngshìHSK 5

way

way
method
manner
mode
pattern (of behavior etc)
CL:种

妨碍fángàiHSK 5

to hinder

to hinder
to obstruct

房东fángdōngHSK 5

landlord

landlord

仿佛fǎngfúHSK 5

to seem

to seem
as if
seemingly
alike
similar

放松fàngsōngHSK 5

to relax

to relax
to slacken
to loosen

非fēiHSK 5

abbr. for 非洲, Africa

abbr. for 非洲, Africa

肥皂féizàoHSK 5

soap

soap
CL:块,条

废话fèihuàHSK 5

nonsense

nonsense
rubbish
superfluous words
You don't say!
No kidding! (gently sarcastic)

肺fèiHSK 5

lung

lung
CL:个

费用fèiyòngHSK 5

cost

cost
expenditure
expense
CL:笔,个

分别fēnbiéHSK 5

to part

to part
to leave each other
to distinguish
to tell apart
difference
distinction
in different ways
differently
separately
individually

分布fēnbùHSK 5

to scatter

to scatter
to distribute
to be distributed (over an area etc)
(statistical, geographic) distribution

分配fēnpèiHSK 5

to distribute

to distribute
to assign
to allocate
to partition (a hard drive)

分析fēnxīHSK 5

to analyze

to analyze
analysis
CL:个

纷纷fēnfēnHSK 5

one after another

one after another
in succession
one by one
continuously
diverse
in profusion
numerous and confused
pell-mell

奋斗fèndòuHSK 5

to strive

to strive
to struggle

愤怒fènnùHSK 5

angry

angry
indignant
wrath
ire

风格fēnggéHSK 5

style

style

风俗fēngsúHSK 5

social custom

social custom
CL:个

风险fēngxiǎnHSK 5

risk

risk
hazard

疯狂fēngkuángHSK 5

crazy

crazy
frenzied
wild

讽刺fěngcìHSK 5

to satirize

to satirize
to mock
irony
satire
sarcasm

否定fǒudìngHSK 5

to negate

to negate
to deny
to reject
negative (answer)
negation

否认fǒurènHSK 5

to declare to be untrue

to declare to be untrue
to deny

扶fúHSK 5

to support with the hand

to support with the hand
to help sb up
to support oneself by holding onto something
to help

服从fúcóngHSK 5

to obey (an order)

to obey (an order)
to comply
to defer

服装fúzhuāngHSK 5

dress

dress
clothing
costume
clothes
CL:身

幅fúHSK 5

width

width
roll
classifier for textiles or pictures

辅导fǔdǎoHSK 5

to give guidance

to give guidance
to mentor
to counsel
to coach
to tutor

付款fùkuǎnHSK 5

to pay a sum of money

to pay a sum of money
payment

妇女fùnu:3HSK 5

woman

woman

复制fùzhìHSK 5

to duplicate

to duplicate
to make a copy of
to copy
to reproduce
to clone

改革gǎigéHSK 5

reform

reform
CL:次,种,项
to reform

改进gǎijìnHSK 5

to improve

to improve
to make better
improvement
CL:个

改善gǎishànHSK 5

to make better

to make better
to improve
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

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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

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