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
善意		shàn yì	goodwill
擅长	擅長	shàn cháng	to be good at
擅自		shàn zì	without permission
膳食		shàn shí	meals
赡养	贍養	shàn yǎng	to support
伤残	傷殘	shāng cán	disabled
伤感	傷感	shāng gǎn	sad
伤痕	傷痕	shāng hén	scar
伤脑筋	傷腦筋	shāng nǎo jīn	to be a real headache
伤势	傷勢	shāng shì	condition of an injury
商贩	商販	shāng fàn	trader
商贾	商賈	shāng gǔ	merchant
商讨	商討	shāng tǎo	to discuss
上报	上報	shàng bào	to report to one's superiors
上场	上場	shàng chǎng	on stage
上调	上調	shàng tiáo	to raise (prices)
上方		shàng fāng	place above (it)
上岗	上崗	shàng gǎng	to take up one's post
上火		shàng huǒ	to get angry
上空		shàng kōng	overhead
上流		shàng liú	upper class
上期		shàng qī	previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
上任		shàng rèn	to take office
上述		shàng shù	aforementioned
上司		shàng si	boss
上诉	上訴	shàng sù	to appeal (a judicial case)
上头	上頭	shàng tóu	(of alcohol) to go to one's head
上限		shàng xiàn	upper bound
上旬		shàng xún	first third of a month
上瘾	上癮	shàng yǐn	to get into a habit
上映		shàng yìng	to screen
上游		shàng yóu	upper reaches (of a river)
尚		shàng	still
尚未		shàng wèi	not yet
捎		shāo	to bring sth to sb
烧毁	燒燬	shāo huǐ	to burn
烧烤	燒烤	shāo kǎo	barbecue
稍后	稍後	shāo hòu	in a little while
稍候		shāo hòu	to wait a moment
稍稍		shāo shāo	somewhat
少不了		shǎo bu liǎo	cannot do without
少见	少見	shǎo jiàn	rare
少量		shǎo liàng	a smidgen
少林寺		shào lín sì	Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少女		shào nǚ	girl
少有		shǎo yǒu	rare
奢侈		shē chǐ	luxurious
奢望		shē wàng	an extravagant hope
设	設	shè	to set up
设定	設定	shè dìng	to set
设法	設法	shè fǎ	to try
社会主义	社會主義	shè huì zhǔ yì	socialism
社交		shè jiāo	interaction
社论	社論	shè lùn	editorial (in a newspaper)
社团	社團	shè tuán	association
涉嫌		shè xián	to be a suspect (in a crime)
摄氏度	攝氏度	shè shì dù	°C (degrees Celsius)
申办	申辦	shēn bàn	to apply for
申报	申報	shēn bào	to report (to the authorities)
申领	申領	shēn lǐng	to apply (for license, visa etc)
伸手		shēn shǒu	to reach out with one's hand
伸缩	伸縮	shēn suō	to lengthen and shorten
伸张	伸張	shēn zhāng	to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue)
身不由己		shēn bù yóu jǐ	without the freedom to act independently (idiom)
身价	身價	shēn jià	social status
身躯	身軀	shēn qū	body
身心		shēn xīn	body and mind
身影		shēn yǐng	silhouette
身子		shēn zi	body
绅士	紳士	shēn shì	gentleman
深奥	深奧	shēn ào	profound
深切		shēn qiè	deeply felt
深情		shēn qíng	deep emotion
深入人心		shēn rù rén xīn	to enter deeply into people's hearts
深受		shēn shòu	to receive in no small measure
深思		shēn sī	to ponder
深信		shēn xìn	to believe firmly
深夜		shēn yè	very late at night
深远	深遠	shēn yuǎn	far-reaching
甚至于	甚至於	shèn zhì yú	so much (that)
神气	神氣	shén qì	expression
神圣	神聖	shén shèng	divine
神态	神態	shén tài	appearance
神仙		shén xiān	Daoist immortal
审	審	shěn	to examine
审定	審定	shěn dìng	to examine sth and make a decision
审核	審核	shěn hé	to audit
审美	審美	shěn měi	esthetics
审判	審判	shěn pàn	a trial
审批	審批	shěn pī	to examine and approve
审视	審視	shěn shì	to look closely at
肾	腎	shèn	kidney
渗	滲	shèn	to seep
渗透	滲透	shèn tòu	(lit. and fig.) to permeate
慎重		shèn zhòng	cautious
升温	升溫	shēng wēn	to become hot
生机	生機	shēng jī	opportunity to live
生理		shēng lǐ	physiology
生命线	生命線	shēng mìng xiàn	lifeline
生怕		shēng pà	to fear
生平		shēng píng	life (a person's whole life)
