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.
secret recipe
名to seal up
动secret know-how; key (to longevity)
名honeymoon
名cotton
名unavoidable; can't be avoided
动to prevent; to avoid
动so as not to; so as to avoid
连to commemorate; to recall fondly
动to encourage
动shy; bashful
形to relieve sb of his post; to sack
动flushed with anger (or excitement)
—face
名face; features; appearance; look
名(idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
—nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
—sprout
名(of a woman) slim; slender
形first signs; development (of a situation)
名to take aim at; to target
动to despise; to look down on
动minute; tiny
形temple; ancestral shrine
名temple fair
名to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely
动to loathe; to despise
动to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
动run by the local people; privately operated
形houses; homes
名people's livelihood; people's welfare
名civil case; agricultural affairs
形public opinion; popular will
名privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
形(for) civilian use
形nimble; quick
形keen; sharp; acute
形to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound
动position in a ranking of names; place
名not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named
—famous and valuable; rare
形to engrave in one's memory
动bright; clear
形fame and profit
名bright and beautiful
形reputation
名saying; famous remark
名name; titular
名fame; reputation
名、形sensible; wise
形masterpiece
名life; fate
动to feel about; to grope about
动membrane; film
名to rub; to grind
动friction; rubbing
动、名enchantment; magic
名model; fine example
名、形mushroom; to pester
名devil
名to break in; to wear in
动magic; magic power
名to temper oneself; to hone through hardship
动a torment; a trial
名magic
名to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
动to smear; to wipe
动、量to erase; to cover traces
动ink stick; China ink
名greatest; most important
形can it be possible that; could it be
副jasmine
名to decline; to wane
动(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
—(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
—tacit understanding; unwritten agreement; rapport
形、名indifferent; apathetic
形last day; end
名to confiscate; to seize
动ink
名to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life
动to scheme; to plot
动to seek; to strive for
动to seek; to strive for
动to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself
动classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
量tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
名thumb; big toe
名grave; tomb
名curtain or screen; canopy or tent
量gravestone; tombstone
名unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
—pasture; grazing land
名(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
—cemetery; graveyard
名to witness; to see at first hand
动behind the scenes
名carpenter
名to solicit contributions; to collect donations
动herdsman
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.