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

Only the 5,600 words assigned to HSK 7–9.

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

Words 3,401–3,500 of 5,600Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

to feel strongly about; to be fond of

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benevolent; charitable

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person-times; visits

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human sympathy; humanitarianism

名、形

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personality; integrity

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the human world; the earth

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character; moral strength; integrity; (coll.) looks; appearance; bearing

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popularity; presence of people; liveliness

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human emotions; social relationship; friendship

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human rights

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person; personal

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manpower; staff

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humanities; culture; humanistic

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human nature; humanity

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willful; headstrong

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choice of person; candidate

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erhua form of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2]

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man-made; artificial

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hostage

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to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience

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to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task

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to assign; to appoint

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to appoint; (job) appointment

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term of office; tenure (entire period in office)

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toughness

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any; arbitrary

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to authenticate; to approve

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to hold a post; to take office

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a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

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schedule; itinerary

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day after day

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(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day

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daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments

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to melt; to thaw

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face glowing (idiom); looking radiant; all smiles

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be honored with

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to dissolve

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one's appearance; one's aspect

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to hold; to contain

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receptacle; vessel

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harmonious; friendly relations

形

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to put up with; to tolerate

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honored (to have the privilege of ...)

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to permit; to allow

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mien; complexion

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honor; glory

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financing

动、名

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long and tedious; redundant

形

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to knead; to massage

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gentle; soft

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(idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured

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as scheduled; on time

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as things really are; realistic

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as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune

动、名

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consistent; the same

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to have one's wish fulfilled

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dairy products

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to enter the venue for a meeting; to enter into an examination

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admission ticket; (fig.) qualification to enter a higher-level competition or field

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to invade

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to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point")

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weak; feeble

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soft power (in international relations)

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timely snow

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moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate

动、形

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to seem; like

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a certain number or amount; how many?

代

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if

连

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vulnerable; weak

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one's weak area

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to let go; to cast

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to tell lies

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to compete; competition

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auto race; cycle race

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season (sports)

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race (running); to race (running)

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over and over again (idiom)

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triangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角學|三角学[san1 jiao3 xue2])

名、形

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three-dimensional; 3D

名、形

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to disseminate

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to lie scattered (over an area); Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]

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(loanword) sauna

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voice

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to die; to lose one's life

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disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance

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to disturb; to cause a commotion

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to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out

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to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

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to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited

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(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law

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broom

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monk

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cotton yarn; muslin

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to disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus

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to murder

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salon (loanword)

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killer; murderer

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beach; sandy shore

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idiot; fool

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(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter

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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.