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 3,601–3,700 of 5,400Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example

to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year

model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model

to promise to keep sth in good repair; guarantee; warranty

to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out

sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)

to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off

(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)

an exposition; an international fair

unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor

part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)

to arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)

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.