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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
争取爭取zhēng qǔto fight for
征求徵求zhēng qiúto solicit
挣钱掙錢zhèng qiánto make money
zhēngto open (one's eyes)
整个整個zhěng gèwhole
整体整體zhěng tǐwhole entity
zhèngstraight
证件證件zhèng jiàncertificate
证据證據zhèng jùevidence
政策zhèng cèpolicy
政府zhèng fǔgovernment
政治zhèng zhìpolitics
zhīto support
支票zhī piàocheck (bank)
执行執行zhí xíngto implement
执照執照zhí zhàolicense
zhístraight
指导指導zhǐ dǎoto guide
指挥指揮zhǐ huīto conduct
至今zhì jīnso far
至于至於zhì yúas for
志愿者志願者zhì yuàn zhěvolunteer
制定zhì dìngto draw up
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
制作製作zhì zuòto make
治疗治療zhì liáoto treat (an illness)
秩序zhì xùorder (orderly)
智慧zhì huìwisdom
中介zhōng jièto act as intermediary
中心zhōng xīncenter
中旬zhōng xúnmiddle third of a month
zhōnghandleless cup
zhòngheavy
重复重複chóng fùto repeat
重量zhòng liàngweight
周到zhōu dàothoughtful
竹子zhú zibamboo
逐步zhú bùprogressively
主持zhǔ chíto take charge of
主观主觀zhǔ guānsubjective
主人zhǔ rénmaster
主席zhǔ xíchairperson
主张主張zhǔ zhāngto advocate
zhǔto cook
嘱咐囑咐zhǔ fùto tell
注册註冊zhù cèto register
祝福zhù fúblessings
抓紧抓緊zhuā jǐnto keep a firm grip on
专家專家zhuān jiāexpert
专心專心zhuān xīnto focus one's attention
转变轉變zhuǎn biànto change
转告轉告zhuǎn gàoto pass on
zhuāngadornment
装饰裝飾zhuāng shìto decorate
状况狀況zhuàng kuàngcondition
状态狀態zhuàng tàicondition
追求zhuī qiúto pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
咨询咨詢zī xúnto consult
姿势姿勢zī shìposture
资格資格zī géqualifications
资金資金zī jīnfunds
资料資料zī liàomaterial
资源資源zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals)
purple
字幕zì mùcaption
自从自從zì cóngsince (a time)
自动自動zì dòngautomatic
自豪zì háoproud (of one's achievements etc)
自觉自覺zì juéconscious
自私zì sīselfish
自信zì xìnto have confidence in oneself
自由zì yóufreedom
自愿自願zì yuànvoluntary
宗教zōng jiàoreligion
综合綜合zōng hécomprehensive
总裁總裁zǒng cáichairman
总共總共zǒng gòngaltogether
总理總理zǒng lǐpremier
总算總算zǒng suànat long last
总统總統zǒng tǒngpresident (of a country)
总之總之zǒng zhīin a word
阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent
组合組合zǔ héto assemble
祖国祖國zǔ guómotherland
祖先zǔ xiānancestors
最初zuì chūfirst
罪犯zuì fàncriminal
zuìintoxicated
尊敬zūn jìngto respect
遵守zūn shǒuto comply with
作品zuò pǐnwork (of art)
作为作為zuò wéione's conduct
作文zuò wénto write an essay

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