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

Words 2,101–2,200 of 3,600Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent

to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)

long distance; long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话[chang2 tu2 dian4 hua4])

to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp

to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."

composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status

attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc

to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole

clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox

(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early

名、副、前缀

to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive

legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

动、名

to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation

动、名

to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship

to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation

动、名

vocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)

to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant

动、名

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.