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
瘾	癮	yǐn	addiction
印刷术	印刷術	yìn shuā shù	printing
印章		yìn zhāng	seal
印证	印證	yìn zhèng	to confirm
应酬	應酬	yìng chou	to engage in social activities
应邀	應邀	yìng yāo	at sb's invitation
应有尽有	應有盡有	yīng yǒu jìn yǒu	everything that should be here is here (idiom)
英镑	英鎊	yīng bàng	pound sterling
婴儿	嬰兒	yīng ér	infant
鹰	鷹	yīng	eagle
迎		yíng	to welcome
迎合		yíng hé	to cater to
盈利		yíng lì	profit
荧光	熒光	yíng guāng	fluorescence
营救	營救	yíng jiù	to rescue
营造	營造	yíng zào	to build (housing)
赢家	贏家	yíng jiā	winner
影像		yǐng xiàng	image
映		yìng	to reflect (light)
硬朗		yìng lǎng	robust
硬盘	硬盤	yìng pán	hard disk
拥护	擁護	yōng hù	to endorse
庸俗		yōng sú	vulgar
永不		yǒng bù	never
永恒	永恆	yǒng héng	eternal
永久		yǒng jiǔ	everlasting
勇往直前		yǒng wǎng zhí qián	to advance bravely
勇于	勇於	yǒng yú	to dare to
涌	湧	yǒng	to bubble up
涌入	湧入	yǒng rù	to come pouring in
涌现	湧現	yǒng xiàn	to emerge in large numbers
踊跃	踴躍	yǒng yuè	to leap
用餐		yòng cān	to eat a meal
用功		yòng gōng	diligent
用力		yòng lì	to exert oneself physically
用人		yòng rén	servant
用意		yòng yì	intention
优	優	yōu	excellent
优化	優化	yōu huà	to optimize
优雅	優雅	yōu yǎ	grace
优异	優異	yōu yì	exceptional
优越	優越	yōu yuè	superior
忧愁	憂愁	yōu chóu	to be worried
忧虑	憂慮	yōu lǜ	to worry
忧郁	憂鬱	yōu yù	sullen
悠闲	悠閑	yōu xián	variant of 悠闲
尤为	尤為	yóu wéi	especially
由此看来	由此看來	yóu cǐ kàn lái	thereby
由此可见	由此可見	yóu cǐ kě jiàn	from this, it can be seen that...
由来	由來	yóu lái	origin
由衷		yóu zhōng	heartfelt
犹如	猶如	yóu rú	similar to
犹豫不决	猶豫不決	yóu yù bù jué	hesitancy
邮编	郵編	yóu biān	postal code
邮政	郵政	yóu zhèng	postal service
油画	油畫	yóu huà	oil painting
游船	遊船	yóu chuán	pleasure boat
有朝一日		yǒu zhāo yī rì	one day
有待		yǒu dài	not yet (done)
有的放矢		yǒu dì fàng shǐ	lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
有机	有機	yǒu jī	organic
有口无心	有口無心	yǒu kǒu wú xīn	to speak harshly but without any bad intent (idiom)
有两下子	有兩下子	yǒu liǎng xià zi	to have real skill
有声有色	有聲有色	yǒu shēng yǒu sè	having sound and color (idiom)
有所		yǒu suǒ	somewhat
有所不同		yǒu suǒ bù tóng	to differ to some extent (idiom)
有望		yǒu wàng	hopeful
有效期		yǒu xiào qī	period of validity
有幸		yǒu xìng	fortunately
有序		yǒu xù	regular
有益		yǒu yì	useful
有意		yǒu yì	to intend
有助于	有助於	yǒu zhù yú	to contribute to
幼稚		yòu zhì	young
诱饵	誘餌	yòu ěr	bait
诱发	誘發	yòu fā	to induce
诱惑	誘惑	yòu huò	to entice
诱人	誘人	yòu rén	attractive
友情		yǒu qíng	friendly feelings
友人		yǒu rén	friend
友善		yǒu shàn	friendly
余		yú	(literary) I
余地	餘地	yú dì	margin
余额	餘額	yú é	balance (of an account, bill etc)
渔船	漁船	yú chuán	fishing boat
渔民	漁民	yú mín	fisherman
逾期		yú qī	to be overdue
愚蠢		yú chǔn	silly
愚公移山		yú gōng yí shān	the old man moves mountains (idiom)
舆论	輿論	yú lùn	public opinion
与此同时	與此同時	yǔ cǐ tóng shí	at the same time
与否	與否	yǔ fǒu	whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
与日俱增	與日俱增	yǔ rì jù zēng	to increase steadily
与时俱进	與時俱進	yǔ shí jù jìn	abreast of modern developments
与众不同	與眾不同	yǔ zhòng bù tóng	to stand out from the masses (idiom)
予以		yǔ yǐ	to give
浴室		yù shì	bathroom (room used for bathing)
预定	預定	yù dìng	to schedule in advance
预感	預感	yù gǎn	to have a premonition
