Explore the combined advanced vocabulary band used for HSK 7–9, spanning academic, professional, literary, and specialized contexts.
Treat this as a reference collection. Prioritize words from material you actually read rather than trying to memorize all 5,600 at once.
Why one HSK 7–9 page? The current standard defines levels 7, 8, and 9 as one combined advanced vocabulary band. Your final level is determined by performance in the advanced exam, so the official word list is presented together.
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 11,000 words from HSK 1 through HSK 9.
beautiful; fine
形beautiful scenery
名beautiful
形culinary delicacy; fine food
名dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
名、动(fig.) to dream of; dream
动、名cipher; secret code; password; PIN
名free (of charge)
动to face; to confront
动to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
动second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit)
量nationality; ethnic group
名tip; end
名mother and daughter; mother-daughter
名mother
名mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies)
名target; goal
名purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
名destination (location)
名at the present time; currently
名to be patient; patience
形、名southern part
名don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
副man; gentleman
名to feel unwell; to suffer pain
形unforgettable
动the male sex; a male
名inside; inner
名content; substance; details
名heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
名whether one can; whether it is possible
—to be capable of; to be able to
动capability; ability
名(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection)
叹the end of the year; year-end
名(a person's) age
名rural area; village
名to do; to manage
动woman; the female sex
名warm; nice and warm
形、动occasionally; once in a while
副、形to pat; to clap
动、名to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge
动、名、量signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark
名to line up
动volleyball
名sign; trademark
名to judge; to determine; judgment
动to accompany; to keep sb company
动to criticize; criticism
动skin
名character; temperament; disposition; bad temper
名leather shoes
名sheet; piece of writing
名、量thin piece; flake
名、量table tennis; ping-pong
名ordinary; common
形、名broken; damaged
动、形grape
名(grape) wine
名universal; general
形common; ordinary
形Putonghua; standard Mandarin
名period; cycle
量the end of a term or semester (in school)
名interim; midterm
名next; secondly
代among; in
名(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
动gas; air; smell
名、动(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
名soda pop; carbonated soft drink
名air temperature
名kilogram
量ten million; countless
副visa; to issue a visa
动、名ahead; the front
名around; from beginning to end
名strong; powerful
形to hit; to strike
动bridge
名opportunely; coincidentally
形(loanword) chocolate
名a relative (i.e. family relation)
名guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
名light; easy
形youth; youthful years
名light; gentle
形circumstances; state of affairs; situation
名to celebrate
动sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
名fan (ball sports)
名area; region
名difference; to distinguish
动、名to take; to get
动to acquire; to get; to obtain
动to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
动all; whole
形、副whole; all
名all; without exception
副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.