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
Official 2025 syllabus

HSK 7–9 vocabulary

Words 4,101–4,200 of 5,600Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]

to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly

(coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2]

(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous

to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck

(of time) to elapse; to pass; (of a situation) to develop; to evolve

(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again

to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)

动、名

(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)

to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)

to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself

to expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity

to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up

extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented

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.