Strengthen precise reading with formal vocabulary, complex discourse, idiomatic phrasing, and subtle distinctions.
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.
Only the 1,800 words assigned to HSK 6.
to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times)
动to pass on; to convey
动to infect; contagious
动infectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease
名to impart; to pass on; to teach
动to transmit; transmission
动to fax; a fax
名ship; boat
名to string together; to skewer
名、量window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)
名to rush; to charge
动to establish; to found
动to found; to establish
动to establish; to set up; to found
动creative; creativity
名、动perpendicular; vertical
动pure; simple
形、副chinaware; porcelain
名this moment; now
名thorn; sting
动、名number of times; frequency
名hurriedly
形hasty; hurried
形never
副to practice (a trade)
动vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
名old variant of 脆[cui4]; brittle
形weak; frail
形village; hamlet
名to store up; to stockpile
动a unit of length; inch
量setback; reverse
动to put up; to build
动to pair up; to match
动、形to answer; to reply
动to come into contact with; to have dealings
—to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy)
动to hit; to strike
动to fight; to scuffle
动(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out); (on social media) to check in to a location
动to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder
动to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
动to fight a battle; to go to war
动chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
名(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
—earth; mother earth
名for the most part; on the whole
副generous; magnanimous
形large-format (picture, banner, photo etc); substantially; by a wide margin
副erhua variant of 大伙[da4 huo3]
代ambassador; envoy
名great master; master
名Oceania
名more or less; roughly; approximately
形、副foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank
形to wait; to treat
动price; cost
名a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank)
动、名to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy
动to guide; to lead
动simple; pure
形monotonous
形to delay; to hold up
动to worry; to be concerned
动protein
名to be born
动at the scene; on the spot
副at that time; originally
名the present age; the contemporary era
名the present time; (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
名to sb's face; in sb's presence
副immediately; at once
名、副to be elected; to be selected
动file; record; archive
名the same day
名island
名to go bankrupt; to close down
动to change buses, trains etc
动tutor; teacher
名virtue; morality
名、形contrary to what one might expect; actually
副all right!; that's enough!
动、助able to; so that sb can
动to find out; to learn of
动lantern
名grade; rank
名to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc)
动、量(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)
形to arrive; to reach (a destination)
动to resist; resistance
动authentic; genuine
形region; regional (away from the central administration)
名topography; terrain
名area; district
名geology
名to hit; to press
动ceremony; celebration
名to ignite; to set on fire
动model; typical case
名、形electric rice cooker
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.