HSK 6 Vocabulary

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 HongNative Mandarin speakerUpdated September 2026

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天上掉快递：亚马逊无人机让得州小城居民受不了

Boxes Falling From the Sky: Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Driving a Texas Suburb Up the Wall

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HSK 6 word list

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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 5–6 Chinese listening episodes

Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time, Deploys 26 Starlink Satellites — Then Comes Home Early

HSK 5-6

火箭

huǒjiàn

Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time, Deploys 26 Starlink Satellites — Then Comes Home Early

Giant Pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang Land in Atlanta as Panda Diplomacy Returns

HSK 5-6

熊猫

xióngmāo

Giant Pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang Land in Atlanta as Panda Diplomacy Returns

Boxes Falling From the Sky: Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Driving a Texas Suburb Up the Wall

HSK 5-6

无人机

wúrénjī

Boxes Falling From the Sky: Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Driving a Texas Suburb Up the Wall

Fake Honey, Fake Camel Milk, Diet Sweets and 'Ghost Takeout': China's Top Court Publishes Typical Online Food-Safety Crimes

HSK 5-6

蜂蜜

fēngmì

Fake Honey, Fake Camel Milk, Diet Sweets and 'Ghost Takeout': China's Top Court Publishes Typical Online Food-Safety Crimes

Opened at 11, Half a Million Fans: How TikTok Shop Turned a Small-Town British Fidget-Toy Shop Into a Hit

HSK 5-6

玩具

wánjù

Opened at 11, Half a Million Fans: How TikTok Shop Turned a Small-Town British Fidget-Toy Shop Into a Hit

$10,000 for Every Household If the Data Center Gets Built: Why a Pennsylvania Township Isn't Buying It

HSK 5-6

数据中心

shùjù zhōngxīn

$10,000 for Every Household If the Data Center Gets Built: Why a Pennsylvania Township Isn't Buying It

Selling Alcohol Is So Hard in Northern Ireland That Lidl Opened a Pub Inside Its Supermarket

HSK 5-6

酒吧

jiǔbā

Selling Alcohol Is So Hard in Northern Ireland That Lidl Opened a Pub Inside Its Supermarket

Belgium's 'Aerobullet' Remco Evenepoel Won a Fourth Straight Time-Trial World Title — Then Finished 12th in the Road Race

HSK 5-6

自行车

zìxíngchē

Belgium's 'Aerobullet' Remco Evenepoel Won a Fourth Straight Time-Trial World Title — Then Finished 12th in the Road Race

The Real 'League of Their Own' Players Are in Their 90s — and Girls' Baseball Is Finally Booming

HSK 5-6

棒球

bàngqiú

The Real 'League of Their Own' Players Are in Their 90s — and Girls' Baseball Is Finally Booming

Pickleball Is Taking Off in China: 8 Million Regular Players and 1,000 Tournaments a Year

HSK 5-6

匹克球

pǐkèqiú

Pickleball Is Taking Off in China: 8 Million Regular Players and 1,000 Tournaments a Year

Liu Huan, Who Sang the 2008 Beijing Olympics Theme 'You and Me,' Dies at 63

HSK 5-6

刘欢

Liú Huān

Liu Huan, Who Sang the 2008 Beijing Olympics Theme 'You and Me,' Dies at 63

Xi's First Washington Visit in 11 Years: Pageantry, a Pair of Pandas and a Two-Month Trade Truce

HSK 5-6

白宫

Báigōng

Xi's First Washington Visit in 11 Years: Pageantry, a Pair of Pandas and a Two-Month Trade Truce

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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.