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.
| Word | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 部长 | 部長 | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department |
| 才能 | cái néng | talent | |
| 采用 | 採用 | cǎi yòng | to adopt |
| 彩色 | cǎi sè | color | |
| 厂 | 廠 | chǎng | factory |
| 场合 | 場合 | chǎng hé | situation |
| 场所 | 場所 | chǎng suǒ | location |
| 超级 | 超級 | chāo jí | super- |
| 衬衣 | 襯衣 | chèn yī | shirt |
| 称为 | 稱為 | chēng wéi | to be called |
| 成员 | 成員 | chéng yuán | member |
| 城 | chéng | city walls | |
| 初 | chū | at first | |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial | |
| 初一 | chū yī | first day of lunar month | |
| 初中 | chū zhōng | junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) | |
| 传 | 傳 | chuán | to pass on |
| 传来 | 傳來 | chuán lái | (of a sound) to come through |
| 创新 | 創新 | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas |
| 创业 | 創業 | chuàng yè | to begin an undertaking |
| 创作 | 創作 | chuàng zuò | to create |
| 村 | cūn | village | |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break | |
| 代 | dài | to substitute | |
| 代表团 | 代表團 | dài biǎo tuán | delegation |
| 带动 | 帶動 | dài dòng | to spur |
| 带领 | 帶領 | dài lǐng | to guide |
| 当初 | 當初 | dāng chū | at that time |
| 当中 | 當中 | dāng zhōng | among |
| 得分 | dé fēn | to score | |
| 底下 | dǐ xia | the location below sth | |
| 电视剧 | 電視劇 | diàn shì jù | TV series |
| 电视台 | 電視臺 | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 电子邮件 | 電子郵件 | diàn zǐ yóu jiàn | |
| 调 | 調 | tiáo | to harmonize |
| 订 | 訂 | dìng | to agree |
| 定期 | dìng qī | at set dates | |
| 东部 | 東部 | dōng bù | the east |
| 动力 | 動力 | dòng lì | motive power |
| 动人 | 動人 | dòng rén | touching |
| 读者 | 讀者 | dú zhě | reader |
| 短处 | 短處 | duǎn chù | shortcoming |
| 短裤 | 短褲 | duǎn kù | short pants |
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short term | |
| 队员 | 隊員 | duì yuán | team member |
| 发出 | 發出 | fā chū | to issue (an order, decree etc) |
| 发动 | 發動 | fā dòng | to start |
| 发送 | 發送 | fā sòng | to transmit |
| 防 | fáng | to protect | |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent | |
| 房屋 | fáng wū | house | |
| 房租 | fáng zū | rent for a room or house | |
| 放到 | fàng dào | Put in | |
| 飞行 | 飛行 | fēi xíng | (of planes etc) to fly |
| 费 | 費 | fèi | to cost |
| 分组 | 分組 | fēn zǔ | to divide into groups |
| 福 | fú | good fortune | |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother | |
| 付 | fù | to pay | |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform | |
| 赶 | 趕 | gǎn | to overtake |
| 赶到 | 趕到 | gǎn dào | to hurry (to some place) |
| 干吗 | 幹嗎 | gàn má | see 干嘛 |
| 高速公路 | gāo sù gōng lù | expressway | |
| 歌迷 | gē mí | fan of a singer | |
| 歌声 | 歌聲 | gē shēng | singing voice |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer | |
| 各地 | gè dì | in all parts of (a country) | |
| 各位 | gè wèi | everybody | |
| 各种 | 各種 | gè zhǒng | every kind of |
| 工夫 | gōng fū | (old) laborer | |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public | |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen | |
| 公务员 | 公務員 | gōng wù yuán | functionary |
| 功课 | 功課 | gōng kè | homework |
| 共有 | gòng yǒu | to have altogether | |
| 古 | gǔ | ancient | |
| 故乡 | 故鄉 | gù xiāng | home |
| 关注 | 關注 | guān zhù | to pay attention to |
| 观看 | 觀看 | guān kàn | to watch |
| 管 | guǎn | to take care (of) | |
| 规范 | 規範 | guī fàn | norm |
| 国内 | 國內 | guó nèi | domestic |
| 国庆 | 國慶 | guó qìng | National Day |
| 哈哈 | hā hā | (onom.) laughing out loud | |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | well | |
| 合 | hé | to close | |
| 红茶 | 紅茶 | hóng chá | black tea |
| 红酒 | 紅酒 | hóng jiǔ | red wine |
| 后年 | 後年 | hòu nián | the year after next |
| 互联网 | 互聯網 | hù lián wǎng | Internet |
| 华人 | 華人 | huá rén | ethnic Chinese person or people |
| 化 | huà | to make into | |
| 话剧 | 話劇 | huà jù | stage play |
| 环 | 環 | huán | ring |
