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
串门	串門	chuàn mén	to call on sb
床位		chuáng wèi	bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc)
幢		zhuàng	classifier for buildings
创	創	chuàng	to begin
创伤	創傷	chuāng shāng	wound
创始人	創始人	chuàng shǐ rén	creator
吹了		chuī le	failed
吹牛		chuī niú	to talk big
吹捧		chuī pěng	to flatter
垂		chuí	to hang (down)
垂头丧气	垂頭喪氣	chuí tóu sàng qì	hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom)
捶		chuí	to beat (with a stick or one's fist)
锤子	錘子	chuí zi	hammer
纯粹	純粹	chún cuì	pure
纯洁	純潔	chún jié	pure
纯朴	純樸	chún pǔ	variant of 淳朴
醇厚		chún hòu	mellow and rich
蠢	惷	chǔn	variant of 蠢
戳		chuō	to jab
绰号	綽號	chuò hào	nickname
瓷		cí	chinaware
瓷器		cí qì	chinaware
慈善		cí shàn	benevolent
慈祥		cí xiáng	kindly
辞	辭	cí	to resign
辞呈	辭呈	cí chéng	(written) resignation
辞去	辭去	cí qù	to resign
辞退	辭退	cí tuì	to dismiss
磁卡		cí kǎ	magnetic card
磁盘	磁盤	cí pán	(computer) disk
此起彼伏		cǐ qǐ bǐ fú	up here, down there (idiom)
次日		cì rì	next day
伺候		cì hou	to serve
伺机	伺機	sì jī	to wait for an opportunity
刺耳		cì ěr	ear-piercing
刺骨		cì gǔ	piercing
刺绣	刺繡	cì xiù	to embroider
赐	賜	cì	to confer
赐教	賜教	cì jiào	(honorific) to impart one's wisdom
匆匆		cōng cōng	hurriedly
葱	蔥	cōng	scallion
从今以后	從今以後	cóng jīn yǐ hòu	from now on
从来不	從來不	cóng lái bù	never
从容	從容	cóng róng	to go easy
从容不迫	從容不迫	cóng róng bù pò	calm
从头	從頭	cóng tóu	anew
从未	從未	cóng wèi	never
从业	從業	cóng yè	to practice (a trade)
从早到晚	從早到晚	cóng zǎo dào wǎn	from morning till night
丛林	叢林	cóng lín	jungle
凑	湊	còu	to gather together, pool or collect
凑合	湊合	còu he	to bring together
凑巧	湊巧	còu qiǎo	fortuitously
粗暴		cū bào	rough
粗糙		cū cāo	crude
粗略		cū lüè	rough (not precise or accurate)
粗鲁	粗魯	cū lǔ	coarse
粗心大意		cū xīn dà yì	negligent
促成		cù chéng	to facilitate
簇拥	簇擁	cù yōng	to crowd around
窜	竄	cuàn	to flee
催促		cuī cù	to urge
催眠		cuī mián	hypnosis
摧毁	摧毀	cuī huǐ	to destroy
脆弱		cuì ruò	weak
翠绿	翠綠	cuì lǜ	greenish-blue
存放		cún fàng	to deposit
存心		cún xīn	deliberately
存折	存摺	cún zhé	passbook
搓		cuō	to rub or roll between the hands or fingers
磋商		cuō shāng	to consult
挫折		cuò zhé	setback
措手不及		cuò shǒu bù jí	no time to deal with it (idiom)
错别字	錯別字	cuò bié zì	incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
错觉	錯覺	cuò jué	misconception
错位	錯位	cuò wèi	to be wrongly positioned
错综复杂	錯綜複雜	cuò zōng fù zá	tangled and complicated (idiom)
搭乘		dā chéng	to ride as a passenger
搭建		dā jiàn	to build (esp. with simple materials)
达标	達標	dá biāo	to reach a set standard
答辩	答辯	dá biàn	to reply (to an accusation)
打岔		dǎ chà	interruption
打倒		dǎ dǎo	to overthrow
打盹儿	打盹兒	dǎ dǔn r	erhua variant of 打盹
打搅	打攪	dǎ jiǎo	to disturb
打捞	打撈	dǎ lāo	to salvage
打量		dǎ liang	to size sb up
打猎	打獵	dǎ liè	to go hunting
打磨		dǎ mó	to polish
打通		dǎ tōng	to open access
打仗		dǎ zhàng	to fight a battle
大包大揽	大包大攬	dà bāo dà lǎn	to take complete charge (idiom)
大笔	大筆	dàbǐ	Large
大臣		dà chén	chancellor (of a monarchy)
大吃一惊	大吃一驚	dà chī yī jīng	to have a surprise (idiom)
大大咧咧		dà dà liē liē	carefree
大地		dà dì	earth
大队	大隊	dà duì	group
大幅度		dà fú dù	by a wide margin
大公无私	大公無私	dà gōng wú sī	selfless
大家庭		dà jiā tíng	extended family
大街小巷		dà jiē xiǎo xiàng	great streets and small alleys (idiom)
