HSK 7-9 Vocabulary List with PinyinHSK 3.0

5,600 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
好受	hǎo shòu	feeling better / to be more at ease	syn
好说好說	hǎo shuō	easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me	syn
好似	hǎo sì	to seem / to be like	syn
好心	hǎo xīn	kindness / good intentions	syn
好意	hǎo yì	good intention / kindness	syn
好在	hǎo zài	luckily / fortunately	syn
耗	hào	to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally	syn
号称號稱	hào chēng	to be known as / to be nicknamed / to be purportedly / to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)	syn
耗费耗費	hào fèi	to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander	syn
浩瀚	hào hàn	vast (of ocean) / boundless	syn
浩劫	hào jié	calamity / catastrophe / apocalypse	syn
好胜好勝	hào shèng	eager to win / competitive / aggressive	syn
耗时耗時	hào shí	time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
呵	hē	(bound form) to scold / to expel breath / (onom.) laughter (usu. reduplicated) / interjection of surprise	syn
呵护呵護	hē hù	to bless / to cherish / to take good care of / to conserve	syn
何	hé	what / how / why / which / carry	syn
和	hé	(literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])	syn
核覈	hé	variant of 核[he2] / to investigate	syn
和蔼和藹	hé ǎi	kindly / nice / amiable	syn
何必	hé bì	there is no need / why should	syn
核查覈查	hé chá	to examine / to inspect	syn
合唱	hé chàng	chorus / to chorus
何等	hé děng	what kind? / how, what / somewhat	syn
核电站核電站	hé diàn zhàn	nuclear power plant
核对覈對	hé duì	to check / to verify / to audit / to examine	syn
和好	hé hǎo	to become reconciled / on good terms with each other	syn
合乎	hé hū	to accord with / to conform to	syn
荷花	hé huā	lotus	syn
合伙	hé huǒ	to act jointly / to form a partnership	syn
合计合計	hé jì	to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider	syn
和解	hé jiě	to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled	syn
何苦	hé kǔ	why bother? / is it worth the trouble?	syn
何况何況	hé kuàng	let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more	syn
禾苗	hé miáo	seedling (of rice or other grain) / CL:棵[ke1]
和睦	hé mù	peaceful relations / harmonious	syn
核能	hé néng	nuclear energy	syn
河畔	hé pàn	riverside / river plain
和平共处和平共處	hé píng gòng chǔ	peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
和气和氣	hé qi	friendly / polite / amiable	syn
和尚	hé shang	Buddhist monk	syn
核实覈實	hé shí	to verify / to check	syn
核桃	hé tao	walnut / CL:個\|个[ge4],顆\|颗[ke1]	syn
核武器	hé wǔ qì	nuclear weapon	syn
合约合約	hé yuē	contract / agreement / CL:份[fen4]	syn
何止	hé zhǐ	far more than / not just	syn
合资合資	hé zī	joint venture
喝彩	hè cǎi	to acclaim / to cheer	syn
贺电賀電	hè diàn	congratulatory telegram
鹤立鸡群鶴立雞群	hè lì jī qún	a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior	syn
赫然	hè rán	with astonishment / with a shock / awe-inspiringly / impressively / furiously (angry)	syn
贺信賀信	hè xìn	congratulatory letter or message	syn
黑客	hēi kè	hacker (computing) (loanword)	syn
黑马黑馬	hēi mǎ	dark horse / fig. unexpected winner	syn
黑名单黑名單	hēi míng dān	blacklist
恨不得	hèn bu de	wishing one could do sth / to hate to be unable / itching to do sth	syn
哼	hēng	to groan / to snort / to hum / to croon / humph!	syn
横橫	héng	horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent	syn
横向橫向	héng xiàng	horizontal / orthogonal / perpendicular / lateral / crosswise
恒星恆星	héng xīng	(fixed) star
轰轟	hōng	explosion / bang / boom / rumble / to attack / to shoo away / to expel	syn
烘	hōng	to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast	syn
烘焙	hōng bèi	to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake	syn
轰动轟動	hōng dòng	to cause a sensation / to create a stir in (a place) / commotion / controversy
烘干烘乾	hōng gān	to dry over a stove
哄堂大笑	hōng táng dà xiào	the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)	syn
烘托	hōng tuō	background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage)	syn
轰炸轟炸	hōng zhà	to bomb / to bombard / CL:陣\|阵[zhen4]	syn
宏观宏觀	hóng guān	macro- / macroscopic / holistic	syn
红火紅火	hóng huǒ	prosperous	syn
红利紅利	hóng lì	bonus / dividend	syn
洪亮	hóng liàng	loud and clear / resonant	syn
红扑扑紅撲撲	hóng pū pū	red / rosy / flushed	syn
红润紅潤	hóng rùn	ruddy / rosy / florid	syn
红薯紅薯	hóng shǔ	sweet potato	syn
宏伟宏偉	hóng wěi	grand / imposing / magnificent	syn
弘扬弘揚	hóng yáng	to enhance / to promote / to enrich	syn
哄	hǒng	to deceive / to coax / to amuse (a child)	syn
喉咙喉嚨	hóu lóng	the throat	syn
吼	hǒu	to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage	syn
后备後備	hòu bèi	reserve / backup
后备箱後備箱	hòu bèi xiāng	trunk / boot (of a car)
厚道	hòu dao	kind and honest / generous / sincere	syn
后盾後盾	hòu dùn	support / backing	syn
后顾之忧後顧之憂	hòu gù zhī yōu	fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
后勤後勤	hòu qín	logistics
后世後世	hòu shì	later generations	syn
后台後臺	hòu tái	backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background	syn
后续後續	hòu xù	follow-up / (dialect) to remarry	syn
候选人候選人	hòu xuǎn rén	candidate / CL:名[ming2]	syn
后裔後裔	hòu yì	descendant	syn
后遗症後遺症	hòu yí zhèng	(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
呼嘑	hū	variant of 呼[hu1] / to shout / to call out	syn
呼唤呼喚	hū huàn	to call out (a name etc) / to shout	syn
呼救	hū jiù	to call for help	syn
忽冷忽热忽冷忽熱	hū lěng hū rè	now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
呼声呼聲	hū shēng	a shout / fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group	syn
呼啸呼嘯	hū xiào	to whistle / to scream / to whiz	syn
呼应呼應	hū yìng	to conform (with) / to echo / to correlate well / (linguistics) agreement	syn
忽悠	hū you	to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con	syn
呼吁呼籲	hū yù	to call on (sb to do sth) / to appeal (to) / an appeal	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.

HSK 7-9 Vocabulary List with PinyinHSK 3.0

What the advanced band of HSK 3.0 covers

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