预告	預告	yù gào	to forecast
预见	預見	yù jiàn	to foresee
预料	預料	yù liào	to forecast
预赛	預賽	yù sài	preliminary competition
预示	預示	yù shì	to indicate
预售	預售	yù shòu	to sell in advance
预算	預算	yù suàn	budget
预先	預先	yù xiān	beforehand
预言	預言	yù yán	to predict
预兆	預兆	yù zhào	omen
欲望	慾望	yù wàng	desire
寓言		yù yán	fable
寓意		yù yì	moral (of a story)
遇难	遇難	yù nàn	to perish
遇上		yù shàng	to come across (sb)
遇险	遇險	yù xiǎn	to get into difficulties
愈合	癒合	yù hé	(of a wound) to heal
愈来愈	愈來愈	yù lái yù	more and more
愈演愈烈		yù yǎn yù liè	ever more critical
冤		yuān	injustice
冤枉		yuān wang	to accuse wrongly
渊源	淵源	yuān yuán	origin
元老		yuán lǎo	senior figure
元首		yuán shǒu	head of state
元宵节	元宵節	yuán xiāo jié	Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
原本		yuán běn	originally
原材料		yuán cái liào	raw and semifinished materials
原创	原創	yuán chuàng	to create (sth original)
原地		yuán dì	(in) the original place
原型		yuán xíng	model
原汁原味		yuán zhī yuán wèi	original
原装	原裝	yuán zhuāng	genuine
圆形	圓形	yuán xíng	round
缘分	緣分	yuán fèn	fate or chance that brings people together
源泉		yuán quán	fountainhead
源头	源頭	yuán tóu	source
源于	源於	yuán yú	has its origins in
源源不断	源源不斷	yuán yuán bù duàn	a steady flow (idiom)
远程	遠程	yuǎn chéng	remote
远见	遠見	yuǎn jiàn	foresight
远近闻名	遠近聞名	yuǎn jìn wén míng	to be known far and wide
怨恨		yuàn hèn	to resent
怨气	怨氣	yuàn qì	grievance
怨言		yuàn yán	complaint
院士		yuàn shì	scholar
曰		yuē	to speak
约定俗成	約定俗成	yuē dìng sú chéng	established by popular usage (idiom)
月初		yuè chū	start of month
月票		yuè piào	monthly ticket
岳父		yuè fù	wife's father, father-in-law
岳母		yuè mǔ	wife's mother, mother-in-law
悦耳	悅耳	yuè ěr	sweet-sounding
阅历	閱歷	yuè lì	to experience
越发	越發	yuè fā	increasingly
越过	越過	yuè guò	to cross over
晕倒	暈倒	yūn dǎo	to faint
陨石	隕石	yǔn shí	meteorite
孕妇	孕婦	yùn fù	pregnant woman
孕育		yùn yù	to be pregnant
运河	運河	yùn hé	canal
运送	運送	yùn sòng	to transport
运营	運營	yùn yíng	to be in operation
运转	運轉	yùn zhuǎn	to work
酝酿	醞釀	yùn niàng	(of alcohol) to ferment
韵味	韻味	yùn wèi	implicit charm in rhyme or sound
蕴藏	蘊藏	yùn cáng	to hold in store
蕴涵	蘊涵	yùn hán	to contain
杂技	雜技	zá jì	acrobatics
杂交	雜交	zá jiāo	to hybridize
杂乱无章	雜亂無章	zá luàn wú zhāng	disordered and in a mess (idiom)
砸		zá	to smash
栽		zāi	to plant
栽培		zāi péi	to grow
宰		zǎi	to slaughter
再度		zài dù	once more
再现	再現	zài xiàn	to recreate
在线	在線	zài xiàn	online
在意		zài yì	to care about
在职	在職	zài zhí	to be employed
载体	載體	zài tǐ	carrier (chemistry)
攒	攢	zǎn	to collect
暂	暫	zàn	temporary
赞不绝口	讚不絕口	zàn bù jué kǒu	to praise without cease (idiom)
赞叹	讚嘆	zàn tàn	to exclaim in admiration
赞叹不已	贊嘆不已	zàn tàn bù yǐ	to be full of praise (idiom)
赞同	讚同	zàn tóng	to approve of
赞许	讚許	zàn xǔ	to praise
赞扬	讚揚	zàn yáng	to praise
葬		zàng	to bury (the dead)
葬礼	葬禮	zàng lǐ	burial
遭殃		zāo yāng	to suffer a calamity
凿	鑿	záo	chisel
早年		zǎo nián	many years ago
早日		zǎo rì	soon
枣	棗	zǎo	(bound form) jujube
造福		zào fú	to benefit (e.g. the people)
造假		zào jiǎ	to counterfeit
造价	造價	zào jià	construction cost
造就		zào jiù	to bring up
造纸术	造紙術	zào zhǐ shù	papermaking process
噪声	噪聲	zào shēng	noise

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