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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 马车 | 馬車 | mǎ chē | cart |
| 嘛 | ma | modal particle indicating that sth is obvious | |
| 埋 | mái | to bury | |
| 慢车 | 慢車 | màn chē | local bus or train |
| 盲人 | máng rén | blind person | |
| 没收 | 沒收 | mò shōu | to confiscate |
| 梅花 | méi huā | plum blossom | |
| 美容 | měi róng | to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery) | |
| 蒙 | 濛 | méng | drizzle |
| 猛 | měng | ferocious | |
| 秘书长 | 秘書長 | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
| 棉 | mián | generic term for cotton or kapok | |
| 免得 | miǎn de | so as not to | |
| 面对面 | 面對面 | miàn duì miàn | face to face |
| 面向 | 面嚮 | miàn xiàng | to face |
| 妙 | miào | clever | |
| 灭 | 滅 | miè | to extinguish or put out |
| 民歌 | mín gē | folk song | |
| 民工 | mín gōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) | |
| 民警 | mín jǐng | civil police | |
| 民意 | mín yì | public opinion | |
| 名额 | 名額 | míng é | quota |
| 名义 | 名義 | míng yì | name |
| 名誉 | 名譽 | míng yù | fame |
| 明日 | míng rì | tomorrow | |
| 命 | mìng | life | |
| 膜 | mó | membrane | |
| 磨 | mó | to rub | |
| 墨水 | mò shuǐ | ink | |
| 母 | mǔ | mother | |
| 母鸡 | 母雞 | mǔ jī | hen |
| 母女 | mǔ nǚ | mother and daughter | |
| 母子 | mǔ zǐ | mother and child | |
| 墓 | mù | grave | |
| 拿走 | ná zǒu | to take away | |
| 奶粉 | nǎi fěn | powdered milk | |
| 奶牛 | nǎi niú | milk cow | |
| 难忘 | 難忘 | nán wàng | unforgettable |
| 内地 | 內地 | nèi dì | inland |
| 内外 | 內外 | nèi wài | inside and outside |
| 内衣 | 內衣 | nèi yī | undergarment |
| 能否 | néng fǒu | whether or not | |
| 泥 | ní | mud | |
| 扭 | niǔ | to turn | |
| 排行榜 | pái háng bǎng | the charts (of best-sellers) | |
| 派出 | pài chū | to send | |
| 判 | pàn | to judge | |
| 泡 | pào | bubble | |
| 炮 | pào | cannon | |
| 陪同 | péi tóng | to accompany | |
| 配置 | pèi zhì | to deploy | |
| 皮球 | pí qiú | ball (made of rubber, leather etc) | |
| 偏 | piān | to lean | |
| 贫困 | 貧困 | pín kùn | impoverished |
| 品牌 | pǐn pái | brand name | |
| 聘请 | 聘請 | pìn qǐng | to engage |
| 平凡 | píng fán | commonplace | |
| 平方米 | píng fāng mǐ | square meter | |
| 平台 | 平臺 | píng tái | platform |
| 评 | 評 | píng | to discuss |
| 评选 | 評選 | píng xuǎn | to select on the basis of a vote or consensus |
| 屏幕 | píng mù | screen (TV, computer or movie) | |
| 坡 | pō | slope | |
| 扑 | 撲 | pū | to throw oneself at |
| 铺 | 舖 | pù | variant of 铺 |
| 欺负 | 欺負 | qī fu | to bully |
| 奇妙 | qí miào | fantastic | |
| 起点 | 起點 | qǐ diǎn | starting point |
| 起诉 | 起訴 | qǐ sù | to sue |
| 恰当 | 恰當 | qià dàng | appropriate |
| 恰好 | qià hǎo | as it turns out | |
| 恰恰 | qià qià | exactly | |
| 前方 | qián fāng | ahead | |
| 前来 | 前來 | qián lái | to come (formal) |
| 潜力 | 潛力 | qián lì | potential |
| 强盗 | 強盜 | qiáng dào | to rob (with force) |
| 强化 | 強化 | qiáng huà | to strengthen |
| 强势 | 強勢 | qiáng shì | strong |
| 强壮 | 強壯 | qiáng zhuàng | strong |
| 桥梁 | 橋梁 | qiáo liáng | bridge (lit. and fig.) |
| 切实 | 切實 | qiè shí | feasible |
| 亲属 | 親屬 | qīn shǔ | kin |
| 亲眼 | 親眼 | qīn yǎn | with one's own eyes |
| 侵犯 | qīn fàn | to infringe on | |
| 倾向 | 傾向 | qīng xiàng | trend |
| 清 | qīng | (of water etc) clear | |
| 清洁 | 清潔 | qīng jié | clean |
| 清洁工 | 清潔工 | qīng jié gōng | cleaner |
| 清明节 | 清明節 | qīng míng jié | Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) |
| 清洗 | qīng xǐ | to wash | |
| 求职 | 求職 | qiú zhí | to seek employment |
| 球拍 | qiú pāi | racket | |
| 球星 | qiú xīng | sports star (ball sport) | |
| 球员 | 球員 | qiú yuán | (ball sports) player |
| 区分 | 區分 | qū fēn | to differentiate |
| 渠道 | qú dào | irrigation ditch | |
| 取款 | qǔ kuǎn | to withdraw money from a bank | |
| 取款机 | 取款機 | qǔ kuǎn jī | ATM |
| 去掉 | qù diào | to get rid of | |
| 全力 | quán lì | with all one's strength | |
| 全新 | quán xīn | all new | |
| 权 | 權 | quán | authority |
| 券 | quàn | bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half) | |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect | |
| 却是 | 卻是 | què shì | nevertheless |
