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
得益于	得益於	dé yì yú	to benefit from
得意扬扬	得意揚揚	dé yì yáng yáng	variant of 洋
得知		dé zhī	to find out
得罪		dé zuì	to commit an offense
灯笼	燈籠	dēng lóng	lantern
灯泡	燈泡	dēng pào	light bulb
登机	登機	dēng jī	to board a plane
登陆	登陸	dēng lù	to land
蹬		dēng	to step on
凳子		dèng zi	stool
瞪		dèng	to open (one's eyes) wide
低调	低調	dī diào	low pitch
低估		dī gū	to underestimate
低谷		dī gǔ	valley
低价	低價	dī jià	low price
低迷		dī mí	blurred (landscape etc)
低碳		dī tàn	(attributive) low-carbon
低下		dī xià	low status
堤		dī	dike
堤坝	堤壩	dī bà	dam
笛子		dí zi	bamboo flute
底层	底層	dǐ céng	ground or first floor
底线	底線	dǐ xiàn	bottom line
底蕴	底蘊	dǐ yùn	inside information
底子		dǐ zi	base
抵触	抵觸	dǐ chù	to conflict
抵挡	抵擋	dǐ dǎng	to resist
抵消		dǐ xiāo	to counteract
抵押		dǐ yā	to provide (an asset) as security for a loan
抵御	抵禦	dǐ yù	to resist
抵制		dǐ zhì	to resist
弟子		dì zǐ	disciple
帝国	帝國	dì guó	empire
帝国主义	帝國主義	dì guó zhǔ yì	imperialism
递交	遞交	dì jiāo	to present
第一手		dì yī shǒu	first-hand
第一线	第一線	dì yī xiàn	front line
颠倒	顛倒	diān dǎo	to turn upside down
颠覆	顛覆	diān fù	to topple (i.e. knock over)
巅峰	巔峰	diān fēng	summit
典范	典範	diǎn fàn	model
点火	點火	diǎn huǒ	to ignite
点击率	點擊率	diǎn jī lǜ	click-through rate (CTR) (Internet)
点评	點評	diǎn píng	to comment
点缀	點綴	diǎn zhuì	to decorate
点子	點子	diǎn zi	spot
电报	電報	diàn bào	telegram
电铃	電鈴	diàn líng	electric bell
电网	電網	diàn wǎng	electricity grid
电线	電線	diàn xiàn	wire
电信	電信	diàn xìn	telecommunications
电讯	電訊	diàn xùn	telecommunications
垫	墊	diàn	pad
垫底	墊底	diàn dǐ	to put sth on the bottom
垫子	墊子	diàn zi	cushion
惦记	惦記	diàn jì	to think of
淀粉	澱粉	diàn fěn	starch
奠定		diàn dìng	to establish
殿堂		diàn táng	palace
刁难	刁難	diāo nàn	to be hard on sb
叼		diāo	to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
雕		diāo	to carve
雕刻		diāo kè	to carve
雕塑		diāo sù	a statue
吊销	吊銷	diào xiāo	to suspend (an agreement)
钓鱼	釣魚	diào yú	to fish (with line and hook)
调度	調度	diào dù	to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc)
调侃	調侃	tiáo kǎn	to ridicule
调控	調控	tiáo kòng	to regulate
调料	調料	tiáo liào	condiment
调试	調試	tiáo shì	to debug
掉队	掉隊	diào duì	to fall behind
掉头	掉頭	diào tóu	to turn one's head
爹		diē	dad
迭起		dié qǐ	continuously arising
叠	疊	dié	to fold
叮嘱	叮囑	dīng zhǔ	to warn repeatedly
盯		dīng	to watch attentively
钉	釘	dīng	nail
钉子	釘子	dīng zi	nail
顶多	頂多	dǐng duō	at most
顶级	頂級	dǐng jí	top-notch
顶尖	頂尖	dǐng jiān	peak
订单	訂單	dìng dān	(purchase) order
订购	訂購	dìng gòu	to place an order
订婚	訂婚	dìng hūn	to get engaged
订立	訂立	dìng lì	to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc)
定金		dìng jīn	down payment
定居		dìng jū	to settle (in some city, country etc)
定论	定論	dìng lùn	final conclusion
定为	定為	dìng wèi	set to
定向		dìng xiàng	to orientate
定心丸		dìng xīn wán	tranquilizer
定义	定義	dìng yì	definition
定做		dìng zuò	to have something made to order
丢掉	丟掉	diū diào	to lose
丢脸	丟臉	diū liǎn	to lose face
丢弃	丟棄	diū qì	to discard
丢人	丟人	diū rén	to lose face
丢失	丟失	diū shī	to lose
东奔西走	東奔西走	dōng bēn xī zǒu	to run this way and that (idiom)
东道主	東道主	dōng dào zhǔ	host
