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.
| Word | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 莫过于 | 莫過於 | mò guò yú | nothing can surpass |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | (idiom) baffling | |
| 漠然 | mò rán | indifferent | |
| 墨 | mò | ink stick | |
| 默读 | 默讀 | mò dú | to read in silence |
| 默默无闻 | 默默無聞 | mò mò wú wén | obscure and unknown (idiom) |
| 默契 | mò qì | tacit understanding | |
| 谋害 | 謀害 | móu hài | to conspire to murder |
| 谋求 | 謀求 | móu qiú | to seek |
| 谋生 | 謀生 | móu shēng | to seek one's livelihood |
| 亩 | 畝 | mǔ | classifier for fields |
| 牡丹 | mǔ dan | tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) | |
| 木板 | mù bǎn | slab | |
| 木材 | mù cái | wood | |
| 木匠 | mù jiàng | carpenter | |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet | |
| 目不转睛 | 目不轉睛 | mù bù zhuǎn jīng | unable to take one's eyes off (idiom) |
| 目的地 | mù dì dì | destination (location) | |
| 目瞪口呆 | mù dèng kǒu dāi | dumbstruck (idiom) | |
| 目睹 | mù dǔ | to witness | |
| 目中无人 | 目中無人 | mù zhōng wú rén | to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) |
| 沐浴露 | mù yù lù | shower gel | |
| 牧场 | 牧場 | mù chǎng | pasture |
| 牧民 | mù mín | herdsman | |
| 募捐 | mù juān | to solicit contributions | |
| 墓碑 | mù bēi | gravestone | |
| 墓地 | mù dì | cemetery | |
| 幕 | mù | curtain or screen | |
| 幕后 | 幕後 | mù hòu | behind the scenes |
| 穆斯林 | mù sī lín | Muslim | |
| 拿手 | ná shǒu | expert in | |
| 哪知道 | nǎ zhī dào | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 纳闷儿 | 納悶兒 | nà mèn r | erhua variant of 纳闷 |
| 纳入 | 納入 | nà rù | to bring into |
| 纳税 | 納稅 | nà shuì | to pay taxes |
| 纳税人 | 納稅人 | nà shuì rén | taxpayer |
| 乃 | nǎi | to be | |
| 乃至 | nǎi zhì | and even | |
| 耐 | nài | (bound form) to bear | |
| 耐人寻味 | 耐人尋味 | nài rén xún wèi | thought-provoking |
| 耐性 | nài xìng | patience | |
| 南瓜 | nán guā | pumpkin | |
| 难处 | 難處 | nán chu | trouble |
| 难得一见 | 難得一見 | nán dé yī jiàn | rarely seen |
| 难点 | 難點 | nán diǎn | difficulty |
| 难关 | 難關 | nán guān | difficulty |
| 难堪 | 難堪 | nán kān | hard to take |
| 难说 | 難說 | nán shuō | hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) |
| 难为情 | 難為情 | nán wéi qíng | embarrassed |
| 难以想象 | 難以想象 | nányǐxiǎngxiàng | Unimaginable |
| 难以置信 | 難以置信 | nán yǐ zhì xìn | hard to believe |
| 挠 | 撓 | náo | to scratch |
| 恼羞成怒 | 惱羞成怒 | nǎo xiū chéng nù | to fly into a rage out of humiliation |
| 脑海 | 腦海 | nǎo hǎi | the mind |
| 脑筋 | 腦筋 | nǎo jīn | brains |
| 闹事 | 鬧事 | nào shì | to cause trouble |
| 闹着玩儿 | 鬧著玩兒 | nào zhe wán r | to play games |
| 呐喊 | 吶喊 | nà hǎn | shout |
| 内存 | 內存 | nèi cún | internal storage |
| 内阁 | 內閣 | nèi gé | (government) cabinet |
| 内涵 | 內涵 | nèi hán | meaningful content |
