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

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medical prescription; to write out a prescription

动、名

remaining quantity; reserves (of natural resources, oil etc)

to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building)

lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)

to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)

to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly

hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen

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)

(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor

(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten

to bring together; to make do in a bad situation

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.