Official vocabulary list

HSK 5
vocabulary.

五级词汇

Develop nuanced expression across social, cultural, academic, and professional subjects.

1,071new words
4,316cumulative words
What to learn

Distinguish near-synonyms, register, and the precise meaning a word takes inside a longer passage.

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Collect complete phrases and collocations from authentic reading instead of studying every advanced word alone.

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HSK 5 vocabulary

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to comfort; to console

V/Adj

bank; shore; beach; coast

N

ashore; on the riverbank

massage; to massage

V

to pull up; to pull out

V

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3])

N

to pay a visit; to call on

V

a register; block of printing

N

to play the role of; to act

V

stick; club

Adj

to surround; to encircle; to hem in

V

to wrap; to package (goods etc); packaging; packing materials

V/N

to defend; to safeguard

V

to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair

V

to repay; to requite

V

to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police

to complain; to grumble

V

knapsack; rucksack

N

tragedy

N

sad; sorrowful

Adj

the North Pole; the north magnetic pole

N

passive

Adj

lifetime; generation

N

I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned

Pron

nose

N

analogy; illustrative example; for instance

N/V

proportion; specific gravity

N

each other; one another

Pron

certainly; must

Adv

to need; to require

V

after all; all in all

Adv

the curtain falls; lower the curtain

closing ceremony

N

frontier; border

N

to edit; to compile

V

to edit; to compile

N

to change; to fluctuate

V

convenient; easy

Adj/V

(informal) note

N

easy to; convenient for

V

guesthouse; lodge

N

round flat cake; cookie

N

biscuit; cracker; cookie

N

virus

N

glass; (slang) male homosexual

N

(loanword) a blog; a blogger

N

an exposition; an international fair

N

doctor (as an academic degree); person specialized in a skill or trade

N

museum

N

weak; frail

Adj

in spite of; regardless of

V

unfavorable; disadvantageous

Adj

impatient; to lose patience

misfortune; adversity

Adj

not easy to do sth; difficult

Adj

to compensate; to make up

V

to subsidize; subsidy

V/N

hasn't yet; hasn't ever

Adv

desperately serious; disastrous

Adj

lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me

V

Vocabulary levels and counts follow the GF0025-2021 international Chinese education standard. English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0; context may change the best translation.