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.
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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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卧室wòshìHSK 5bedroom
- bedroom
- CL:间
握wòHSK 5to hold
- to hold
- to grasp
- to clench (one's fist)
- (bound form) to have in one's control
- classifier: a handful
握手wòshǒuHSK 5to shake hands
- to shake hands
无关wúguānHSK 5unrelated
- unrelated
- having nothing to do (with sth else)
无奈wúnàiHSK 5to have no alternative
- to have no alternative
- frustrated
- exasperated
- helpless
- (conjunction) but unfortunately
无数wúshùHSK 5countless
- countless
- numberless
- innumerable
无限wúxiànHSK 5unlimited
- unlimited
- unbounded
无效wúxiàoHSK 5not valid
- not valid
- ineffective
- in vain
五颜六色wǔyán-liùsèHSK 5multicolored
- multicolored
- every color under the sun
武术wǔshùHSK 5military skill or technique (in former times)
- military skill or technique (in former times)
- all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)
- self-defense
- tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage)
- also called kungfu 功夫
- CL:种
舞蹈wǔdǎoHSK 5dance (performance art)
- dance (performance art)
- dancing
舞台wǔtáiHSK 5(lit. and fig.) stage
- (lit. and fig.) stage
- arena
物价wùjiàHSK 5(commodity) prices
- (commodity) prices
- CL:个
物理wùlǐHSK 5physics
- physics
- physical
- relating to the material world
物品wùpǐnHSK 5articles
- articles
- goods
物业wùyèHSK 5property
- property
- real estate
- abbr. for 物业管理, property management
物质wùzhìHSK 5matter
- matter
- substance
- material
- materialistic
- CL:个
雾wùHSK 5fog
- fog
- mist
- CL:场,阵
吸管xīguǎnHSK 5(drinking) straw
- (drinking) straw
- pipette
- eyedropper
- snorkel
- CL:支
吸收xīshōuHSK 5to absorb
- to absorb
- to assimilate
- to ingest
- to recruit
西餐xīcānHSK 5Western-style food
- Western-style food
- CL:份,顿
西装xīzhuāngHSK 5suit
- suit
- Western-style clothes
- CL:套
戏xìHSK 5trick
- trick
- drama
- play
- show
- CL:出,场,台
- variant of 戏
戏剧xìjùHSK 5a drama
- a drama
- a play
- theater
- script of a play
系jì / xìHSK 5to connect
- to connect
- to relate to
- to tie up
- to bind
- to be (literary)
- system
- department
- faculty
- to connect
- to arrest
- to worry
- to tie
- to fasten
- to button up
系统xìtǒngHSK 5system
- system
- CL:个
细节xìjiéHSK 5details
- details
- particulars
下载xiàzàiHSK 5to download
- to download
- also pr.
先后xiānhòuHSK 5early or late
- early or late
- first and last
- priority
- in succession
- one after another
先进xiānjìnHSK 5sophisticated
- sophisticated
- advanced (technology etc)
- meritorious
- exemplary (deeds etc)
闲xiánHSK 5enclosure
- enclosure
- (variant of 闲) idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
- idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
显得xiǎndeHSK 5to seem
- to seem
- to look
- to appear
显然xiǎnránHSK 5clearly
- clearly
- evidently
- obviously
显示xiǎnshìHSK 5to show
- to show
- to illustrate
- to display
- to demonstrate
县xiànHSK 5county
- county
- (Japan) prefecture
现场xiànchǎngHSK 5the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
- the scene (of a crime, accident etc)
- (on) the spot
- (at) the site
现代xiàndàiHSK 5modern times
- modern times
- modern age
- modern era
现代化xiàndàihuàHSK 5modernization
- modernization
- CL:个
现实xiànshíHSK 5reality
- reality
- actuality
- real
- actual
- realistic
- pragmatic
- materialistic
- self-interested
现象xiànxiàngHSK 5phenomenon
- phenomenon
- CL:个,种
- appearance
现状xiànzhuàngHSK 5current situation
- current situation
线路xiànlùHSK 5(electricity) line
- (electricity) line
- circuit
- wire
- (traffic) road
- track
- route
限制xiànzhìHSK 5to restrict
- to restrict
- to limit
- to confine
- restriction
- limit
- CL:个
乡xiāngHSK 5country or countryside
- country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)
乡村xiāngcūnHSK 5rustic
- rustic
- village
- countryside
相册xiàngcèHSK 5photo album
- photo album
相处xiāngchǔHSK 5to be in contact (with sb)
- to be in contact (with sb)
- to associate
- to interact
- to get along (well, poorly)
相当xiāngdāngHSK 5equivalent to
- equivalent to
- appropriate
- considerably
- to a certain extent
- fairly
- quite
相对xiāngduìHSK 5relatively
- relatively
- opposite
- to resist
- to oppose
- relative
- vis-a-vis
- counterpart
相关xiāngguānHSK 5related
- related
- relevant
- pertinent
- to be interrelated
- (statistics) correlation
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
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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.