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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筹备chóubèiHSK 6

preparations

preparations
to get ready for sth

踌躇chóuchúHSK 6

to hesitate

to hesitate
(literary) to pace back and forth
(literary) self-satisfied

丑恶chǒuèHSK 6

ugly

ugly
repulsive

出路chūlùHSK 6

a way out (lit. and fig.)

a way out (lit. and fig.)
opportunity for advancement
a way forward
outlet (for one's products)

出卖chūmàiHSK 6

to offer for sale

to offer for sale
to sell
to sell out
to betray

出身chūshēnHSK 6

to be born of

to be born of
to come from
family background
class origin

出神chūshénHSK 6

spellbound

spellbound
entranced
lost in thought

出息chūxīHSK 6

to yield interest, profit etc

to yield interest, profit etc
to exhale (Buddhism)

出洋相chūyángxiàngHSK 6

to make a fool of oneself

to make a fool of oneself

初步chūbùHSK 6

initial

initial
preliminary
tentative

储备chǔbèiHSK 6

to store up

to store up
reserves

储存chǔcúnHSK 6

stockpile

stockpile
to store
to stockpile
storage

储蓄chǔxùHSK 6

to save money (in a bank)

to save money (in a bank)
savings

处分chǔfènHSK 6

to discipline sb

to discipline sb
to punish
disciplinary action
to deal with (a matter)
CL:个

处境chǔjìngHSK 6

situation (of a person)

situation (of a person)

处置chǔzhìHSK 6

to handle

to handle
to take care of
to punish

畜牧xùmùHSK 6

to raise animals

to raise animals

触犯chùfànHSK 6

to violate

to violate
to offend

川流不息chuānliúbùxīHSK 6

the stream flows without stopping (idiom)

the stream flows without stopping (idiom)
unending flow

穿越chuānyuèHSK 6

to pass through

to pass through
to traverse
to cross

传达chuándáHSK 6

to pass on

to pass on
to convey
to relay
to transmit
transmission

传单chuándānHSK 6

leaflet

leaflet
flier
pamphlet

传记zhuànjìHSK 6

biography

biography
CL:篇,部

传授chuánshòuHSK 6

to impart

to impart
to pass on
to teach

船舶chuánbóHSK 6

shipping

shipping
boats

喘气chuǎnqìHSK 6

to breathe deeply

to breathe deeply
to pant
to gasp
to take a breather
to catch one's breath

串chuànHSK 6

to string together

to string together
to skewer
to connect wrongly
to gang up
to rove
string
bunch
skewer
classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
to move across

床单chuángdānHSK 6

bed sheet

bed sheet
CL:条,件,张,床

幢chuángHSK 6

banner

banner
pennant (in ancient China)

创立chuànglìHSK 6

to establish

to establish
to set up
to found

创新chuàngxīnHSK 6

to bring forth new ideas

to bring forth new ideas
to blaze new trails
innovation

创业chuàngyèHSK 6

to begin an undertaking

to begin an undertaking
to start an enterprise
entrepreneurship

创作chuàngzuòHSK 6

to create

to create
to produce
to write
a creative work
a creation

吹牛chuīniúHSK 6

to talk big

to talk big
to shoot off one's mouth
to chat (dialect)

吹捧chuīpěngHSK 6

to flatter

to flatter
to laud sb's accomplishments
adulation

垂直chuízhíHSK 6

perpendicular

perpendicular
vertical

锤chuíHSK 6

hammer

hammer
to hammer into shape
weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
to strike with a hammer

纯粹chúncuìHSK 6

pure

pure
unadulterated
purely
completely

纯洁chúnjiéHSK 6

pure

pure
clean and honest
to purify

词汇cíhuìHSK 6

variant of 词汇

variant of 词汇

慈祥cíxiángHSK 6

kindly

kindly
benevolent (often of older person)

雌雄cíxióngHSK 6

male and female

male and female

次品cìpǐnHSK 6

substandard products

substandard products
defective
seconds

次序cìxùHSK 6

sequence

sequence
order

伺候cìhouHSK 6

to serve

to serve
to wait upon

刺cīHSK 6

(onom.) whoosh

(onom.) whoosh

从容不迫cóngróngbùpòHSK 6

calm

calm
unruffled

丛cóngHSK 6

cluster

cluster
collection
collection of books
thicket

凑合còuheHSK 6

to bring together

to bring together
to make do in a bad situation
to just get by
to improvise
passable
not too bad

粗鲁cūlǔHSK 6

coarse

coarse
crude (in one's manner)
boorish

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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

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

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Come back to this list monthly

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