HSK 6 Vocabulary List: 5,399 Words (HSK 3.0)
In HSK 3.0, HSK 6 has 5,399 words in total, 1,800 of them new at this level. They cover chengyu, formal and classical register, and the layered vocabulary of serious written Chinese.
By Haoshan Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated September 2026
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What is on the HSK 6 word list?
In HSK 3.0, the exam from 13 December 2026, HSK 6 has 5,399 words. Of those, 1,800 are new at this level and the rest come from HSK 1–5. The old HSK 2.0 list had 5,000.
They cover chengyu, formal and classical register, and the layered vocabulary of serious written Chinese.
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HSK 6 word list
All 5,334 words below, straight from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus. The 1,777 words new at HSK 6 come first, then earlier levels. The syllabus counts 5,399 entries because a few words are listed once per reading; each appears here once, with every reading.
Pinyin comes from the syllabus and definitions 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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更加gèngjiāHSK 4more (than sth else)
- more (than sth else)
- even more
工厂gōngchǎngHSK 4factory
- factory
- CL:家,座
工人gōngrénHSK 4worker
- worker
- CL:个,名
工资gōngzīHSK 4wages
- wages
- pay
- CL:份
公共gōnggòngHSK 4public
- public
- common
- communal
公里gōnglǐHSK 4kilometer
公路gōnglùHSK 4highway
- highway
- road
- CL:条
功夫gōngfuHSK 4skill
- skill
- art
- kung fu
- labor
- effort
功课gōngkèHSK 4homework
- homework
- assignment
- task
- classwork
- lesson
- study
- CL:门
共gòngHSK 4common
- common
- general
- to share
- together
- total
- altogether
- abbr. for 共产党, Communist party
共同gòngtóngHSK 4common
- common
- joint
- jointly
- together
- collaborative
购买gòumǎiHSK 4to purchase
- to purchase
- to buy
购物gòuwùHSK 4shopping
够gòuHSK 4enough (sufficient)
- enough (sufficient)
- enough (too much)
- (coll.) (before adj.) really
- (coll.) to reach by stretching out
估计gūjìHSK 4to estimate
- to estimate
- to assess
- to calculate
- (coll.) to reckon
- to think (that ...)
姑娘gūniangHSK 4girl
- girl
- young woman
- young lady
- daughter
- paternal aunt (old)
- CL:个
鼓励gǔlìHSK 4to encourage
- to encourage
故意gùyìHSK 4deliberately
- deliberately
- on purpose
顾客gùkèHSK 4customer
- customer
- client
- CL:位
挂guàHSK 4to hang
- to hang
- to suspend (from a hook etc)
- to hang up (the phone)
- (of a line) to be dead
- to be worried
- to be concerned
- (dialect) to make a phone call
- to register (at a hospital)
- to make an appointment (with a doctor)
- (slang) to kill
- to die
- to be finished
- to fail (an exam)
- classifier for sets or clusters of objects
关键guānjiànHSK 4crucial point
- crucial point
- crux
- CL:个
- key
- crucial
- pivotal
观看guānkànHSK 4to watch
- to watch
- to view
观众guānzhòngHSK 4spectators
- spectators
- audience
- visitors (to an exhibition etc)
管guǎnHSK 4to take care (of)
- to take care (of)
- to control
- to manage
- to be in charge of
- to look after
- to run
- to care about
- tube
- pipe
- woodwind
- classifier for tube-shaped objects
- particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions
- writing brush
- (coll.) to
- towards
- surname Guan
- variant of 管
管理guǎnlǐHSK 4to supervise
- to supervise
- to manage
- to administer
- management
- administration
- CL:个
光guāngHSK 4light
- light
- ray (CL:道)
- bright
- shiny
- only
- merely
- used up
- finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
广播guǎngbōHSK 4broadcast
- broadcast
- CL:个
- broadcasting
- to broadcast
- (formal) to propagate
- to publicize
广告guǎnggàoHSK 4to advertise
- to advertise
- a commercial
- advertisement
- CL:项
逛guàngHSK 4to stroll
- to stroll
- to visit
规定guīdìngHSK 4to stipulate
- to stipulate
- to specify
- to prescribe
- to fix (a price)
- to set (a quota)
- regulations
- rules
- provisions
- stipulations
国籍guójíHSK 4nationality
- nationality
国际guójìHSK 4international
- international
果汁guǒzhīHSK 4fruit juice
- fruit juice
过程guòchéngHSK 4course of events
- course of events
- process
咳kéHSK 4sound of sighing
- sound of sighing
- (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh
- damn
- wow
- cough
咳嗽késouHSK 4to cough
- to cough
- CL:阵
海洋hǎiyángHSK 4ocean
- ocean
害羞hàixiūHSK 4shy
- shy
- embarrassed
- bashful
寒假hánjiàHSK 4winter vacation
- winter vacation
寒冷hánlěngHSK 4cold (climate)
- cold (climate)
- frigid
- very cold
喊hǎnHSK 4to yell
- to yell
- to shout
- to call out for (a person)
汗hànHSK 4perspiration
- perspiration
- sweat
- CL:滴,头,身
- to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
- see 可汗, 汗国
航班hángbānHSK 4(scheduled) flight
- (scheduled) flight
- (scheduled) sailing
好处hǎochùHSK 4easy to get along with
- easy to get along with
好好hǎohǎoHSK 4in perfectly good condition
- in perfectly good condition
- perfectly all right
- well
- thoroughly
- carefully
- properly
好笑hǎoxiàoHSK 4laughable
- laughable
- funny
- ridiculous
合格hégéHSK 4to meet the standard required
- to meet the standard required
- qualified
- eligible (voter etc)
盒子héziHSK 4box
- box
- case
- hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
红包hóngbāoHSK 4money wrapped in red as a gift
- money wrapped in red as a gift
- bonus payment
- kickback
- bribe
后悔hòuhuǐHSK 4to regret
- to regret
- to feel remorse
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.
HSK 6 episodes to hear these words in
Every episode below is written inside the HSK 6 word band and read at HSK 6 speed. Press play — no account needed for the first few.
HSK 1 Chinese listening episodes
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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.