Official vocabulary list

HSK 5
vocabulary.

五级词汇

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

1,071new words
4,316cumulative words
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Distinguish near-synonyms, register, and the precise meaning a word takes inside a longer passage.

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HSK 5 vocabulary

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to love; to be fond of; to like; affection

V

to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby

V/N

eight

Num

(coll.) father; dad; father

N

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?

Aux

white; in vain

Adj

daytime; during the day

N

hundred; numerous

Num

team; class; grade; (military) squad

N/M

half; semi-

Num

half a year

half of the day; a long time

to help; to assist

V

to help; to lend a hand

to cover; to wrap

N/M/V

baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)

N

cup; trophy cup

M

cup; glass

N

north; (classical) to be defeated

N

north; north side

N

Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])

N

(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source

M

book; notebook

N

to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}

Prep/V

to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish

Adv

else; other

Pron

other people; others; other person

Pron

illness; disease

N/V

sick person; patient

N

not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently

incorrect; wrong

Adj

you're welcome; don't mention it

need not

Adv

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

Adv

vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])

N

tea; tea plant

N

different; wrong; mistaken

V/Adj

always; ever

Adv

frequently; often

Adv

to sing; to call loudly

V

to sing a song

car; vehicle

N

ticket (for a bus or train)

N

English gloss not yet available

rail station; bus stop

N

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)

V

to have a meal; to eat

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur

V

to come out; to appear

to go out

to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)

V

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)

N

next in sequence; second

M

from; through; via; (bound form) to follow

Prep

mistake; wrong

Adj/N

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings

V

to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift

to make a telephone call

to open; to show (a ticket)

In a story

to play ball; to play with a ball

Vocabulary levels and counts follow the GF0025-2021 international Chinese education standard. English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0; context may change the best translation.