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 3,701–3,800 of 5,600Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

morale

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people (in general); people around the world; everyone

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timely; apt to the occasion

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to pass away; to die

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situation; existing state of affairs

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to sound out; to probe

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power; momentum

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to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration

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business office; firm

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line of sight

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to try out; to test

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field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective

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matters; arrangements

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to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)

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market capitalization; market value

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persimmon; (Northeastern dialect) tomato

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to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture

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to harvest; to reap

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receipt

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to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)

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to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care

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to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off

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ratings (of a TV show)

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to pull back; to shrink

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to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child)

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radio

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cash flow; financial balance

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manual; handbook

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to originate; to pioneer; to invent

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manual; manually operated

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down payment

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capital city of an autonomous region

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to wait for; to expect

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to guard; to protect

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hand and foot; movement of limbs

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head (of state); summit (meeting)

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handkerchief

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first batch

数量

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pistol

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jewelry; head ornament

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on hand; at hand

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wrist; trickery

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chief (representative, correspondent etc)

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to keep promises

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craftmanship; workmanship

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palm

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lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities

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overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)

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thwarted; obstructed

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to suffer damage, injury etc; damaged

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victim

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to accept a bribe

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startled

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to suffer hardship

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to accept to hear a case; to handle (a service)

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to be cheated; to be taken in

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to authorize

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to benefit from; profit

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to benefit (from)

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to award; to confer

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to endure; to suffer

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to comb; (bound form) a comb

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happy; entirely free from worry

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to dredge; to open up a path for

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to neglect; to overlook

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secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk

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to comb; fig. to sort out

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hub; hinge

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to express emotion; lyric

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to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse

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to unblock; to dredge

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to transfuse blood; to give aid and support

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intravenous infusion; to get put on an IV

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to drift apart; to become estranged

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to roll out; to extend

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comb

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to redeem; to ransom

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the first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning

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colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle

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attribute; property

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(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best; (idiom) to list one by one

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amount; sum of money

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to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle

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tree trunk

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(computing) database

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to erect; to set upright

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number; numerals

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the tip of a tree; treetop

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lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

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shade of a tree; Taiwan pr. [shu4yin4]

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to renovate; to refurbish

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to play with; to wield

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to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc

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to weaken; to attenuate

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to trip and fall; to wrestle

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organ failure; exhaustion

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to fall; to drop

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weak; feeble

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to decline; to fall

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to throw; to fling

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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.