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.
theory; to argue
名、动inside; interior
名reason; grounds
名power; force
名、后缀immediately
副immediately; at once; right away
副power; force; strength
名profits
名benefit; (in sb's) interest
名to exploit; to make use of
动to combine; to join
动、形to link; to join; to connect
动promptly; at once
副continuous; in a row
动complexion; look
名(romantic) love; in love
动、名good; favorable
形foodstuff; cereals
名to measure
名amazing; terrific
形(railway) train
名as the time draws near; at the last moment
副、形(small) bell
名flexible; nimble
形neck; collar
名、动necktie
名lead; leading
动、名to receive; to draw; to get
动to lead; to be in front
动domain; sphere; field; territory; area
名to order; to command
动、名to spread; to circulate; to hand down
动flu; influenza
名to skim over; to browse
动to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
动、名Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor
名to leak; to divulge
动diary; record
动dry land (as opposed to the sea)
名to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student)
动passer-by; stranger
名itinerary; route
名in turn; successively
副to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段[duan4])
动、名travel agency
名paper; treatise
名(loanword) logic
名to scold; to abuse
动to buy and sell
名to satisfy; to meet (the needs of)
动busy; bustling
形writing brush
名fault; defect
名contradiction; conflicting views
名、动、形(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ...
动rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]); rose flower (CL:朵[duo3])
名media, esp. news media
名art; fine arts
名delicious; delicious food
名charm; fascination
名outpatient service
动to bewilder; crazy about
动to lose the way; lost
动secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
形、名close; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
形、动secretary
名flour; noodles
名area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area
名to face sth; to be confronted with
动to face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; aspect; facet
动to describe; description
动sensitive; susceptible
形name (of a thing); name (of an organization)
名famous brand; nameplate
名(business) card
名clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
形、动clear; distinct
形star; celebrity
名life; fate
名fate; destiny
名to feel with the hand; to touch
动vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
形、动mode; pattern; model
名strange; unfamiliar
形some; a certain
代gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look
名wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
名even; even if
连seldom; rare
形degree of difficulty
名hard to (predict, imagine etc)
动a man; a male
名noisy; cacophonous
形、动alarm clock
名interior; inside (part, section)
名capable; competent
形beginning of the year
名a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
名age
名reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
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.