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.

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WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
笼罩籠罩lǒng zhàoto envelop
笼子籠子lóng zicage
聋聾lóngdeaf
聋人聾人lóng réndeaf person
隆重lóng zhònggrand
垄断壟斷lǒng duànto monopolize
搂摟lǒuto hug
芦花蘆花lú huāreed catkin
炉灶爐灶lú zàostove
炉子爐子lú zistove
卤味滷味lǔ wèifood prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices
鲁莽魯莽lǔ mǎnghot-headed
录制錄製lù zhìto record (video or audio)
鹿lùdeer
路程lù chéngroute
路灯路燈lù dēngstreet lamp
路段lù duànstretch of road
路况路況lù kuàngroad condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc)
路面lù miànroad surface
路人lù rénpasser-by
路途lù tú(lit. and fig.) road
路子lù zimethod
露面lòu miànto show one's face
露天lù tiānoutdoors
旅程lǚ chéngjourney
旅途lǚ tújourney
铝鋁lǚaluminum (chemistry)
屡屢lǚtime and again
屡次屢次lǚ cìrepeatedly
缕縷lǚstrand
履行lǚ xíngto fulfill (one's obligations)
率lǜrate
绿地綠地lǜ dìgreen area (e.g. urban park or garden)
绿灯綠燈lǜ dēnggreen light (traffic signal)
孪生孿生luán shēng(adj.) twin
卵luǎnegg
乱七八糟亂七八糟luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic
抡掄lūnto swing (one's arms, a heavy object)
伦理倫理lún lǐethics
轮换輪換lún huànto rotate
轮廓輪廓lún kuòan outline
轮胎輪胎lún tāitire
论述論述lùn shùtreatise
论坛論壇lùn tánforum (for discussion)
论证論證lùn zhèngto prove a point
罗羅luógauze
萝卜蘿蔔luó boradish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜
螺丝螺絲luó sīscrew
裸luǒnaked
裸露luǒ lùnaked
络绎不绝絡繹不絕luò yì bù jué(idiom) continuously
落差luò chādrop in elevation
落地luò dìto fall to the ground
落户落戶luò hùto settle
落下luò xiàto fall
麻蔴mávariant of 麻
麻痹麻痺má bìparalysis
麻将麻將má jiàngmahjong
麻辣má làhot and numbing
麻木má mùnumb
麻醉má zuìanesthesia
马后炮馬後炮mǎ hòu pàolit. firing after the horse
马力馬力mǎ lìhorsepower
马桶馬桶mǎ tǒngchamber pot
马戏馬戲mǎ xìcircus
码碼mǎweight
埋藏mái cángto bury
埋伏mái fúto ambush
埋没埋沒mái mòto engulf
埋怨mán yuànto complain
买不起買不起mǎi bu qǐcannot afford
迈邁màito take a step
迈进邁進mài jìnto step in
卖弄賣弄mài nongto show off
脉搏脈搏mài bópulse (both medical and figurative)
脉络脈絡mài luòarteries and veins
蛮蠻mánbarbarian
瞒瞞mánto conceal from
满怀滿懷mǎn huáito have one's heart filled with
慢慢来慢慢來màn màn láitake your time
慢性màn xìngslow and patient
漫mànfree
漫游漫遊màn yóuto travel around
蔓延màn yánto extend
忙活máng huoto be really busy
忙碌máng lùbusy
忙乱忙亂máng luànrushed and muddled
盲目máng mùblind
茫然máng ránblankly
矛头矛頭máo tóuspearhead
茅台茅臺máo táiMaotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
茅台酒茅臺酒máo tái jiǔmaotai (a Chinese liquor)
茂密mào mìdense (of plant growth)
茂盛mào shènglush
冒充mào chōngto feign
冒犯mào fànto offend
冒昧mào mèibold
没劲沒勁méi jìnto have no strength
没落沒落mò luòto decline
没说的沒說的méi shuō denothing to pick on
没完没了沒完沒了méi wán méi liǎowithout end
没意思沒意思méi yì siboring
没辙沒轍méi zhéat one's wit's end
没准儿沒準兒méi zhǔn rerhua variant of 没准
枚méiclassifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc
玫瑰méi guīrugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa)
眉开眼笑眉開眼笑méi kāi yǎn xiàobrows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom)
煤矿煤礦méi kuàngcoal mine
每当每當měi dāngwhenever
每逢měi féngevery time
美德měi dévirtue
美观美觀měi guānpleasing to the eye
美化měi huàto make more beautiful
美景měi jǐngbeautiful scenery
美满美滿měi mǎnhappy
美妙měi miàobeautiful
美人měi rénbeauty
美味měi wèidelicious
美中不足měi zhōng bù zúeverything is fine except for one small defect (idiom)
美滋滋měi zī zīvery happy
门当户对門當戶對mén dāng hù duìthe families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)
门槛門檻mén kǎndoorstep
门铃門鈴mén língdoorbell
门路門路mén lùway of doing sth
闷悶mēnstuffy
萌发萌發méng fāto sprout
萌芽méng yáto sprout (lit. or fig.)
