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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 人工 | rén gōng | artificial | |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people | |
| 人群 | rén qún | crowd | |
| 认出 | 認出 | rèn chū | recognition |
| 认得 | 認得 | rèn de | to recognize |
| 认可 | 認可 | rèn kě | to approve |
| 任 | rèn | to assign | |
| 仍 | réng | still | |
| 沙子 | shā zi | sand | |
| 伤 | 傷 | shāng | to injure |
| 上来 | 上來 | shàng lái | to come up |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of | |
| 上去 | shàng qù | to go up | |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise | |
| 上衣 | shàng yī | jacket | |
| 设立 | 設立 | shè lì | to set up |
| 身份证 | 身份證 | shēn fèn zhèng | identity card |
| 深入 | shēn rù | to penetrate deeply | |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist | |
| 生意 | shēng yì | life force | |
| 生长 | 生長 | shēng zhǎng | to grow |
| 声明 | 聲明 | shēng míng | to state |
| 胜 | 勝 | shèng | victory |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil | |
| 时 | 時 | shí | o'clock |
| 实际上 | 實際上 | shí jì shàng | in fact |
| 实力 | 實力 | shí lì | strength |
| 实验室 | 實驗室 | shí yàn shì | laboratory |
| 世界杯 | shì jiè bēi | World Cup | |
| 事故 | shì gù | accident | |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | event | |
| 事实上 | 事實上 | shì shí shàng | in fact |
| 事业 | 事業 | shì yè | undertaking |
| 试题 | 試題 | shì tí | exam question |
| 试验 | 試驗 | shì yàn | experiment |
| 室 | shì | room | |
| 适用 | 適用 | shì yòng | to be applicable |
| 收费 | 收費 | shōu fèi | to charge a fee |
| 收看 | shōu kàn | to watch (a TV program) | |
| 收听 | 收聽 | shōu tīng | to listen to (a radio broadcast) |
| 收音机 | 收音機 | shōu yīn jī | radio |
| 受 | shòu | to receive | |
| 熟人 | shú rén | acquaintance | |
| 属 | 屬 | shǔ | category |
| 束 | shù | to bind | |
| 随 | 隨 | suí | to follow |
| 所长 | 所長 | suǒ cháng | what one is good at |
| 谈话 | 談話 | tán huà | to talk (with sb) |
| 特色 | tè sè | characteristic | |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump | |
| 跳高 | tiào gāo | high jump (athletics) | |
| 跳远 | 跳遠 | tiào yuǎn | long jump (athletics) |
| 铁 | 鐵 | tiě | iron (metal) |
| 铁路 | 鐵路 | tiě lù | railroad |
| 听力 | 聽力 | tīng lì | hearing |
| 听众 | 聽眾 | tīng zhòng | audience |
| 通信 | tōng xìn | to correspond (by letter etc) | |
| 痛 | tòng | ache | |
| 头脑 | 頭腦 | tóu nǎo | brains |
| 图 | 圖 | tú | diagram |
| 图画 | 圖畫 | tú huà | drawing |
| 土 | tǔ | earth | |
| 团结 | 團結 | tuán jié | to unite |
| 团体 | 團體 | tuán tǐ | group |
| 推动 | 推動 | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan) |
| 推进 | 推進 | tuī jìn | to impel |
| 推开 | 推開 | tuī kāi | to push open (a gate etc) |
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw | |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense) | |
| 外文 | wài wén | foreign language (written) | |
| 围 | 圍 | wéi | to encircle |
| 卫生 | 衛生 | wèi shēng | health |
| 文字 | wén zì | character | |
| 舞台 | 舞臺 | wǔ tái | (lit. and fig.) stage |
| 西部 | xī bù | western part | |
| 下来 | 下來 | xià lai | to come down |
| 下面 | xià miàn | below | |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down | |
| 先进 | 先進 | xiān jìn | advanced (technology) |
| 现场 | 現場 | xiàn chǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc) |
| 现代化 | 現代化 | xiàn dài huà | modernization |
| 线 | 線 | xiàn | thread |
| 相比 | xiāng bǐ | to compare | |
| 相互 | xiāng hù | each other | |
| 写作 | 寫作 | xiě zuò | to write |
| 心 | xīn | heart | |
| 行李 | xíng li | luggage | |
| 性 | xìng | nature | |
| 需求 | xū qiú | requirement | |
| 选手 | 選手 | xuǎn shǒu | athlete |
| 学费 | 學費 | xué fèi | tuition fee |
| 压 | 壓 | yā | to press |
| 烟 | 煙 | yān | cigarette or pipe tobacco |
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyes | |
| 演 | yǎn | to develop | |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | sung performance | |
| 演唱会 | 演唱會 | yǎn chàng huì | vocal recital or concert |
| 羊 | yáng | sheep | |
| 一方面 | yī fāng miàn | on the one hand | |
| 衣架 | yī jià | clothes hanger | |
| 已 | yǐ | already | |
| 银牌 | 銀牌 | yín pái | silver medal |
| 应当 | 應當 | yīng dāng | should |
| 影视 | 影視 | yǐng shì | movies and television |
| 邮件 | 郵件 | yóu jiàn | |
| 邮票 | 郵票 | yóu piào | (postage) stamp |
| 邮箱 | 郵箱 | yóu xiāng | mailbox |
| 游 | yóu | to swim | |
| 有的是 | yǒu de shì | have plenty of | |
| 有效 | yǒu xiào | effective | |
| 预计 | 預計 | yù jì | to forecast |
| 员 | 員 | yuán | person |
| 员工 | 員工 | yuán gōng | staff |
| 约 | 約 | yuē | to make an appointment |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | for a long time | |
| 造 | zào | to make | |
| 长处 | 長處 | cháng chù | good aspects |
| 长期 | 長期 | cháng qī | long term |
| 照 | 炤 | zhào | variant of 照 |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... | |
| 争 | 爭 | zhēng | to strive for |
| 整 | zhěng | exactly | |
| 整天 | zhěng tiān | all day long | |
| 整整 | zhěng zhěng | whole | |
| 证 | 証 | zhèng | to admonish |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) | |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live | |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until | |
| 值 | zhí | value | |
| 职工 | 職工 | zhí gōng | workers |
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely | |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ... | |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate | |
| 志愿 | 志願 | zhì yuàn | aspiration |
| 中部 | zhōng bù | middle part | |
| 中华民族 | 中華民族 | zhōng huá mín zú | the Chinese nation |
| 种子 | 種子 | zhǒng zi | seed |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great | |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director | |
| 抓 | zhuā | to grab | |
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of | |
| 专题 | 專題 | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) |
| 转 | 轉 | zhuǎn | to turn |
| 追 | zhuī | to chase | |
| 准 | zhǔn | to allow | |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself | |
| 自主 | zì zhǔ | independent | |
| 子女 | zǐ nǚ | children | |
| 总 | 總 | zǒng | general |
| 足够 | 足夠 | zú gòu | enough |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer ball | |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | left and right | |
| 做客 | zuò kè | to be a guest or visitor |
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