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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.

ChinesePinyinTranslation
嘱托囑託zhǔ tuōto entrust a task to sb elsesyn
主页主頁zhǔ yèhome page
主义主義zhǔ yì-ism / ideologysyn
主宰zhǔ zǎito dominate / to rule / to dictate / mastersyn
注註zhùto register / to annotate / note / commentsyn
驻駐zhùto halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)syn
筑築zhùto build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]syn
贮藏貯藏zhù cángto store up / to hoard / depositssyn
著称著稱zhù chēngto be widely known assyn
住处住處zhù chùresidence / dwelling
注定註定zhù dìngto foreordain / to be bound to / to be destined to / to be doomed to / inevitablysyn
住户住戶zhù hùhousehold / inhabitant / householdersyn
助力zhù lìto help / to aid / assistance
注射zhù shèinjection / to injectsyn
注视注視zhù shìto look attentively at / to closely watch / to gaze atsyn
注释注釋zhù shìvariant of 注釋|注释[zhu4shi4]syn
助威zhù wēito cheer for / to encourage / to boost the morale ofsyn
注销註銷zhù xiāoto cancel / to write offsyn
蛀牙zhù yátooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth
铸造鑄造zhù zàoto cast (pour metal into a mold)syn
驻扎駐紮zhù zhāto station / to garrison (troops)syn
柱子zhù zipillar / CL:根[gen1]syn
驻足駐足zhù zúto stop (walking) / to haltsyn
爪子zhuǎ zi(animal's) clawsyn
拽zhuàito pull / to tug at (sth)syn
专长專長zhuān chángspecialty / special knowledge or abilitysyn
专程專程zhuān chéngspecifically / specially (for that purpose)syn
专柜專櫃zhuān guìsales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
专辑專輯zhuān jíalbum / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast materialsyn
专栏專欄zhuān lánspecial columnsyn
专卖專賣zhuān màimonopoly / exclusive right to tradesyn
专人專人zhuān rénspecialist / person appointed for specific tasksyn
专项專項zhuān xiàngspecial / dedicated
专职專職zhuān zhíspecial duty / assigned full time to a tasksyn
专制專制zhuān zhìautocracy / dictatorshipsyn
专著專著zhuān zhùmonograph / specialized text
转播轉播zhuǎn bōrelay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
转达轉達zhuǎn dáto pass on / to convey / to communicatesyn
转化轉化zhuǎn huàto change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerizationsyn
转机轉機zhuǎn jī(to take) a turn for the better / to change planessyn
转型轉型zhuǎn xíngto undergo fundamental change / to transition / to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
转眼轉眼zhuǎn yǎnin a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glancesyn
转载轉載zhuǎn zǎito forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
转折轉折zhuǎn zhéshift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversationsyn
转折点轉折點zhuǎn zhé diǎnturning point / breaking pointsyn
传傳zhuànbiography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay stationsyn
传记傳記zhuàn jìbiography / CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4]syn
撰写撰寫zhuàn xiěto write / to composesyn
转悠轉悠zhuàn youto roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedlysyn
桩樁zhuāngstump / stake / pile / classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etcsyn
装扮裝扮zhuāng bànto decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to disguise oneselfsyn
庄严莊嚴zhuāng yánsolemn / dignified / statelysyn
庄园莊園zhuāng yuánmanor / feudal land / villa and parksyn
装置裝置zhuāng zhìto install / installation / equipment / system / unit / devicesyn
庄重莊重zhuāng zhònggrave / solemn / dignifiedsyn
幢zhuàngclassifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windowssyn
壮壯zhuàngto strengthen / strong / robustsyn
壮大壯大zhuàng dàto expand / to strengthensyn
壮观壯觀zhuàng guānspectacular / magnificent sight
撞击撞擊zhuàng jīto strike / to hit / to ramsyn
壮丽壯麗zhuàng lìmagnificence / magnificent / majestic / glorioussyn
壮烈壯烈zhuàng lièbrave / heroicsyn
状元狀元zhuàng yuántop scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading lightsyn
追悼zhuī dàoto mourn / to pay last respectssyn
追赶追趕zhuī gǎnto pursue / to chase after / to accelerate / to catch up with / to overtakesyn
追捧zhuī pěngto exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth / to embrace / favor / acclaim / adulation / high demand
追溯zhuī sùlit. to go upstream / to trace sth back to / to date fromsyn
追随追隨zhuī suíto follow / to accompanysyn
追尾zhuī wěito tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
追问追問zhuī wènto question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the mattersyn
追逐zhuī zhúto chase / to pursue vigorouslysyn
追踪追蹤zhuī zōngto track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)syn
坠墜zhuìto fall / to drop / to weigh downsyn
坠落墜落zhuì luòto fall / to dropsyn
准许准許zhǔn xǔto allow / to grant / to permitsyn
准则準則zhǔn zénorm / standard / criterionsyn
拙劣zhuō lièclumsy / botchedsyn
捉迷藏zhuō mí cángto play hide-and-seeksyn
着力著力zhuó lìto put effort into sth / to try really hardsyn
着落著落zhuó luòwhereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solutionsyn
酌情zhuó qíngto use discretion / to take circumstances into account / to make allowances pertinent to a situationsyn
灼热灼熱zhuó rèburning hot / scorchingsyn
着实著實zhuó shítruly / indeed / severely / harshlysyn
着手著手zhuó shǒuto put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set outsyn
着想著想zhuó xiǎngto give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]syn
着眼著眼zhuó yǎnto have one's eyes on (a goal) / having sth in mind / to concentratesyn
卓越zhuó yuèoutstanding / surpassing / distinguished / splendidsyn
着重著重zhuó zhòngto put emphasis on / to stresssyn
茁壮茁壯zhuó zhuànghealthy and strong / sturdy / thriving / vigorous / robust / flourishingsyn
兹茲zīnow / here / this / time / yearsyn
资本主义資本主義zī běn zhǔ yìcapitalism
资历資歷zī lìqualifications / experience / senioritysyn
滋润滋潤zī rùnmoist / humid / to moisten / to provide moisture / comfortably offsyn
资深資深zī shēnveteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experiencedsyn
滋生zī shēngto breed / to flourish / to cause / to provoke / to createsyn
姿态姿態zī tàiattitude / posture / stancesyn
滋味zī wèitaste / flavor / feelingsyn
资讯資訊zī xùninformationsyn
资质資質zī zhìaptitude / natural endowmentssyn
资助資助zī zhùto subsidize / to provide financial aid / subsidysyn
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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