HSK vocabulary

HSK 5 Vocabulary List

All 2,493 words for the HSK 5 exam — the complete HSK 1–5 vocabulary — read newspapers, watch Chinese films, and speak fluidly. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
利益lì yìbenefit
利用lì yòngto exploit
grain
连忙連忙lián mángpromptly
连续剧連續劇lián xù jùserialized drama
联合聯合lián héto combine
恋爱戀愛liàn ài(romantic) love
良好liáng hǎogood
粮食糧食liáng shifoodstuff
临时臨時lín shías the time draws near
灵活靈活líng huóflexible
líng(small) bell
零件líng jiànpart
零钱零錢líng qiánchange (of money)
零食líng shíbetween-meal nibbles
领导領導lǐng dǎolead
领域領域lǐng yùdomain
浏览瀏覽liú lǎnto skim over
流传流傳liú chuánto spread
lóngdragon
lòuto leak
陆地陸地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
陆续陸續lù xùin turn
录取錄取lù qǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
录音錄音lù yīnto record (sound)
dew
轮流輪流lún liúto alternate
论文論文lùn wénpaper
逻辑邏輯luó jilogic (loanword)
落后落後luò hòuto fall behind
to scold
麦克风麥克風mài kè fēngmicrophone (loanword)
馒头饅頭mán tousteamed roll
满足滿足mǎn zúto satisfy
máohair
毛病máo bìngfault
矛盾máo dùncontradiction
冒险冒險mào xiǎnto take risks
贸易貿易mào yì(commercial) trade
眉毛méi maoeyebrow
煤炭méi tàncoal
美术美術měi shùart
魅力mèi lìcharm
迷路mí lùto lose the way
谜语謎語mí yǔriddle
秘密mì mìsecret
秘书秘書mì shūsecretary
密切mì qièclose
蜜蜂mì fēngbee
棉花mián huacotton
面对面對miàn duìto face
面积面積miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc)
面临面臨miàn línto face sth
苗条苗條miáo tiao(of a woman) slim
描写描寫miáo xiěto describe
miǎosecond (unit of time)
民主mín zhǔdemocracy
名牌míng páifamous brand
名片míng piàn(business) card
名胜名勝míng shènga place famous for its scenery or historical relics
明确明確míng quèclear-cut
明显明顯míng xiǎnclear
明信片míng xìn piànpostcard
明星míng xīngstar
命令mìng lìngorder
命运命運mìng yùnfate
to feel with the hand
模仿mó fǎngto imitate
模糊mó huvague
摩托车摩托車mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike
陌生mò shēngstrange
mǒusome
木头木頭mù touslow-witted
目标目標mù biāotarget
目录目錄mù lùcatalog
目前mù qiánat the present time
哪怕nǎ pàeven
难怪難怪nán guài(it's) no wonder (that...)
难看難看nán kànugly
脑袋腦袋nǎo daihead
内科內科nèi kēinternal medicine
nènyoung and tender
能干能幹néng gàncapable
能源néng yuánenergy
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
年纪年紀nián jìage
niànto read
宁可寧可nìng kěpreferably
牛仔裤牛仔褲niú zǎi kùjeans
农民農民nóng mínpeasant
农业農業nóng yèagriculture
nóngconcentrated
女士nǚ shìlady
偶然ǒu ránincidentally
pāito pat
排队排隊pái duìto line up
排球pái qiúvolleyball
pàiclique
盼望pàn wàngto hope for
培养培養péi yǎngto cultivate
赔偿賠償péi chángto compensate
佩服pèi fúto admire
配合pèi hématching
pénbasin
碰见碰見pèng jiànto run into
to ascertain
批准pī zhǔnto approve
to drape over one's shoulders
皮鞋pí xiéleather shoes
疲劳疲勞pí láofatigue
classifier for horses, mules etc
piànthin piece
片面piàn miànunilateral
piāoto float
频道頻道pín dàofrequency
品种品種pǐn zhǒngbreed
píngflat
平常píng chángordinary
平等píng děngequal
平方píng fāngsquare (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
平衡píng héngbalance
平静平靜píng jìngtranquil
平均píng jūnaverage
评价評價píng jiàto evaluate
píngto lean against
迫切pò qièurgent
破产破產pò chǎnto go bankrupt
破坏破壞pò huàidestruction
朴素樸素pǔ sùplain and simple
期待qī dàito look forward to
期间期間qī jiānperiod of time
其余其餘qí yúthe rest
奇迹奇跡qí jìmiracle
企图企圖qǐ túto attempt
企业企業qǐ yècompany
启发啟發qǐ fāto enlighten
气氛氣氛qì fēnatmosphere
汽油qì yóugasoline
qiānto lead along
谦虚謙虛qiān xūmodest
签字簽字qiān zìto sign (one's name)
前途qián túprospects
qiǎnshallow
qiànto owe
qiānggun
强调強調qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement)
强烈強烈qiáng lièstrong
qiǎngto fight over
悄悄qiāo qiāoquiet
qiáoto look at
巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious
qiēto cut
亲爱親愛qīn àidear
亲切親切qīn qièamiable
亲自親自qīn zìpersonally
侵略qīn lüèto invade
勤奋勤奮qín fènhardworking
勤劳勤勞qín láohardworking
qīnggreen
青春qīng chūnyouth
青少年qīng shào niánadolescent
轻视輕視qīng shìcontempt
清淡qīng dànlight (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)
情景qíng jǐngscene
情绪情緒qíng xùmood
请求請求qǐng qiúto request
庆祝慶祝qìng zhùto celebrate
球迷qiú mífan (ball sports)
趋势趨勢qū shìtrend
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel
to take a wife
去世qù shìto pass away
quāncircle
全面quán miànall-around
权力權力quán lìpower
权利權利quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
quànto advise
缺乏quē fáto lack
确定確定què dìngdefinite
确认確認què rènto confirm
燃烧燃燒rán shāoto ignite
rǎngto shout
ràoto wind
热爱熱愛rè àito love ardently
热烈熱烈rè lièenthusiastic
热心熱心rè xīnenthusiastic
人才rén cáitalent
人口rén kǒupopulation
人类人類rén lèihumanity
人生rén shēnglife (one's time on earth)
人事rén shìpersonnel
人物rén wùperson
人员人員rén yuánstaff
忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help
日常rì chángday-to-day
日程rì chéngschedule
日历日曆rì lìcalendar
日期rì qīdate
日用品rì yòng pǐnarticles for daily use
荣幸榮幸róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)

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