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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
投掷投擲tóu zhìv.to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)syn
透彻透徹tòu chèadj.penetrating / thorough / incisivesyn
透气透氣tòu qìv.to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulgesyn
透支tòu zhīv.(banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overusesyn
凸tūadj.to stick out / protruding / convex / male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2]syn
秃禿tūadj.bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking somethingsyn
突击突擊tū jīv.sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quicklysyn
突破口tū pò kǒun.breach / gap / breakthrough point
突如其来突如其來tū rú qí láito arise abruptly / to arrive suddenly / happening suddenlysyn
突兀tū wùadj.lofty or towering / sudden or abruptsyn
凸显凸顯tū xiǎnv.to present clearly / to give prominence to / to magnify / clear and obvioussyn
涂túv.variant of 途[tu2]syn
徒步tú bùadv.to be on footsyn
徒劳徒勞tú láov.futilesyn
屠杀屠殺tú shāv.to massacre / to slaughtersyn
图形圖形tú xíngn.picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphicalsyn
图纸圖紙tú zhǐn.blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph papersyn
吐槽tù cáov.(slang) to roast / to ridicule / also pr. [tu3 cao2]
土生土长土生土長tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎnglocally born and bred / indigenous / home-grownsyn
团伙團伙tuán huǒn.(criminal) gang / gang member / accomplice / cronysyn
团聚團聚tuán jùv.to reunite / to have a reunionsyn
团员團員tuán yuánn.member / group member
推崇tuī chóngv.to esteem / to think highly of / to accord importance to / to reveresyn
推辞推辭tuī cív.to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)syn
推断推斷tuī duànv.to infer / to deduce / to predict / to extrapolatesyn
推翻tuī fānv.to overthrowsyn
推理tuī lǐv.reasoning / inference / to infer / to deducesyn
推论推論tuī lùnv., n.to infer / inference / corollary / reasoned conclusionsyn
推敲tuī qiāov.to think oversyn
推算tuī suànv.to calculate / to reckon / to extrapolate (in calculation)
推卸tuī xièv.to avoid (esp. responsibility) / to shift (the blame) / to pass the bucksyn
推选推選tuī xuǎnv.to elect / to choosesyn
推移tuī yív.(of time) to elapse or pass / (of a situation) to develop or evolvesyn
颓废頹廢tuí fèiadj.decadent / dispirited / depressed / dejectedsyn
退步tuì bùv.to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallbacksyn
退化tuì huàv.to degenerate / atrophysyn
退回tuì huív.to return (an item) / to send back / to go backsyn
退却退卻tuì quèv.to retreat / to shrink backsyn
退让退讓tuì ràngv.to move aside / to get out of the way / to back down / to concedesyn
退缩退縮tuì suōv.to shrink back / to cowersyn
退役tuì yìv.(of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissionedsyn
吞吞吐吐tūn tūn tǔ tǔadj.to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth backsyn
臀臋túnn.old variant of 臀[tun2]syn
托託tuōv., n.to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trusteesyn
托付tuō fùv.to entrustsyn
脱节脫節tuō jiév.to come apartsyn
脱口而出脫口而出tuō kǒu ér chū(idiom) to blurt out / to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
拖累tuō lěiv.to encumber / to be a burden on / to implicatesyn
脱离脫離tuō lív.to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany)syn
脱落脫落tuō luòv.to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)
拖欠tuō qiànv.in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debtssyn
脱身脫身tuō shēnv.to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengagesyn
脱颖而出脫穎而出tuō yǐng ér chūto reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others / to distinguish oneselfsyn
驮馱tuóv.to carry on one's backsyn
妥tuǒadj.suitable / adequate / ready / settledsyn
妥当妥當tuǒ dangadj.appropriate / proper / readysyn
妥善tuǒ shànadj.appropriate / propersyn
妥协妥協tuǒ xiév.to compromise / to reach terms / a compromisesyn
椭圆橢圓tuǒ yuánn.oval / ellipse / ellipticsyn
拓宽拓寬tuò kuānv.to broadensyn
唾弃唾棄tuò qìv.to spurn / to disdainsyn
唾液tuò yèn.salivasyn
拓展tuò zhǎnv.to expand (one's client base, outlook etc)syn
挖掘wā juév.to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig intosyn
挖苦wā kǔv.to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5]syn
瓦wǎn.roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]syn
瓦解wǎ jiěv.to collapse / to disintegrate / to crumble / to disrupt / to break upsyn
歪曲wāi qūv.to distort / to misrepresentsyn
外币外幣wài bìn.foreign currency
外行wài hángadj., n.layman / amateursyn
外号外號wài hàon.nicknamesyn
外汇外匯wài huìn.foreign (currency) exchange
外籍wài jín.foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
外贸外貿wài màon.foreign trade
外貌wài màon.profile / appearancesyn
外向wài xiàngadj.extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-orientedsyn
外星人wài xīng rénn.space alien / extraterrestrial
外援wài yuánn.foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas
外在wài zàiadj.external / extrinsic
外资外資wài zīn.foreign investment
丸wánn., m.w.ball / pellet / pillsyn
完备完備wán bèiadj.faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desiredsyn
完毕完畢wán bìv.to finish / to end / to completesyn
顽固頑固wán gùadj.stubborn / obstinatesyn
完好wán hǎoadj.intact / in good conditionsyn
玩弄wán nòngv.to play with / to toy with / to dally with / to engage in / to resort tosyn
顽皮頑皮wán píadj.naughtysyn
玩耍wán shuǎv.to play (as children do) / to amuse oneselfsyn
玩意儿玩意兒wán yì rn.erhua variant of 玩意[wan2 yi4]syn
丸子wán zin.pills / balls / meatballssyn
挽輓wǎnv.variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the deadsyn
挽回wǎn huív.to retrieve / to redeemsyn
挽救wǎn jiùv.to save / to remedy / to rescuesyn
晚年wǎn niánn.one's later yearssyn
晚期wǎn qīn.later period / end stage / terminalsyn
惋惜wǎn xīadj.to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sbsyn
晚霞wǎn xián.sunset glow / sunset clouds / afterglow
万分萬分wàn fēnadv.very much / extremely / one ten thousandth partsyn
万能萬能wàn néngadj.omnipotent / all-purpose / universalsyn
万万萬萬wàn wànadv.absolutely / whollysyn
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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