2025 HSK examination syllabus

HSK 6
vocabulary.

六级词汇

Strengthen precise reading with formal vocabulary, complex discourse, idiomatic phrasing, and subtle distinctions.

1,800new words
5,400cumulative words
What to learn

Read for argument, tone, and implication while maintaining speed across unfamiliar topics.

How to use this list

Use the new-word view for focused study and the cumulative view to diagnose gaps across the full HSK 1–6 range.

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 5,400 words from HSK 1 through HSK 6.

HSK 6 only 1,800HSK 1–6 combined 5,400
Official 2025 syllabus

HSK 6 vocabulary

Words 2,601–2,700 of 5,400Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

progress; improvement; to improve; to progress

动、形

the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades

to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further

to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate

lasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time

to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance

role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]

to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear

ordinary people; the "person in the street"

kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type

名、量

type; kind; category; (computer programming) type

to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign

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.