intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
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.
intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
副to become shaped; to become formed
动sincerity; good faith
名to bear the weight; to sustain
动sincere; cordial
形to show off; to try to be brave
动steelyard balance; Roman balance
名stupid; dull; (medicine) dementia
形(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
—to bear hardships
动to suffer losses; to come to grief
动to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task
形infatuated; obsessed
动infatuation
名、形to hold; to grasp
动late (with a task etc); slow
副slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
形slow; sluggish
形famous
动to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair
动pool; pond
名to hesitate
形sooner or later
副to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
—scale; yardstick
名disgrace; shame
名to sneer at sb; to ridicule
动equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
名(financial) deficit; red letter
名sufficient; full; to fill
动to be full of; to flood
动(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
动to serve as; to act as
动to long for; to look forward to
动to surf; surfing
动abundant; plentiful
形to rinse; to wash; (photography) to develop (film)
动abundant; ample
形to collide; jerking motion
动layer upon layer; one after another
形to overlap; to superimpose
动、名to return to
动majestic; sublime
形to match up; to coincide
动to revere; to venerate
动to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem
动to reaffirm; to reiterate
动to reappear
动to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
动to love; to pamper
动to dote on sb
动random inspection; to do a spot check
动to perform divination with sticks; to draw lots
动drawer
名sample; sampling
动hatred; animosity
名dense; crowded
形chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)
动to arrange; to make preparations
动to raise (money)
动to hate; hatred
动、名to plan and prepare
动to collect money; to raise funds
动bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
名to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable
—dense
形foe; one's personal enemy
名(dialect) to look at; old variant of 瞅[chou3]
动ugly; repulsive
形ugly
形scandal
名to leave the factory (of finished goods)
动to make a fool of oneself
动to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops
动starting point; (fig.) basis; motive
名to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation
动(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition
动to issue (document, certificate etc); to provide
动(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent; articulate
—a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward
名to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray
动to appear personally; to step in
动to take up a post; to start in a new job
动unexpected (idiom); surprising
—spellbound; entranced
动to be born of; to come from
动、名to dispose of; to spend (money)
动、名to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage
动to get out of a predicament; to stick out
动to dig up; to appear in an excavation
动future prospects; profit
名to go into battle; to campaign (military)
动to stand out; outstanding
形original intention
名to fund; to put money into sth
动to leave home; to go off
动a hoe; to hoe or dig
名、动display window
名to eliminate; to remove
动、介to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing)
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.