HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Level 3 Vocabulary List

All 953 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 3 exam — the third band of the 2021 HSK standard — daily life, work, and travel vocabulary. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
老板老闆lǎo bǎnboss
乐观樂觀lè guānoptimistic
lèikind
离婚離婚lí hūnto divorce
理论理論lǐ lùntheory
理由lǐ yóureason
力量lì liangpower
立刻lì kèforthwith
利用lì yòngto exploit
连忙連忙lián mángpromptly
连续剧連續劇lián xù jùserialized drama
联合聯合lián héto combine
领导領導lǐng dǎolead
lóngdragon
录音錄音lù yīnto record (sound)
落后落後luò hòuto fall behind
满足滿足mǎn zúto satisfy
毛病máo bìngfault
美术美術měi shùart
面对面對miàn duìto face
面积面積miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc)
明确明確míng quèclear-cut
明显明顯míng xiǎnclear
命运命運mìng yùnfate
mǒusome
木头木頭mù touslow-witted
目标目標mù biāotarget
目前mù qiánat the present time
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
年纪年紀nián jìage
niànto read
农民農民nóng mínpeasant
农业農業nóng yèagriculture
pāito pat
pàiclique
配合pèi hématching
批准pī zhǔnto approve
评价評價píng jiàto evaluate
破坏破壞pò huàidestruction
强调強調qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement)
强烈強烈qiáng lièstrong
亲切親切qīn qièamiable
亲自親自qīn zìpersonally
庆祝慶祝qìng zhùto celebrate
球迷qiú mífan (ball sports)
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel
去世qù shìto pass away
全面quán miànall-around
确定確定què dìngdefinite
热爱熱愛rè àito love ardently
热烈熱烈rè lièenthusiastic
人才rén cáitalent
人类人類rén lèihumanity
人生rén shēnglife (one's time on earth)
人员人員rén yuánstaff
日常rì chángday-to-day
如何rú héhow
商品shāng pǐncommodity
商业商業shāng yèbusiness
设备設備shè bèiequipment
设计設計shè jìto design
深刻shēn kèprofound
shēngto ascend
生产生產shēng chǎnto produce
生动生動shēng dòngvivid
胜利勝利shèng lìvictory
失去shī qùto lose
石头石頭shí toustone
时代時代shí dàiage
时刻時刻shí kètime
实行實行shí xíngto implement
实验實驗shí yànexperiment
始终始終shǐ zhōngfrom beginning to end
事实事實shì shífact
手续手續shǒu xùprocedure
手指shǒu zhǐfinger
受伤受傷shòu shāngto sustain injuries
书架書架shū jiàbookshelf
输入輸入shū rùto import
属于屬於shǔ yúto be classified as
双方雙方shuāng fāngbilateral
思想sī xiǎngthought
suǒactually
谈判談判tán pànto negotiate
提问提問tí wènto question
题目題目tí mùsubject
体会體會tǐ huìto know from experience
体现體現tǐ xiànto embody
体验體驗tǐ yànto experience for oneself
天空tiān kōngsky
通常tōng chángregular
痛苦tòng kǔpain
突出tū chūprominent
tuánround
推广推廣tuī guǎngto extend
退tuìto retreat
退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce)
外交wài jiāodiplomacy
完美wán měiperfect
完善wán shàn(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
完整wán zhěngcomplete
玩具wán jùplaything
危害wēi hàito jeopardize
伟大偉大wěi dàhuge
卫生间衛生間wèi shēng jiānbathroom
温暖溫暖wēn nuǎnwarm
文件wén jiàndocument
文明wén míngcivilized
文学文學wén xuéliterature
屋子wū zihouse
武器wǔ qìweapon
武术武術wǔ shùmilitary skill or technique (in former times)
to connect
显得顯得xiǎn deto seem
显然顯然xiǎn ránclearly
显示顯示xiǎn shìto show
现金現金xiàn jīncash
现实現實xiàn shíreality
现象現象xiàn xiàngphenomenon
相当相當xiāng dāngequivalent to
相关相關xiāng guānrelated
相似xiāng sìsimilar
消费消費xiāo fèito consume
消失xiāo shīto disappear
信封xìn fēngenvelope
形成xíng chéngto form
形式xíng shìouter appearance
形象xíng xiàngimage
形状形狀xíng zhuàngform
幸运幸運xìng yùnfortunate
修改xiū gǎito amend
宣布xuān bùto declare
宣传宣傳xuān chuánto disseminate
训练訓練xùn liànto train
要是yào shi(coll.) if
以来以來yǐ láisince (a previous event)
意外yì wàiunexpected
意义意義yì yìsense
yínsilver
应用應用yìng yòngto put to use
迎接yíng jiēto welcome
营养營養yíng yǎngnutrition
优势優勢yōu shìsuperiority
有利yǒu lìadvantageous
预报預報yù bàoforecast
预防預防yù fángto prevent
愿望願望yuàn wàngdesire
运输運輸yùn shūto transport
造成zào chéngto bring about
展开展開zhǎn kāito unfold
真实真實zhēn shítrue
争取爭取zhēng qǔto fight for
整个整個zhěng gèwhole
整体整體zhěng tǐwhole entity
证件證件zhèng jiàncertificate
证据證據zhèng jùevidence
zhīto support
zhístraight
指导指導zhǐ dǎoto guide
至今zhì jīnso far
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
zhōnghandleless cup
主持zhǔ chíto take charge of
主张主張zhǔ zhāngto advocate
专家專家zhuān jiāexpert
转变轉變zhuǎn biànto change
状况狀況zhuàng kuàngcondition
状态狀態zhuàng tàicondition
资格資格zī géqualifications
资金資金zī jīnfunds
自从自從zì cóngsince (a time)
自动自動zì dòngautomatic
自觉自覺zì juéconscious
组合組合zǔ héto assemble
作品zuò pǐnwork (of art)
ànto press
白菜bái càiChinese cabbage
班级班級bān jíclass (group of students)
搬家bān jiāto move house
bǎnboard
bǎoto defend
保安bǎo ānto ensure public security
bàoto announce
报到報到bào dàoto report for duty
北部běi bùnorthern part
背后背後bèi hòubehind
本事běn shìsource material
变为變為biàn wéito change into
标题標題biāo títitle
bìngand
播出bō chūto broadcast
播放bō fàngto broadcast
to repair
不光bù guāngnot the only one
不论不論bù lùnwhatever
a step
ministry

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