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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 搓 | to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist | syn | |
| 磋商 | to consult / to discuss seriously / to negotiate / to confer / negotiations / consultations | syn | |
| 挫败挫敗 | to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat | syn | |
| 错别字錯別字 | incorrectly written or mispronounced characters | ||
| 错觉錯覺 | misconception / illusion / misperception | ||
| 措手不及 | no time to deal with it (idiom) / caught unprepared | syn | |
| 错位錯位 | to be wrongly positioned / to be dislocated / to be misplaced / (medicine) to be in malposition / (fig.) erroneous / eccentric | ||
| 错综复杂錯綜複雜 | tangled and complicated (idiom) | syn | |
| 搭乘 | to ride as a passenger / to travel by (car, plane etc) | syn | |
| 搭档搭檔 | to cooperate / partner | syn | |
| 搭建 | to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up | ||
| 答辩答辯 | to reply (to an accusation) / to defend one's dissertation | syn | |
| 达标達標 | to reach a set standard | syn | |
| 打 | to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from | syn | |
| 打喷嚏打噴嚏 | to sneeze | ||
| 打下手 | to act in a supporting role / fig. to play second fiddle | syn | |
| 打岔 | interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject | ||
| 打倒 | to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! | syn | |
| 打赌打賭 | to bet / to make a bet / a wager | ||
| 打盹儿打盹兒 | erhua variant of 打盹[da3 dun3] | syn | |
| 打发打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) | syn | |
| 打搅打攪 | to disturb / to trouble / to bother | syn | |
| 打捞打撈 | to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) | syn | |
| 打量 | to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon | syn | |
| 打猎打獵 | to go hunting | syn | |
| 打磨 | to polish / to burnish / to shine | syn | |
| 打消 | to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) / to give up on | syn | |
| 大不了 | at worst / if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious / alarming | syn | |
| 大大咧咧 | carefree / offhand / casual | syn | |
| 大纲大綱 | synopsis / outline / program / leading principles | syn | |
| 大公无私大公無私 | selfless / impartial | syn | |
| 大街小巷 | great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city | syn | |
| 大惊小怪大驚小怪 | to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) | syn | |
| 大局 | overall situation / the big picture | syn | |
| 大陆大陸 | continent / mainland / CL:個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] | syn | |
| 大名鼎鼎 | grand reputation / renowned / famous | syn | |
| 大片 | wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie | ||
| 大气大氣 | atmosphere (surrounding the earth) / imposing / impressive / stylish | syn | |
| 大数据大數據 | big data (computing) | ||
| 大肆 | wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled | syn | |
| 大体大體 | in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students | syn | |
| 大同小异大同小異 | virtually the same / differing only on small points | syn | |
| 大为大為 | very / greatly | syn | |
| 大雁 | wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1] | syn | |
| 大意 | careless | syn | |
| 大意 | general idea / main idea | syn | |
| 大有可为大有可為 | with great prospects for the future (idiom) / well worth doing | syn | |
| 大宗 | large amount / staple / influential family of long standing | syn | |
| 逮 | (coll.) to catch / to seize / to capture | syn | |
| 歹徒 | evildoer / malefactor / gangster / hoodlum | syn | |
| 逮捕 | to arrest / to apprehend / to take into custody / Taiwan pr. [dai3bu3] | syn | |
| 带队帶隊 | to lead a team / to lead a group / group leader / (tourism) tour guide | syn | |
| 怠工 | to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike) | syn | |
| 代号代號 | code name | ||
| 代理人 | agent | syn | |
| 带路帶路 | to lead the way / to guide / to show the way / (fig.) to instruct | syn | |
| 怠慢 | to slight / to neglect | syn | |
| 带头帶頭 | to take the lead / to be the first / to set an example | syn | |
| 代言 | to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse | ||
| 担擔 | to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility | syn | |
| 担保擔保 | to guarantee / to vouch for | syn | |
| 单边單邊 | unilateral | syn | |
| 单薄單薄 | weak / frail / thin / flimsy | syn | |
| 担当擔當 | to take upon oneself / to assume | syn | |
| 单方面單方面 | unilateral | syn | |
| 担负擔負 | to shoulder / to bear / to undertake | syn | |
| 耽搁耽擱 | to tarry / to delay / to stop over | syn | |
| 单价單價 | unit price | ||
| 单身單身 | unmarried / single / alone | syn | |
| 胆量膽量 | courage / boldness / guts | syn | |
| 胆怯膽怯 | timidity / timid / cowardly | syn | |
| 胆小鬼膽小鬼 | coward | syn | |
| 担擔 | picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole | syn | |
| 诞辰誕辰 | birthday | syn | |
| 淡化 | to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination | syn | |
| 淡季 | off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] | ||
| 淡水 | potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water | ||
| 但愿但願 | if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that) | syn | |
| 担子擔子 | carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:副[fu4] | syn | |
| 当即當即 | at once / on the spot | syn | |
| 当机立断當機立斷 | to make prompt decisions (idiom) | syn | |
| 当日當日 | on that day | syn | |
| 当事人當事人 | persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair) | syn | |
| 当务之急當務之急 | (idiom) top priority job / a matter of the greatest urgency | ||
| 当心當心 | to take care / to look out | syn | |
| 当之无愧當之無愧 | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom) / entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | syn | |
| 当众當眾 | in public / in front of everybody | syn | |
| 党黨 | party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 档次檔次 | grade / class / quality / level | syn | |
| 当晚當晚 | the same evening | syn | |
| 荡漾蕩漾 | to ripple / to undulate | ||
| 当真當真 | to take seriously / serious / No joking, really! | syn | |
| 导弹導彈 | (guided) missile / CL:枚[mei2] | ||
| 导航導航 | (lit. and fig.) to navigate | syn | |
| 导火索導火索 | fuse (for explosive) | ||
| 捣乱搗亂 | to disturb / to look for trouble / to stir up a row / to bother sb intentionally | syn | |
| 倒霉 | to have bad luck / to be out of luck | syn | |
| 倒塌 | to collapse (of building) / to topple over | syn | |
| 导向導向 | to be oriented towards / orientation | ||
| 岛屿島嶼 | island | 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.