Read longer narratives and discuss familiar subjects with vocabulary for relationships, explanations, and abstract ideas.
Use the list as a reading reference: search for an unfamiliar word, hear it, and return to the sentence where you found it.
2026 rollout: This syllabus was published in November 2025 and became effective in July 2026. The official second-round HSK 3.0 global trial is scheduled for September 20, 2026, so confirm the syllabus and test format with your center.
All 2,000 words from HSK 1 through HSK 4.
currently existing; currently available
动、形fragrant; sweet smelling
形to compare
动opposite; contrary
形、连each other; mutual
副identical; same
形detailed; in detail
形echo; sound
动、形way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
名back of neck; item
量(piece of) news; information; message
名street food; snack
名(coll.) young man; young fellow; lad
名novel; fiction
名group
名result; effect
名joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
名、动blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]
名heart; mind
名exhausting; hard
形、动mood; frame of mind
名signal
名information; news; message
名confidence; faith (in sb or sth)
名excited; excitement
形、动(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
名to wake up; to be awake
动nature; character
后缀sex; gender
名happiness; happy
名、形nature; disposition
名brothers; younger brother
名bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke
名to decorate; to embellish
动to repair; to fix
动many; a lot of
数tuition fee; tuition
名college; educational institute
名to press; to push down
动pressure
名toothpaste
名Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])
名cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke
名salt
名strict; stringent; tight; rigorous
形、动research; a study
动graduate student; postgraduate student
名grave; serious; severe; critical
形to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
动to sing (for an audience); vocal performance
动to act (in a play); to perform
动spectacles; eyeglasses
名before one's eyes; now
名actor; actress; performer
名sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
名to cultivate; to raise
动appearance; manner
名to invite; invitation
动(coll.) if
连key
名perhaps; maybe
副night
名、量night
名leaf (CL:片[pian4]); (slang) marijuana
名everything; every
代already; to stop
副within; less than
名idea; opinion
名all one's life; throughout one's life
名art
名thus; consequently; as a result
连to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
动impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
名to beat; to win
动to win; to gain
动to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position
动brave; courageous
形forever; eternal
副、名to be used for
动to use in; to use on; to use for
动merit; benefit
名(loanword) humor; humorous
形outstanding; excellent
形to follow; from
介oil; fat
名especially; particularly
副to amuse oneself; to have fun
动due to; as a result of
介、连friendly; amicable; close friend
形friendly feelings; friendship
名interesting; fascinating; amusing
形effective; in effect
动companionship; fellowship
名to have; to possess
动cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted
形thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
连(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
介、连grammar
名to prepare a lesson
动original; former; originally; formerly; at first
名、形、副Vocabulary levels, pinyin, parts of speech, and counts follow the official 2025 HSK examination syllabus, published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation and effective July 2026. English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0; context may change the best translation.