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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.

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Word	Traditional	Pinyin	Meaning
把握		bǎ wò	to grasp (also fig.)
摆	擺	bǎi	to arrange
班主任		bān zhǔ rèn	teacher in charge of a class
办理	辦理	bàn lǐ	to handle
傍晚		bàng wǎn	in the evening
棒		bàng	stick
包裹		bāo guǒ	to wrap up
包含		bāo hán	to contain
包子		bāo zi	bao (steamed stuffed bun)
薄		báo	thin
宝贝	寶貝	bǎo bèi	treasured object
宝贵	寶貴	bǎo guì	valuable
保持		bǎo chí	to keep
保存		bǎo cún	to conserve
保留		bǎo liú	to keep
保险	保險	bǎo xiǎn	insurance
报告	報告	bào gào	to inform
悲观	悲觀	bēi guān	pessimistic
背		bèi	the back of a body or object
背景		bèi jǐng	background
被子		bèi zi	quilt
本科		běn kē	undergraduate course
本领	本領	běn lǐng	skill
本质	本質	běn zhì	essence
比例		bǐ lì	proportion
比如		bǐ rú	for example
彼此		bǐ cǐ	each other
必然		bì rán	inevitable
必需		bì xū	to need
必要		bì yào	necessary
毕竟	畢竟	bì jìng	after all
避免		bì miǎn	to avert
编辑	編輯	biān jí	to edit
鞭炮		biān pào	firecrackers
便		biàn	plain
辩论	辯論	biàn lùn	debate
标点	標點	biāo diǎn	punctuation
标志	標誌	biāo zhì	sign
表面		biǎo miàn	surface
表明		biǎo míng	to make clear
表情		biǎo qíng	(facial) expression
表现	表現	biǎo xiàn	to show
丙		bǐng	third of the ten Heavenly Stems 干
病毒		bìng dú	virus
玻璃		bō li	glass
脖子		bó zi	neck
博物馆	博物館	bó wù guǎn	museum
补充	補充	bǔ chōng	to replenish
不安		bù ān	unpeaceful
不必		bù bì	need not
不得了		bù dé liǎo	desperately serious
不断	不斷	bù duàn	unceasing
不好意思		bù hǎo yì si	to feel embarrassed
不见得	不見得	bù jiàn de	not necessarily
不免		bù miǎn	inevitably
不耐烦	不耐煩	bù nài fán	impatient
不然		bù rán	not so
不如		bù rú	not equal to
不要紧	不要緊	bù yào jǐn	unimportant
不足		bù zú	insufficient
布	佈	bù	variant of 布
步骤	步驟	bù zhòu	procedure
部门	部門	bù mén	department
财产	財產	cái chǎn	property
采访	採訪	cǎi fǎng	to interview
采取	採取	cǎi qǔ	to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
彩虹		cǎi hóng	rainbow
踩		cǎi	to step on
参考	參考	cān kǎo	consultation
参与	參與	cān yù	to participate (in sth)
餐厅	餐廳	cān tīng	dining hall
残疾	殘疾	cán jí	disabled
惭愧	慚愧	cán kuì	ashamed
操场	操場	cāo chǎng	playground
操心		cāo xīn	to worry about
册	冊	cè	book
厕所	廁所	cè suǒ	toilet
测验	測驗	cè yàn	test
曾经	曾經	céng jīng	once
叉子		chā zi	fork
插		chā	to insert
差别	差別	chā bié	difference
拆		chāi	to tear open
产品	產品	chǎn pǐn	goods
产生	產生	chǎn shēng	to arise
常识	常識	cháng shí	common sense
抄		chāo	to make a copy
朝		cháo	imperial or royal court
朝代		cháo dài	dynasty
吵架		chǎo jià	to quarrel
炒		chǎo	to sauté
车库	車庫	chē kù	garage
车厢	車廂	chē xiāng	carriage
彻底	徹底	chè dǐ	thorough
沉默		chén mò	taciturn
趁		chèn	to avail oneself of
称	稱	chēng	to weigh
称呼	稱呼	chēng hu	to call
