HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 Vocabulary List

All 5,606 words for the HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 exam — the advanced 7–9 band of the 2021 HSK standard for near-native proficiency. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
巨额巨額jù élarge sum (of money)
巨人jù réngiant
巨头巨頭jù tóutycoon
巨星jù xīng(astronomy) giant star
巨型jù xínggiant
剧烈劇烈jù lièviolent
剧目劇目jù mùtheatrical piece (play or opera)
剧情劇情jù qíngstory line
剧团劇團jù tuántheatrical troupe
剧院劇院jù yuàntheater
剧组劇組jù zǔcast and crew
据此據此jù cǐaccording to this
据悉據悉jù xīaccording to reports
at a distance of
a saw
聚集jù jíto assemble
聚精会神聚精會神jù jīng huì shénto concentrate one's attention (idiom)
捐献捐獻juān xiànto donate
卷入捲入juǎn rùto be drawn into
卷子juàn zitest paper
决议決議jué yìa resolution
诀别訣別jué biéto bid farewell
诀窍訣竅jué qiàosecret
绝技絕技jué jìconsummate skill
绝缘絕緣jué yuánto have no contact with
绝招絕招jué zhāounique skill
觉醒覺醒jué xǐngto awaken
juègruff
倔强倔強jué jiàngstubborn
崛起jué qǐto rise abruptly (to a towering position)
爵士jué shìknight
jiáoto chew
军官軍官jūn guānofficer (military)
君子jūn zǐnobleman
均衡jūn héngequal
jùnsmart
俊俏jùn qiàoattractive and intelligent
骏马駿馬jùn mǎfine horse
竣工jùn gōngto complete a project
卡片kǎ piàncard
卡通kǎ tōngcartoon (loanword)
卡子qiǎ ziclip
开办開辦kāi bànto open
开采開採kāi cǎito extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
开场開場kāi chǎngto begin
开场白開場白kāi chǎng báiprologue of play
开除開除kāi chúto expel (a member of an organization)
开动開動kāi dòngto start
开发区開發區kāi fā qūdevelopment zone
开发商開發商kāi fā shāngdeveloper (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
开工開工kāi gōngto begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
开垦開墾kāi kěnto clear a wild area for cultivation
开口開口kāi kǒuto open one's mouth
开阔開闊kāi kuòwide
开朗開朗kāi lǎngspacious and well-lit
开辟開闢kāi pìto open up
开启開啟kāi qǐto open
开枪開槍kāi qiāngto open fire
开拓開拓kāi tuòto break new ground (for agriculture)
开天辟地開天闢地kāi tiān pì dìto split heaven and earth apart (idiom)
开销開銷kāi xiāoto pay (expenses)
开张開張kāi zhāngto open a business
开支開支kāi zhīexpenditures
凯歌凱歌kǎi gētriumphal hymn
楷模kǎi mómodel
刊登kān dēngto carry a story
刊物kān wùpublication
勘探kān tànto explore
堪称堪稱kān chēngcan be rated as
侃大山kǎn dà shānto chatter idly
看得出kàn de chūcan see
看护看護kān hùto nurse
看热闹看熱鬧kàn rè naoto enjoy watching a bustling scene
看似kàn sìto look as if
看台kàn táiterrace
看样子看樣子kàn yàng ziit seems
看中kàn zhòngto have a preference for
看重kàn zhòngto regard as important
慷慨kāng kǎivehement
kángto carry on one's shoulder
抗衡kàng héngto compete with
抗拒kàng jùto resist
抗生素kàng shēng sùantibiotic
抗争抗爭kàng zhēngto resist
考量kǎo liángto consider
kǎoto roast
靠拢靠攏kào lǒngto draw close to
苛刻kē kèharsh
科幻kē huànscience fiction
科目kē mùacademic subject
科普kē pǔ(attributive) popular science
to tap
qiàoshell
可悲kě bēilamentable
可不是kě bu shìthat's just the way it is
可乘之机可乘之機kě chéng zhī jīan opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
可耻可恥kě chǐshameful
可恶可惡kě wùrepulsive
可歌可泣kě gē kě qìlit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom)
可观可觀kě guānconsiderable
可贵可貴kě guìto be treasured
可口kě kǒutasty
可谓可謂kě wèiit could even be said
可想而知kě xiǎng ér zhīit is obvious that...
