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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 草丛草叢 | underbrush | syn | |
| 草坪 | lawn | syn | |
| 草率 | careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious | syn | |
| 草药草藥 | herbal medicine | syn | |
| 测定測定 | to determine (by measuring or surveying) | ||
| 侧面側面 | lateral side / side / aspect / profile | syn | |
| 测算測算 | to take measurements and calculate | syn | |
| 测验測驗 | test / to test / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 侧重側重 | to place particular emphasis on | syn | |
| 层出不穷層出不窮 | more and more emerge / innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom) | syn | |
| 蹭 | to rub against / to walk slowly / (coll.) to freeload | syn | |
| 差错差錯 | mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap | syn | |
| 差额差額 | balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference | ||
| 插曲 | music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode | ||
| 插手 | to get involved in / to meddle / interference | syn | |
| 插图插圖 | illustration | syn | |
| 插嘴 | to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation | syn | |
| 查处查處 | to investigate and handle (a criminal case) | syn | |
| 查获查獲 | to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) | syn | |
| 察觉察覺 | to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect | syn | |
| 察看 | to watch / to look carefully at | syn | |
| 查明 | to investigate and find out / to ascertain | syn | |
| 岔 | fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) | syn | |
| 刹那剎那 | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye | syn | |
| 诧异詫異 | flabbergasted / astonished | syn | |
| 拆迁拆遷 | to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants | syn | |
| 柴油 | diesel fuel | ||
| 掺摻 | to mix (variant of 攙|搀[chan1]) | syn | |
| 搀攙 | to take by the arm and assist / to mix / to blend / to dilute / to adulterate | syn | |
| 馋饞 | gluttonous / greedy / to have a craving | syn | |
| 缠纏 | to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy | syn | |
| 缠绕纏繞 | twisting / to twine / to wind / to pester / to bother | syn | |
| 铲鏟 | to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds) / to shovel (variant of 剷|铲[chan3]) / (bound form) spade / shovel | syn | |
| 产权產權 | property right | syn | |
| 阐释闡釋 | to explain / to expound / to interpret / elucidation | syn | |
| 阐述闡述 | to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) | syn | |
| 产物產物 | product / result (of) | syn | |
| 产业链產業鏈 | industry value chain | ||
| 产值產值 | value of output / output value | ||
| 颤抖顫抖 | to shudder / to shiver / to shake / to tremble | syn | |
| 猖狂 | savage / furious | syn | |
| 昌盛 | prosperous | syn | |
| 偿还償還 | to repay / to reimburse | syn | |
| 常理 | common sense / conventional reasoning and morals | syn | |
| 长期以来長期以來 | for a long time | ||
| 常人 | ordinary person | syn | |
| 常态常態 | normal state | ||
| 长效長效 | to be effective over an extended period | ||
| 长征長征 | expedition / long journey | syn | |
| 长足長足 | remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc) | syn | |
| 敞开敞開 | to open wide / unrestrictedly | syn | |
| 倡导倡導 | to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) | syn | |
| 唱片 | gramophone record / LP / music CD / musical album / CL:張|张[zhang1] | ||
| 畅谈暢談 | to talk freely / to discuss without inhibition | syn | |
| 倡议倡議 | to suggest / to initiate / proposal / initiative | syn | |
| 超标超標 | to cross the limit / to be over the accepted norm / excessive | ||
| 钞票鈔票 | paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) / CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1] | syn | |
| 超前 | to be ahead of one's time / to surpass or outdo one's predecessors / to be ahead of the pack / to take the lead / advanced | syn | |
| 抄袭抄襲 | to plagiarize / to copy / to attack the flank or rear of an enemy | syn | |
| 潮 | tide / damp / moist / humid / fashionable / trendy / (coll.) inferior / substandard | syn | |
| 嘲弄 | to tease / to poke fun at / to make fun of | syn | |
| 潮水 | tide | syn | |
| 巢穴 | lair / nest / den / hideout | syn | |
| 炒作 | to hype / to promote (in the media) | ||
| 车间車間 | workshop / CL:個|个[ge4] | ||
| 扯撦 | variant of 扯[che3] / to pull / to tear | syn | |
| 撤 | to remove / to take away | syn | |
| 撤离撤離 | to withdraw from / to evacuate | syn | |
| 撤退 | to retreat | syn | |
| 彻夜徹夜 | the whole night | syn | |
| 沉淀沉澱 | (chemistry) to settle / to precipitate / (chemistry) sediment / precipitate / (fig.) to accumulate | syn | |
| 沉甸甸 | heavy | syn | |
| 沉浸 | to soak / to permeate / to immerse | syn | |
| 陈旧陳舊 | old-fashioned | syn | |
| 陈列陳列 | to display / to exhibit | syn | |
| 沉闷沉悶 | oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled | syn | |
| 沉迷 | to be engrossed / to be absorbed with / to lose oneself in / to be addicted to | syn | |
| 陈述陳述 | an assertion / to declare / to state | syn | |
| 沉睡 | to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant / to lie undiscovered | syn | |
| 沉思 | to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation | syn | |
| 沉稳沉穩 | steady / calm / unflustered | syn | |
| 沉着沉著 | steady / calm and collected / not nervous | syn | |
| 趁机趁機 | to seize an opportunity | syn | |
| 衬托襯托 | to serve to highlight / to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element | syn | |
| 称心如意稱心如意 | (idiom) after one's own heart / gratifying / satisfactory / everything one could wish | syn | |
| 趁早 | as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late | syn | |
| 呈 | to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color) | syn | |
| 承包 | to contract / to undertake (a job) | syn | |
| 成才 | to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect | syn | |
| 成家 | to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert | syn | |
| 成家立业成家立業 | to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself | syn | |
| 承接 | to receive / to accept / to carry on | syn | |
| 诚恳誠懇 | sincere / honest / cordial | syn | |
| 成年 | to grow to adulthood / fully grown / adult / the whole year | syn | |
| 成品 | finished goods / a finished product | syn | |
| 城墙城牆 | city wall | syn | |
| 澄清 | clear (of liquid) / limpid / to clarify / to make sth clear / to be clear (about the facts) | syn | |
| 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off | syn | |
| 成群结队成群結隊 | making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd | syn | |
| 成天 | (coll.) all day long / all the time | 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.