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
大胆	大膽	dà dǎn	brazen
大都		dà dōu	for the most part
大纲	大綱	dà gāng	synopsis
大伙儿	大伙兒	dà huǒ r	erhua variant of 大伙
大奖赛	大獎賽	dà jiǎng sài	grand prix
大脑	大腦	dà nǎo	brain
大事		dà shì	major event
大厅	大廳	dà tīng	hall
大熊猫	大熊貓	dà xióng māo	giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
大于	大於	dà yú	greater than
大致		dà zhì	more or less
代价	代價	dài jià	price
代理		dài lǐ	to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
带有	帶有	dài yǒu	to have as a feature or characteristic
待		dài	to wait
单一	單一	dān yī	single
胆	膽	dǎn	gall bladder
胆小	膽小	dǎn xiǎo	cowardice
当场	當場	dāng chǎng	at the scene
当年	當年	dāng nián	in those days
当前	當前	dāng qián	the present time
当选	當選	dāng xuǎn	to be elected
到来	到來	dào lái	to arrive
倒是		dào shi	contrary to what one might expect
地带	地帶	dì dài	zone
地形		dì xíng	topography
得了		dé le	all right!
得以		dé yǐ	able to
等级	等級	děng jí	grade
低于	低於	dī yú	to be lower than
递给	遞給	dì gěi	to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
典礼	典禮	diǎn lǐ	celebration
点燃	點燃	diǎn rán	to ignite
电饭锅	電飯鍋	diàn fàn guō	electric rice cooker
电子版	電子版	diàn zǐ bǎn	electronic edition
调动	調動	diào dòng	to transfer
调节	調節	tiáo jié	to adjust
调解	調解	tiáo jiě	to mediate
动机	動機	dòng jī	motive
动手	動手	dòng shǒu	to set about (a task)
动态	動態	dòng tài	movement
动员	動員	dòng yuán	to mobilize
豆制品	豆製品	dòu zhì pǐn	legume-based product
毒		dú	poison
对立	對立	duì lì	to oppose
对应	對應	duì yìng	to correspond (to)
躲		duǒ	to hide
儿女	兒女	ér nǚ	children
二维码	二維碼	èr wéi mǎ	two-dimensional barcode
发布	發佈	fā bù	to release
发觉	發覺	fā jué	to become aware
发射	發射	fā shè	to shoot (a projectile)
发行	發行	fā xíng	to publish
罚	罰	fá	to punish
法规	法規	fǎ guī	legislation
法制		fǎ zhì	legal system and institutions
返回		fǎn huí	to return to
防治		fáng zhì	to prevent and cure
放大		fàng dà	to enlarge
分成		fēn chéng	to divide (into)
分解		fēn jiě	to resolve
分类	分類	fēn lèi	to classify
分离	分離	fēn lí	to separate
分享		fēn xiǎng	to share (let others have some of sth good)
丰收	豐收	fēng shōu	bumper harvest
风度	風度	fēng dù	elegance (for men)
风光	風光	fēng guāng	scene
疯	瘋	fēng	insane
幅度		fú dù	width
福利		fú lì	material benefit
辅助	輔助	fǔ zhù	to assist
负责人	負責人	fù zé rén	person in charge
附件		fù jiàn	enclosure
干扰	干擾	gān rǎo	to disturb
干预	干預	gān yù	to meddle
钢笔	鋼筆	gāng bǐ	fountain pen
钢琴	鋼琴	gāng qín	piano
高大		gāo dà	tall
高度		gāo dù	height
高跟鞋		gāo gēn xié	high-heeled shoes
高温	高溫	gāo wēn	high temperature
高于	高於	gāo yú	greater than
高原		gāo yuán	plateau
搞好		gǎo hǎo	to do well at
歌曲		gē qǔ	song
个儿	個兒	gè r	size
跟前		gēn qián	the front (of)
跟随	跟隨	gēn suí	to follow
更换	更換	gēng huàn	to replace (a worn-out tire etc)
更新		gēng xīn	to replace the old with new
工艺	工藝	gōng yì	arts and crafts
工艺品	工藝品	gōng yì pǐn	handicraft article
