vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
—HSK 7–9
vocabulary.
Explore the combined advanced vocabulary band used for HSK 7–9, spanning academic, professional, literary, and specialized contexts.
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.
Only the 5,600 words assigned to HSK 7–9.
vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
—talks; discussions
动to meet (formally); formal meeting
动combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)
动consultation (medical); to meet for diagnosis
动to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)
动muddle-headed; twilight
动strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
名to lose consciousness; to be in a coma
动wedding dress
名all over; from head to foot
名to obscure; to confuse
动turbid; muddy
形opening; stake all
动to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck
动(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly
动(banking) current (account); checking (account)
形fiery (temper); popular
形heat control; (fig.) mastery
名spark; sparkle
名rocket
名(flaming) torch
名scorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning
形fiery; burning
形volcano
名food; meals
名at top speed; at a tremendous lick
副ham
名blaze; flame
名optimistic; sanguine
形more or less
—disaster; harm
名、动to learn of sth; to find out
动freight transport; cargo
名to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication)
动basic skills; fundamentals
名cabin of a plane
名basic level; grassroots unit
名to rage; to dash
动deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom
动、名locomotive; motorized
形skin; flesh
名mechanism; gear; machine-operated
名、形laser
名to intensify
动to activate
动capital construction (project); infrastructure
名foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
名alert; quick-witted; lively
形secret; classified; classified information; secret
形、名to arouse; to evoke
动hormone
名to sneer
动deformed; malformed; lopsided; unbalanced
形to save; to put aside; savings
动、名because of; on the basis of
介to save bit by bit; to accumulate
动to increase rapidly; to shoot up
动quick-witted; resourceful
形(surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark
名namely; that is
副(military) rank; level
名urgent; hurried and brief
形extremely
副to be jealous of; to envy
动seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
—one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
名to gather; assembly
动、名rapid; sudden
形equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth)
动auspicious; lucky
形to make a supreme effort; at all costs
副urgent; pressing
形to draw; to derive; to absorb
动this or that very day; in the next few days
名immediate
副market; bazaar; fair
名thorny (problem); intractable
形collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit; to profit from widespread suggestions
—(loanword) guitar
名limit; extreme boundary
名mascot
名acute
形eager to; in a hurry to
动anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result
—irritable; irascible; impetuous
形at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
副quick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully
—container (for shipping)
名to raise money; to accumulate funds
动backbone; spine
名to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on
动to calculate; to compute
动、名to be jealous of; fear
动(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product)
名、量to continue; to follow after
连to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (bound form) ceremony
动(literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今[ji4 jin1] "up to now")
连then; afterwards
连stratagem
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.