称赞	稱讚	chēng zàn	to praise
成分		chéng fèn	composition
成果		chéng guǒ	result
成就		chéng jiù	accomplishment
成立		chéng lì	to establish
成语	成語	chéng yǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
成长	成長	chéng zhǎng	to mature
承担	承擔	chéng dān	to undertake
承认	承認	chéng rèn	to admit
承受		chéng shòu	to bear
诚恳	誠懇	chéng kěn	sincere
乘		chéng	to ride
程度		chéng dù	degree
程序		chéng xù	procedures
吃亏	吃虧	chī kuī	to suffer losses
池子		chí zi	pond
持续	持續	chí xù	to continue
尺子		chǐ zi	ruler (measuring instrument)
翅膀		chì bǎng	wing
充电器	充電器	chōng diàn qì	battery charger
充分		chōng fèn	ample
充满	充滿	chōng mǎn	full of
冲	沖	chōng	(of water) to dash against
宠物	寵物	chǒng wù	house pet
抽屉	抽屜	chōu ti	drawer
抽象		chōu xiàng	abstract
丑		chǒu	clown
臭		chòu	stench
出版		chū bǎn	to publish
出口		chū kǒu	an exit
出色		chū sè	remarkable
出席		chū xí	to attend
初级	初級	chū jí	junior
除		chú	to get rid of
除非		chú fēi	only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
除夕		chú xī	lunar New Year's Eve
处理	處理	chǔ lǐ	to handle
传播	傳播	chuán bō	to disseminate
传递	傳遞	chuán dì	to transmit
传染	傳染	chuán rǎn	to infect
传说	傳說	chuán shuō	legend
传统	傳統	chuán tǒng	tradition
窗帘	窗簾	chuāng lián	window curtains
闯	闖	chuǎng	to rush
创造	創造	chuàng zào	to create
吹		chuī	to blow
辞职	辭職	cí zhí	to resign
磁带	磁帶	cí dài	magnetic tape
此外		cǐ wài	besides
次要		cì yào	secondary
刺激		cì jī	to provoke
匆忙		cōng máng	hasty
从此	從此	cóng cǐ	from now on
从而	從而	cóng ér	thus
从前	從前	cóng qián	previously
从事	從事	cóng shì	to go for
促进	促進	cù jìn	to promote (an idea or cause)
促使		cù shǐ	to induce
醋		cù	vinegar
催		cuī	to urge
存		cún	to exist
存在		cún zài	to exist
措施		cuò shī	measure
错误	錯誤	cuò wù	mistaken
达到	達到	dá dào	to reach
答应	答應	dā ying	to answer
打工		dǎ gōng	to work a temporary or casual job
打交道		dǎ jiāo dào	to come into contact with
打喷嚏	打噴嚏	dǎ pēn tì	to sneeze
打听	打聽	dǎ ting	to ask about
打招呼		dǎ zhāo hu	to greet sb by word or action
大方		dà fāng	expert
大象		dà xiàng	elephant
大型		dà xíng	large
呆		dāi	foolish
待遇		dài yù	treatment
贷款	貸款	dài kuǎn	a loan
单纯	單純	dān chún	simple
单调	單調	dān diào	monotonous
单独	單獨	dān dú	alone
单位	單位	dān wèi	unit (of measure)
单元	單元	dān yuán	unit (forming an entity)
担任	擔任	dān rèn	to hold a governmental office or post
耽误	耽誤	dān wu	to delay
胆小鬼	膽小鬼	dǎn xiǎo guǐ	coward
淡		dàn	insipid
当代	當代	dāng dài	the present age
挡	擋	dǎng	to resist
导演	導演	dǎo yǎn	to direct
导致	導致	dǎo zhì	to lead to
岛	島	dǎo	island
到达	到達	dào dá	to reach
倒		dǎo	to fall
倒霉		dǎo méi	to have bad luck
道德		dào dé	virtue
道理		dào li	reason
地道		dì dào	tunnel
地理		dì lǐ	geography
地区	地區	dì qū	local
地毯		dì tǎn	carpet
地位		dì wèi	position
地震		dì zhèn	earthquake

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