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.
| Word | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 黄 | 黃 | huáng | yellow |
| 会议 | 會議 | huì yì | meeting |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or | |
| 机会 | 機會 | jī huì | opportunity |
| 极 | 極 | jí | extremely |
| 几乎 | 幾乎 | jī hū | almost |
| 记得 | 記得 | jì de | to remember |
| 季节 | 季節 | jì jié | time |
| 检查 | 檢查 | jiǎn chá | inspection |
| 简单 | 簡單 | jiǎn dān | simple |
| 见面 | 見面 | jiàn miàn | to meet |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | health | |
| 讲 | 講 | jiǎng | to speak |
| 角 | jiǎo | angle | |
| 脚 | 腳 | jiǎo | foot |
| 教 | jiào | religion | |
| 接 | jiē | to receive | |
| 街道 | jiē dào | street | |
| 节目 | 節目 | jié mù | program |
| 节日 | 節日 | jié rì | holiday |
| 结婚 | 結婚 | jié hūn | to marry |
| 结束 | 結束 | jié shù | termination |
| 解决 | 解決 | jiě jué | to solve |
| 借 | jiè | to lend | |
| 经常 | 經常 | jīng cháng | frequently |
| 经过 | 經過 | jīng guò | to pass |
| 经理 | 經理 | jīng lǐ | manager |
| 久 | jiǔ | (long) time | |
| 旧 | 舊 | jiù | old |
| 举行 | 舉行 | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 句子 | jù zi | sentence | |
| 决定 | 決定 | jué dìng | to decide (to do something) |
| 可爱 | 可愛 | kě ài | adorable |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty | |
| 刻 | kè | quarter (hour) | |
| 客人 | kè rén | visitor | |
| 空调 | 空調 | kōng tiáo | air conditioning |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth | |
| 哭 | kū | to cry | |
| 裤子 | 袴子 | kù zi | variant of 裤子, trousers |
| 筷子 | kuài zi | chopsticks | |
| 蓝 | 藍 | lán | blue |
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity | |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand | |
| 离开 | 離開 | lí kāi | to depart |
| 礼物 | 禮物 | lǐ wù | gift |
| 历史 | 歷史 | lì shǐ | history |
| 脸 | 臉 | liǎn | face |
| 练习 | 練習 | liàn xí | to practice |
| 辆 | 輛 | liàng | classifier for vehicles |
| 邻居 | 鄰居 | lín jū | neighbor |
| 楼 | 樓 | lóu | house with more than 1 story |
| 绿 | 綠 | lǜ | green |
| 马 | 馬 | mǎ | horse |
| 马上 | 馬上 | mǎ shàng | at once |
| 满意 | 滿意 | mǎn yì | satisfied |
| 帽子 | mào zi | hat | |
| 米 | mǐ | rice | |
| 面包 | 麵包 | miàn bāo | bread |
| 面条 | 麵條 | miàn tiáo | noodles |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear | |
| 拿 | ná | to hold | |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) | |
| 南 | nán | south | |
| 难 | 難 | nán | difficult (to...) |
| 难过 | 難過 | nán guò | to feel sad |
| 年级 | 年級 | nián jí | grade |
| 年轻 | 年輕 | nián qīng | young |
| 鸟 | 鳥 | niǎo | bird |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort | |
| 爬山 | pá shān | to climb a mountain | |
| 盘子 | 盤子 | pán zi | tray |
| 胖 | pàng | fat | |
| 啤酒 | pí jiǔ | beer (loanword) | |
| 葡萄 | pú tao | grape | |
| 普通话 | 普通話 | pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language) |
| 其实 | 其實 | qí shí | actually |
| 其他 | qí tā | other | |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange | |
| 骑 | 騎 | qí | to sit astride |
| 铅笔 | 鉛筆 | qiān bǐ | (lead) pencil |
| 清楚 | qīng chu | clear | |
| 秋 | qiū | autumn | |
| 裙子 | qún zi | skirt | |
| 然后 | 然後 | rán hòu | then |
| 热情 | 熱情 | rè qíng | cordial |
| 认为 | 認為 | rèn wéi | to believe |
| 认真 | 認真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy | |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if | |
| 伞 | 傘 | sǎn | umbrella |
| 上网 | 上網 | shàng wǎng | to go online |
| 生气 | 生氣 | shēng qì | to get angry |
| 声音 | 聲音 | shēng yīn | voice |
| 使 | shǐ | to make | |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world | |
| 瘦 | shòu | thin | |
| 叔叔 | shū shu | father's younger brother | |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable | |
| 树 | 樹 | shù | tree |
| 数学 | 數學 | shù xué | mathematics |
| 刷 | shuā | to brush | |
| 双 | 雙 | shuāng | two |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | level (of achievement etc) | |
| 司机 | 司機 | sī jī | chauffeur |
| 虽然 | 雖然 | suī rán | although |
| 太阳 | 太陽 | tài yang | sun |
