HSK 3.0 vocabulary
HSK 3.0 Level 6 Vocabulary List
All 1,123 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 6 exam — the sixth band of the 2021 HSK standard, completing the core six levels. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.
| Word | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 车号 | 車號 | chē hào | vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) |
| 车牌 | 車牌 | chē pái | license plate |
| 车展 | 車展 | chē zhǎn | motor show |
| 撤离 | 撤離 | chè lí | to withdraw from |
| 撤销 | 撤銷 | chè xiāo | to repeal |
| 撑 | 撐 | chēng | to support |
| 成品 | chéng pǐn | finished goods | |
| 承诺 | 承諾 | chéng nuò | to promise |
| 城区 | 城區 | chéng qū | city district |
| 城乡 | 城鄉 | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 城镇 | 城鎮 | chéng zhèn | town |
| 持有 | chí yǒu | to hold (passport, views etc) | |
| 冲击 | 衝擊 | chōng jī | to attack |
| 崇拜 | chóng bài | to worship | |
| 出场 | 出場 | chū chǎng | (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform |
| 出动 | 出動 | chū dòng | to start out on a trip |
| 出访 | 出訪 | chū fǎng | to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation |
| 出路 | chū lù | a way out (lit. and fig.) | |
| 出面 | chū miàn | to appear personally | |
| 出名 | chū míng | well-known for sth | |
| 出入 | chū rù | to go out and come in | |
| 出事 | chū shì | to have an accident | |
| 出台 | 出臺 | chū tái | to officially launch (a policy, program etc) |
| 出行 | chū xíng | to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) | |
| 初等 | chū děng | elementary (i.e. easy) | |
| 厨师 | 廚師 | chú shī | cook |
| 储存 | 儲存 | chǔ cún | stockpile |
| 处处 | 處處 | chù chù | everywhere |
| 处长 | 處長 | chù zhǎng | department head |
| 传出 | 傳出 | chuán chū | to transmit outwards |
| 传媒 | 傳媒 | chuán méi | media |
| 传输 | 傳輸 | chuán shū | to transmit |
| 传言 | 傳言 | chuán yán | rumor |
| 船员 | 船員 | chuán yuán | sailor |
| 船长 | 船長 | chuán zhǎng | captain (of a boat) |
| 船只 | 船隻 | chuán zhī | ship |
| 串 | chuàn | to string together | |
| 窗口 | chuāng kǒu | window | |
| 创办 | 創辦 | chuàng bàn | to establish |
| 创建 | 創建 | chuàng jiàn | to found |
| 创意 | 創意 | chuàng yì | creative |
| 此处 | 此處 | cǐ chù | this place |
| 此次 | cǐ cì | this time | |
| 此前 | cǐ qián | before this | |
| 此事 | cǐ shì | this matter | |
| 此致 | cǐ zhì | (used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation) | |
| 次数 | 次數 | cì shù | number of times |
| 从不 | 從不 | cóng bù | never |
| 从没 | 從沒 | cóng méi | never (in the past) |
| 村庄 | 村莊 | cūn zhuāng | village |
| 错过 | 錯過 | cuò guò | to miss (train, opportunity etc) |
| 搭 | dā | to put up | |
| 搭档 | 搭檔 | dā dàng | to cooperate |
| 搭配 | dā pèi | to pair up | |
| 打动 | 打動 | dǎ dòng | to move (to pity) |
| 打断 | 打斷 | dǎ duàn | to interrupt |
| 打发 | 打發 | dǎ fa | to dispatch sb to do sth |
| 打官司 | dǎ guān si | to file a lawsuit | |
| 打牌 | dǎ pái | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 打印机 | 打印機 | dǎ yìn jī | printer |
| 打造 | dǎ zào | to create | |
| 大道 | dà dào | main street | |
| 大街 | dà jiē | street | |
| 大力 | dà lì | energetically | |
| 大米 | dà mǐ | (husked) rice | |
| 大批 | dà pī | large quantities of | |
| 大赛 | 大賽 | dà sài | grand contest |
| 大师 | 大師 | dà shī | great master |
| 大使 | dà shǐ | ambassador | |
| 待会儿 | 待會兒 | dāi huì r | in a moment |
| 单打 | 單打 | dān dǎ | singles (in sports) |
| 担忧 | 擔憂 | dān yōu | to worry |
| 诞生 | 誕生 | dàn shēng | to be born |
| 当成 | 當成 | dàng chéng | to consider as |
| 当天 | 當天 | dāng tiān | on that day |
| 当作 | 當作 | dàng zuò | to treat as |
| 党 | 黨 | dǎng | party |
| 档 | 檔 | dàng | official records |
| 档案 | 檔案 | dàng àn | file |
| 到期 | dào qī | to fall due (loan etc) | |
| 盗版 | 盜版 | dào bǎn | pirated |
| 道教 | dào jiào | Taoism | |
| 地板 | dì bǎn | floor | |
| 地名 | dì míng | place name | |
| 地下室 | dì xià shì | basement | |
| 低头 | 低頭 | dī tóu | to bow the head |
| 低温 | 低溫 | dī wēn | low temperature |
| 抵达 | 抵達 | dǐ dá | to arrive |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist | |
| 电车 | 電車 | diàn chē | trolleybus |
| 电动 | 電動 | diàn dòng | electric-powered |
| 电力 | 電力 | diàn lì | electrical power |
