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
弊端		bì duān	systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
碧绿	碧綠	bì lǜ	dark green
壁画	壁畫	bì huà	mural (painting)
避难	避難	bì nàn	refuge
避暑		bì shǔ	to be away for the summer holidays
边疆	邊疆	biān jiāng	border area
边界	邊界	biān jiè	boundary
边远	邊遠	biān yuǎn	far from the center
编号	編號	biān hào	to number
编剧	編劇	biān jù	to write a play
编排	編排	biān pái	to arrange
编写	編寫	biān xiě	to compile
编造	編造	biān zào	to compile
鞭策		biān cè	to spur on
贬值	貶值	biǎn zhí	to become devaluated
变革	變革	biàn gé	to transform
变幻莫测	變幻莫測	biàn huàn mò cè	to change unpredictably
变迁	變遷	biàn qiān	changes
变异	變異	biàn yì	variation
变质	變質	biàn zhì	to degenerate
便道		biàn dào	pavement
便饭	便飯	biàn fàn	an ordinary meal
便捷		biàn jié	convenient and fast
便利店		biàn lì diàn	convenience store
遍布		biàn bù	to cover the whole (area)
辨别	辨別	biàn bié	to distinguish
辨认	辨認	biàn rèn	to recognize
辩	辯	biàn	to dispute
辩护	辯護	biàn hù	to speak in defense of
辩解	辯解	biàn jiě	to explain
辫子	辮子	biàn zi	plait
标	標	biāo	mark
标榜	標榜	biāo bǎng	to flaunt
标本	標本	biāo běn	specimen
标签	標籤	biāo qiān	label
标示	標示	biāo shì	to indicate
标语	標語	biāo yǔ	written slogan
标致	標致	biāo zhi	beautiful (of woman)
飙升	飆升	biāo shēng	to rise rapidly
表白		biǎo bái	to explain oneself
表决	表決	biǎo jué	to decide by vote
表率		biǎo shuài	example
表述		biǎo shù	to formulate
表态	表態	biǎo tài	to declare one's position
表彰		biǎo zhāng	to honor
憋		biē	to choke
别具匠心	別具匠心	bié jù jiàng xīn	to show ingenuity
别看	別看	bié kàn	don't be fooled by the fact that
别扭	彆扭	biè niu	awkward
别墅	別墅	bié shù	villa
别说	別說	bié shuō	to say nothing of
别提了	別提了	bié tí le	say no more
别致	別緻	bié zhì	unusual
彬彬有礼	彬彬有禮	bīn bīn yǒu lǐ	refined and courteous
滨海	濱海	bīn hǎi	coastal
缤纷	繽紛	bīn fēn	vast and various
冰棍儿	冰棍兒	bīng gùn r	ice lolly
冰山		bīng shān	iceberg
秉承		bǐng chéng	to take orders
并非	並非	bìng fēi	really isn't
并购	併購	bìng gòu	merger and acquisition (M and A)
并列	並列	bìng liè	to stand side by side
并行	並行	bìng xíng	to proceed in parallel
病床		bìng chuáng	hospital bed
病症		bìng zhèng	disease
拨	撥	bō	to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
拨款	撥款	bō kuǎn	to allocate funds
拨通	撥通	bō tōng	to get through to sb on the phone
波及		bō jí	to spread to
波澜	波瀾	bō lán	billows
波涛	波濤	bō tāo	great waves
波折		bō zhé	twists and turns
剥	剝	bāo	to peel
剥夺	剝奪	bō duó	to deprive
剥削	剝削	bō xuē	to exploit
伯伯		bó bo	father's elder brother
伯父		bó fù	father's elder brother
伯母		bó mǔ	wife of father's elder brother
驳回	駁回	bó huí	to reject
搏斗	搏鬥	bó dòu	to wrestle
补给	補給	bǔ jǐ	supply
补救	補救	bǔ jiù	to remedy
哺育		bǔ yù	to feed
捕捉		bǔ zhuō	to catch
不耻下问	不恥下問	bù chǐ xià wèn	not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
不辞而别	不辭而別	bù cí ér bié	to leave without saying good-bye
不得而知		bù dé ér zhī	unknown
不得已		bù dé yǐ	to act against one's will
不定		bù dìng	indefinite
不妨		bù fáng	there is no harm in
不服		bù fú	not to accept sth
不服气	不服氣	bù fú qì	unwilling to concede
不假思索		bù jiǎ sī suǒ	(idiom) to act without taking time to think
不解		bù jiě	to not understand
不经意	不經意	bù jīng yì	not paying attention
不景气	不景氣	bù jǐng qì	slack
不堪		bù kān	cannot bear
不可避免		bù kě bì miǎn	unavoidably
不可思议	不可思議	bù kě sī yì	inconceivable (idiom)
