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 2,801–2,900 of 11,000Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])

(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction

动、(名、量)

to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配貨|配货[pei4 huo4] and 送貨|送货[song4 huo4]); to deliver (goods)

(bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair

to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank

后缀、(动)

average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions

动、形

to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document

to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph

动、名

wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]); (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2])

quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy

friends and family; kith and kin

severity (of the case); degree of seriousness

to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])

动、名

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth

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.