excellent quality
形HSK 5
vocabulary.
Develop nuanced expression across social, cultural, academic, and professional subjects.
Develop nuanced expression across social, cultural, academic, and professional subjects.
Collect complete phrases and collocations from authentic reading instead of studying every advanced word alone.
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.
Only the 1,600 words assigned to HSK 5.
excellent quality
形hereby; from this
—to mail; to send by post
动post office
名to go sightseeing; to tour
动(postage) stamp
名youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person
名to hesitate
形destructive; harmful
—powerful; forceful
形advantageous; favorable
形limited; finite
形useful; beneficial
形to contribute to; to promote
动kindergarten; nursery school
名to entertain; to amuse
动、名tone; manner of speaking
名rainwater; rainfall; rain
名literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
名speech sounds; pronunciation
名forecast
动、名to forecast; to predict
动to place an order; to book ahead
动to prevent; to take precautions against
动to forecast; to predict
动corn; maize
名booking; reservation
动former; original
形circle; round
名、形original; former
—New Year's Day
名staff; personnel; employee
名principle; doctrine
名honest and prudent; (bound form) wish; hope; desire
动desire; wish
名to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain
动to move; to transport
动freight fee
名luck (good or bad)
名to transport; to carry
动to use; to put to use
动to be present; to be on the scene
动to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about
动(included) in it; among them
名online; connected to the Internet
动to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
动to approve; to endorse
动dregs; draff
形too bad; how terrible
形early period; early phase; early stage
名morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days
名、副for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
副to make; to build
动to bring about; to create; to cause
动(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
动to promote; to enhance
动to increase; to strengthen
动to give as a present; to repel
动to present as a gift
动to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
动to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)
动narrow; narrow-minded
形to put on display; to be on show
动to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
动to put on display; to exhibit
动to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
动to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
动to take possession of; to occupy
动platform (at a railway station); (of an influential person) to publicly endorse or campaign for (a candidate)
名busy (telephone line)
动to rise (of prices, rivers)
动to appreciate (in value); to increase in price
动applause
名to grasp (often fig.); to control
动account number; account; username
名(bank, computer etc) account
名to catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]
动to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke
动discount
名philosophy
名sincere; genuine; true
形to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
动precious
形true; real
形to treasure; to value
动to diagnose
动disposition of troops; wave
量to strive for; to vie for
动to fight for; to strive for
动orderly; neat
形whole; entirety; overall; whole; general
名whole; full
副to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire
动government
名evidence; proof
名just as; precisely as
动credentials; certificate
名politics; political
名to support; to sustain
量well-known; famous
形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.