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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.

ChinesePinyinTranslation
剃鬀tìv.variant of 剃[ti4]syn
替补替補tì bǔv., n.to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc) / a substitute / a replacement
替换替換tì huànv.to exchange / to replace / to substitute for / to switchsyn
天长地久天長地久tiān cháng dì jiǔenduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternalsyn
天敌天敵tiān dín.predator / natural enemy
天地tiān dìn.heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activitysyn
天鹅天鵝tiān én.swansyn
天分tiān fènn.natural gift / talentsyn
天赋天賦tiān fùv., n.gift / innate skillsyn
天花板tiān huā bǎnn.ceilingsyn
添加剂添加劑tiān jiā jìn.additive / food additive
天经地义天經地義tiān jīng dì yìlit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of coursesyn
天伦之乐天倫之樂tiān lún zhī lèfamily love and joy / domestic bliss
天平tiān píngn.scales (to weigh things)
天桥天橋tiān qiáon.overhead walkway / pedestrian bridgesyn
天生tiān shēngadj.nature / disposition / innate / naturalsyn
天使tiān shǐn.angelsyn
天堂tiān tángn.paradise / heavensyn
天线天線tiān xiànn.antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials
天性tiān xìngn.nature / innate tendencysyn
填补填補tián bǔv.to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiencysyn
填充tián chōngv.to fill up / to stuff / to fill in a blank spacesyn
田间田間tián jiānn.field / farm / farming area / villagesyn
甜美tián měiadj.sweet / pleasant / happysyn
甜蜜tián mìadj.sweet / happysyn
田野tián yěn.field / open land / CL:片[pian4]syn
田园田園tián yuánn.fields / countryside / rural / bucolicsyn
舔tiǎnv.to lick / to lapsyn
挑剔tiāo tiv.picky / fussysyn
调和調和tiáo héadj., v.harmonious / to mediate / to reconcile / mediation / to compromise / to mix / to blend / blended / to season / seasoning / to placatesyn
调剂調劑tiáo jìv.to adjust / to balance / to make up a medical prescriptionsyn
调解調解tiáo jiěv.to mediate / to bring parties to an agreementsyn
调侃調侃tiáo kǎnv.to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchatsyn
调控調控tiáo kòngv.to regulate / to control
条款條款tiáo kuǎnn.clause (of contract or law) / CL:項|项[xiang4]syn
条例條例tiáo lìn.regulations / rules / code of conduct / ordinances / statutessyn
条理條理tiáo lǐn.arrangement / order / tidinesssyn
调料調料tiáo liàon.condiment / seasoning / flavoringsyn
调试調試tiáo shìv.to debug / to adjust components during testing / debuggingsyn
条约條約tiáo yuēn.treaty / pact / CL:個|个[ge4]syn
挑tiǎov.to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir upsyn
挑拨挑撥tiǎo bōv.to incite disharmony / to instigatesyn
挑衅挑釁tiǎo xìnv.to provoke / provocationsyn
跳槽tiào cáov.to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
跳动跳動tiào dòngv.to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump aboutsyn
跳伞跳傘tiào sǎnv.to parachute / to bail out / parachute jumping
眺望tiào wàngv.to survey the scene from an elevated positionsyn
跳跃跳躍tiào yuèv.to jump / to leap / to bound / to skipsyn
贴切貼切tiē qièadj.close-fitting / closest (translation)syn
铁鐵tiěn., adj.iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)syn
帖子tiě zin.card / invitation / message / (forum) post
听从聽從tīng cóngv.to listen and obey / to comply with / to heed / to hearkensyn
停泊tíng bóv.to anchor / anchorage / mooring (of a ship)syn
停顿停頓tíng dùnv.to halt / to break off / pause (in speech)syn
停放tíng fàngv.to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place)syn
停业停業tíng yèv.to cease trading (temporarily or permanently) / to close downsyn
停滞停滯tíng zhìv.stagnation / at a standstill / bogged downsyn
亭子tíng zin.pavilionsyn
挺拔tǐng báadj.tall and straightsyn
通报通報tōng bàov., n.to inform / to notify / to announce / circular / bulletin / (scientific) journalsyn
通畅通暢tōng chàngadj.unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluentsyn
通车通車tōng chēv.to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
通告tōng gàov., n.to announce / to give notice / announcementsyn
通红通紅tōng hóngadj.very red / red through and through / to blush (deep red)syn
通货膨胀通貨膨脹tōng huò péng zhàngn.inflationsyn
通缉通緝tōng jīv.to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wantedsyn
通顺通順tōng shùnadj.smooth / clear and coherentsyn
通俗tōng súadj.common / everyday / averagesyn
通通tōng tōngadv.all / entire / completesyn
通宵tōng xiāon.all night / throughout the nightsyn
同胞tóng bāon.born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriotsyn
同比tóng bǐv.(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over yearsyn
同步tóng bùv.synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step withsyn
同等tóng děngadj.equal to / having the same social class or statussyn
同感tóng gǎnn.(have the) same feeling / similar impression / common feelingsyn
同伙tóng huǒv., n.colleague / co-conspirator / accomplicesyn
同盟tóng méngv., n.alliancesyn
同期tóng qīn.the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
同仁tóng rénn.variant of 同人[tong2 ren2]syn
同志tóng zhìn.comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]syn
同舟共济同舟共濟tóng zhōu gòng jìcross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goalssyn
捅tǒngv.to poke / to jab / to give (sb) a nudge / to prod / to disclose / to revealsyn
筒筩tǒngn.variant of 筒[tong3]syn
统筹統籌tǒng chóuv.an overall plan / to plan an entire project as a wholesyn
统统統統tǒng tǒngadv.totallysyn
统治統治tǒng zhìv.to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regimesyn
痛心tòng xīnadj.grieved / painedsyn
偷窥偷窺tōu kuīv.to peep / to peek / to act as voyeursyn
偷懒偷懶tōu lǎnv.to goof off / to be lazysyn
投奔tóu bènv.to seek shelter / to seek asylumsyn
投放tóu fàngv.to input / to throw in / to unload / to put into circulationsyn
投稿tóu gǎov.to submit articles for publication / to contribute (writing)
头号頭號tóu hàoadj.first rate / top rank / number onesyn
投机投機tóu jīadj., v.congenial / agreeable / to speculate / to profiteersyn
投射tóu shèv.to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light)syn
投身tóu shēnv.to throw oneself into sthsyn
头条頭條tóu tiáon.lead story (on the news)syn
头头是道頭頭是道tóu tóu shì dàoclear and logicalsyn
头衔頭銜tóu xiánn.title / rank / appellationsyn
投降tóu xiángv.to surrendersyn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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.

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