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
人工rén gōngartificial
人民rén mínthe people
人群rén qúncrowd
认出認出rèn chūrecognition
认得認得rèn deto recognize
认可認可rèn kěto approve
rènto assign
réngstill
沙子shā zisand
shāngto injure
上来上來shàng láito come up
上面shàng miànon top of
上去shàng qùto go up
上升shàng shēngto rise
上衣shàng yījacket
设立設立shè lìto set up
身份证身份證shēn fèn zhèngidentity card
深入shēn rùto penetrate deeply
生存shēng cúnto exist
生意shēng yìlife force
生长生長shēng zhǎngto grow
声明聲明shēng míngto state
shèngvictory
石油shí yóuoil
shío'clock
实际上實際上shí jì shàngin fact
实力實力shí lìstrength
实验室實驗室shí yàn shìlaboratory
世界杯shì jiè bēiWorld Cup
事故shì gùaccident
事件shì jiànevent
事实上事實上shì shí shàngin fact
事业事業shì yèundertaking
试题試題shì tíexam question
试验試驗shì yànexperiment
shìroom
适用適用shì yòngto be applicable
收费收費shōu fèito charge a fee
收看shōu kànto watch (a TV program)
收听收聽shōu tīngto listen to (a radio broadcast)
收音机收音機shōu yīn jīradio
shòuto receive
熟人shú rénacquaintance
shǔcategory
shùto bind
suíto follow
所长所長suǒ chángwhat one is good at
谈话談話tán huàto talk (with sb)
特色tè sècharacteristic
tiàoto jump
跳高tiào gāohigh jump (athletics)
跳远跳遠tiào yuǎnlong jump (athletics)
tiěiron (metal)
铁路鐵路tiě lùrailroad
听力聽力tīng lìhearing
听众聽眾tīng zhòngaudience
通信tōng xìnto correspond (by letter etc)
tòngache
头脑頭腦tóu nǎobrains
diagram
图画圖畫tú huàdrawing
earth
团结團結tuán jiéto unite
团体團體tuán tǐgroup
推动推動tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)
推进推進tuī jìnto impel
推开推開tuī kāito push open (a gate etc)
退出tuì chūto withdraw
外面wài miànoutside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
外文wài wénforeign language (written)
wéito encircle
卫生衛生wèi shēnghealth
文字wén zìcharacter
舞台舞臺wǔ tái(lit. and fig.) stage
西部xī bùwestern part
下来下來xià laito come down
下面xià miànbelow
下去xià qùto go down
先进先進xiān jìnadvanced (technology)
现场現場xiàn chǎngthe scene (of a crime, accident etc)
现代化現代化xiàn dài huàmodernization
线xiànthread
相比xiāng bǐto compare
相互xiāng hùeach other
写作寫作xiě zuòto write
xīnheart
行李xíng liluggage
xìngnature
需求xū qiúrequirement
选手選手xuǎn shǒuathlete
学费學費xué fèituition fee
to press
yāncigarette or pipe tobacco
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes
yǎnto develop
演唱yǎn chàngsung performance
演唱会演唱會yǎn chàng huìvocal recital or concert
yángsheep
一方面yī fāng miànon the one hand
衣架yī jiàclothes hanger
already
银牌銀牌yín páisilver medal
应当應當yīng dāngshould
影视影視yǐng shìmovies and television
邮件郵件yóu jiànmail
邮票郵票yóu piào(postage) stamp
邮箱郵箱yóu xiāngmailbox
yóuto swim
有的是yǒu de shìhave plenty of
有效yǒu xiàoeffective
预计預計yù jìto forecast
yuánperson
员工員工yuán gōngstaff
yuēto make an appointment
早已zǎo yǐfor a long time
zàoto make
长处長處cháng chùgood aspects
长期長期cháng qīlong term
zhàovariant of 照
zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
zhēngto strive for
zhěngexactly
整天zhěng tiānall day long
整整zhěng zhěngwhole
zhèngto admonish
支付zhī fùto pay (money)
直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live
直到zhí dàountil
zhívalue
职工職工zhí gōngworkers
只是zhǐ shìmerely
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...
指出zhǐ chūto indicate
志愿志願zhì yuànaspiration
中部zhōng bùmiddle part
中华民族中華民族zhōng huá mín zúthe Chinese nation
种子種子zhǒng ziseed
重大zhòng dàgreat
主任zhǔ rèndirector
zhuāto grab
抓住zhuā zhùto grab hold of
专题專題zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc)
zhuǎnto turn
zhuīto chase
zhǔnto allow
自身zì shēnitself
自主zì zhǔindependent
子女zǐ nǚchildren
zǒnggeneral
足够足夠zú gòuenough
足球zú qiúsoccer ball
左右zuǒ yòuleft and right
做客zuò kèto be a guest or visitor

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