生前		shēng qián	(of a deceased) during one's life
生死		shēng sǐ	life or death
生态	生態	shēng tài	ecology
生物		shēng wù	organism
生效		shēng xiào	to take effect
生涯		shēng yá	career
生硬		shēng yìng	stiff
生育		shēng yù	to bear
声称	聲稱	shēng chēng	to claim
声望	聲望	shēng wàng	popularity
声誉	聲譽	shēng yù	reputation
牲畜		shēng chù	domesticated animals
省事		shěng shì	to simplify matters
圣贤	聖賢	shèng xián	a sage
胜出	勝出	shèng chū	to come out on top
胜任	勝任	shèng rèn	qualified
盛		shèng	flourishing
盛大		shèng dà	grand
盛会	盛會	shèng huì	pageant
盛开	盛開	shèng kāi	blooming
盛气凌人	盛氣凌人	shèng qì líng rén	overbearing
剩余	剩餘	shèng yú	remainder
尸体	屍體	shī tǐ	dead body
失传	失傳	shī chuán	(of skills etc) to die out
失控		shī kòng	to go out of control
失利		shī lì	to lose
失恋	失戀	shī liàn	to lose one's love
失灵	失靈	shī líng	out of order (of machine)
失落		shī luò	to lose (sth)
失明		shī míng	to lose one's eyesight
失效		shī xiào	to fail
失业率	失業率	shī yè lǜ	unemployment rate
失踪	失蹤	shī zōng	to be missing
师范	師範	shī fàn	teacher-training
师长	師長	shī zhǎng	military division level commander
师资	師資	shī zī	qualified teacher
施工		shī gōng	construction
施加		shī jiā	to exert (effort or pressure)
施行		shī xíng	to put in place
施压	施壓	shī yā	to pressure
湿度	濕度	shī dù	humidity level
十字路口		shí zì lù kǒu	crossroads
时不时	時不時	shí bù shí	from time to time
时段	時段	shí duàn	time interval
时隔	時隔	shí gé	separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
时好时坏	時好時壞	shí hǎo shí huài	sometimes good, sometimes bad
时间表	時間表	shí jiān biǎo	schedule
时空	時空	shí kōng	time and place
时速	時速	shí sù	speed per hour
实地	實地	shí dì	on-site
实话实说	實話實說	shí huà shí shuō	to tell the truth
实况	實況	shí kuàng	live (e.g. broadcast or recording)
实事求是	實事求是	shí shì qiú shì	lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom)
实体	實體	shí tǐ	entity
实物	實物	shí wù	material object
实质	實質	shí zhì	substance
食宿		shí sù	board and lodging
食用		shí yòng	to eat
史无前例	史無前例	shǐ wú qián lì	unprecedented in history
使唤	使喚	shǐ huan	to order sb around
使命		shǐ mìng	mission
使者		shǐ zhě	emissary
士气	士氣	shì qì	morale
世代		shì dài	for many generations
世故		shì gù	the ways of the world
世界级	世界級	shì jiè jí	world-class
世袭	世襲	shì xí	succession
市场经济	市場經濟	shì chǎng jīng jì	market economy
示威		shì wēi	to demonstrate (as a protest)
示意		shì yì	to hint
似曾相识	似曾相識	sì céng xiāng shí	déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
似是而非		sì shì ér fēi	apparently right but actually wrong
事迹	事跡	shì jì	deed
事态	事態	shì tài	situation
事务	事務	shì wù	(political, economic etc) affairs
事务所	事務所	shì wù suǒ	office
事项	事項	shì xiàng	matter
事宜		shì yí	matters
侍候		shì hòu	to serve
势必	勢必	shì bì	to be bound to
势不可当	勢不可當	shì bù kě dāng	impossible to resist (idiom)
势头	勢頭	shì tóu	power
视察	視察	shì chá	to inspect
视角	視角	shì jiǎo	angle from which one observes an object
视觉	視覺	shì jué	sight
视力	視力	shì lì	vision
视线	視線	shì xiàn	line of sight
视野	視野	shì yě	field of view
试探	試探	shì tàn	to sound out
试行	試行	shì xíng	to try out
试用	試用	shì yòng	to try sth out
试用期	試用期	shì yòng qī	trial period
是非		shì fēi	right and wrong
柿子		shì zi	persimmon
适度	適度	shì dù	moderately
适量	適量	shì liàng	appropriate amount
适时	適時	shì shí	timely
适宜	適宜	shì yí	suitable
逝世		shì shì	to pass away

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