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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由此yóu cǐHSK 5hereby
- hereby
- from this
犹豫yóuyùHSK 5to hesitate
- to hesitate
邮寄yóujìHSK 5to mail
- to mail
- to send by post
邮局yóujúHSK 5post office
- post office
- CL:家,个
邮票yóupiàoHSK 5(postage) stamp
- (postage) stamp
- CL:枚,张
油条yóutiáoHSK 5youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
- youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
- CL:根
- slick and sly person
游览yóulǎnHSK 5to go sightseeing
- to go sightseeing
- to tour
- to visit
- CL:次
有害yǒu hàiHSK 5destructive
- destructive
- harmful
- damaging
有力yǒulìHSK 5powerful
- powerful
- forceful
- vigorous
有利yǒulìHSK 5advantageous
- advantageous
- favorable
有限yǒuxiànHSK 5limited
- limited
- finite
有益yǒuyìHSK 5useful
- useful
- beneficial
- profitable
有助于yǒuzhùyúHSK 5to contribute to
- to contribute to
- to promote
幼儿园yòu’éryuánHSK 5kindergarten
- kindergarten
- nursery school
娱乐yúlèHSK 5to entertain
- to entertain
- to amuse
- entertainment
- recreation
- amusement
- hobby
- fun
- joy
雨水yǔshuǐHSK 5rainwater
- rainwater
- rainfall
- rain
语气yǔqìHSK 5tone
- tone
- manner of speaking
- mood
- CL:个
语文yǔwénHSK 5literature and language
- literature and language
- (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
语音yǔyīnHSK 5speech sounds
- speech sounds
- pronunciation
- colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
- phonetic
- audio
- voice
- (Internet) to voice chat
- voice message
玉米yùmǐHSK 5corn
- corn
- maize
- CL:粒
预报yùbàoHSK 5forecast
- forecast
预测yùcèHSK 5to forecast
- to forecast
- to predict
预订yùdìngHSK 5to place an order
- to place an order
- to book ahead
预防yùfángHSK 5to prevent
- to prevent
- to take precautions against
- to protect
- to guard against
- precautionary
- prophylactic
预计yùjìHSK 5to forecast
- to forecast
- to predict
- to estimate
预约yùyuēHSK 5booking
- booking
- reservation
- to book
- to make an appointment
元旦YuándànHSK 5New Year's Day
- New Year's Day
员工yuángōngHSK 5staff
- staff
- personnel
- employee
原yuánHSK 5former
- former
- original
- primary
- raw
- level
- cause
- source
- surname Yuan
- (Japanese surname) Hara
原有yuán yǒuHSK 5original
- original
- former
原则yuánzéHSK 5principle
- principle
- doctrine
- CL:个
圆yuánHSK 5circle
- circle
- round
- circular
- spherical
- (of the moon) full
- unit of Chinese currency (yuan)
- tactful
- to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
愿yuànHSK 5honest and prudent
- honest and prudent
- (bound form) wish
- hope
- desire
- to be willing
- to wish (that sth may happen)
- may ...
- vow
- pledge
- variant of 愿
愿望yuànwàngHSK 5desire
- desire
- wish
约定yuēdìngHSK 5to agree on sth (after discussion)
- to agree on sth (after discussion)
- to conclude a bargain
- to arrange
- to promise
- to stipulate
- to make an appointment
- stipulated (time, amount, quality etc)
- an arrangement
- a deal
- appointment
- undertaking
- commitment
- understanding
- engagement
- stipulation
运yùnHSK 5to move
- to move
- to transport
- to use
- to apply
- fortune
- luck
- fate
运费yùnfèiHSK 5freight fee
- freight fee
运气yùnqiHSK 5luck (good or bad)
- luck (good or bad)
运输yùnshūHSK 5to transport
- to transport
- to carry
- transportation
运用yùnyòngHSK 5to use
- to use
- to put to use
在场zàichǎngHSK 5to be present
- to be present
- to be on the scene
在乎zàihuHSK 5to rest with
- to rest with
- to lie in
- to be due to (a certain attribute)
- (often used in the negative) to care about
在内zàinèiHSK 5(included) in it
- (included) in it
- among them
在线zàixiànHSK 5online
- online
- connected to the Internet
- (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused
- engaged
- (of skills, performance etc) sharp
- on point
- functioning at a high level
在于zàiyúHSK 5to rest with
- to rest with
- to lie in
- to be due to (a certain attribute)
- (of a matter) to be determined by
- to be up to (sb)
赞成zànchéngHSK 5to approve
- to approve
- to endorse
- (literary) to assist
糟zāoHSK 5dregs
- dregs
- draff
- pickled in wine
- rotten
- messy
- ruined
糟糕zāogāoHSK 5too bad
- too bad
- how terrible
- what bad luck
- terrible
- bad
早期zǎoqīHSK 5early period
- early period
- early phase
- early stage
早晚zǎowǎnHSK 5morning and evening
- morning and evening
- (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later
- one of these days
- (coll.) (this, or that) point of time
- (dialect) at some time in the future
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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HSK 3–4 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.