不肯		bù kěn	Refuse
不了了之		bù liǎo liǎo zhī	to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
不理		bù lǐ	to refuse to acknowledge
不利于	不利於	bù lìyú	is harmful to
不难	不難	bù nán	Not difficult
不平		bù píng	uneven
不起眼		bù qǐ yǎn	unremarkable
不容		bù róng	must not
不如说	不如說	bùrú shuō	rather say
不慎		bù shèn	incautious
不适	不適	bù shì	unwell
不算		bù suàn	to not calculate
不同寻常	不同尋常	bù tóng xún cháng	out of the ordinary
不为人知	不為人知	bù wéi rén zhī	not known to anyone
不惜		bù xī	not stint
不相上下		bù xiāng shàng xià	equally matched
不像话	不像話	bù xiàng huà	unreasonable
不屑		bù xiè	to disdain to do sth
不懈		bù xiè	untiring
不亚于	不亞於	bù yà yú	no less than
不已		bù yǐ	endlessly
不以为然	不以為然	bù yǐ wéi rán	not to accept as correct (idiom)
不亦乐乎	不亦樂乎	bù yì lè hū	lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
不翼而飞	不翼而飛	bù yì ér fēi	to disappear without trace
不宜		bù yí	not suitable
不用说	不用說	bù yòng shuō	needless to say
不由得		bù yóu de	can't help
不由自主		bù yóu zì zhǔ	can't help
不予		bùyǔ	to withhold, to refuse
不约而同	不約而同	bù yuē ér tóng	to agree by chance (idiom)
不正之风	不正之風	bù zhèng zhī fēng	unhealthy tendency
不知		bù zhī	not to know
不知不觉	不知不覺	bù zhī bù jué	unconsciously
不准		bù zhǔn	not to allow
布局	佈局	bù jú	arrangement
步伐		bù fá	pace
步入		bù rù	to step into
部件		bù jiàn	part
部署		bù shǔ	to dispose
猜谜	猜謎	cāi mí	to answer a riddle
猜想		cāi xiǎng	to guess
才华	才華	cái huá	talent
财经	財經	cái jīng	finance and economics
财力	財力	cái lì	financial resources
财物	財物	cái wù	property
财务	財務	cái wù	financial affairs
财政	財政	cái zhèng	finances (public)
裁		cái	to cut out (as a dress)
裁定		cái dìng	ruling
裁决	裁決	cái jué	ruling
采	採	cǎi	to pick
采集	採集	cǎi jí	to gather
采矿	採礦	cǎi kuàng	mining
彩电	彩電	cǎi diàn	color TV
彩霞		cǎi xiá	clouds tinged with sunset hues
菜市场	菜市場	cài shì chǎng	food market
参见	參見	cān jiàn	to refer to
参军	參軍	cān jūn	to join the army
参谋	參謀	cān móu	staff officer
参照	參照	cān zhào	to consult a reference
餐桌		cān zhuō	dining table
残	殘	cán	to destroy
残留	殘留	cán liú	to remain
残缺	殘缺	cán quē	badly damaged
残忍	殘忍	cán rěn	cruel
惨白	慘白	cǎn bái	deathly pale
惨痛	慘痛	cǎn tòng	bitter
惨重	慘重	cǎn zhòng	disastrous
灿烂	燦爛	càn làn	to glitter
掺	摻	chān	variant of 搀
沧桑	滄桑	cāng sāng	great changes
苍蝇	蒼蠅	cāng ying	housefly
舱	艙	cāng	cabin
藏匿		cáng nì	to cover up
藏品		cáng pǐn	museum piece
藏身		cáng shēn	to hide
操控		cāo kòng	to control
操劳	操勞	cāo láo	to work hard
槽		cáo	trough
草案		cǎo àn	draft (legislation, proposal etc)
草坪		cǎo píng	lawn
侧面	側面	cè miàn	lateral side
侧重	側重	cè zhòng	to place particular emphasis on
测算	測算	cè suàn	to take measurements and calculate
层出不穷	層出不窮	céng chū bù qióng	more and more emerge
蹭		cèng	to rub against
插手		chā shǒu	to get involved in
插图	插圖	chā tú	illustration
插嘴		chā zuǐ	to interrupt (sb talking)
查处	查處	chá chǔ	to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
查明		chá míng	to investigate and find out
查找		chá zhǎo	to search for
茶道		chá dào	Japanese tea ceremony
茶馆儿	茶館兒	chá guǎn r	a teashop
察觉	察覺	chá jué	to sense
察看		chá kàn	to watch
诧异	詫異	chà yì	flabbergasted
差错	差錯	chā cuò	mistake
差额	差額	chā é	balance (financial)
搀	攙	chān	to take by the arm and assist
禅杖	禪杖	chán zhàng	the staff of a Buddhist monk

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