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

All 11,000 words from HSK 1 through HSK 9.

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

HSK 7–9 vocabulary

Words 2,501–2,600 of 11,000Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)

to give or receive urgent medical treatment; emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call)

动、名

newsreel; documentary (film or TV program)

to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir

动、名

to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over

household electric appliance; abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing)

to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain

driver's license (abbr. for 駕駛執照|驾驶执照[jia4 shi3 zhi2 zhao4])

key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device)

to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute

to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality

动、形

to talk about; to narrate; to give an account

course of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)

to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal

动、名

to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)

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.