| 内幕 | 內幕 | nèi mù | inside story |
| 内向 | 內向 | nèi xiàng | reserved (personality) |
| 内行 | 內行 | nèi háng | expert |
| 内需 | 內需 | nèi xū | domestic demand |
| 能耗 | néng hào | energy consumption | |
| 能耐 | néng nài | ability | |
| 能人 | néng rén | capable person | |
| 尼龙 | 尼龍 | ní lóng | nylon (loanword) |
| 泥潭 | ní tán | quagmire | |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth | |
| 拟 | 儗 | nǐ | doubtful |
| 拟定 | 擬定 | nǐ dìng | to draw up |
| 逆 | nì | contrary | |
| 匿名 | nì míng | anonymous | |
| 年画 | 年畫 | nián huà | New Year (Spring Festival) picture |
| 年迈 | 年邁 | nián mài | old |
| 年限 | nián xiàn | age limit | |
| 年薪 | nián xīn | annual salary | |
| 年夜饭 | 年夜飯 | nián yè fàn | New Year's Eve family dinner |
| 年终 | 年終 | nián zhōng | end of the year |
| 黏 | nián | sticky | |
| 念念不忘 | niàn niàn bù wàng | to keep in mind constantly (idiom) | |
| 念书 | 念書 | niàn shū | to read |
| 念头 | 念頭 | niàn tou | thought |
| 酿造 | 釀造 | niàng zào | to brew |
| 娘 | niáng | mother | |
| 鸟巢 | 鳥巢 | niǎo cháo | bird's nest |
| 尿 | niào | to urinate | |
| 捏 | niē | to hold between the thumb and fingers | |
| 宁愿 | 寧願 | nìng yuàn | would rather ... (than ...) |
| 拧 | 擰 | nǐng | mistake |
| 凝固 | níng gù | to freeze | |
| 凝聚 | níng jù | to condense | |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist | |
| 扭头 | 扭頭 | niǔ tóu | to turn one's head |
| 扭转 | 扭轉 | niǔ zhuǎn | to reverse |
| 纽带 | 紐帶 | niǔ dài | tie |
| 纽扣 | 紐扣 | niǔ kòu | button |
| 农场 | 農場 | nóng chǎng | farm |
| 农历 | 農曆 | nóng lì | the traditional Chinese calendar |
| 农民工 | 農民工 | nóng mín gōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) |
| 农作物 | 農作物 | nóng zuò wù | (farm) crops |
| 浓厚 | 濃厚 | nóng hòu | dense |
| 浓缩 | 濃縮 | nóng suō | to concentrate (a liquid) |
| 浓郁 | 濃郁 | nóng yù | rich |
| 浓重 | 濃重 | nóng zhòng | dense |
| 弄虚作假 | 弄虛作假 | nòng xū zuò jiǎ | to practice fraud (idiom) |
| 奴隶 | 奴隸 | nú lì | slave |
| 女婿 | nǚ xu | daughter's husband | |
| 暖烘烘 | nuǎn hōng hōng | nice and warm | |
| 虐待 | nüè dài | to mistreat | |
| 挪 | nuó | to shift | |
| 诺言 | 諾言 | nuò yán | promise |
| 哦 | ò | oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth) | |
| 殴打 | 毆打 | ōu dǎ | to beat up |
| 呕吐 | 嘔吐 | ǒu tù | to vomit |
| 趴 | pā | to lie on one's stomach | |
| 拍板 | pāi bǎn | clapper-board | |
| 拍卖 | 拍賣 | pāi mài | to auction |
| 拍戏 | 拍戲 | pāi xì | to shoot a movie |
| 徘徊 | pái huái | to pace back and forth | |
| 排斥 | pái chì | to reject | |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order | |
| 排练 | 排練 | pái liàn | to rehearse |
| 牌照 | pái zhào | (business) license | |
| 派别 | 派別 | pài bié | group |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission) | |
| 攀 | pān | to climb (by pulling oneself up) | |
| 攀升 | pān shēng | to clamber up | |