可笑kě xiàofunny
可信kě xìntrustworthy
可行kě xíngfeasible
可疑kě yísuspicious
克隆kè lóngclone (loanword)
克制kè zhìto restrain
刻意kè yìintentionally
刻舟求剑刻舟求劍kè zhōu qiú jiànlit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom)
客房kè fángguest room
客机客機kè jīpassenger plane
客流kè liúpassenger flow
客运客運kè yùnpassenger transportation
恳求懇求kěn qiúto beg
kěnto gnaw
kēngpit
空白kòng báiblank space
空荡荡空蕩蕩kōng dàng dàngempty
空地kòng dìvacant land
空难空難kōng nànair crash
空前kōng qiánunprecedented
空隙kòng xìcrack
空想kōng xiǎngdaydream
空虚空虛kōng xūhollow
恐慌kǒng huāngpanic
恐惧恐懼kǒng jùto be frightened
恐龙恐龍kǒng lóngdinosaur
恐吓恐嚇kǒng hèto threaten
控告kòng gàoto accuse
kōuto dig out
口碑kǒu bēipublic praise
口才kǒu cáieloquence
口吃kǒu chīto stammer
口感kǒu gǎnmouthfeel
口径口徑kǒu jìngbore
口令kǒu lìngoral command
口气口氣kǒu qìtone of voice
口腔kǒu qiāngoral cavity
口哨kǒu shàowhistle
口水kǒu shuǐsaliva
口头口頭kǒu tóuoral
口香糖kǒu xiāng tángchewing gum
口音kǒu yīnoral speech sounds (linguistics)
口罩kǒu zhàomask (surgical etc)
口子kǒu zihole
扣除kòu chúto deduct
扣留kòu liúto detain
扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xiánto excite
扣押kòu yāto detain
枯燥kū zàodry and dull
哭泣kū qìto weep
哭笑不得kū xiào bù délit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
窟窿kū longhole
苦力kǔ lìbitter work
苦练苦練kǔ liànto train hard
苦难苦難kǔ nànsuffering
苦恼苦惱kǔ nǎovexed
苦笑kǔ xiàoto force a smile
苦心kǔ xīnpainstaking effort
酷似kù sìto strikingly resemble
夸大誇大kuā dàto exaggerate
夸奖誇獎kuā jiǎngto praise
夸夸其谈誇誇其談kuā kuā qí tánto talk big
夸耀誇耀kuā yàoto brag about
夸张誇張kuā zhāngto exaggerate
kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)
kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
跨国跨國kuà guótransnational
跨越kuà yuèto step across
快捷kuài jiéquick
宽敞寬敞kuān changspacious
宽泛寬泛kuān fànwide-ranging
宽厚寬厚kuān hòutolerant
宽容寬容kuān rónglenient
宽恕寬恕kuān shùto forgive
宽松寬鬆kuān sōngspacious
款式kuǎn shìpattern
款项款項kuǎn xiàngfunds
kuàngframe (e.g. door frame)
框架kuàng jià(construction) frame
kuāngbasket
狂欢狂歡kuáng huānparty
狂欢节狂歡節kuáng huān jiécarnival
狂热狂熱kuáng rèzealotry
况且況且kuàng qiěmoreover
旷课曠課kuàng kèto play truant
矿藏礦藏kuàng cángmineral resources
亏本虧本kuī běnto make a loss
亏损虧損kuī sǔndeficit
昆虫昆蟲kūn chónginsect
kǔna bunch
困惑kùn huòbewildered
困境kùn jìngpredicament
kuòto enlarge
扩建擴建kuò jiànto extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
扩散擴散kuò sànto spread
扩张擴張kuò zhāngexpansion

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