wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer)
动HSK 7–9
vocabulary.
Explore the combined advanced vocabulary band used for HSK 7–9, spanning academic, professional, literary, and specialized contexts.
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.
wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer)
动to auction; auction sale
动to inspect; to run through a checklist
动to reject; to exclude
动the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking
名to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate
动(business) license; vehicle license
名group; sect; clique; faction; school
名to send (on a mission); to dispatch
动to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate
动to climb; to pull oneself up
动to clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise
动to plot; to scheme
动to spiral; to circle
动(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)
动to hope for; to long for
动to sentence; to condemn
动to judge; to decide
动judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on
动to rebel; to revolt
动、名other people; bystanders
代crab
名chubby
形to abandon; to discard
动to dig; to excavate
动to play a small role
—cannon; firecracker
名foam; (soap) bubble
名embryo
名to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)
动prescription; cooking recipe
动、名component; part
名supporting role; minor role; (of actors) to perform together
名spouse
名dubbing (filmmaking)
动to deploy; to allocate
动fountain
名(geography) basin; depression
名to attack (verbally or in writing)
动cooking; culinary arts
动to cook
动shed; canopy
名vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality
形the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom); one's future prospects are brilliant
—(of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous; (fig.) highly emotional; fervent
形to expand; to inflate
动to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants
动to meet with a rebuff
—by chance; by coincidence
副to hack; to chop
动wholesale; bulk trade
动to reveal; to publish
动to criticize; critique
动spleen
名beaten; exhausted
形leather
名to tire; tired
形to mate or marry; to match
动buttocks; bottom
名lonely; secluded
形to match; is comparable with
动for example; for instance; such as
动to lean; to slant
形、动、副to be partial towards sth; to favor
动bias; deviation
名length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
名prejudice; bias
名to deviate; to diverge
动component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
名remote; desolate
形(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened
副partial towards sth; to prefer
名、动remote; far from civilization
形film; movie
名fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
名(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence
动to float; to hover
动to float; to hover
动to float on the current; to drift along or about
动to wave; to flutter
动box office
名to throw; to cast
动、名to struggle; to wrestle
动to put together; to join
动to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
动、副impoverished; lacking
形repeatedly; again and again
副poor; impoverished
形moral character
名rank; grade
名to sample; to taste; to appreciate
动、名behavior; moral conduct
名to employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth
动to appoint (to a position); appointed
动to employ; to hire
动to screen; to block (sth or sb)
动flat; dull
形to evaluate; to make one's judgment
动see 平房區|平房区[Ping2 fang2 Qu1]; bungalow
名gentle; mild
形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.