HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Vocabulary List

All 1,059 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 5 exam — the fifth band of the 2021 HSK standard — upper-intermediate vocabulary. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

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Word	Traditional	Pinyin	Meaning
鼻子		bí zi	nose
宾馆	賓館	bīn guǎn	guesthouse
厨房	廚房	chú fáng	kitchen
聪明	聰明	cōng ming	intelligent
蛋糕		dàn gāo	cake
耳朵		ěr duo	ear
邻居	鄰居	lín jū	neighbor
葡萄		pú tao	grape
瘦		shòu	thin
饼干	餅乾	bǐng gān	biscuit
博士		bó shì	doctor
猜		cāi	to guess
尝	嘗	cháng	to taste
乘坐		chéng zuò	to ride (in a vehicle)
出差		chū chāi	to go on an official or business trip
传真	傳真	chuán zhēn	fax
打扮		dǎ ban	to decorate
打扰	打擾	dǎ rǎo	to disturb
弹	彈	tán	to pluck (a string)
丢	丟	diū	to lose
朵		duǒ	flower
放弃	放棄	fàng qì	to renounce
估计	估計	gū jì	to estimate
鼓励	鼓勵	gǔ lì	to encourage
鼓掌		gǔ zhǎng	to applaud
关键	關鍵	guān jiàn	crucial point
汗		hàn	perspiration
盒子		hé zi	box
后悔	後悔	hòu huǐ	to regret
回忆	回憶	huí yì	to recall
活泼	活潑	huó po	lively
即使		jí shǐ	even if
尽管	儘管	jǐn guǎn	despite
竞争	競爭	jìng zhēng	to compete
拒绝	拒絕	jù jué	to refuse
可怜	可憐	kě lián	pitiful
可惜		kě xī	it is a pity
肯定		kěn dìng	to be certain
浪漫		làng màn	romantic
礼貌	禮貌	lǐ mào	courtesy
厉害	厲害	lì hai	(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible
耐心		nài xīn	to be patient
年龄	年齡	nián líng	(a person's) age
偶尔	偶爾	ǒu ěr	occasionally
陪		péi	to accompany
皮肤	皮膚	pí fū	skin
脾气	脾氣	pí qi	character
骗	騙	piàn	to cheat
签证	簽證	qiān zhèng	visa
敲		qiāo	to hit
扔		rēng	to throw
软	軟	ruǎn	soft
稍微		shāo wēi	a little bit
剩		shèng	to remain
师傅	師傅	shī fu	master
收拾		shōu shi	to put in order
熟悉		shú xī	to be familiar with
硕士	碩士	shuò shì	master's degree
随着	隨著	suí zhe	along with
抬		tái	to lift
讨厌	討厭	tǎo yàn	to dislike
污染		wū rǎn	to pollute
西红柿	西紅柿	xī hóng shì	tomato
详细	詳細	xiáng xì	detailed
辛苦		xīn kǔ	exhausting
邀请	邀請	yāo qǐng	to invite
饮料	飲料	yǐn liào	drink
硬		yìng	hard
幽默		yōu mò	(loanword) humor
尤其		yóu qí	especially
友谊	友誼	yǒu yì	companionship
羽毛球		yǔ máo qiú	shuttlecock
暂时	暫時	zàn shí	temporary
祝贺	祝賀	zhù hè	to congratulate
撞		zhuàng	to knock against
仔细	仔細	zǐ xì	careful
组织	組織	zǔ zhī	to organize
尊重		zūn zhòng	to esteem
安慰		ān wèi	to comfort
岸		àn	bank
棒		bàng	stick
彼此		bǐ cǐ	each other
必需		bì xū	to need
毕竟	畢竟	bì jìng	after all
编辑	編輯	biān jí	to edit
病毒		bìng dú	virus
玻璃		bō li	glass
博物馆	博物館	bó wù guǎn	museum
不得了		bù dé liǎo	desperately serious
不免		bù miǎn	inevitably
不耐烦	不耐煩	bù nài fán	impatient
不足		bù zú	insufficient
餐厅	餐廳	cān tīng	dining hall
册	冊	cè	book
叉子		chā zi	fork
插		chā	to insert
差别	差別	chā bié	difference
拆		chāi	to tear open
