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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文具wénjùHSK 5stationery
- stationery
- item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc)
文明wénmíngHSK 5civilized
- civilized
- civilization
- culture
- CL:个
文学wénxuéHSK 5literature
- literature
闻wénHSK 5surname Wen
- surname Wen
吻wěnHSK 5kiss
- kiss
- to kiss
- mouth
稳定wěndìngHSK 5steady
- steady
- stable
- stability
- to stabilize
- to pacify
问候wènhòuHSK 5to give one's respects
- to give one's respects
- to send a greeting
- (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
卧室wòshìHSK 5bedroom
- bedroom
- CL:间
屋子wūziHSK 5house
- house
- room
- CL:间
无奈wúnàiHSK 5to have no alternative
- to have no alternative
- frustrated
- exasperated
- helpless
- (conjunction) but unfortunately
无数wúshùHSK 5countless
- countless
- numberless
- innumerable
武器wǔqìHSK 5weapon
- weapon
- arms
- CL:种
武术wǔshùHSK 5military skill or technique (in former times)
- military skill or technique (in former times)
- all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)
- self-defense
- tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage)
- also called kungfu 功夫
- CL:种
物理wùlǐHSK 5physics
- physics
物质wùzhìHSK 5matter
- matter
- substance
- material
- materialistic
- CL:个
雾wùHSK 5fog
- fog
- mist
- CL:场,阵
吸收xīshōuHSK 5to absorb
- to absorb
- to assimilate
- to ingest
- to recruit
戏剧xìjùHSK 5a drama
- a drama
- a play
- theater
- script of a play
系xìHSK 5to connect
- to connect
- to relate to
- to tie up
- to bind
- to be (literary)
系领带xì lǐngdàiHSK 5系 (to connect) + 领带 (necktie)
系统xìtǒngHSK 5system
- system
- CL:个
细节xìjiéHSK 5details
- details
- particulars
瞎xiāHSK 5blind
- blind
- groundlessly
- foolishly
- to no purpose
下载xiàzǎiHSK 5to download
- to download
- also pr.
吓hèHSK 5to scare
- to scare
- to intimidate
- to threaten
- (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
- (interjection showing astonishment)
鲜艳xiānyànHSK 5variant of 鲜艳
- variant of 鲜艳
显得xiǎndeHSK 5to seem
- to seem
- to look
- to appear
显然xiǎnránHSK 5clearly
- clearly
- evidently
- obviously
显示xiǎnshìHSK 5to show
- to show
- to illustrate
- to display
- to demonstrate
县xiànHSK 5county
- county
现金xiànjīnHSK 5cash
- cash
现实xiànshíHSK 5reality
- reality
- actuality
- real
- actual
- realistic
- pragmatic
- materialistic
- self-interested
现象xiànxiàngHSK 5phenomenon
- phenomenon
- CL:个,种
- appearance
相处xiāngchǔHSK 5to be in contact (with sb)
- to be in contact (with sb)
- to associate
- to interact
- to get along (well, poorly)
相当xiāngdāngHSK 5equivalent to
- equivalent to
- appropriate
- considerably
- to a certain extent
- fairly
- quite
相对xiāngduìHSK 5relatively
- relatively
- opposite
- to resist
- to oppose
- relative
- vis-a-vis
- counterpart
相关xiāngguānHSK 5related
- related
- relevant
- pertinent
- to be interrelated
- (statistics) correlation
相似xiāngsìHSK 5similar
- similar
- alike
享受xiǎngshòuHSK 5to enjoy
- to enjoy
- to live it up
- pleasure
- CL:种
想念xiǎngniànHSK 5to miss
- to miss
- to remember with longing
- to long to see again
想象xiǎngxiàngHSK 5to imagine
- to imagine
- to envision
- imagination
项xiàngHSK 5surname Xiang
- surname Xiang
项链xiàngliànHSK 5necklace
- necklace
- CL:条
项目xiàngmùHSK 5item
- item
- project
- (sports) event
- CL:个
象棋xiàngqíHSK 5Chinese chess
- Chinese chess
- CL:副
象征xiàngzhēngHSK 5emblem
- emblem
- symbol
- token
- badge
- to symbolize
- to signify
- to stand for
橡皮xiàngpíHSK 5rubber
- rubber
- an eraser
- CL:块
消费xiāofèiHSK 5to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
- to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消化xiāohuàHSK 5to digest (food)
- to digest (food)
- (fig.) to absorb (information etc)
- to assimilate
- to process
消灭xiāomièHSK 5to put an end to
- to put an end to
- to annihilate
- to cause to perish
- to perish
- annihilation (in quantum field theory)
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.