2025 HSK examination syllabus

HSK 5
vocabulary.

五级词汇

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

1,600new words
3,600cumulative words
What to learn

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

How to use this list

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.

List scope

All 3,600 words from HSK 1 through HSK 5.

HSK 5 only 1,600HSK 1–5 combined 3,600
Official 2025 syllabus

HSK 5 vocabulary

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mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)

名、量

lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

后缀

erhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]

(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)

代、(连)

(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)

名、动

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])

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.