成语	成語	chéng yǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
乘		chéng	to ride
池子		chí zi	pond
丑		chǒu	clown
臭		chòu	stench
出版		chū bǎn	to publish
除非		chú fēi	only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
除夕		chú xī	lunar New Year's Eve
传递	傳遞	chuán dì	to transmit
窗帘	窗簾	chuāng lián	window curtains
闯	闖	chuǎng	to rush
辞职	辭職	cí zhí	to resign
从而	從而	cóng ér	thus
大象		dà xiàng	elephant
呆		dāi	foolish
贷款	貸款	dài kuǎn	a loan
当代	當代	dāng dài	the present age
挡	擋	dǎng	to resist
道德		dào dé	virtue
地震		dì zhèn	earthquake
等候		děng hòu	to wait
递	遞	dì	to hand over
电池	電池	diàn chí	battery
冻	凍	dòng	to freeze
洞		dòng	cave
堆		duī	to pile up
吨	噸	dūn	ton (loanword)
罚款	罰款	fá kuǎn	to fine
繁荣	繁榮	fán róng	prosperous
分析		fēn xī	to analyze
疯狂	瘋狂	fēng kuáng	crazy
扶		fú	to support with the hand
服从	服從	fú cóng	to obey (an order)
幅		fú	width
改革		gǎi gé	reform
感想		gǎn xiǎng	impressions
干脆	乾脆	gān cuì	candid
搞		gǎo	to do
隔壁		gé bì	next door
沟通	溝通	gōu tōng	to join
古老		gǔ lǎo	ancient
关怀	關懷	guān huái	care
冠军	冠軍	guàn jūn	champion
光荣	光榮	guāng róng	honor and glory
广泛	廣泛	guǎng fàn	extensive
滚	滾	gǔn	to boil
锅	鍋	guō	pot
国籍	國籍	guó jí	nationality
过敏	過敏	guò mǐn	oversensitive
恨		hèn	to hate
恢复	恢復	huī fù	to reinstate
火柴		huǒ chái	match (for lighting fire)
肌肉		jī ròu	muscle
记忆	記憶	jì yì	to remember
甲		jiǎ	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干
驾驶	駕駛	jià shǐ	to pilot (ship, airplane etc)
艰苦	艱苦	jiān kǔ	difficult
剪刀		jiǎn dāo	scissors
建筑	建築	jiàn zhù	to construct
键盘	鍵盤	jiàn pán	keyboard
郊区	郊區	jiāo qū	suburban district
胶水	膠水	jiāo shuǐ	glue
接触	接觸	jiē chù	to touch
解放		jiě fàng	to liberate
届	屆	jiè	to arrive at (place or time)
居然		jū rán	unexpectedly
俱乐部	俱樂部	jù lè bù	club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
开幕式	開幕式	kāi mù shì	opening ceremony
烤鸭	烤鴨	kǎo yā	roast duck
颗	顆	kē	classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
客厅	客廳	kè tīng	drawing room (room for arriving guests)
控制		kòng zhì	to control
烂	爛	làn	soft
劳动	勞動	láo dòng	work
梨		lí	pear
利润	利潤	lì rùn	profits
恋爱	戀愛	liàn ài	(romantic) love
铃	鈴	líng	(small) bell
漏		lòu	to leak
逻辑	邏輯	luó ji	logic (loanword)
骂	罵	mà	to scold
矛盾		máo dùn	contradiction
贸易	貿易	mào yì	(commercial) trade
秒		miǎo	second (unit of time)
命令		mìng lìng	order
模仿		mó fǎng	to imitate
模糊		mó hu	vague
牛仔裤	牛仔褲	niú zǎi kù	jeans
偶然		ǒu rán	incidentally
赔偿	賠償	péi cháng	to compensate
盆		pén	basin
披		pī	to drape over one's shoulders
皮鞋		pí xié	leather shoes
匹		pǐ	classifier for horses, mules etc
频道	頻道	pín dào	frequency
品种	品種	pǐn zhǒng	breed
凭	憑	píng	to lean against
启发	啟發	qǐ fā	to enlighten
签字	簽字	qiān zì	to sign (one's name)
欠		qiàn	to owe
枪	槍	qiāng	gun
抢	搶	qiǎng	to fight over

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