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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
速度sù dùspeed
塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
suānsour
suànto regard as
随便隨便suí biànas one wishes
随着隨著suí zhealong with
孙子孫子sūn zigrandson
所有suǒ yǒuall
tái(classical) you (in letters)
táito lift
态度態度tài dumanner
tánto speak
tāngsoup
tǎngto recline
tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows
讨论討論tǎo lùnto discuss
讨厌討厭tǎo yànto dislike
特点特點tè diǎncharacteristic (feature)
提供tí gōngto offer
提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date
提醒tí xǐngto remind
填空tián kòngto fill a job vacancy
条件條件tiáo jiàncondition
停止tíng zhǐto stop
tǐngstraight
通过通過tōng guòto pass through
通知tōng zhīto notify
同情tóng qíngto sympathize with
tuīto push
推迟推遲tuī chíto postpone
tuōto shed
袜子襪子wà zisocks
完全wán quáncomplete
网球網球wǎng qiútennis
网站網站wǎng zhànwebsite
wǎngto go (in a direction)
往往wǎng wǎngusually
危险危險wēi xiǎndanger
味道wèi daoflavor
温度溫度wēn dùtemperature
文章wén zhāngarticle
握手wò shǒuto shake hands
污染wū rǎnto pollute
not to have
无聊無聊wú liáobored
无论無論wú lùnno matter what or how
误会誤會wù huìto misunderstand
吸引xī yǐnto attract
洗衣机洗衣機xǐ yī jīwashing machine
西红柿西紅柿xī hóng shìtomato
xiánall
现代現代xiàn dàimodern times
限制xiàn zhìto restrict
羡慕羨慕xiàn mùto envy
相反xiāng fǎnopposite
xiāngfragrant
详细詳細xiáng xìdetailed
xiǎngecho
消息xiāo xinews
小说小說xiǎo shuōnovel
效果xiào guǒresult
笑话笑話xiào huajoke
心情xīn qíngmood
辛苦xīn kǔexhausting
信任xìn rènto trust
信心xìn xīnconfidence
信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
xíngto walk
xǐngto wake up
兴奋興奮xīng fènexcited
幸福xìng fúhappiness
性别性別xìng biégender
性格xìng génature
xiūto decorate
许多許多xǔ duōmany
xuèblood
压力壓力yā lìpressure
牙膏yá gāotoothpaste
亚洲亞洲yà zhōuAsia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲)
ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
严格嚴格yán géstrict
严重嚴重yán zhònggrave
研究生yán jiū shēnggraduate student
yánsalt
演出yǎn chūto act (in a play)
演员演員yǎn yuánactor or actress
阳光陽光yáng guāngsunshine
养成養成yǎng chéngto cultivate
样子樣子yàng ziappearance
邀请邀請yāo qǐngto invite
钥匙鑰匙yào shikey
也许也許yě xǔperhaps
叶子葉子yè zileaf
page
一切yī qièeverything
to use
亿100 million
艺术藝術yì shùart
意见意見yì jiànidea
因此yīn cǐthus
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to
饮料飲料yǐn liàodrink
印象yìn xiàngimpression (sth that stays in one's mind)
yíngto beat
yìnghard
永远永遠yǒng yuǎnforever
勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave
优点優點yōu diǎnmerit
优秀優秀yōu xiùoutstanding
幽默yōu mò(loanword) humor
尤其yóu qíespecially
yóuto follow
由于由於yóu yúdue to
有趣yǒu qùinteresting
友好yǒu hǎofriendly
友谊友誼yǒu yìcompanionship
于是於是yú shìthereupon
愉快yú kuàicheerful
and
羽毛球yǔ máo qiúshuttlecock
语法語法yǔ fǎgrammar
语言語言yǔ yánlanguage
预习預習yù xíto prepare a lesson
原来原來yuán láioriginal
原谅原諒yuán liàngto excuse
原因yuán yīncause
yuáncircle
约会約會yuē huìappointment
阅读閱讀yuè dúto read
允许允許yǔn xǔto permit
杂志雜誌zá zhìmagazine
咱们咱們zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
暂时暫時zàn shítemporary
zāngdirty
责任責任zé rènresponsibility
增加zēng jiāto raise
增长增長zēng zhǎngto grow
zhǎinarrow
长城長城cháng chéngthe Great Wall
长江長江cháng jiāngYangtze River, or Chang Jiang
招聘zhāo pìnto invite applications for a job
著名zhù míngfamous
真正zhēn zhènggenuine
整理zhěng lǐto arrange
整齐整齊zhěng qíorderly
正常zhèng chángregular
正好zhèng hǎojust (in time)
正确正確zhèng quècorrect
正式zhèng shìformal
证明證明zhèng míngproof
zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
支持zhī chíto be in favor of
知识知識zhī shiknowledge
直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 间接)
值得zhí deto be worth
职业職業zhí yèoccupation
植物zhí wùplant
只好zhǐ hǎoto have no other option but to ...
只要zhǐ yàoif only
zhǐfinger
至少zhì shǎoat least
制造製造zhì zàoto manufacture
质量質量zhì liàngquality
中文zhōng wénChinese language
重点重點zhòng diǎnimportant point
重视重視zhòng shìto attach importance to sth
重新chóng xīnagain
周围周圍zhōu wéienvirons
zhūhog
逐渐逐漸zhú jiàngradually
主动主動zhǔ dòngto take the initiative
主意zhǔ yiplan
祝贺祝賀zhù hèto congratulate
专门專門zhuān ménspecialist
专业專業zhuān yèspecialty
zhuànto earn
zhuàngto knock against
准确準確zhǔn quèaccurate
准时準時zhǔn shíon time
仔细仔細zǐ xìcareful
自然zì ránnature
总结總結zǒng jiéto sum up
to hire
组成組成zǔ chéngto form
组织組織zǔ zhīto organize
zuǐmouth
最好zuì hǎobest
最后最後zuì hòufinal
尊重zūn zhòngto esteem
作者zuò zhěauthor
zuòseat
座位zuò wèiseat
做生意zuò shēng yìto do business
àialas
爱护愛護ài hùto cherish
爱惜愛惜ài xīto cherish
爱心愛心ài xīncompassion
安慰ān wèito comfort
安装安裝ān zhuāngto install
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