health; healthy
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.
All 3,600 words from HSK 1 through HSK 5.
health; healthy
形to meet; to see each other
动to speak; to explain
动angle; corner
量foot; leg (of an animal or an object)
名to receive; to answer (the phone)
动street
名joint; node; (bound form) section; segment
量、名、(动)to marry; to get married
动(TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event)
名holiday; festival
名to end; to finish; to conclude
动to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
动sisters; siblings
名to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend
动catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g
量to pass; to go through
动、名manager; director
名(of a period of time) long
形wine (esp. rice wine); liquor
名old; opposite: new 新
形sentence; clause
量sentence
名to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
动、名to stop; to block
名to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open
动to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
动to start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
动to feel happy; to rejoice
形apparently; it seems that
动(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit
连、(副)thirsty
形adorable; cute
形but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
连quarter (hour); moment
量、(动)textbook
名visitor; guest
名text
名air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
名to cry; to weep
动chopsticks
名mineral water
名to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
动blue; indigo plant
形prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
形、前缀、(副)old man or woman; the elderly
名to depart; to leave
动gift; present
名history
名face
名to practice; to train
动to practice; exercise
动、名pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off
形classifier for vehicles
量(coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while
动erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]
动to understand; to realize
动neighbor
名to study abroad
动student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
名stair; staircase
名curb; roadside; wayside
名crossing; intersection (of roads)
名horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
名street; road
名at once; right away
副satisfied; pleased
动hair; feather
量、(名)uncooked rice; meter (unit of length)
量in front of; facing
名clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
形、动list of names
名personage; celebrity
名south
名difficult (to...); problem
形、(动)south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
名to feel sad; to feel unwell
形ugly; unsightly
形a man; a male
名schoolboy; male student
名difficult problem
名unpleasant to hear; coarse
形grade; year (in school, college etc)
名young
形ox; cow
名、(形)to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
动、形woman
名schoolgirl; female student
名to crawl; to climb
动to be afraid; to fear
动、(副)to take a picture
动tray; plate
名fat; plump
形beer (loanword)
名ordinarily; in normal times
名bottle
名to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc)
动strange; odd
形actually; in fact; really
副other; (sth or sb) else
代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.