大惊小怪	大驚小怪	dà jīng xiǎo guài	to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
大局		dà jú	overall situation
大款		dà kuǎn	very wealthy person
大面积	大面積	dà miàn jī	large area
大名鼎鼎		dà míng dǐng dǐng	grand reputation
大模大样	大模大樣	dà mú dà yàng	boldly
大棚		dà péng	greenhouse
大片		dà piàn	wide expanse
大气	大氣	dà qì	atmosphere (surrounding the earth)
大厦	大廈	dà shà	(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
大数据	大數據	dà shù jù	big data (computing)
大肆		dà sì	wantonly
大体	大體	dà tǐ	in general
大体上	大體上	dà tǐ shàng	overall
大同小异	大同小異	dà tóng xiǎo yì	virtually the same
大腕儿	大腕兒	dà wàn r	erhua variant of 大腕
大选	大選	dà xuǎn	general election
大雁		dà yàn	wild goose
大意		dà yì	general idea
大有可为	大有可為	dà yǒu kě wéi	with great prospects for the future (idiom)
大宗		dà zōng	large amount
歹徒		dǎi tú	evildoer
逮		dǎi	(coll.) to catch
逮捕		dài bǔ	to arrest
代号	代號	dài hào	code name
代理人		dài lǐ rén	agent
代言人		dài yán rén	spokesperson
带队	帶隊	dài duì	to lead a team
带路	帶路	dài lù	to lead the way
带头	帶頭	dài tóu	to take the lead
带头人	帶頭人	dài tóu rén	leader
怠工		dài gōng	to slacken off in one's work
怠慢		dài màn	to slight
单薄	單薄	dān bó	weak
单边	單邊	dān biān	unilateral
单方面	單方面	dān fāng miàn	unilateral
单身	單身	dān shēn	unmarried
担	擔	dān	to undertake
担当	擔當	dān dāng	to take upon oneself
担负	擔負	dān fù	to shoulder
担子	擔子	dàn zi	carrying pole and the loads on it
耽搁	耽擱	dān ge	to tarry
胆怯	膽怯	dǎn qiè	timidity
胆子	膽子	dǎn zi	courage
但愿	但願	dàn yuàn	if only (sth were possible)
诞辰	誕辰	dàn chén	birthday
弹性	彈性	tán xìng	flexibility
淡化		dàn huà	to water down
淡季		dàn jì	off season
蛋白质	蛋白質	dàn bái zhì	protein
当即	當即	dāng jí	at once
当今	當今	dāng jīn	current
当面	當面	dāng miàn	to sb's face
当日	當日	dāng rì	on that day
当事人	當事人	dāng shì rén	persons involved or implicated
当晚	當晚	dāng wǎn	on that evening
当务之急	當務之急	dāng wù zhī jí	top priority job
当下	當下	dāng xià	immediately
当心	當心	dāng xīn	to take care
当着	當著	dāng zhe	in front of
当真	當真	dàng zhēn	to take seriously
当之无愧	當之無愧	dāng zhī wú kuì	fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom)
当众	當眾	dāng zhòng	in public
荡漾	盪漾	dàng yàng	to ripple
档次	檔次	dàng cì	grade
导弹	導彈	dǎo dàn	(guided) missile
导航	導航	dǎo háng	navigation
导火索	導火索	dǎo huǒ suǒ	fuse (for explosive)
导师	導師	dǎo shī	tutor
导向	導向	dǎo xiàng	to be oriented towards
岛屿	島嶼	dǎo yǔ	island
捣乱	搗亂	dǎo luàn	to disturb
到头来	到頭來	dào tóu lái	in the end
到位		dào wèi	to get to the intended location
倒计时	倒計時	dào jì shí	to count down
倒卖	倒賣	dǎo mài	to resell at a profit
倒数	倒數	dào shǔ	to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
倒塌		dǎo tā	to collapse (of building)
倒下		dǎo xià	to collapse
悼念		dào niàn	to grieve
盗	盜	dào	to steal
盗窃	盜竊	dào qiè	to steal
道具		dào jù	prop (theater)
稻草		dào cǎo	rice straw
德		dé	virtue
地步		dì bù	stage
地段		dì duàn	section
地下水		dì xià shuǐ	groundwater
地狱	地獄	dì yù	hell
地域		dì yù	area
地质	地質	dì zhì	geology
得不偿失	得不償失	dé bù cháng shī	the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
得当	得當	dé dàng	appropriate
得力		dé lì	able
得失		dé shī	gains and losses
得手		dé shǒu	to go smoothly
得体	得體	dé tǐ	appropriate to the occasion
得天独厚	得天獨厚	dé tiān dú hòu	blessed by heaven (idiom)

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