to store up; reserves
动、名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.
to store up; reserves
动、名medical prescription; to write out a prescription
动、名to discipline sb; to punish
动、名situation (of a person)
名remaining quantity; reserves (of natural resources, oil etc)
名to handle affairs; to deal with matters
动to handle; to take care of
动to touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions)
动to violate; to offend
动sense of touch; tactile sensation
名to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building)
动to touch
动lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see
—to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuai3]
动to guess; to conjecture
动to analyze; to try to figure out
动to kick; to trample
动the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
—to shuttle back and forth
动to traverse; to pass through; to cross
动attire; clothes; dress
名shipping; boats
名leaflet; flier; pamphlet
名the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)
名legendary; fantasy saga
名to teach; to impart
动、名rumor
动、名rumor; hearsay
名、动to gasp; to pant
动to gasp for breath; to take a breather
动to call on sb; to drop in
动window curtains
名wound; injury; trauma
名bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth
名to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
动creator; founder; initiator
名to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
动to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments
动smoke from kitchen chimneys
名to hang (down); droop
动to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
动hammer; to hammer into shape
名、动hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
—pure; unadulterated
形、副mellow and rich; simple and kind
形pure; clean and honest
形、动simple and honest; unadorned
形simple and honest; unsophisticated
形stupid; sluggish
形to jab; to poke
动、名nickname
名to resign; to dismiss
动(written) resignation
名magnetic tape
名dictionary
名benevolent; charitable
形magnet
名to dismiss; to discharge
动kindly; benevolent
形female
名up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises
—(used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
动(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor
动ear-piercing
形piercing; cutting
动to serve; to wait upon
动(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten
动substandard products; defective
名next day; the morrow
名to embroider; embroidery
动、名sequence; order
名to dazzle; to offend the eyes
形secondary
形scallion; green onion
名cluster; collection
量jungle; thicket
名to go easy; unhurried
形calm; unruffled
—anew; from the start
副to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance
动to bring together; to make do in a bad situation
动fortuitously; luckily
形crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
形crude; gruff
形coarse; crude (in one's manner)
形rough (not precise or accurate); cursory
形negligent; careless
—to facilitate; to help bring about
动to crowd around; to escort
动to flee; to scuttle
动to ravage; to ruin
动to urge
动to destroy; to wreck
动to lull to sleep; to hypnotize
动bright; resplendent
形greenish-blue; emerald green
形to survive (a serious accident); survival
动stock; inventory (of material)
动、名deliberately
动、副passbook; bankbook
名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.