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
噪音		zào yīn	rumble
责怪	責怪	zé guài	to blame
责任感	責任感	zé rèn gǎn	sense of responsibility
贼	賊	zéi	thief
增收		zēng shōu	to increase revenue
增添		zēng tiān	to add
扎根		zhā gēn	to take root
渣子		zhā zi	dregs
闸	牐	zhá	old variant of 闸
眨眼		zhǎ yǎn	to blink
诈骗	詐騙	zhà piàn	to defraud
榨	搾	zhà	variant of 榨
债务	債務	zhài wù	debt
沾		zhān	to moisten
沾光		zhān guāng	to bask in the light
粘		zhān	to glue
瞻仰		zhān yǎng	to revere
斩	斬	zhǎn	to behead (as form of capital punishment)
斩草除根	斬草除根	zhǎn cǎo chú gēn	to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)
展出		zhǎn chū	to put on display
展览会	展覽會	zhǎn lǎn huì	exhibition
展望		zhǎn wàng	outlook
盏	盞	zhǎn	a small cup
崭新	嶄新	zhǎn xīn	brand new
占卜		zhān bǔ	to divine
占用	佔用	zhàn yòng	to occupy
站立		zhàn lì	to stand
绽放	綻放	zhàn fàng	to blossom
蘸		zhàn	to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
张灯结彩	張燈結彩	zhāng dēng jié cǎi	to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
张贴	張貼	zhāng tiē	to post (a notice)
张扬	張揚	zhāng yáng	to display ostentatiously
长辈	長輩	zhǎng bèi	one's elders
长达	長達	cháng dá	to extend as long as
长期以来	長期以來	cháng qī yǐ lái	for a long time
长相	長相	zhǎng xiàng	appearance
长效	長效	cháng xiào	to be effective over an extended period
长征	長征	cháng zhēng	expedition
长足	長足	cháng zú	remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
掌管		zhǎng guǎn	in charge of
帐篷	帳篷	zhàng peng	tent
帐子	帳子	zhàng zi	mosquito net
胀	脹	zhàng	to swell
账单	賬單	zhàng dān	bill
账号	賬號	zhàng hào	account
招标	招標	zhāo biāo	to invite bids
招待会	招待會	zhāo dài huì	a reception
招揽	招攬	zhāo lǎn	to attract (customers)
招募		zhāo mù	to recruit
招牌		zhāo pai	signboard
招收		zhāo shōu	to hire
招数	招數	zhāo shù	move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
爪子		zhuǎ zi	(animal's) claw
沼泽	沼澤	zhǎo zé	marsh
召集		zhào jí	to convene
兆头	兆頭	zhào tou	omen
照办	照辦	zhào bàn	to follow the rules
照例		zhào lì	as a rule
照料		zhào liào	to tend
照明		zhào míng	lighting
罩		zhào	cover
肇事		zhào shì	to cause an accident
遮		zhē	to cover up (a shortcoming)
遮盖	遮蓋	zhē gài	to hide
折叠	折疊	zhé dié	to fold
折合		zhé hé	to convert into
折扣		zhé kòu	discount
折磨		zhé mó	to torment
折射		zhé shè	to refract
折腾	折騰	zhē teng	to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
这会儿	這會兒	zhè huì r	(coll.) now
这样一来	這樣一來	zhè yàng yī lái	thus
着力	著力	zhuó lì	to put effort into sth
着落	著落	zhuó luò	whereabouts
着迷	著迷	zháo mí	to be fascinated
着实	著實	zhuó shí	truly
着手	著手	zhuó shǒu	to put one's hand to it
着想	著想	zhuó xiǎng	to give thought (to others)
着眼	著眼	zhuó yǎn	to have one's eyes on (a goal)
着眼于	著眼於	zhuóyǎn yú	Focus on
着重	著重	zhuó zhòng	to put emphasis on
针锋相对	針鋒相對	zhēn fēng xiāng duì	to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom)
针灸	針灸	zhēn jiǔ	acupuncture and moxibustion
侦察	偵察	zhēn chá	to investigate a crime
珍藏		zhēn cáng	a collection of rare and valuable items
珍视	珍視	zhēn shì	to place great importance on
珍重		zhēn zhòng	precious
真假		zhēn jiǎ	genuine or fake
真空		zhēn kōng	vacuum
真情		zhēn qíng	real situation
真是的		zhēn shi de	Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
真心		zhēn xīn	sincere
真挚	真摯	zhēn zhì	sincere
诊所	診所	zhěn suǒ	clinic
阵容	陣容	zhèn róng	troop arrangement
阵营	陣營	zhèn yíng	group of people
振奋	振奮	zhèn fèn	to stir oneself up
振兴	振興	zhèn xīng	to revive
