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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证书zhèngshūHSK 5credentials
- credentials
- certificate
政府zhèngfǔHSK 5government
- government
- CL:个
政治zhèngzhìHSK 5politics
- politics
- political
支zhīHSK 5to support
- to support
- to sustain
- to erect
- to raise
- branch
- division
- to draw money
- classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- surname Zhi
知名zhīmíngHSK 5well-known
- well-known
- famous
执行zhíxíngHSK 5to implement
- to implement
- to carry out
- to execute
- to run
直zhíHSK 5straight
- straight
- to straighten
- fair and reasonable
- frank
- straightforward
- (indicates continuing motion or action)
- vertical
- vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- surname Zhi
- Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God
直播zhíbōHSK 5(TV, radio) to broadcast live
- (TV, radio) to broadcast live
- live broadcast
- (Internet) to livestream
- (agriculture) direct seeding
职场zhíchǎngHSK 5workplace
- workplace
- workforce (of a nation or industry etc)
- job market
职工zhígōngHSK 5employee
- employee
- staff member
- worker
止zhǐHSK 5to stop
- to stop
- to prohibit
- until
- only
指导zhǐdǎoHSK 5to guide
- to guide
- to direct
- to instruct
- coach
- trainer
至zhìHSK 5to arrive
- to arrive
- most
- to
- until
至今zhìjīnHSK 5so far
- so far
- to this day
- until now
志愿者zhìyuànzhěHSK 5volunteer
- volunteer
制订zhìdìngHSK 5to work out
- to work out
- to formulate
制定zhìdìngHSK 5to draw up
- to draw up
- to formulate
制度zhìdùHSK 5system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
- institution
- CL:个
制造zhìzàoHSK 5to manufacture
- to manufacture
- to make
制作zhìzuòHSK 5to make
- to make
- to manufacture
治zhìHSK 5to rule
- to rule
- to govern
- to manage
- to control
- to harness (a river)
- to treat (a disease)
- to wipe out (a pest)
- to punish
- to research
治疗zhìliáoHSK 5to treat (an illness)
- to treat (an illness)
- medical treatment
- therapy
智慧zhìhuìHSK 5wisdom
- wisdom
- intelligence
智能zhìnéngHSK 5intelligent
- intelligent
- able
- smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
中华ZhōnghuáHSK 5Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中华文化 "Chinese culture")
- Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中华文化 "Chinese culture")
- used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中华民国
中华民族Zhōnghuá MínzúHSK 5the Chinese nation
- the Chinese nation
- the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
中级zhōngjíHSK 5middle level (in a hierarchy)
- middle level (in a hierarchy)
中介zhōngjièHSK 5to act as intermediary
- to act as intermediary
- to link
- intermediate
- inter-
- agency
- agent
中期zhōngqīHSK 5middle (of a period of time)
- middle (of a period of time)
- medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
中外zhōngwàiHSK 5Sino-foreign
- Sino-foreign
- Chinese-foreign
- home and abroad
中心zhōngxīnHSK 5center
- center
- heart
- core
中药zhōngyàoHSK 5traditional Chinese medicine
- traditional Chinese medicine
- CL:服
中医zhōngyīHSK 5traditional Chinese medical science
- traditional Chinese medical science
- a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
种类zhǒnglèiHSK 5kind
- kind
- genus
- type
- category
- variety
- species
- sort
- class
种植zhòngzhíHSK 5to plant
- to plant
- to grow (a crop)
- to cultivate
种子zhǒngziHSK 5seed
- seed
- CL:颗,粒
众多zhòngduōHSK 5numerous
- numerous
重大zhòngdàHSK 5great
- great
- important
- major
- significant
重复chóngfùHSK 5to repeat
- to repeat
- to duplicate
- CL:个
重量zhòngliàngHSK 5weight
- weight
- CL:个
周年zhōuniánHSK 5anniversary
- anniversary
- annual
猪zhūHSK 5hog
- hog
- pig
- swine
- CL:口,头
竹子zhúziHSK 5bamboo
- bamboo
- CL:棵,根
逐步zhúbùHSK 5progressively
- progressively
- step by step
逐渐zhújiànHSK 5gradually
- gradually
主持zhǔchíHSK 5to take charge of
- to take charge of
- to manage or direct
- to preside over
- to uphold
- to stand for (justice etc)
- to host (a TV or radio program etc)
- (TV) anchor
主动zhǔdòngHSK 5to take the initiative
- to take the initiative
- to do sth of one's own accord
- spontaneous
- active
- opposite: passive 被动
- drive (of gears and shafts etc)
主观zhǔguānHSK 5subjective
- subjective
主人zhǔrénHSK 5owner
- owner
- host
- master
主任zhǔrènHSK 5director
- director
- head
- 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.