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

Words 8,301–8,400 of 11,000Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

puppet

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to bathe; to take a bath; (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in

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to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending

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expert in; good at

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shout; rallying cry

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erhua variant of 納悶|纳闷[na4 men4]

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to bring into; to channel into

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to pay taxes

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taxpayer

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to be; thus

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cheese

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and even; to go so far as to

连

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(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand

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(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought

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durable

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trouble; difficulty; problem

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rarely seen

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(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side

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pumpkin

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(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)

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difficulty; crisis

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hard to take; embarrassed

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rare and precious; valuable

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embarrassed

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(idiom) hard to believe; incredible

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to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)

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to scratch; to thwart

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the mind; the brain

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annoyed; riled; vexed

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(idiom) to become enraged over a perceived humiliation

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to cause trouble; to create a disturbance

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internal storage; computer memory

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inland; interior

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expert; adept

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inside story; non-public information

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reserved (personality); introverted

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domestic demand

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inner; internal

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internal organs; viscera

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young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked

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energy consumption

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ability; capability

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capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid

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muddy; mud

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quagmire

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earth; soil; mud; clay

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to plan to; to draft (a plan)

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to draw up; to draft

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contrary; opposite

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adversity; predicament

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anonymous

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to drown

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to go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation

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sticky; glutinous; to adhere; to stick on; to glue

形

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annual report; annual publication

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New Year (Spring Festival) picture

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annual average

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annual ring; growth ring

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old; aged

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age limit; fixed number of years

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annual salary

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to expel; to oust

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to keep in mind constantly (idiom)

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thought; idea; intention

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mother; young lady

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to brew; to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation

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bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium

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to urinate; urine

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to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch

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to pinch; wring

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to freeze; to solidify

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to condense; to solidify

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tranquil; tranquility

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to condense; to coagulate

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to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on

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mistake; to twist

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preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)

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would rather ... (than ...)

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tie; link

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button

名

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to twist; to warp

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to turn one's head; to turn around

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to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation)

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farm

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the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar

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migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)

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to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich

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rich; strong

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dense; thick

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to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

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slave

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the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party

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daughter's husband; son-in-law

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nice and warm; cozy

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to mistreat; to maltreat

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to shift; to move

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promise

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to beat up; to come to blows

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to vomit

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to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc)

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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.