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
无偿無償	wú cháng	free / no charge / at no cost	syn
无耻無恥	wú chǐ	without any sense of shame / unembarrassed / shameless	syn
无从無從	wú cóng	not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing	syn
无敌無敵	wú dí	unequalled / without rival / a paragon	syn
无动于衷無動於衷	wú dòng yú zhōng	aloof / indifferent / unconcerned	syn
无非無非	wú fēi	only / nothing else	syn
无故無故	wú gù	without cause or reason	syn
无辜無辜	wú gū	innocent / innocence / not guilty (law)	syn
无关紧要無關緊要	wú guān jǐn yào	indifferent / insignificant	syn
无话可说無話可說	wú huà kě shuō	to have nothing to say (idiom)
无家可归無家可歸	wú jiā kě guī	homeless
无价之宝無價之寶	wú jià zhī bǎo	(idiom) priceless treasure	syn
无精打采無精打采	wú jīng dǎ cǎi	dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out
无济于事無濟於事	wú jì yú shì	(idiom) to no avail / of no use	syn
无可厚非無可厚非	wú kě hòu fēi	see 未可厚非[wei4 ke3 hou4 fei1]
无可奈何無可奈何	wú kě nài hé	have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈\|无奈[wu2 nai4]	syn
无赖無賴	wú lài	hoodlum / rascal / rogue / rascally / scoundrelly	syn
无力無力	wú lì	powerless / lacking strength	syn
无理無理	wú lǐ	irrational / unreasonable	syn
无论如何無論如何	wú lùn rú hé	whatever the case / in any event / no matter what / by all possible means	syn
无能無能	wú néng	incompetence / inability / incapable / powerless	syn
无能为力無能為力	wú néng wéi lì	(idiom) powerless to do anything about it	syn
无情無情	wú qíng	pitiless / ruthless / merciless / heartless	syn
无穷無窮	wú qióng	endless / boundless / inexhaustible	syn
无私無私	wú sī	selfless / unselfish / disinterested / altruistic	syn
无所事事無所事事	wú suǒ shì shì	to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)	syn
无所作为無所作為	wú suǒ zuò wéi	attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless	syn
无条件無條件	wú tiáo jiàn	unconditional	syn
无微不至無微不至	wú wēi bù zhì	in every possible way (idiom) / meticulous	syn
无线無線	wú xiàn	wireless
无形無形	wú xíng	incorporeal / virtual / formless / invisible (assets) / intangible
无须無須	wú xū	need not / not obliged to / not necessarily	syn
无意無意	wú yì	inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth)	syn
无忧无虑無憂無慮	wú yōu wú lǜ	carefree and without worries (idiom)	syn
无缘無緣	wú yuán	to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
无知無知	wú zhī	ignorant / ignorance	syn
捂	wǔ	to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict	syn
舞	wǔ	to dance / to wield / to brandish	syn
五官	wǔ guān	five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
五花八门五花八門	wǔ huā bā mén	myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of	syn
五湖四海	wǔ hú sì hǎi	all parts of the country	syn
武力	wǔ lì	military force	syn
侮辱	wǔ rǔ	to insult / to humiliate / dishonor	syn
武侠武俠	wǔ xiá	martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant	syn
武装武裝	wǔ zhuāng	arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces)	syn
勿	wù	do not	syn
务必務必	wù bì	must / to need to / to be sure to	syn
误差誤差	wù chā	difference / error / inaccuracy
误导誤導	wù dǎo	to mislead / to misguide / misleading
务工務工	wù gōng	to work as a laborer
物力	wù lì	physical resources (as opposed to labor resources)	syn
物流	wù liú	distribution (business) / logistics
物美价廉物美價廉	wù měi jià lián	good quality and cheap / a bargain	syn
误区誤區	wù qū	mistaken ideas / misconceptions / the error of one's ways
物色	wù sè	to look for / to seek out / to choose	syn
务实務實	wù shí	to deal with concrete matters / pragmatic
物证物證	wù zhèng	material evidence
物种物種	wù zhǒng	species	syn
物资物資	wù zī	goods / supplies	syn
稀	xī	rare / uncommon / watery / sparse	syn
溪谿	xī	variant of 溪[xi1]	syn
吸毒	xī dú	to take drugs
膝盖膝蓋	xī gài	knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)	syn
稀罕	xī han	rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3]	syn
熄火	xī huǒ	(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
犀利	xī lì	sharp / incisive / penetrating	syn
奚落	xī luò	to taunt / to ridicule / to jeer at / to treat coldly / to abandon	syn
熄灭熄滅	xī miè	to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished	syn
吸纳吸納	xī nà	to take in / to absorb / to admit / to accept	syn
稀奇	xī qí	rare / strange	syn
昔日	xī rì	former days / in the past	syn
稀少	xī shǎo	sparse / rare	syn
牺牲犧牲	xī shēng	to sacrifice one's life / to sacrifice (sth valued) / beast slaughtered as a sacrifice	syn
嬉笑	xī xiào	to be laughing and playing / to giggle	syn
熙熙攘攘	xī xī rǎng rǎng	bustling with activity (idiom)	syn
息息相关息息相關	xī xī xiāng guān	closely bound up (idiom) / intimately related	syn
夕阳夕陽	xī yáng	sunset / the setting sun	syn
稀有	xī yǒu	uncommon / rare	syn
锡纸錫紙	xī zhǐ	tinfoil
席蓆	xí	variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat	syn
袭击襲擊	xí jī	attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack	syn
席位	xí wèi	a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat	syn
喜出望外	xǐ chū wàng wài	to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events	syn
洗涤洗滌	xǐ dí	to rinse / to wash / washing	syn
喜好	xǐ hào	to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference	syn
喜酒	xǐ jiǔ	wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast	syn
洗礼洗禮	xǐ lǐ	baptism (lit. or fig.)	syn
喜怒哀乐喜怒哀樂	xǐ nù āi lè	four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜\|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒\|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂\|快乐[kuai4 le4]	syn
喜庆喜慶	xǐ qìng	jubilation / festive	syn
喜糖	xǐ táng	sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
喜闻乐见喜聞樂見	xǐ wén lè jiàn	to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking	syn
喜洋洋	xǐ yáng yáng	radiant with joy	syn
喜悦喜悅	xǐ yuè	happy / joyous	syn
细腻細膩	xì nì	(of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous	syn
细微細微	xì wēi	tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive (instruments)	syn
虾蝦	xiā	shrimp / prawn	syn
瞎	xiā	blind / groundlessly / foolishly / to no purpose	syn
狭隘狹隘	xiá ài	(of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited	syn
瑕疵	xiá cī	blemish / flaw / defect	syn
峡谷峽谷	xiá gǔ	canyon / gill / ravine	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 Pinyin

What the advanced band of HSK 3.0 covers

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