| 盘算 | 盤算 | pán suàn | to plot |
| 判处 | 判處 | pàn chǔ | to sentence |
| 判定 | pàn dìng | to judge | |
| 判决 | 判決 | pàn jué | judgment (by a court of law) |
| 叛逆 | pàn nì | to rebel | |
| 盼 | pàn | to hope for | |
| 庞大 | 龐大 | páng dà | huge |
| 旁观 | 旁觀 | páng guān | spectator |
| 抛 | 拋 | pāo | to throw |
| 抛开 | 拋開 | pāo kāi | to throw out |
| 抛弃 | 拋棄 | pāo qì | to abandon |
| 刨 | páo | to dig | |
| 跑车 | 跑車 | pǎo chē | racing bicycle |
| 跑道 | pǎo dào | athletic track | |
| 跑龙套 | 跑龍套 | pǎo lóng tào | to play a small role |
| 泡沫 | pào mò | foam | |
| 胚胎 | pēi tāi | embryo | |
| 陪伴 | péi bàn | to accompany | |
| 陪葬 | péi zàng | to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) | |
| 赔钱 | 賠錢 | péi qián | to lose money |
| 配件 | pèi jiàn | component | |
| 配偶 | pèi ǒu | spouse | |
| 配送 | pèi sòng | to put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配货 and 送货) | |
| 配音 | pèi yīn | dubbing (filmmaking) | |
| 喷泉 | 噴泉 | pēn quán | fountain |
| 抨击 | 抨擊 | pēng jī | to attack (verbally or in writing) |
| 烹调 | 烹調 | pēng tiáo | to cook |
| 蓬勃 | péng bó | vigorous | |
| 鹏程万里 | 鵬程萬里 | péng chéng wàn lǐ | the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) |
| 膨胀 | 膨脹 | péng zhàng | to expand |
| 捧 | pěng | to clasp | |
| 捧场 | 捧場 | pěng chǎng | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge) |
| 碰钉子 | 碰釘子 | pèng dīng zi | to meet with a rebuff |
| 碰巧 | pèng qiǎo | by chance | |
| 碰上 | pèng shàng | to run into | |
| 碰撞 | pèng zhuàng | to collide | |
| 批发 | 批發 | pī fā | wholesale |
| 批判 | pī pàn | to criticize | |
| 披露 | pī lù | to reveal | |
| 劈 | pī | to hack | |
| 皮带 | 皮帶 | pí dài | strap |
| 疲惫 | 疲憊 | pí bèi | beaten |
| 疲惫不堪 | 疲憊不堪 | pí bèi bù kān | exhausted |
| 疲倦 | pí juàn | to tire | |
| 脾 | pí | spleen | |
| 匹配 | pǐ pèi | to mate or marry | |
| 媲美 | pì měi | to match | |
| 僻静 | 僻靜 | pì jìng | lonely |
| 譬如 | pì rú | for example | |
| 譬如说 | 譬如說 | pì rú shuō | for example |
| 偏差 | piān chā | bias | |
| 偏方 | piān fāng | folk remedy | |
| 偏见 | 偏見 | piān jiàn | prejudice |
| 偏僻 | piān pì | remote | |
| 偏偏 | piān piān | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately | |
| 偏向 | piān xiàng | partial towards sth | |
| 偏远 | 偏遠 | piān yuǎn | remote |
| 篇幅 | piān fu | length (of a piece of writing) | |
| 片段 | piàn duàn | fragment (of speech etc) | |
| 片子 | piān zi | film | |
| 骗人 | 騙人 | piàn rén | to cheat sb |
| 票房 | piào fáng | box office | |
| 漂 | piāo | to float | |
| 撇 | piě | to throw | |
| 拼搏 | pīn bó | to struggle | |
| 拼命 | pīn mìng | to do one's utmost | |
| 贫富 | 貧富 | pín fù | poor and rich |
| 贫穷 | 貧窮 | pín qióng | poor |
| 频率 | 頻率 | pín lǜ | frequency |
| 频频 | 頻頻 | pín pín | repeatedly |
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