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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失眠shīmiánHSK 5to suffer from insomnia
- to suffer from insomnia
失去shīqùHSK 5to lose
- to lose
失业shīyèHSK 5unemployment
- unemployment
- to lose one's job
诗shīHSK 5abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs
- abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs
石头shítouHSK 5stone
- stone
- CL:块
时代shídàiHSK 5Time, US weekly news magazine
- Time, US weekly news magazine
时刻shíkèHSK 5time
- time
- juncture
- moment
- period of time
- CL:个,段
- constantly
- always
时髦shímáoHSK 5in vogue
- in vogue
- fashionable
时期shíqīHSK 5period
- period
- phase
- CL:个
时尚shíshàngHSK 5fashion
- fashion
- fad
- fashionable
实话shíhuàHSK 5truth
- truth
实践shíjiànHSK 5practice
- practice
- to put into practice
- to live up to (a promise)
- to carry out (a project)
实习shíxíHSK 5to practice
- to practice
- field work
- to intern
- internship
实现shíxiànHSK 5to achieve
- to achieve
- to implement
- to realize
- to bring about
实行shíxíngHSK 5to implement
- to implement
- to carry out
- to put into practice
实验shíyànHSK 5experiment
- experiment
- test
- CL:个,次
- experimental
- to experiment
实用shíyòngHSK 5to apply in practice
- to apply in practice
- practical
- functional
- pragmatic
- applied (science)
食物shíwùHSK 5food
- food
使劲儿shǐjìnrHSK 5erhua variant of 使劲
- erhua variant of 使劲
始终shǐzhōngHSK 5from beginning to end
- from beginning to end
- all along
士兵shìbīngHSK 5soldier
- soldier
- CL:个
事实shìshíHSK 5fact
- fact
- CL:个
事物shìwùHSK 5thing
- thing
- object
- CL:个
事先shìxiānHSK 5in advance
- in advance
- before the event
- beforehand
- prior
试卷shìjuànHSK 5examination paper
- examination paper
- test paper
- CL:份,张
是否shìfǒuHSK 5whether (or not)
- whether (or not)
- if
- is or isn't
收获shōuhuòHSK 5variant of 收获
- variant of 收获
收据shōujùHSK 5receipt
- receipt
- CL:张
手工shǒugōngHSK 5handwork
- handwork
- manual
手术shǒushùHSK 5(surgical) operation
- (surgical) operation
- surgery
- CL:个
手套shǒutàoHSK 5glove
- glove
- mitten
- CL:双,只
手续shǒuxùHSK 5procedure
- procedure
- CL:道,个
- formalities
手指shǒuzhǐHSK 5finger
- finger
- CL:个,只
寿命shòumìngHSK 5life span
- life span
- life expectancy
- lifetime (of a machine)
受伤shòushāngHSK 5to sustain injuries
- to sustain injuries
- wounded (in an accident etc)
- harmed
书架shūjiàHSK 5bookshelf
- bookshelf
- CL:个
梳子shūziHSK 5comb
- comb
- CL:把
舒适shūshìHSK 5cozy
输入shūrùHSK 5to import
- to import
- to input
蔬菜shūcàiHSK 5vegetables
- vegetables
熟练shúliànHSK 5practiced
- practiced
- proficient
- skilled
- skillful
属于shǔyúHSK 5to be classified as
- to be classified as
- to belong to
- to be part of
鼠标shǔbiāoHSK 5(computing) mouse
- (computing) mouse
数据shùjùHSK 5data
数码shùmǎHSK 5number
- number
- numerals
- figures
- digital
- amount
- numerical code
摔shuāiHSK 5to throw down
- to throw down
- to fall
- to drop and break
甩shuǎiHSK 5to throw
- to throw
- to fling
- to swing
- to leave behind
- to throw off
- to dump (sb)
双方shuāngfāngHSK 5bilateral
- bilateral
- both sides
- both parties involved
税shuìHSK 5taxes
- taxes
- duties
说不定shuōbudìngHSK 5can't say for sure
- can't say for sure
- maybe
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.