工作日		gōng zuò rì	workday
公告		gōng gào	post
公认	公認	gōng rèn	publicly known (to be)
公式		gōng shì	formula
公正		gōng zhèng	just
共计	共計	gòng jì	to sum up to
共享		gòng xiǎng	to share
沟	溝	gōu	ditch
鼓		gǔ	drum
顾问	顧問	gù wèn	adviser
光线	光線	guāng xiàn	light ray
广	廣	guǎng	wide
规划	規劃	guī huà	to draw up a plan
鬼		guǐ	disembodied spirit
柜子	櫃子	guì zi	cupboard
国民	國民	guó mín	nationals
过度	過度	guò dù	excessive
过于	過於	guò yú	too much
咳		hāi	sound of sighing
害		hài	to do harm to
好运	好運	hǎo yùn	good luck
号召	號召	hào zhào	to call
合并	合併	hé bìng	to merge
合成		hé chéng	to compose
盒		hé	small box
盒饭	盒飯	hé fàn	meal in a partitioned box
贺卡	賀卡	hè kǎ	greeting card
猴		hóu	monkey
胡同儿	胡同兒	hútòngr	Alley
胡子	鬍子	hú zi	beard
虎		hǔ	tiger
华语	華語	huá yǔ	Chinese language
滑		huá	to slip
化石		huà shí	fossil
划分	劃分	huà fēn	to divide up
画面	畫面	huà miàn	scene
环节	環節	huán jié	(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)
慌		huāng	to get panicky
慌忙		huāng máng	in a great rush
灰色		huī sè	gray
回报	回報	huí bào	(in) return
回避	迴避	huí bì	to shun
回顾	回顧	huí gù	to look back
回收		huí shōu	to recycle
回头	回頭	huí tóu	to turn round
回信		huí xìn	to reply
汇款	匯款	huì kuǎn	to remit money
会谈	會談	huì tán	talks
活力		huó lì	energy
火腿		huǒ tuǐ	ham
火灾	火災	huǒ zāi	serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
或是		huò shì	or
机器人	機器人	jī qì rén	robot
机制	機制	jī zhì	mechanism
基地		jī dì	base (of operations)
基金		jī jīn	fund
集团	集團	jí tuán	group
挤	擠	jǐ	to crowd in
技能		jì néng	technical ability
继承	繼承	jì chéng	to inherit
加热	加熱	jiā rè	to heat
加上		jiā shàng	plus
加速		jiā sù	to speed up
加以		jiā yǐ	in addition
夹	夾	jiá	double-layered
价	價	jià	price
驾照	駕照	jià zhào	driver's license
坚定	堅定	jiān dìng	firm
间接	間接	jiàn jiē	indirect
肩		jiān	shoulder
艰难	艱難	jiān nán	difficult
减轻	減輕	jiǎn qīng	to lighten
剪		jiǎn	scissors
剪子		jiǎn zi	clippers
检验	檢驗	jiǎn yàn	to inspect
建造		jiàn zào	to construct
健全		jiàn quán	robust
键	鍵	jiàn	key (on a piano or computer keyboard)
将	將	jiāng	will
将要	將要	jiāng yào	will
奖励	獎勵	jiǎng lì	to reward
交代		jiāo dài	to transfer (duties to sb else)
胶带	膠帶	jiāo dài	adhesive tape
脚步	腳步	jiǎo bù	footstep
接连	接連	jiē lián	on end
解除		jiě chú	to remove
戒		jiè	to guard against
今日		jīn rì	today
尽可能	儘可能	jǐn kě néng	as far as possible
紧紧	緊緊	jǐn jǐn	closely
近来	近來	jìn lái	recently
进化	進化	jìn huà	evolution
经费	經費	jīng fèi	funds
景象		jǐng xiàng	scene
警告		jǐng gào	to warn
竞赛	競賽	jìng sài	to compete
酒鬼		jiǔ guǐ	drunkard
救灾	救災	jiù zāi	to relieve disaster
局面		jú miàn	aspect
局长	局長	jú zhǎng	bureau chief
举动	舉動	jǔ dòng	act
剧本	劇本	jù běn	script for play, opera, movie etc
决不	決不	jué bù	not at all
绝望	絕望	jué wàng	to despair
军人	軍人	jūn rén	serviceman
开幕	開幕	kāi mù	to open (a conference)
看成		kàn chéng	to regard as
看出		kàn chū	to make out

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