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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Word	Traditional	Pinyin	Meaning
清静	清靜	qīng jìng	quiet
清凉	清涼	qīng liáng	cool
清明		qīng míng	clear and bright
清晰		qīng xī	clear
清新		qīng xīn	fresh and clean
清真寺		qīng zhēn sì	mosque
情		qíng	feeling
情报	情報	qíng bào	information
情不自禁		qíng bù zì jīn	unable to restrain emotions
情调	情調	qíng diào	sentiment
情怀	情懷	qíng huái	feelings
情结	情結	qíng jié	complex (psychology)
情侣	情侶	qíng lǚ	sweethearts
情人		qíng rén	lover
情谊	情誼	qíng yì	friendship
情愿	情願	qíng yuàn	willingness
请柬	請柬	qǐng jiǎn	invitation card
请帖	請帖	qǐng tiě	invitation card
庆典	慶典	qìng diǎn	celebration
庆贺	慶賀	qìng hè	to congratulate
庆幸	慶幸	qìng xìng	to rejoice
丘陵		qiū líng	hills
囚犯		qiú fàn	prisoner
求婚		qiú hūn	to propose marriage
求救		qiú jiù	to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)
求学	求學	qiú xué	to seek knowledge
求医	求醫	qiú yī	to seek medical treatment
求证	求證	qiú zhèng	to seek proof
求助		qiú zhù	to request help
曲		qǔ	tune
曲线	曲線	qū xiàn	curve
曲折		qū zhé	winding
驱动	驅動	qū dòng	to drive
驱逐	驅逐	qū zhú	to expel
屈服		qū fú	to surrender
趋于	趨於	qū yú	to tend towards
取代		qǔ dài	to replace
取缔	取締	qǔ dì	to suppress
取而代之		qǔ ér dài zhī	(idiom) to replace
取经	取經	qǔ jīng	to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures
取决于	取決於	qǔ jué yú	to hinge on
取暖		qǔ nuǎn	to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
取胜	取勝	qǔ shèng	to score a victory
取笑		qǔ xiào	to tease
去除		qù chú	to remove
去处	去處	qù chù	place
去向		qù xiàng	direction in which sb or sth has gone
趣味		qù wèi	fun
圈套		quān tào	trap
圈子		quān zi	circle
全程		quán chéng	the whole distance
全方位		quán fāng wèi	all around
全局		quán jú	overall situation
全力以赴		quán lì yǐ fù	to do at all costs
全能		quán néng	omnipotent
全文		quán wén	entire text
全心全意		quán xīn quán yì	heart and soul
全长	全長	quán cháng	overall length
权衡	權衡	quán héng	to consider
权威	權威	quán wēi	authority
权益	權益	quán yì	rights
拳		quán	fist
拳头	拳頭	quán tou	fist
劝告	勸告	quàn gào	to advise
劝说	勸說	quàn shuō	to persuade
劝阻	勸阻	quàn zǔ	to advise against
缺口		quē kǒu	nick
缺失		quē shī	lack
缺席		quē xí	to be absent
确切	確切	què qiè	definite
确信	確信	què xìn	to be convinced
确凿	確鑿	què záo	definite
确诊	確診	què zhěn	to make a definite diagnosis
燃放		rán fàng	to light
燃气	燃氣	rán qì	fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)
燃油		rán yóu	fuel oil
让步	讓步	ràng bù	to concede
饶	饒	ráo	rich
饶恕	饒恕	ráo shù	to forgive
扰乱	擾亂	rǎo luàn	to disturb
绕行	繞行	rào xíng	to take a circular (or circuitous) route
惹		rě	to provoke
热潮	熱潮	rè cháo	upsurge
热带	熱帶	rè dài	the tropics
热气	熱氣	rè qì	steam
热气球	熱氣球	rè qì qiú	hot air balloon
热腾腾	熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot
热衷	熱衷	rè zhōng	to feel strongly about
人次		rén cì	person-times
人道		rén dào	human sympathy
人格		rén gé	personality
人工智能		rén gōng zhì néng	artificial intelligence (AI)
人均		rén jūn	per capita
人品		rén pǐn	moral standing
人气	人氣	rén qì	popularity
人情		rén qíng	human emotions
人身		rén shēn	person
人手		rén shǒu	manpower
人体	人體	rén tǐ	human body
人为	人為	rén wéi	artificial
人文		rén wén	humanities
人行道		rén xíng dào	sidewalk
人性		rén xìng	human nature
人选	人選	rén xuǎn	choice of person