| 电器 | 電器 | diàn qì | (electrical) appliance |
| 吊 | diào | to suspend | |
| 调研 | 調研 | diào yán | to investigate and research |
| 跌 | diē | to fall | |
| 定价 | 定價 | dìng jià | to set a price |
| 定时 | 定時 | dìng shí | to fix a time |
| 定位 | dìng wèi | to orientate | |
| 动画 | 動畫 | dòng huà | animation |
| 都市 | dū shì | city | |
| 斗争 | 鬥爭 | dòu zhēng | a struggle |
| 毒品 | dú pǐn | drugs | |
| 赌 | 賭 | dǔ | to bet |
| 赌博 | 賭博 | dǔ bó | to gamble |
| 渡 | dù | to cross | |
| 端 | duān | end | |
| 端午节 | 端午節 | duān wǔ jié | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film | |
| 队伍 | 隊伍 | duì wǔ | ranks |
| 对抗 | 對抗 | duì kàng | to withstand |
| 对外 | 對外 | duì wài | external |
| 多半 | duō bàn | most | |
| 多方面 | duō fāng miàn | many-sided | |
| 多媒体 | 多媒體 | duō méi tǐ | multimedia |
| 夺 | 奪 | duó | to seize |
| 夺取 | 奪取 | duó qǔ | to seize |
| 恩人 | ēn rén | a benefactor | |
| 儿科 | 兒科 | ér kē | pediatrics |
| 发病 | 發病 | fā bìng | (of an illness) to occur |
| 发电 | 發電 | fā diàn | to generate electricity |
| 发放 | 發放 | fā fàng | to provide |
| 发怒 | 發怒 | fā nù | to get angry |
| 发起 | 發起 | fā qǐ | to originate |
| 发言人 | 發言人 | fā yán rén | spokesperson |
| 发炎 | 發炎 | fā yán | to become inflamed |
| 法庭 | fǎ tíng | court of law | |
| 法语 | 法語 | fǎ yǔ | French (language) |
| 番 | fān | foreign (non-Chinese) | |
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato | |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed | |
| 反抗 | fǎn kàng | to resist | |
| 反问 | 反問 | fǎn wèn | to ask (a question) in reply |
| 反响 | 反響 | fǎn xiǎng | repercussions |
| 犯 | fàn | to violate | |
| 犯规 | 犯規 | fàn guī | to break the rules |
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime | |
| 防范 | 防範 | fáng fàn | to be on guard |
| 防守 | fáng shǒu | to defend | |
| 房价 | 房價 | fáng jià | house price |
| 飞船 | 飛船 | fēi chuán | spaceship |
| 飞行员 | 飛行員 | fēi xíng yuán | pilot |
| 分工 | fēn gōng | to divide up the work | |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up | |
| 风暴 | 風暴 | fēng bào | storm |
| 峰会 | 峰會 | fēng huì | summit meeting |
| 奉献 | 奉獻 | fèng xiàn | to offer respectfully |
| 佛 | fó | Buddha | |
| 佛教 | fó jiào | Buddhism | |
| 服 | fú | clothes | |
| 浮 | fú | to float | |
| 父女 | fù nǚ | father and daughter | |
| 父子 | fù zǐ | father and son | |
| 负 | 負 | fù | to bear |
| 复苏 | 復甦 | fù sū | to recover (health, economic) |
| 副 | fù | secondary | |
| 富人 | fù rén | rich person | |
| 富有 | fù yǒu | rich | |
| 改装 | 改裝 | gǎi zhuāng | to change one's costume |
| 杆 | gān | pole | |
| 肝 | gān | liver | |
| 赶不上 | 趕不上 | gǎn bù shàng | can't keep up with |
| 赶忙 | 趕忙 | gǎn máng | to hurry |
| 赶上 | 趕上 | gǎn shàng | to keep up with |
| 敢于 | 敢於 | gǎn yú | to have the courage to do sth |
| 感人 | gǎn rén | touching | |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere | |
| 刚好 | 剛好 | gāng hǎo | just |
| 岗位 | 崗位 | gǎng wèi | a post |
| 港口 | gǎng kǒu | port | |
| 高层 | 高層 | gāo céng | high-rise |
| 高等 | gāo děng | high-level | |
| 高峰 | gāo fēng | peak | |
| 高考 | gāo kǎo | college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) | |
| 高科技 | gāo kē jì | high tech | |
| 高手 | gāo shǒu | expert | |
| 稿子 | gǎo zi | draft of a document | |
| 歌唱 | gē chàng | to sing | |
| 歌词 | 歌詞 | gē cí | song lyric |
| 歌星 | gē xīng | singing star | |
| 革新 | gé xīn | to innovate | |
| 给予 | 給予 | jǐ yǔ | (literary) to give |
| 更是 | gèng shì | even more (so) | |
| 工商 | gōng shāng | industry and commerce | |
| 公 | gōng | public | |
| 公安 | gōng ān | (Ministry of) Public Security | |
| 公鸡 | 公雞 | gōng jī | cock |
| 公众 | 公眾 | gōng zhòng | public |
| 攻击 | 攻擊 | gōng jī | to attack |
| 供给 | 供給 | gōng jǐ | to furnish |
| 宫 | 宮 | gōng | palace |
| 巩固 | 鞏固 | gǒng gù | to consolidate |
| 构建 | 構建 | gòu jiàn | to construct (sth abstract) |
| 孤独 | 孤獨 | gū dú | lonely |
| 孤儿 | 孤兒 | gū ér | orphan |
| 股 | gǔ | thigh | |
| 股东 | 股東 | gǔ dōng | shareholder |
| 故障 | gù zhàng | malfunction | |
| 顾 | 顧 | gù | to look after |
| 拐 | guǎi | to turn (a corner etc) |
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