2025 HSK examination syllabus

HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

七至九级词汇

Explore the combined advanced vocabulary band used for HSK 7–9, spanning academic, professional, literary, and specialized contexts.

5,600new words
11,000cumulative words
What to learn

Build flexible comprehension across disciplines and infer precise meaning from context, structure, and register.

How to use this list

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.

List scope

Only the 5,600 words assigned to HSK 7–9.

HSK 7–9 only 5,600HSK 1–9 combined 11,000
Official 2025 syllabus

HSK 7–9 vocabulary

Words 1,801–1,900 of 5,600Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic

combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)

consultation (medical); to meet for diagnosis

to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)

strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)

to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck

scorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning

to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication)

deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom

动、名

foundation (institution supported by an endowment)

secret; classified; classified information; secret

形、名

(surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark

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)

collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit; to profit from widespread suggestions

anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result

quick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully

to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on

(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product)

名、量

to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (bound form) ceremony

(literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今[ji4 jin1] "up to now")

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.