temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
副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.
temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
副to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
—to admire; to praise
动for now; for the time being; temporarily
副to exclaim in admiration
动to praise; to laud
动to praise; to approve of
动to support; to assist
动old variant of 葬[zang4]; to bury (the dead)
动burial; funeral
名dross; dregs
名to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck
动to suffer a calamity
动(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig
动(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
名many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
名soon; at an early date; the early days; the past
副、名kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
名to benefit (e.g. the people)
动construction cost
名to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine
动to bring up; to train
动、名(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm
量to blame; to criticize
动to blame; to rebuke
动thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive
名、形to increase production
动to increase revenue; to increase income by (x amount)
动to speed up; to accelerate; (economics) growth rate
动to add; to increase
动to appreciate (financially); to increase in value
动slag (in mining or smelting); dregs
名to take root
动strong; solid
形sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water
名、动to blink; to wink
动to press; to extract (juice)
动bomb
名to defraud; to swindle
动explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
名summary; abstract
动、名debt
名bond; debenture
名debt; liability
名to moisten; to be infected by
动to divine
动to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth
动to revere; to admire
动to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
动a small cup; classifier for lamps
量(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
—outlook; prospect
动to toss about in bed; from person to person
动to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
动battlefield
名to blossom
动to stand; standing
动to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
动strategy
名fighter; soldier
名tactics
名military campaign
名to occupy
动comrade-in-arms; battle companion
名rules; regulations
名to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
—to post (a notice); to advertise
动to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open
动to steer (a ship)
动、名extent of a rise (in prices etc); amount of increase
名in charge of; to control
动appearance; looks
名to swell; to distend
动to swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
动、形tent
名to invite bids
动to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
动to recruit; to enlist
动signboard; shop sign
名full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic
—lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
—to seek investment or funding; investment promotion
动move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit
名to spend all one's time together (idiom)
—to be fascinated; to be captivated
动marsh; swamp
名to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood
动、名to follow the rules; to do as instructed
动as usual
副、动to convene; to call together
动as a rule; as usual
副to tend; to take care of sb
动to shine on; to light up
动to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident
动omen; portent
名as before; (same) as usual
副、动to shine; to illuminate
动to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off
动to shelter; to shelter from
动、名to hide; to cover (one's tracks)
动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.