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 4,401–4,500 of 11,000Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples

to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management

the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])

grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

名、量

to connect (or be connected) to a network; to network

to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection

to link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink

to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid

flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge

to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution

road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)

to hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication

to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task)

to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; (of a baby) to be born

to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc)

动、形

modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis

old variant of 冒[mao4]; to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)

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.