structure; composition
名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.
structure; composition
名to combine; to link
动conclusion; verdict
名saving; to save
动to arrive at (place or time); period
量today
名tight; strict
形、动urgent; emergency
形as quickly as possible; as soon as possible
副as much as possible; to the greatest extent
副inseparably close
形cautious; prudent
形progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
动、形the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades
名to import; imported
动to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
动for the past few years
—near in time; in the near future
名(in) the past few days; recently
名to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
副the classics; scriptures
名、形energy
名vigor; vitality; spirited
名、形nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
形to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
动still; calm
形、动bar (place to buy drinks)
名lasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time
形to save; to assist
动ambulance
名to get a job; employment
动resident; inhabitant
名unexpectedly; to one's surprise
副to reside; to dwell
动tangerine
名according to; to act in accordance with
介to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance
动to possess; to have
动theater
名huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
形it is said that; reportedly
动concrete; specific; detailed
形、动to have; to possess
动to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate
动absolute; unconditional
形、副finals (of a competition)
动、名role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
名determination; resolution
名、动to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
动to bloom; to open
动、形to open (a conference); to inaugurate
动opening ceremony
名boiled water; boiling water
名to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
动to open a business; to open a practice
动to launch; to develop
动to look after; to take care of
动to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
动to look upon as; to regard as
动to lean against or on; to stand by the side of
动to be close to; to approach; to draw near
动classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
量(scientific) research
动it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear
连reliable
形awful; dreadful
形(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer
动customer service
形objective; impartial
形client; customer
名space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
名in the sky; in the air
名、形to control
动pocket; bag; sack
名a person's preferences; tastes (in food)
名warehouse; storehouse
名wide; broad
形、名、(动)width
名to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient
动insect
名to expand; to enlarge
动source (of information etc); origin
名、动work; toil
名、动ordinary people; the "person in the street"
名boss; business proprietor
名(coll.) husband
名(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
名(coll.) wife
名(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
名optimistic; hopeful
形delight; pleasure; joy
名(bound form) tears; teardrops
名kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type
名、量teardrop; tears
名similar; analogous
动type; kind; category; (computer programming) type
名pear
名to divorce
动centimeter
量to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign
动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.