| 环保 | 環保 | huán bǎo | environmental protection |
| 欢乐 | 歡樂 | huān lè | gaiety |
| 会员 | 會員 | huì yuán | member |
| 活 | huó | to live | |
| 积极性 | 積極性 | jī jí xìng | zeal |
| 基本上 | jī běn shang | basically | |
| 极了 | 極了 | jí le | extremely |
| 加工 | jiā gōng | to process | |
| 加快 | jiā kuài | to accelerate | |
| 加强 | 加強 | jiā qiáng | to reinforce |
| 家属 | 家屬 | jiā shǔ | family member |
| 价钱 | 價錢 | jià qian | price |
| 架 | jià | to support | |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish | |
| 建成 | jiàn chéng | to establish | |
| 将近 | 將近 | jiāng jìn | almost |
| 交费 | 交費 | jiāo fèi | to pay a fee |
| 交警 | jiāo jǐng | traffic police (abbr. for 察) | |
| 交往 | jiāo wǎng | to associate (with) | |
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal | |
| 较 | 較 | jiào | to compare |
| 解开 | 解開 | jiě kāi | to untie |
| 金 | jīn | gold | |
| 金牌 | jīn pái | gold medal | |
| 仅 | 僅 | jǐn | barely |
| 仅仅 | 僅僅 | jǐn jǐn | barely |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time | |
| 进一步 | 進一步 | jìn yī bù | to go a step further |
| 进展 | 進展 | jìn zhǎn | to make headway |
| 静 | 靜 | jìng | still |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly | |
| 就业 | 就業 | jiù yè | to get a job |
| 具有 | jù yǒu | to have | |
| 剧场 | 劇場 | jù chǎng | theater |
| 开业 | 開業 | kāi yè | to open a business |
| 开展 | 開展 | kāi zhǎn | to launch |
| 看起来 | 看起來 | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly |
| 看上去 | kàn shang qu | it would appear | |
| 考验 | 考驗 | kǎo yàn | to test |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology | |
| 可乐 | 可樂 | kě lè | amusing |
| 空 | kōng | empty | |
| 空儿 | 空兒 | kòng r | spare time |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast | |
| 老太太 | lǎo tài tai | elderly lady (respectful) | |
| 老头儿 | 老頭兒 | lǎo tóu r | see 老头子 |
| 乐 | 樂 | lè | happy |
| 乐队 | 樂隊 | yuè duì | band |
| 类似 | 類似 | lèi sì | similar |
| 里面 | 裡面 | lǐ miàn | inside |
| 力 | lì | power | |
| 连续 | 連續 | lián xù | continuous |
| 联合国 | 聯合國 | lián hé guó | United Nations |
| 凉水 | 涼水 | liáng shuǐ | cool water |
| 领 | 領 | lǐng | neck |
| 领先 | 領先 | lǐng xiān | to lead |
| 另一方面 | lìng yī fāng miàn | on the other hand | |
| 录 | 彔 | lù | to carve wood |
| 路线 | 路線 | lù xiàn | itinerary |
| 旅馆 | 旅館 | lǚ guǎn | hotel |
| 旅行社 | lǚ xíng shè | travel agency | |
| 绿茶 | 綠茶 | lǜ chá | green tea |
| 慢慢 | màn màn | slowly | |
| 没用 | 沒用 | méi yòng | useless |
| 媒体 | 媒體 | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 美 | měi | beautiful | |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful | |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy | |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar | |
| 迷 | mí | to bewilder | |
| 民间 | 民間 | mín jiān | among the people |
| 奶茶 | nǎi chá | milk tea | |
| 男子 | nán zǐ | a man | |
| 南部 | nán bù | southern part | |
| 难度 | 難度 | nán dù | degree of difficulty |
| 内心 | 內心 | nèi xīn | heart |
| 能不能 | néng bùnéng | Can you | |
| 年初 | nián chū | beginning of the year | |
| 年底 | nián dǐ | the end of the year | |
| 牛 | niú | ox | |
| 女子 | nǚ zǐ | woman | |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc) | |
| 牌子 | pái zi | sign | |
| 配 | pèi | to join | |
| 皮 | pí | leather | |
| 皮包 | pí bāo | handbag | |
| 票价 | 票價 | piào jià | ticket price |
| 普及 | pǔ jí | to spread extensively | |
| 期 | 朞 | qī | variant of 期 |
| 齐 | 齊 | qí | neat |
| 前后 | 前後 | qián hòu | around |
| 前进 | 前進 | qián jìn | to go forward |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for | |
| 强 | 強 | qiáng | strong |
| 强大 | 強大 | qiáng dà | large |
| 巧 | qiǎo | opportunely | |
| 亲 | 親 | qīn | parent |
| 亲人 | 親人 | qīn rén | one's close relatives |
| 情感 | qíng gǎn | feeling | |
| 请教 | 請教 | qǐng jiào | to ask for guidance |
| 区 | 區 | qū | area |
| 全场 | 全場 | quán chǎng | everyone present |
| 全球 | quán qiú | entire | |
| 缺 | quē | deficiency | |
| 确保 | 確保 | què bǎo | to ensure |
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