| 让座 | 讓座 | ràng zuò | to give up one's seat for sb |
| 热点 | 熱點 | rè diǎn | hot spot |
| 热水 | 熱水 | rè shuǐ | hot water |
| 热水器 | 熱水器 | rè shuǐ qì | water heater |
| 热线 | 熱線 | rè xiàn | hotline (communications link) |
| 人权 | 人權 | rén quán | human rights |
| 认同 | 認同 | rèn tóng | to approve of |
| 日夜 | rì yè | day and night | |
| 日语 | 日語 | rì yǔ | Japanese language |
| 融合 | róng hé | a mixture | |
| 融入 | róng rù | to blend into | |
| 如 | rú | as | |
| 如一 | rú yī | consistent | |
| 乳制品 | 乳製品 | rǔ zhì pǐn | dairy products |
| 入 | rù | to enter | |
| 入学 | 入學 | rù xué | to enter a school or college |
| 若 | ruò | to seem | |
| 塞 | sāi | to stop up | |
| 赛 | 賽 | sài | to compete |
| 赛场 | 賽場 | sài chǎng | racetrack |
| 三明治 | sān míng zhì | sandwich (loanword) | |
| 丧失 | 喪失 | sàng shī | to lose |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | (mountain) peak | |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley | |
| 山坡 | shān pō | hillside | |
| 伤口 | 傷口 | shāng kǒu | wound |
| 伤亡 | 傷亡 | shāng wáng | casualties |
| 伤员 | 傷員 | shāng yuán | wounded person |
| 商城 | shāng chéng | shopping center | |
| 上班族 | shàng bān zú | office workers (as social group) | |
| 上帝 | shàng dì | God | |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product) | |
| 上台 | shàng tái | to rise to power (in politics) | |
| 上演 | shàng yǎn | to screen (a movie) | |
| 勺 | sháo | spoon | |
| 少儿 | 少兒 | shào ér | child |
| 设计师 | 設計師 | shè jì shī | designer |
| 涉及 | shè jí | to involve | |
| 深化 | shēn huà | to deepen | |
| 深深 | shēn shēn | deep | |
| 审查 | 審查 | shěn chá | to examine |
| 升级 | 升級 | shēng jí | to go up by one grade |
| 升学 | 升學 | shēng xué | to enter the next grade school |
| 升值 | shēng zhí | to rise in value | |
| 生活费 | 生活費 | shēng huó fèi | cost of living |
| 省钱 | 省錢 | shěng qián | to save money |
| 圣诞节 | 聖誕節 | shèng dàn jié | Christmas time |
| 盛行 | shèng xíng | to be in vogue | |
| 师父 | 師父 | shī fu | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan) |
| 师生 | 師生 | shī shēng | teachers and students |
| 时而 | 時而 | shí ér | occasionally |
| 时节 | 時節 | shí jié | season |
| 时时 | 時時 | shí shí | often |
| 时装 | 時裝 | shí zhuāng | fashion |
| 食欲 | 食慾 | shí yù | appetite |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident | |
| 事后 | 事後 | shì hòu | after the event |
| 试点 | 試點 | shì diǎn | test point |
| 适当 | 適當 | shì dàng | suitable |
| 识 | 識 | shí | to know |
| 识字 | 識字 | shí zì | to learn to read |
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) | |
| 收取 | shōu qǔ | to receive | |
| 收养 | 收養 | shōu yǎng | to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) |
| 手续费 | 手續費 | shǒu xù fèi | service charge |
| 首次 | shǒu cì | first | |
| 首脑 | 首腦 | shǒu nǎo | head (of state) |
| 首席 | shǒu xí | chief (representative, correspondent etc) | |
| 首相 | shǒu xiàng | prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) | |
| 书房 | 書房 | shū fáng | study (room) |
| 薯片 | shǔ piàn | fried potato chips | |
| 薯条 | 薯條 | shǔ tiáo | french fries |
| 双打 | 雙打 | shuāng dǎ | doubles (in sports) |
| 爽 | shuǎng | bright | |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement | |
| 顺 | 順 | shùn | to obey |
| 说明书 | 說明書 | shuō míng shū | (technical) manual |
| 说实话 | 說實話 | shuō shí huà | to speak the truth |
| 司长 | 司長 | sī zhǎng | bureau chief |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die | |
| 四处 | 四處 | sì chù | all over the place |
| 寺 | sì | Buddhist temple | |
| 送礼 | 送禮 | sòng lǐ | to give a present |
| 送行 | sòng xíng | to see someone off | |
| 素质 | 素質 | sù zhì | inner quality |
| 算了 | suàn le | let it be | |
| 算是 | suàn shì | considered to be | |
| 虽 | 雖 | suī | although |
| 岁数 | 歲數 | suì shu | age (number of years old) |
| 踏 | tà | to tread | |
| 踏实 | 踏實 | tā shi | firmly-based |
| 台灯 | 檯燈 | tái dēng | desk lamp |
| 太阳能 | 太陽能 | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 叹气 | 嘆氣 | tàn qì | to sigh |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore |
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