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
成心	chéng xīn	intentionally / deliberately / on purpose	syn
成型	chéng xíng	to become shaped / to become formed
诚意誠意	chéng yì	sincerity / good faith	syn
承载承載	chéng zài	to bear the weight / to sustain	syn
诚挚誠摯	chéng zhì	sincere / cordial	syn
逞强逞強	chěng qiáng	to show off / to try to be brave	syn
秤	chèng	steelyard balance / Roman balance / CL:臺\|台[tai2]	syn
痴呆癡呆	chī dāi	imbecility / dementia	syn
吃喝玩乐吃喝玩樂	chī hē wán lè	to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure	syn
吃苦	chī kǔ	to bear hardships	syn
吃亏吃虧	chī kuī	to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately	syn
吃力	chī lì	to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain	syn
痴迷	chī mí	infatuated / obsessed	syn
痴心	chī xīn	infatuation	syn
持	chí	to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control	syn
迟迟遲遲	chí chí	late (with a task etc) / slow	syn
迟钝遲鈍	chí dùn	slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought)	syn
迟缓遲緩	chí huǎn	slow / sluggish	syn
驰名馳名	chí míng	famous	syn
持平	chí píng	to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased	syn
池塘	chí táng	pool / pond	syn
迟疑遲疑	chí yí	to hesitate	syn
迟早遲早	chí zǎo	sooner or later	syn
持之以恒持之以恆	chí zhī yǐ héng	to pursue unremittingly (idiom) / to persevere	syn
尺度	chǐ dù	scale / yardstick	syn
耻辱恥辱	chǐ rǔ	disgrace / shame / humiliation	syn
耻笑恥笑	chǐ xiào	to sneer at sb / to ridicule	syn
赤道	chì dào	equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator
赤字	chì zì	(financial) deficit / red letter	syn
充	chōng	sufficient / full / to fill / to serve as / to act as / to act falsely as / to pose as	syn
充斥	chōng chì	to be full of / to flood / to congest	syn
冲刺衝刺	chōng cì	(sports) to sprint / to spurt / to dash / to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches	syn
充当充當	chōng dāng	to serve as / to act as / to play the role of	syn
憧憬	chōng jǐng	to long for / to look forward to	syn
冲浪衝浪	chōng làng	to surf / surfing	syn
充沛	chōng pèi	abundant / plentiful	syn
冲洗沖洗	chōng xǐ	to rinse / to wash / (photography) to develop (film)	syn
充裕	chōng yù	abundant / ample / plenty / abundance	syn
冲撞衝撞	chōng zhuàng	to collide / jerking motion / to impinge / to offend / to provoke	syn
重重	chóng chóng	layer upon layer / one after another	syn
重叠重疊	chóng dié	to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)	syn
重返	chóng fǎn	to return to	syn
崇高	chóng gāo	majestic / sublime	syn
重合	chóng hé	to match up / to coincide	syn
崇敬	chóng jìng	to revere / to venerate / high esteem	syn
崇尚	chóng shàng	to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate	syn
重申	chóng shēn	to reaffirm / to reiterate	syn
重现重現	chóng xiàn	to reappear	syn
重组重組	chóng zǔ	to reorganize / to recombine / to restructure	syn
宠寵	chǒng	to love / to pamper / to spoil / to favor	syn
宠爱寵愛	chǒng ài	to dote on sb	syn
抽查	chōu chá	random inspection / to do a spot check
抽签抽籤	chōu qiān	to perform divination with sticks / to draw lots / a ballot (in share dealing)	syn
抽屉抽屜	chōu ti	drawer	syn
抽样抽樣	chōu yàng	sample / sampling	syn
仇	chóu	variant of 仇[chou2]	syn
稠	chóu	dense / crowded / thick / many	syn
筹籌	chóu	chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / way / means	syn
筹办籌辦	chóu bàn	to arrange / to make preparations	syn
筹措籌措	chóu cuò	to raise (money)	syn
仇恨	chóu hèn	to hate / hatred / enmity / hostility	syn
筹划籌劃	chóu huà	to plan and prepare	syn
筹集籌集	chóu jí	to collect money / to raise funds	syn
筹码籌碼	chóu mǎ	bargaining chip / gaming chip / casino token	syn
愁眉苦脸愁眉苦臉	chóu méi kǔ liǎn	to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable	syn
稠密	chóu mì	dense	syn
仇人	chóu rén	foe / one's personal enemy	syn
瞅矁	chǒu	old variant of 瞅[chou3]	syn
丑恶醜惡	chǒu è	ugly / repulsive	syn
丑陋醜陋	chǒu lòu	ugly	syn
丑闻醜聞	chǒu wén	scandal	syn
出厂出廠	chū chǎng	to leave the factory (of finished goods)
出丑出醜	chū chǒu	to make a fool of oneself	syn
出动出動	chū dòng	to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops	syn
出发点出發點	chū fā diǎn	starting point / (fig.) basis / motive	syn
出访出訪	chū fǎng	to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation
出局	chū jú	(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
出具	chū jù	to issue (document, certificate etc) / to provide	syn
出口成章	chū kǒu chéng zhāng	(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent / articulate	syn
出路	chū lù	a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
出卖出賣	chū mài	to offer for sale / to sell / to sell out / to betray	syn
出面	chū miàn	to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up	syn
出任	chū rèn	to take up a post / to start in a new job	syn
出人意料	chū rén yì liào	unexpected (idiom) / surprising	syn
出神	chū shén	spellbound / entranced / lost in thought	syn
出身	chū shēn	to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin	syn
出手	chū shǒu	to dispose of / to spend (money) / to undertake a task	syn
出台出臺	chū tái	to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client	syn
出头出頭	chū tóu	to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than	syn
出土	chū tǔ	to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground
出息	chū xi	future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up	syn
出征	chū zhēng	to go into battle / to campaign (military)	syn
出众出眾	chū zhòng	to stand out / outstanding	syn
初衷	chū zhōng	original intention	syn
出资出資	chū zī	to fund / to put money into sth / to invest	syn
出走	chū zǒu	to leave home / to go off / to run away	syn
锄鋤	chú	a hoe / to hoe or dig / to weed / to get rid of	syn
橱窗櫥窗	chú chuāng	display window
除去	chú qù	to eliminate / to remove / except for / apart from	syn
除外	chú wài	to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for	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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