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.
| Word | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 正如 | zhèng rú | just as | |
| 正义 | 正義 | zhèng yì | justice |
| 证实 | 證實 | zhèng shí | to confirm (sth to be true) |
| 证书 | 證書 | zhèng shū | credentials |
| 之内 | 之內 | zhī nèi | inside |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside | |
| 之下 | zhī xià | under | |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside | |
| 支出 | zhī chū | to spend | |
| 支配 | zhī pèi | to control | |
| 直线 | 直線 | zhí xiàn | straight line |
| 值班 | zhí bān | to work a shift | |
| 职能 | 職能 | zhí néng | function |
| 职位 | 職位 | zhí wèi | position |
| 职务 | 職務 | zhí wù | post |
| 只不过 | 只不過 | zhǐ bu guò | only |
| 只见 | 只見 | zhǐ jiàn | to see (the same thing) over and over again |
| 指标 | 指標 | zhǐ biāo | (production) target |
| 指甲 | zhǐ jia | fingernail | |
| 指示 | zhǐ shì | to point out | |
| 指责 | 指責 | zhǐ zé | to criticize |
| 至 | zhì | to arrive | |
| 制成 | 製成 | zhì chéng | to manufacture |
| 制约 | 制約 | zhì yuē | to restrict |
| 治安 | zhì ān | law and order | |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern | |
| 中毒 | zhòng dú | to be poisoned | |
| 中断 | 中斷 | zhōng duàn | to cut short |
| 中秋节 | 中秋節 | zhōng qiū jié | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month |
| 中央 | zhōng yāng | central | |
| 中药 | 中藥 | zhōng yào | traditional Chinese medicine |
| 终点 | 終點 | zhōng diǎn | the end |
| 终身 | 終身 | zhōng shēn | lifelong |
| 终止 | 終止 | zhōng zhǐ | to stop |
| 众多 | 眾多 | zhòng duō | numerous |
| 周期 | 週期 | zhōu qī | period |
| 主办 | 主辦 | zhǔ bàn | to organize |
| 主导 | 主導 | zhǔ dǎo | leading |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | in charge | |
| 主体 | 主體 | zhǔ tǐ | main part |
| 助理 | zhù lǐ | assistant | |
| 助手 | zhù shǒu | assistant | |
| 注射 | zhù shè | injection | |
| 注视 | 注視 | zhù shì | to look attentively at |
| 注重 | zhù zhòng | to pay attention to | |
| 专辑 | 專輯 | zhuān jí | album |
| 专利 | 專利 | zhuān lì | patent |
| 转化 | 轉化 | zhuǎn huà | to change |
| 转换 | 轉換 | zhuǎn huàn | to change |
| 转让 | 轉讓 | zhuǎn ràng | to transfer (ownership, rights etc) |
| 转向 | 轉向 | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction |
| 资本 | 資本 | zī běn | capital (economics) |
| 资产 | 資產 | zī chǎn | property |
| 资助 | 資助 | zī zhù | to subsidize |
| 自杀 | 自殺 | zì shā | to kill oneself |
| 子弹 | 子彈 | zǐ dàn | bullet |
| 总数 | 總數 | zǒng shù | total |
| 总体 | 總體 | zǒng tǐ | completely |
| 阻碍 | 阻礙 | zǔ ài | to obstruct |
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