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
呼吸hū xīto breathe
忽视忽視hū shìto neglect
胡说胡說hú shuōto talk nonsense
胡同hú tònglane
胡须鬍鬚hú xūbeard
pot
蝴蝶hú diébutterfly
糊涂糊塗hú tumuddled
花生huā shēngpeanut
华裔華裔huá yìethnic Chinese
滑冰huá bīngto skate
化学化學huà xuéchemistry
划船huá chuánto row a boat
话题話題huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation)
怀念懷念huái niànto cherish the memory of
缓解緩解huǎn jiěto bring relief
幻想huàn xiǎngdelusion
慌张慌張huāng zhāngflustered
皇帝huáng dìemperor
皇后huáng hòuempress
黄瓜黃瓜huáng guācucumber
黄金黃金huáng jīngold
huīash
灰尘灰塵huī chéndust
灰心huī xīnto lose heart
恢复恢復huī fùto reinstate
huīto wave
汇率匯率huì lǜexchange rate
会计會計kuài jìaccountant
婚礼婚禮hūn lǐwedding ceremony
婚姻hūn yīnmatrimony
活跃活躍huó yuèactive
火柴huǒ cháimatch (for lighting fire)
伙伴huǒ bànpartner
机器機器jī qìmachine
肌肉jī ròumuscle
基本jī běnbasic
激烈jī liè(of competition or fighting) intense
及格jí géto pass an exam or a test
急忙jí mánghastily
集体集體jí tǐcollective (decision)
集中jí zhōngto concentrate
计算計算jì suànto count
记录記錄jì lùto record
记忆記憶jì yìto remember
纪录紀錄jì lùvariant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
纪律紀律jì lǜdiscipline
纪念紀念jì niànto commemorate
寂寞jì mòlonely
夹子夾子jiā ziclip
家庭jiā tíngfamily
家务家務jiā wùhousehold duties
家乡家鄉jiā xiānghometown
嘉宾嘉賓jiā bīnesteemed guest
jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 干
假如jiǎ rúif
假装假裝jiǎ zhuāngto feign
价值價值jià zhívalue
驾驶駕駛jià shǐto pilot (ship, airplane etc)
jià(of a woman) to marry
尖锐尖銳jiān ruìsharp
坚决堅決jiān juéfirm
坚强堅強jiān qiángstaunch
肩膀jiān bǎngshoulder
艰巨艱巨jiān jùarduous
艰苦艱苦jiān kǔdifficult
jiānto pan fry
jiǎnto pick up
剪刀jiǎn dāoscissors
简历簡歷jiǎn lìcurriculum vitae (CV)
简直簡直jiǎn zhísimply
建立jiàn lìto establish
建设建設jiàn shèto build
建议建議jiàn yìto propose
建筑建築jiàn zhùto construct
健身房jiàn shēn fánggym
键盘鍵盤jiàn pánkeyboard
讲究講究jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to
讲座講座jiǎng zuòa course of lectures
降落jiàng luòto descend
酱油醬油jiàng yóusoy sauce
交换交換jiāo huànto exchange
交际交際jiāo jìcommunication
郊区郊區jiāo qūsuburban district
jiāoto pour liquid
胶水膠水jiāo shuǐglue
角度jiǎo dùangle
角色jué sèrole
狡猾jiǎo huácrafty
教材jiào cáiteaching material
教练教練jiào liàninstructor
教训教訓jiào xunto provide guidance
阶段階段jiē duànstage
接触接觸jiē chùto touch
接待jiē dàito receive (a visitor)
接近jiē jìnto approach
接着接著jiē zheto catch and hold on
jiéjoint
节省節省jié shěngsaving
结构結構jié gòustructure
结合結合jié héto combine
结论結論jié lùnconclusion
结实結實jiē shirugged
结账結賬jié zhàngto pay the bill
解放jiě fàngto liberate
解说员解說員jiě shuō yuáncommentator
戒烟戒煙jiè yānto give up smoking
戒指jiè zhi(finger) ring
jièto arrive at (place or time)
借口jiè kǒuto use as an excuse
金属金屬jīn shǔmetal
尽力盡力jìn lìto strive one's hardest
尽量儘量jǐn liàngas much as possible
jǐntight
紧急緊急jǐn jíurgent
谨慎謹慎jǐn shèncautious
近代jìn dàithe not-very-distant past
进步進步jìn bùprogress
进口進口jìn kǒuto import
经典經典jīng diǎnthe classics
经营經營jīng yíngto engage in (business etc)
精力jīng lìenergy
景色jǐng sèscenery
敬爱敬愛jìng àito respect and love
酒吧jiǔ bābar
jiùto save
救护车救護車jiù hù chēambulance
舅舅jiù jiumother's brother
居然jū ránunexpectedly
桔子jú zitangerine
to lift
巨大jù dàhuge
具备具備jù bèito possess
具体具體jù tǐconcrete
俱乐部俱樂部jù lè bùclub (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
据说據說jù shuōit is said that
聚会聚會jù huìparty
juānto relinquish
juànscroll
决赛決賽jué sàifinals (of a competition)
决心決心jué xīndetermination
绝对絕對jué duìabsolute
军事軍事jūn shìmilitary affairs
均匀均勻jūn yúneven
卡车卡車kǎ chētruck
开发開發kāi fāto exploit (a resource)
开放開放kāi fàngto bloom
开幕式開幕式kāi mù shìopening ceremony
开心開心kāi xīnto feel happy
kǎnto chop
看不起kàn bu qǐto look down upon
看来看來kàn laiapparently
抗议抗議kàng yìto protest
烤鸭烤鴨kǎo yāroast duck
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
可见可見kě jiànit can clearly be seen (that this is the case)
可靠kě kàoreliable
可怕kě pàawful
to be able to
克服kè fú(try to) overcome (hardships etc)
刻苦kè kǔhardworking
客观客觀kè guānobjective
客厅客廳kè tīngdrawing room (room for arriving guests)
课程課程kè chéngcourse
空间空間kōng jiānspace
空闲空閒kòng xiánidle
恐怖kǒng bùterrible
控制kòng zhìto control
口味kǒu wèia person's preferences
kuāto boast
矿泉水礦泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
蜡烛蠟燭là zhúcandle
辣椒là jiāohot pepper
来自來自lái zìto come from (a place)
lánto block sb's path
lànsoft
lángwolf
劳动勞動láo dòngwork
劳驾勞駕láo jiàexcuse me
老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people
老板老闆lǎo bǎnboss
老实老實lǎo shihonest
老鼠lǎo shǔrat
姥姥lǎo lao(coll.) mother's mother
乐观樂觀lè guānoptimistic
了不起liǎo bu qǐamazing
léithunder
lèikind
厘米釐米lí mǐcentimeter
离婚離婚lí hūnto divorce
pear
礼拜天禮拜天lǐ bài tiānSunday
理论理論lǐ lùntheory
理由lǐ yóureason
力量lì liangpower
立方lì fāngcube (math.)
立即lì jíimmediately
立刻lì kèforthwith
利润利潤lì rùnprofits
利息lì xīinterest (on a loan)

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