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
愚昧	yú mèi	ignorant / uneducated / ignorance	syn
渔民漁民	yú mín	fisherman / fisher folk	syn
逾期	yú qī	to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth	syn
愉悦愉悅	yú yuè	joyful / cheerful / delighted / joy / delight	syn
与否與否	yǔ fǒu	whether or not (at the end of a phrase)	syn
与日俱增與日俱增	yǔ rì jù zēng	to increase steadily / to grow with each passing day	syn
与时俱进與時俱進	yǔ shí jù jìn	abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
予以	yǔ yǐ	to give / to impose / to apply	syn
与众不同與眾不同	yǔ zhòng bù tóng	to stand out from the masses (idiom)	syn
宇宙	yǔ zhòu	universe / cosmos / space	syn
玉	yù	jade	syn
愈癒	yù	variant of 愈[yu4] / to heal	syn
预备預備	yù bèi	to prepare / to make ready / preparation / preparatory	syn
预感預感	yù gǎn	to have a premonition / premonition
预告預告	yù gào	to forecast / to predict / advance notice	syn
愈合	yù hé	(of a wound) to heal	syn
愈加	yù jiā	all the more / even more / further	syn
预见預見	yù jiàn	to foresee / to predict / to forecast / to envision / foresight / intuition / vision
预警預警	yù jǐng	warning / early warning
郁闷鬱悶	yù mèn	gloomy / depressed	syn
遇难遇難	yù nàn	to perish / to be killed	syn
预赛預賽	yù sài	preliminary competition / to hold preliminary heats
预示預示	yù shì	to indicate / to foretell / to forebode / to betoken	syn
预售預售	yù shòu	to sell in advance
预算預算	yù suàn	budget
遇险遇險	yù xiǎn	to get into difficulties / to meet with danger	syn
预先預先	yù xiān	beforehand / in advance	syn
预言預言	yù yán	to predict / prophecy	syn
寓言	yù yán	fable / allegory / parable / CL:則\|则[ze2]
愈演愈烈	yù yǎn yù liè	ever more critical / problems get more and more intense	syn
寓意	yù yì	moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning	syn
预兆預兆	yù zhào	omen / sign (of sth yet to occur) / prior indication / to foreshadow	syn
冤寃	yuān	old variant of 冤[yuan1]	syn
冤枉	yuān wang	to accuse wrongly / to treat unjustly / injustice / wronged / not worthwhile	syn
渊源淵源	yuān yuán	origin / source / relationship	syn
原创原創	yuán chuàng	to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
缘分緣分	yuán fèn	fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny	syn
原告	yuán gào	complainant / plaintiff
缘故緣故	yuán gù	reason / cause	syn
元老	yuán lǎo	senior figure / elder / doyen	syn
园区園區	yuán qū	site developed for a group of related enterprises / (industrial or technology) park
源泉	yuán quán	fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin	syn
元首	yuán shǒu	head of state	syn
源头源頭	yuán tóu	source / fountainhead	syn
原型	yuán xíng	model / prototype / archetype
源源不断源源不斷	yuán yuán bù duàn	a steady flow (idiom) / an unending stream	syn
源远流长源遠流長	yuán yuǎn liú cháng	lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then	syn
原汁原味	yuán zhī yuán wèi	original / authentic	syn
援助	yuán zhù	to help / to support / to aid / aid / assistance	syn
原装原裝	yuán zhuāng	genuine / intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
远见遠見	yuǎn jiàn	foresight / discernment / vision	syn
远近闻名遠近聞名	yuǎn jìn wén míng	to be known far and wide / to be well-known
怨	yuàn	to blame / (bound form) resentment / hatred / grudge	syn
怨恨	yuàn hèn	to resent / to harbor a grudge against / to loathe / resentment / rancor	syn
怨气怨氣	yuàn qì	grievance / resentment / complaint	syn
院士	yuàn shì	scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy)
怨言	yuàn yán	complaint	syn
曰	yuē	to speak / to say	syn
约定俗成約定俗成	yuē dìng sú chéng	established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention	syn
乐队樂隊	yuè duì	band / pop group / CL:支[zhi1]
悦耳悅耳	yuè ěr	sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound)	syn
越发越發	yuè fā	increasingly / more and more / ever more / all the more	syn
岳父	yuè fù	wife's father, father-in-law	syn
越过越過	yuè guò	to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above	syn
阅览閱覽	yuè lǎn	to read	syn
阅历閱歷	yuè lì	to experience / experience	syn
岳母	yuè mǔ	wife's mother, mother-in-law	syn
乐谱樂譜	yuè pǔ	a musical score / sheet music
晕头转向暈頭轉向	yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng	confused and disoriented	syn
陨石隕石	yǔn shí	meteorite / aerolite / CL:塊\|块[kuai4],顆\|颗[ke1]	syn
熨	yùn	an iron / to iron	syn
蕴藏蘊藏	yùn cáng	to hold in store / to contain (untapped reserves etc)	syn
运筹帷幄運籌帷幄	yùn chóu wéi wò	lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom) / fig. planning strategies	syn
孕妇孕婦	yùn fù	pregnant woman	syn
蕴含蘊含	yùn hán	to contain / to accumulate	syn
运河運河	yùn hé	canal
酝酿醞釀	yùn niàng	(of alcohol) to ferment / (of a crisis) to be brewing / to mull over (an issue) / to hold exploratory discussions	syn
运算運算	yùn suàn	to perform calculations / (mathematical) operation	syn
韵味韻味	yùn wèi	implicit charm in rhyme or sound / hinted appeal / interest	syn
孕育	yùn yù	to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc)
运转運轉	yùn zhuǎn	to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around	syn
运作運作	yùn zuò	to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)	syn
砸	zá	to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle	syn
杂技雜技	zá jì	acrobatics / CL:場\|场[chang3]	syn
杂交雜交	zá jiāo	to hybridize / to crossbreed / promiscuity	syn
杂乱无章雜亂無章	zá luàn wú zhāng	disordered and in a mess (idiom) / all mixed up and chaotic	syn
栽	zāi	to plant / to grow / to insert / to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble / to fall down	syn
栽培	zāi péi	to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize	syn
栽赃栽贓	zāi zāng	to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
宰	zǎi	to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)	syn
再度	zài dù	once more / once again / one more time	syn
再接再厉再接再厲	zài jiē zài lì	to continue the struggle (idiom) / to persist / unremitting efforts	syn
在所难免在所難免	zài suǒ nán miǎn	to be unavoidable (idiom)	syn
载体載體	zài tǐ	carrier (chemistry) / vector (epidemiology) / vehicle or medium
再现再現	zài xiàn	to recreate / to reconstruct (a historical relic)	syn
在职在職	zài zhí	to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
攒攢	zǎn	to collect / to hoard / to accumulate / to save	syn
暂暫	zàn	to scurry / variant of 暫\|暂[zan4]	syn
赞不绝口贊不絕口	zàn bù jué kǒu	to praise without cease (idiom) / praise sb to high heaven	syn
赞美讚美	zàn měi	to admire / to praise / to eulogize	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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