盟友méng yǒually
朦胧朦朧méng lóng(literary) (of moonlight) dim
猛烈měng lièfierce
猛然měng ránsuddenly
梦幻夢幻mèng huàndream
弥补彌補mí bǔto complement
弥漫彌漫mí mànto pervade
迷惑mí huoto puzzle
迷惑不解mí huò bù jiěto feel puzzled
迷恋迷戀mí liànto be infatuated with
迷失mí shīto lose (one's bearings)
谜謎míriddle
谜底謎底mí dǐanswer to a riddle
谜团謎團mí tuánriddle
秘方祕方mì fāngsecret recipe
秘诀秘訣mì juésecret know-how
密不可分mì bù kě fēninextricably linked (idiom)
密度mì dùdensity
密封mì fēngto seal up
密集mì jíconcentrated
蜜mìhoney
蜜月mì yuèhoneymoon
免miǎnto excuse sb
免不了miǎn bù liǎounavoidable
免除miǎn chúto prevent
免疫miǎn yìimmunity (to disease)
免职免職miǎn zhíto relieve sb of his post
勉强勉強miǎn qiǎngto do with difficulty
缅怀緬懷miǎn huáito commemorate
面部miàn bùface (body part)
面粉麵粉miàn fěnflour
面红耳赤面紅耳赤miàn hóng ěr chìflushed with anger (or excitement)
面面俱到miàn miàn jù dào(idiom) take care of everything
面目全非miàn mù quán fēinothing remains the same (idiom)
苗miáosprout
苗头苗頭miáo toufirst signs
描绘描繪miáo huìto describe
瞄准瞄準miáo zhǔnto take aim at
渺小miǎo xiǎominute
庙廟miàotemple
庙会廟會miào huìtemple fair
灭绝滅絕miè juéto become extinct
灭亡滅亡miè wángto be destroyed
民办民辦mín bànrun by the local people
民俗mín súpopular custom
民用mín yòng(for) civilian use
民众民眾mín zhòngthe populace
敏捷mǐn jiénimble
敏锐敏銳mǐn ruìkeen
名副其实名副其實míng fù qí shínot just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
名贵名貴míng guìfamous and valuable
名利míng lìfame and profit
名气名氣míng qìreputation
名声名聲míng shēngreputation
名言míng yánsaying
名著míng zhùmasterpiece
明朗míng lǎngbright
明媚míng mèibright and beautiful
明智míng zhìsensible
铭记銘記míng jìto engrave in one's memory
命名mìng míngto give a name to
命题命題mìng típroposition (logic, math.)
摸索mō suoto feel about
模拟模擬mó nǐimitation
磨合mó héto break in
磨难磨難mó nàna torment
磨损磨損mó sǔnto suffer wear and tear
蘑菇mó gumushroom
魔鬼mó guǐdevil
魔术魔術mó shùmagic
抹mǒto smear
末日mò rìlast day
莫非mò fēican it be possible that

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