人缘儿	人緣兒	rén yuán r	erhua variant of 人缘
人造		rén zào	man-made
人质	人質	rén zhì	hostage
仁慈		rén cí	benevolent
忍饥挨饿	忍飢挨餓	rěn jī ái è	starving
忍耐		rěn nài	to endure
忍心		rěn xīn	to have the heart to do sth
认错	認錯	rèn cuò	to admit an error
认证	認證	rèn zhèng	to authenticate
认知	認知	rèn zhī	cognition
任命		rèn mìng	to appoint
任期		rèn qī	term of office
任人宰割		rèn rén zǎi gē	to get trampled on (idiom)
任意		rèn yì	any
任职	任職	rèn zhí	to hold a post
韧性	韌性	rèn xìng	toughness
日复一日	日復一日	rì fù yī rì	day after day
日后	日後	rì hòu	sometime
日前		rì qián	the other day
日趋	日趨	rì qū	(increasing) day by day
日新月异	日新月異	rì xīn yuè yì	daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
日益		rì yì	day by day
荣获	榮獲	róng huò	be honored with
容光焕发	容光煥發	róng guāng huàn fā	face glowing (idiom)
容量		róng liàng	capacity
容纳	容納	róng nà	to hold
容忍		róng rěn	to put up with
容许	容許	róng xǔ	to permit
容颜	容顏	róng yán	mien
溶解		róng jiě	to dissolve
融		róng	to melt
融洽		róng qià	harmonious
冗长	冗長	rǒng cháng	long and tedious
柔和		róu hé	gentle
柔软	柔軟	róu ruǎn	soft
揉		róu	to knead
如果说	如果說	rú guǒ shuō	if
如实	如實	rú shí	as things really are
如意		rú yì	as one wants
如愿以偿	如願以償	rú yuàn yǐ cháng	to have one's wish fulfilled
如醉如痴	如醉如癡	rú zuì rú chī	lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom)
儒家		rú jiā	Confucian school, founded by Confucius 子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
儒学	儒學	rú xué	Confucianism
入场	入場	rù chǎng	to enter the venue for a meeting
入场券	入場券	rù chǎng quàn	admission ticket
入境		rù jìng	to enter a country
入侵		rù qīn	to invade
入手		rù shǒu	to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 从 + {noun} + 手: "to begin with {noun}
入选	入選	rù xuǎn	to be included among those selected for
软弱	軟弱	ruǎn ruò	weak
软实力	軟實力	ruǎn shí lì	soft power (in international relations)
瑞雪		ruì xuě	timely snow
润	潤	rùn	moist
若干		ruò gān	a certain number or amount
弱点	弱點	ruò diǎn	weak point
弱势	弱勢	ruò shì	vulnerable
撒		sā	to let go
撒谎	撒謊	sā huǎng	to tell lies
赛车	賽車	sài chē	auto race
赛跑	賽跑	sài pǎo	race (running)
三番五次		sān fān wǔ cì	over and over again (idiom)
三角		sān jiǎo	triangle
三维	三維	sān wéi	three-dimensional
散布	散佈	sàn bù	to disseminate
散发	散發	sàn fā	to distribute
桑拿		sāng ná	sauna (loanword)
丧生	喪生	sàng shēng	to die
骚乱	騷亂	sāo luàn	disturbance
骚扰	騷擾	sāo rǎo	to disturb
扫除	掃除	sǎo chú	to sweep
扫描	掃描	sǎo miáo	to scan
扫墓	掃墓	sǎo mù	to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
扫兴	掃興	sǎo xìng	to spoil things
嫂子		sǎo zi	(coll.) older brother's wife
僧人		sēng rén	monk
杀害	殺害	shā hài	to murder
杀手	殺手	shā shǒu	killer
沙龙	沙龍	shā lóng	salon (loanword)
纱	紗	shā	cotton yarn
刹车	剎車	shā chē	to brake (when driving)
砂糖		shā táng	granulated sugar
鲨鱼	鯊魚	shā yú	shark
傻瓜		shǎ guā	idiot
筛	篩	shāi	(bound form) a sieve
筛选	篩選	shāi xuǎn	to filter
晒太阳	曬太陽	shài tài yáng	to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc)
山川		shān chuān	mountains and rivers
山顶	山頂	shān dǐng	hilltop
山冈	山岡	shān gāng	mound
山岭	山嶺	shān lǐng	mountain ridge
山路		shān lù	mountain road
山寨		shān zhài	fortified hill village
删	刪	shān	to delete
煽动	煽動	shān dòng	to incite
闪烁	閃爍	shǎn shuò	flickering
善		shàn	good (virtuous)

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