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.
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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日常rìchángHSK 5day-to-day
- day-to-day
- daily
- everyday
日程rìchéngHSK 5schedule
- schedule
- itinerary
- CL:个
日历rìlìHSK 5calendar
- calendar
- CL:张,本
日期rìqīHSK 5date
- date
- CL:个
日用品rìyòngpǐnHSK 5articles for daily use
- articles for daily use
- CL:件,个
荣幸róngxìngHSK 5honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- honored (to have the privilege of ...)
荣誉róngyùHSK 5honor
- honor
- credit
- glory
- (honorable) reputation
- honorary
融化rónghuàHSK 5to melt
- to melt
- to thaw
- to dissolve
- to blend into
- to combine
- to fuse
如何rúhéHSK 5how
- how
- what way
- what
如今rújīnHSK 5nowadays
- nowadays
- now
软件ruǎnjiànHSK 5(computer) software
- (computer) software
弱ruòHSK 5weak
- weak
- feeble
- young
- inferior
- not as good as
- (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
洒sǎHSK 5to sprinkle
- to sprinkle
- to spray
- to spill
- to shed
嗓子sǎngziHSK 5throat
- throat
- voice
- CL:把
杀shāHSK 5to kill
- to kill
- to slay
- to murder
- to attack
- to weaken
- to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely
沙漠shāmòHSK 5desert
- desert
- CL:个
沙滩shātānHSK 5beach
- beach
- sandy shore
- CL:片
傻shǎHSK 5foolish
- foolish
晒shàiHSK 5variant of 晒
- variant of 晒
删除shānchúHSK 5to delete
- to delete
- to cancel
闪电shǎndiànHSK 5lightning
- lightning
- CL:道
扇子shànziHSK 5fan
- fan
- CL:把
善良shànliángHSK 5good and honest
- good and honest
- kindhearted
善于shànyúHSK 5to be good at
- to be good at
- to be adept at
商品shāngpǐnHSK 5commodity
- commodity
- goods
- merchandise
- CL:件
商业shāngyèHSK 5business
- business
- trade
- commerce
上当shàngdàngHSK 5taken in (by sb's deceit)
- taken in (by sb's deceit)
- to be fooled
- to be duped
勺子sháoziHSK 5spoon
- spoon
- ladle
- CL:把
舌头shétouHSK 5tongue
- tongue
- CL:个
- enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
蛇shéHSK 5variant of 蛇
- variant of 蛇
舍不得shěbudeHSK 5to hate to do sth
- to hate to do sth
- to hate to part with
- to begrudge
设备shèbèiHSK 5equipment
- equipment
- facilities
- installations
- CL:个
设计shèjìHSK 5to design
- to design
- to plan
- design
- plan
设施shèshīHSK 5facilities
- facilities
- installation
射击shèjīHSK 5to shoot
- to shoot
- to fire (a gun)
摄影shèyǐngHSK 5to take a photograph
- to take a photograph
- photography
- to shoot (a movie)
伸shēnHSK 5to stretch
- to stretch
- to extend
身材shēncáiHSK 5stature
- stature
- build (height and weight)
- figure
身份shēnfènHSK 5identity
- identity
- aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident)
- role
- capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 + ... + 的身份)
- status (social, legal etc)
- position
- rank
深刻shēnkèHSK 5profound
- profound
- deep
- deep-going
神话shénhuàHSK 5legend
- legend
- fairy tale
- myth
- mythology
神经shénjīngHSK 5nerve
- nerve
- mental state
- (coll.) unhinged
- nutjob
神秘shénmìHSK 5mysterious
- mysterious
- mystery
升shēngHSK 5to ascend
- to ascend
- to rise
- to promote
- to elevate
- liter
- unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗)
生产shēngchǎnHSK 5to produce
- to produce
- to manufacture
- to give birth to a child
生动shēngdòngHSK 5(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid
- (of descriptions, writing etc) vivid
- lively
声调shēngdiàoHSK 5tone
- tone
- note
- a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
- CL:个
绳子shéngziHSK 5cord
- cord
- string
- rope
- CL:条
省略shěnglu:e4HSK 5to leave out
- to leave out
- an omission
胜利shènglìHSK 5victory
- victory
- 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.
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.