振作		zhèn zuò	to bestir oneself
镇定	鎮定	zhèn dìng	calm
震		zhèn	to shake
震动	震動	zhèn dòng	to shake
震撼		zhèn hàn	to shake
争吵	爭吵	zhēng chǎo	to quarrel
争端	爭端	zhēng duān	dispute
争分夺秒	爭分奪秒	zhēng fēn duó miǎo	lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom)
争光	爭光	zhēng guāng	to win an honor
争气	爭氣	zhēng qì	to work hard for sth
争先恐后	爭先恐後	zhēng xiān kǒng hòu	striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom)
争执	爭執	zhēng zhí	to dispute
征		zhēng	journey
征集	徵集	zhēng jí	to collect
征收	徵收	zhēng shōu	to levy (a tax)
挣扎	掙扎	zhēng zhá	to struggle
蒸		zhēng	to evaporate
拯救		zhěng jiù	to save
整合		zhěng hé	to conform
整洁	整潔	zhěng jié	neatly
整数	整數	zhěng shù	whole number
正面		zhèng miàn	front
正能量		zhèng néng liàng	positive energy
正视	正視	zhèng shì	to face squarely
正直		zhèng zhí	upright
正宗		zhèng zōng	orthodox school
证人	證人	zhèng rén	witness
郑重	鄭重	zhèng zhòng	serious
症结	癥結	zhēng jié	hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
之所以		zhī suǒ yǐ	(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
支柱		zhī zhù	mainstay
汁		zhī	juice
芝麻		zhī ma	sesame (seed)
芝士		zhī shì	cheese (loanword)
知己		zhī jǐ	to know oneself
知觉	知覺	zhī jué	perception
知名度		zhī míng dù	reputation
知识分子	知識分子	zhī shi fèn zǐ	intellectual
知足		zhī zú	content with one's situation
肢体	肢體	zhī tǐ	limb
脂肪		zhī fáng	fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
执法	執法	zhí fǎ	to enforce a law
执意	執意	zhí yì	to be determined to
执着	執著	zhí zhuó	to be strongly attached to
直奔		zhí bèn	to go straight to
直达	直達	zhí dá	to reach (a place) directly
直观	直觀	zhí guān	direct observation
直径	直徑	zhí jìng	diameter
直觉	直覺	zhí jué	intuition
直视	直視	zhí shì	to look straight at
直至		zhí zhì	lasting until
值钱	值錢	zhí qián	valuable
职权	職權	zhí quán	authority
职业病	職業病	zhí yè bìng	occupational disease
职员	職員	zhí yuán	office worker
止步		zhǐ bù	to halt
止咳		zhǐ ké	to suppress coughing
止血		zhǐ xuè	to staunch (bleeding)
旨在		zhǐ zài	to have as its purpose
指点	指點	zhǐ diǎn	to point out
指教		zhǐ jiào	to give advice or comments
指令		zhǐ lìng	order
指南		zhǐ nán	to guide
指南针	指南針	zhǐ nán zhēn	compass
指手画脚	指手畫腳	zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo	to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
指望		zhǐ wàng	to count on
指向		zhǐ xiàng	to point towards
指引		zhǐ yǐn	to guide
至此		zhì cǐ	up until now
至关重要	至關重要	zhì guān zhòng yào	extremely important
志气	志氣	zhì qì	ambition
制		zhì	system
制裁		zhì cái	to punish
制服		zhì fú	to subdue
制品	製品	zhì pǐn	products
制止		zhì zhǐ	to curb
治学	治學	zhì xué	scholarship
治愈	治癒	zhì yù	to cure
质地	質地	zhì dì	texture
质朴	質樸	zhì pǔ	simple
质问	質問	zhì wèn	to question
质疑	質疑	zhì yí	to call into question
致	緻	zhì	(bound form) fine
致辞	致辭	zhì cí	to express in words or writing
致富		zhì fù	to become rich
致敬		zhì jìng	to salute
致力于	致力於	zhìlìyú	Dedicate
致命		zhì mìng	fatal
致使		zhì shǐ	to cause
窒息		zhì xī	to choke
智商		zhì shāng	IQ (intelligence quotient)
滞后	滯後	zhì hòu	to lag behind
滞留	滯留	zhì liú	(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving)
置		zhì	to install
中国画	中國畫	zhōng guó huà	Chinese painting
中立		zhōng lì	neutral
中途		zhōng tú	midway
中型		zhōng xíng	medium sized
中性		zhōng xìng	neutral
中庸		zhōng yōng	golden mean (Confucianism)
中止		zhōng zhǐ	to cease
忠诚	忠誠	zhōng chéng	devoted

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