HSK 7-9 Vocabulary List with Pinyin
5,595 words from the advanced band, levels 7-9 of HSK 3.0, the nine-level standard for Chinese proficiency, with pinyin and English translation.
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 挨 | in order / in sequence / close to / adjacent to | syn | |
| 挨家挨户挨家挨戶 | to go from house to house | syn | |
| 哀求 | to entreat / to implore / to plead | syn | |
| 挨 | to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle | syn | |
| 癌 | cancer / carcinoma / also pr. [yan2] | syn | |
| 癌症 | cancer | ||
| 爱不释手愛不釋手 | (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible | syn | |
| 爱戴愛戴 | to love and respect / love and respect | syn | |
| 暧昧曖昧 | vague / ambiguous / equivocal / dubious | syn | |
| 爱慕愛慕 | to adore / to admire | syn | |
| 碍事礙事 | to be in the way / to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence / to matter | syn | |
| 爱惜愛惜 | to cherish / to treasure / to use sparingly | syn | |
| 艾滋病 | AIDS (loanword) | syn | |
| 安定 | stable / calm / settled / to stabilize / Valium / diazepam | syn | |
| 安抚安撫 | to placate / to pacify / to appease | syn | |
| 安眠药安眠藥 | sleeping pill / CL:粒[li4] | syn | |
| 安宁安寧 | peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry | syn | |
| 安稳安穩 | steady / stable / sedate / calm / (of sleep) sound / (of a transition) smooth | syn | |
| 安详安詳 | serene | syn | |
| 安心 | at ease / to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth | syn | |
| 安逸 | easy and comfortable / easy | syn | |
| 安置 | to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement | syn | |
| 暗地里暗地裡 | secretly / inwardly / on the sly | syn | |
| 案件 | case / instance / CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3] | syn | |
| 按理 | according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally | syn | |
| 按钮按鈕 | to push a button / button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action) | ||
| 按说按說 | in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally | syn | |
| 暗中 | in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously | syn | |
| 凹 | concave / depressed / sunken / indented / female (connector etc) | syn | |
| 熬 | to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure | syn | |
| 傲 | proud / arrogant / to despise / unyielding / to defy | syn | |
| 傲慢 | arrogant / haughty | syn | |
| 奥秘奧祕 | secret / mystery | syn | |
| 扒 | to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig | syn | |
| 疤 | scar / scab | syn | |
| 巴不得 | (coll.) to be eager for / to long for / to look forward to | syn | |
| 八成 | eighty percent / most probably / most likely | syn | |
| 八卦 | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy | ||
| 巴结巴結 | to fawn on / to curry favor with / to make up to | syn | |
| 芭蕾 | ballet (loanword) | syn | |
| 巴掌 | palm of the hand / classifier: slap | syn | |
| 拔 | to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize | syn | |
| 把柄 | handle / (fig.) information that can be used against sb | syn | |
| 把关把關 | to guard a pass / to check on sth | syn | |
| 把手 | handle / grip / knob | syn | |
| 靶子 | target | syn | |
| 坝壩 | dam / dike / embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2] | syn | |
| 霸道 | the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent | syn | |
| 罢工罷工 | a strike / to go on strike | ||
| 罢了罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | syn | |
| 罢免罷免 | to remove sb from their post / to dismiss | syn | |
| 罢休罷休 | to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop | syn | |
| 霸占霸佔 | to occupy by force / to seize / to dominate | syn | |
| 掰 | to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) | syn | |
| 百般 | in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means | syn | |
| 摆动擺動 | to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate | syn | |
| 百分比 | percentage | syn | |
| 百合 | lily | syn | |
| 百科全书百科全書 | encyclopedia / CL:本[ben3],集[ji2] | ||
| 摆平擺平 | to be fair / to be impartial / to settle (a matter etc) | syn | |
| 摆设擺設 | ornament / decorative item / (fig.) sth that is merely for show | syn | |
| 柏树柏樹 | cypress tree / Taiwan pr. [bo2 shu4] | syn | |
| 败坏敗壞 | to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine | syn | |
| 拜会拜會 | (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with / to pay a visit to / to call on | syn | |
| 拜见拜見 | to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior | syn | |
| 拜托拜託 | to request sb to do sth / please! | syn | |
| 扳 | to pull / to turn (sth) around / to turn around (a situation) / to recoup | syn | |
| 颁布頒布 | to issue / to proclaim / to enact (laws, decrees etc) | syn | |
| 斑点斑點 | spot / stain / speckle | syn | |
| 颁发頒發 | to issue / to promulgate / to award | syn | |
| 颁奖頒獎 | to confer an award | syn | |
| 斑马线斑馬線 | crosswalk / zebra crossing | ||
| 搬迁搬遷 | to move / to relocate / removal | syn | |
| 板块板塊 | slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc | ||
| 版权版權 | copyright | ||
| 扮 | to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression) | syn | |
| 伴 | partner / companion / comrade / associate / to accompany | syn | |
| 拌 | to mix / to mix in / to toss (a salad) | syn | |
| 绊絆 | to trip / to stumble / to hinder | ||
| 半边天半邊天 | half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk | syn | |
| 半岛半島 | peninsula | ||
| 半导体半導體 | semiconductor | ||
| 绊脚石絆腳石 | stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way | syn | |
| 半径半徑 | radius | ||
| 伴侣伴侶 | companion / mate / partner | syn | |
| 办事处辦事處 | office / agency | ||
| 半数半數 | half the number / half | syn | |
| 半途而废半途而廢 | to give up halfway (idiom) / leave sth unfinished | syn | |
| 半信半疑 | half doubting / dubious / skeptical | syn | |
| 办学辦學 | to run a school | syn | |
| 伴奏 | to accompany (musically) | ||
| 帮手幫手 | helper / assistant | syn | |
| 绑綁 | to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap | syn | |
| 绑架綁架 | to kidnap / to abduct / to hijack / a kidnapping / abduction / staking | syn | |
| 磅 | scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) | syn | |
| 煲 | to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan | syn | |
| 剥剝 | to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck | syn | |
| 包庇 | to shield / to harbor / to cover up | syn | |
| 褒贬褒貶 | to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal | syn | |
| 包袱 | wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline | syn |
The four tones
What the advanced band of HSK 3.0 covers
HSK 3.0 is the revision of the Chinese proficiency test published in March 2021 by China's Ministry of Education and its National Language Commission. It replaces six levels with nine, grouped in three bands: elementary (1 to 3), intermediate (4 to 6) and advanced (7 to 9). The vocabulary of the whole scheme comes to roughly eleven thousand words, against about five thousand at the top of the old six-level system.
The advanced band is one exam, not three. Every candidate sits the same paper, and the score decides whether they are placed at level 7, level 8, level 9 or none of them. It has been running worldwide since November 2022, several years before the lower bands were revised in their turn, and it is taken on a computer only.
The list below is the vocabulary the advanced band adds on top of the first six levels — the words numbered from 5401 upward in the official standard, in the alphabetical order by pinyin that the published list uses. It is more than half of the entire vocabulary of the nine-level scheme, which is why the step up to this band is measured in years.
Every word links to its dictionary entry, where you will find the full definition, the traditional form, the audio pronunciation and example sentences.