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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枪qiāngHSK 5

surname Qiang

surname Qiang

强调qiángdiàoHSK 5

to emphasize (a statement)

to emphasize (a statement)
to stress

强烈qiánglièHSK 5

strong

strong
intense

抢qiāngHSK 5

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)

(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage)
opposite in direction
contrary

悄悄qiāoqiāoHSK 5

quiet

quiet
making little or no noise
surreptitious
stealthy
anxious
worried
Taiwan pr.

瞧qiáoHSK 5

to look at

to look at
to see
to see (a doctor)
to visit

巧妙qiǎomiàoHSK 5

ingenious

ingenious
clever
ingenuity
artifice

切qiēHSK 5

to cut

to cut
to slice
to carve
(math) tangential

亲爱qīnàiHSK 5

dear

dear
beloved
darling

亲切qīnqièHSK 5

amiable

amiable
cordial
close and dear
familiar

亲自qīnzìHSK 5

personally

personally
in person
oneself

侵略qīnlu:e4HSK 5

to invade

to invade
invasion

勤奋qínfènHSK 5

hardworking

hardworking
diligent

勤劳qínláoHSK 5

hardworking

hardworking
industrious
diligent

青qīngHSK 5

abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province

abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province

青春qīngchūnHSK 5

youth

youth
youthfulness

青少年qīngshàoniánHSK 5

adolescent

adolescent
youth
teenager

轻视qīngshìHSK 5

contempt

contempt
contemptuous
to despise
to scorn
scornful

清淡qīngdànHSK 5

light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)

light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)
insipid
slack (sales)

情景qíngjǐngHSK 5

scene

scene
spectacle
circumstances
situation

情绪qíngxùHSK 5

mood

mood
state of mind
moodiness
CL:种

请求qǐngqiúHSK 5

to request

to request
to ask
request (CL:个)

庆祝qìngzhùHSK 5

to celebrate

to celebrate

球迷qiúmíHSK 5

fan (ball sports)

fan (ball sports)
CL:个

趋势qūshìHSK 5

trend

trend
tendency

取消qǔxiāoHSK 5

to cancel

to cancel
to call off
to revoke
to rescind

娶qǔHSK 5

to take a wife

to take a wife
to marry (a woman)

去世qùshìHSK 5

to pass away

to pass away
to die

圈juānHSK 5

to confine

to confine
to lock up
to pen in

全面quánmiànHSK 5

all-around

all-around
comprehensive
total
overall

权力quánlìHSK 5

power

power
authority

权利quánlìHSK 5

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
(classical) power and wealth

劝quànHSK 5

to advise

to advise
to urge
to try to persuade
to exhort
to console
to soothe

缺乏quēfáHSK 5

to lack

to lack
to be short of

确定quèdìngHSK 5

definite

definite
certain
fixed
to fix (on sth)
to determine
to be sure
to ensure
to make certain
to ascertain
to clinch
to recognize
to confirm
OK (on computer dialog box)

确认quèrènHSK 5

to confirm

to confirm
to verify
confirmation

燃烧ránshāoHSK 5

to ignite

to ignite
to combust
to burn
combustion
flaming

嚷rǎngHSK 5

to shout

to shout
to bellow
to make a big deal of sth
to make a fuss about sth

绕ràoHSK 5

to wind

to wind
to coil (thread)
to rotate around
to spiral
to move around
to go round (an obstacle)
to by-pass
to make a detour
to confuse
to perplex

热爱rèàiHSK 5

to love ardently

to love ardently
to adore

热烈rèlièHSK 5

enthusiastic

enthusiastic
ardent
warm

热心rèxīnHSK 5

enthusiastic

enthusiastic
ardent
zealous

人才réncáiHSK 5

talent

talent
talented person
looks
attractive looks

人口rénkǒuHSK 5

population

population
people

人类rénlèiHSK 5

humanity

humanity
human race
mankind

人生rénshēngHSK 5

life (one's time on earth)

life (one's time on earth)

人事rénshìHSK 5

personnel

personnel
human resources
human affairs
ways of the world
(euphemism) sexuality
the facts of life

人物rénwùHSK 5

person

person
personage
figure (esp. sb of importance)
character (in a play, novel etc)
(genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting

人员rényuánHSK 5

staff

staff
crew
personnel
CL:个

忍不住rěnbuzhùHSK 5

cannot help

cannot help
unable to bear

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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

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Listen at your level daily

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Look a word up only after you have heard it

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Come back to this list monthly

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