| 糖 | táng | sugar | |
| 特别 | 特別 | tè bié | unusual |
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts | |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise | |
| 体育 | 體育 | tǐ yù | sports |
| 甜 | tián | sweet | |
| 条 | 條 | tiáo | strip |
| 同事 | tóng shì | colleague | |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree | |
| 头发 | 頭髮 | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden | |
| 图书馆 | 圖書館 | tú shū guǎn | library |
| 腿 | tuǐ | leg | |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete | |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl | |
| 万 | 萬 | wàn | ten thousand |
| 忘记 | 忘記 | wàng jì | to forget |
| 为了 | 為了 | wèi le | for |
| 为什么 | 為什麼 | wèi shén me | why? |
| 位 | wèi | position | |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture | |
| 习惯 | 習慣 | xí guàn | habit |
| 洗手间 | 洗手間 | xǐ shǒu jiān | toilet |
| 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | to bathe | |
| 西 | xī | west | |
| 夏 | xià | summer | |
| 先 | xiān | early | |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical | |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to be convinced (that sth is true) | |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana | |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble | |
| 小心 | xiǎo xīn | to be careful | |
| 校长 | 校長 | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president |
| 鞋 | xié | shoe | |
| 新闻 | 新聞 | xīn wén | news |
| 新鲜 | 新鮮 | xīn xiān | fresh (experience, food etc) |
| 信 | xìn | letter | |
| 行李箱 | xíng li xiāng | suitcase | |
| 兴趣 | 興趣 | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth) |
| 熊猫 | 熊貓 | xióng māo | panda |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need | |
| 选择 | 選擇 | xuǎn zé | to select |
| 眼镜 | 眼鏡 | yǎn jìng | spectacles |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request | |
| 爷爷 | 爺爺 | yé ye | (coll.) father's father |
| 一般 | yī bān | same | |
| 一边 | 一邊 | yī biān | one side |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely | |
| 一共 | yī gòng | altogether | |
| 一会儿 | 一會兒 | yī huì r | a moment |
| 一样 | 一樣 | yī yàng | same |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) | |
| 以后 | 以後 | yǐ hòu | after |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before | |
| 以为 | 以為 | yǐ wéi | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) |
| 音乐 | 音樂 | yīn yuè | music |
| 银行 | 銀行 | yín háng | bank |
| 应该 | 應該 | yīng gāi | ought to |
| 影响 | 影響 | yǐng xiǎng | influence |
| 用 | yòng | to use | |
| 游戏 | 遊戲 | yóu xì | game |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous | |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again | |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet | |
| 愿意 | 願意 | yuàn yì | to wish |
| 月亮 | yuè liang | the moon | |
| 越 | yuè | to exceed | |
| 云 | yún | (classical) to say | |
| 站 | zhàn | station | |
| 照顾 | 照顧 | zhào gu | to take care of |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph | |
| 照相机 | 照相機 | zhào xiàng jī | camera |
| 着急 | 著急 | zháo jí | to worry |
| 只 | zhǐ | only | |
| 中间 | 中間 | zhōng jiān | the middle |
| 终于 | 終於 | zhōng yú | at last |
| 种 | 種 | zhǒng | seed |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important | |
| 周末 | 週末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main | |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of | |
| 祝 | zhù | to pray for | |
| 字典 | zì diǎn | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters) | |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself | |
| 总是 | 總是 | zǒng shì | always |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently | |
| 作业 | 作業 | zuò yè | school assignment |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on | |
| 爱情 | 愛情 | ài qíng | romance |
| 安排 | ān pái | to arrange | |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe | |
| 按时 | 按時 | àn shí | on time |
| 按照 | àn zhào | according to |
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