东张西望	東張西望	dōng zhāng xī wàng	to look in all directions (idiom)
董事		dǒng shì	board member
董事会	董事會	dǒng shì huì	board of directors
董事长	董事長	dǒng shì zhǎng	chairman of the board of directors
懂事		dǒng shì	to grow beyond the naivete of childhood
动不动	動不動	dòng bu dòng	(typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc)
动弹	動彈	dòng tan	to budge
动荡	動蕩	dòng dàng	unrest (social or political)
动感	動感	dòng gǎn	sense of movement (often in a static work of art)
动工	動工	dòng gōng	to start (a building project)
动静	動靜	dòng jìng	(detectable) movement
动脉	動脈	dòng mài	artery
动身	動身	dòng shēn	to go on a journey
动听	動聽	dòng tīng	pleasant to listen to
动向	動向	dòng xiàng	trend
动用	動用	dòng yòng	to utilize
冻结	凍結	dòng jié	to freeze (water etc)
栋	棟	dòng	classifier for houses or buildings
栋梁	棟梁	dòng liáng	ridgepole
都会	都會	dū huì	city
兜		dōu	pocket
兜儿	兜兒	dōu r	erhua variant of 兜
兜售		dōu shòu	to hawk
抖		dǒu	to tremble
陡		dǒu	steep
斗	鬥	dòu	to fight
斗志	鬥志	dòu zhì	will to fight
豆浆	豆漿	dòu jiāng	soy milk
豆子		dòu zi	bean
督促		dū cù	to supervise and urge completion of a task
独	獨	dú	alone
独唱	獨唱	dú chàng	(in singing) solo
独家	獨家	dú jiā	exclusive
独立自主	獨立自主	dú lì zì zhǔ	independent and autonomous (idiom)
独身	獨身	dú shēn	unmarried
独一无二	獨一無二	dú yī wú èr	unique and unmatched (idiom)
堵塞		dǔ sè	to clog up
妒忌		dù jì	to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)
杜绝	杜絕	dù jué	to put an end to
度假		dù jià	to go on holidays
渡过	渡過	dù guò	to cross over
端正		duān zhèng	upright
短缺		duǎn quē	shortage
短暂	短暫	duǎn zàn	of short duration
段落		duàn luò	phase
断定	斷定	duàn dìng	to conclude
断断续续	斷斷續續	duàn duàn xù xù	intermittent
断裂	斷裂	duàn liè	fracture
堆砌		duī qì	lit. to pile up (bricks)
队形	隊形	duì xíng	formation
对白	對白	duì bái	dialogue (in a movie or a play)
对策	對策	duì cè	countermeasure for dealing with a situation
对称	對稱	duì chèn	symmetry
对得起	對得起	duì de qǐ	not to let sb down
对联	對聯	duì lián	rhyming couplet
对弈	對弈	duì yì	to play go, chess etc
对照	對照	duì zhào	to contrast
对峙	對峙	duì zhì	to stand opposite
对准	對準	duì zhǔn	to aim at
兑换	兌換	duì huàn	to convert
兑现	兌現	duì xiàn	(of a check etc) to cash
敦促		dūn cù	to press
敦厚		dūn hòu	genuine
炖	燉	dùn	to stew
顿时	頓時	dùn shí	immediately
多边	多邊	duō biān	multilateral
多功能		duō gōng néng	multifunctional
多劳多得	多勞多得	duō láo duō dé	work more and get more
多年来	多年來	duō nián lái	for the past many years
多心		duō xīn	oversensitive
多元		duō yuán	poly-
哆嗦		duō suo	to tremble
夺冠	奪冠	duó guàn	to seize the crown
夺魁	奪魁	duó kuí	to seize
躲避		duǒ bì	to hide
堕落	墮落	duò luò	to degrade
舵手		duò shǒu	helmsman
讹诈	訛詐	é zhà	to extort under false pretenses
俄语	俄語	é yǔ	Russian (language)
鹅	鵝	é	goose
额外	額外	é wài	extra
厄运	厄運	è yùn	bad luck
恶	惡	è	evil
恶化	惡化	è huà	to worsen
恶性	惡性	è xìng	malignant
恶意	惡意	è yì	malice
掠夺	掠奪	lüè duó	to plunder
略		lüè	brief
略微		lüè wēi	a little bit
遏制		è zhì	to check
鳄鱼	鱷魚	è yú	alligator
恩赐	恩賜	ēn cì	favor
恩惠		ēn huì	favor
恩情		ēn qíng	kindness
恩怨		ēn yuàn	gratitude and grudges
而已		ér yǐ	that's all
耳光		ěr guāng	a slap on the face
耳目一新		ěr mù yī xīn	a pleasant change

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