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
复兴	復興	fù xīng	to revive
复原	復原	fù yuán	to restore (sth) to (its) former condition
赴		fù	to go
副作用		fù zuò yòng	side effect
富含		fù hán	to contain in great quantities
富豪		fù háo	rich and powerful person
富强	富強	fù qiáng	rich and powerful
富翁		fù wēng	rich person
富裕		fù yù	prosperous
富足		fù zú	rich
赋予	賦予	fù yǔ	to assign
腹部		fù bù	abdomen
腹泻	腹瀉	fù xiè	diarrhea
覆盖	覆蓋	fù gài	to cover
改版		gǎi bǎn	to revise the current edition
改编	改編	gǎi biān	to adapt
改动	改動	gǎi dòng	to alter
改革开放	改革開放	gǎi gé kāi fàng	to reform and open to the outside world
改良		gǎi liáng	to improve (sth)
改名		gǎi míng	to change one's name
改日		gǎi rì	another day
改为	改為	gǎi wéi	to change into
改邪归正	改邪歸正	gǎi xié guī zhèng	to mend one's ways (idiom)
钙	鈣	gài	calcium (chemistry)
盖子	蓋子	gài zi	cover
概况	概況	gài kuàng	general situation
概率		gài lǜ	probability (math.)
概论	概論	gài lùn	outline
甘心		gān xīn	to be willing to
肝脏	肝臟	gān zàng	liver
尴尬	尷尬	gān gà	awkward
赶赴	趕赴	gǎn fù	to hurry
赶往	趕往	gǎn wǎng	to hurry to (somewhere)
敢情		gǎn qing	actually
感		gǎn	to feel
感触	感觸	gǎn chù	one's thoughts and feelings
感恩		gǎn ēn	to be grateful
感慨		gǎn kǎi	to sigh with sorrow, regret etc
感染		gǎn rǎn	to infect
感染力		gǎn rǎn lì	infectiousness (of a disease)
感叹	感嘆	gǎn tàn	to sigh (with feeling)
感性		gǎn xìng	perception
干部	幹部	gàn bù	cadre
干戈		gān gē	weapons of war
干旱	乾旱	gān hàn	drought
干事	幹事	gàn shi	administrator
刚毅	剛毅	gāng yì	resolute
杠铃	槓鈴	gàng líng	barbell
纲领	綱領	gāng lǐng	program (i.e. plan of action)
纲要	綱要	gāng yào	outline
缸		gāng	jar
钢	鋼	gāng	steel
港		gǎng	harbor
高昂		gāo áng	to hold (one's head) high
高傲		gāo ào	arrogant
高超		gāo chāo	excellent
高低		gāo dī	height
高调	高調	gāo diào	high-sounding speech
高额	高額	gāo é	high quota
高尔夫球	高爾夫球	gāo ěr fū qiú	golf
高峰期		gāo fēng qī	peak period
高贵	高貴	gāo guì	grandeur
高空		gāo kōng	high altitude
高龄	高齡	gāo líng	elderly
高明		gāo míng	brilliant
高山		gāo shān	high mountain
高效		gāo xiào	efficient
高新技术	高新技術	gāo xīn jì shù	high tech
高血压	高血壓	gāo xuè yā	high blood pressure
高压	高壓	gāo yā	high pressure
高雅		gāo yǎ	dainty
高涨	高漲	gāo zhǎng	to surge up
搞鬼		gǎo guǐ	to make mischief
搞笑		gǎo xiào	to get people to laugh
告		gào	to say
告辞	告辭	gào cí	to say goodbye
告诫	告誡	gào jiè	to warn
告示		gào shi	announcement
告知		gào zhī	to inform
告状	告狀	gào zhuàng	to tell on sb
戈壁		gē bì	Gobi (desert)
割		gē	to cut
搁	擱	gē	to place
搁浅	擱淺	gē qiǎn	to be stranded (of ship)
搁置	擱置	gē zhì	to shelve
歌剧	歌劇	gē jù	Western opera
歌颂	歌頌	gē sòng	to sing the praises of
歌舞		gē wǔ	singing and dancing
歌咏	歌詠	gē yǒng	to sing
格		gé	square
格格不入		gé gé bù rù	(idiom) inharmonious
格局		gé jú	structure
格式		gé shì	form
隔阂	隔閡	gé hé	misunderstanding
隔离	隔離	gé lí	to separate
个案	個案	gè àn	individual case
个头儿	個頭兒	gè tóu r	size
各奔前程		gè bèn qián chéng	each goes his own way (idiom)
各式各样	各式各樣	gè shì gè yàng	(of) all kinds and sorts
根基		gēn jī	foundation
根深蒂固		gēn shēn dì gù	deep-rooted (problem etc)
根源		gēn yuán	origin
根治		gēn zhì	to bring under permanent control
跟不上		gēn bu shàng	not able to keep up with
跟上		gēn shàng	to catch up with
跟踪	跟蹤	gēn zōng	to follow sb's tracks
耕地		gēng dì	arable land
耿直		gěng zhí	honest
更改		gēng gǎi	to alter
更衣室		gēng yī shì	change room
工地		gōng dì	construction site
工会	工會	gōng huì	labor union
工科		gōng kē	engineering as an academic subject
工商界		gōng shāng jiè	industry
工序		gōng xù	working procedure
工整		gōng zhěng	fine work
工作量		gōng zuò liàng	workload
弓		gōng	a bow (weapon)
公安局		gōng ān jú	public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
公车	公車	gōng chē	bus
公道		gōng dào	justice
公费	公費	gōng fèi	at public expense
公共场所	公共場所	gōng gòng chǎng suǒ	public place
公关	公關	gōng guān	public relations
公函		gōng hán	official letter
公积金	公積金	gōng jī jīn	official reserves
公开信	公開信	gōng kāi xìn	open letter
公款		gōng kuǎn	public money
公立		gōng lì	public (e.g. school, hospital)
公墓		gōng mù	public cemetery
公仆	公僕	gōng pú	public servant
公顷	公頃	gōng qǐng	hectare
公然		gōng rán	openly
公示		gōng shì	to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments)
公事		gōng shì	work-related matters
公务	公務	gōng wù	official business
公益		gōng yì	public good
公益性		gōngyì xìng	Public welfare
公用		gōng yòng	public
公约	公約	gōng yuē	convention (i.e. international agreement)
公证	公證	gōng zhèng	notarization
公职	公職	gōng zhí	civil service
功		gōng	meritorious deed or service
功臣		gōng chén	minister who has given outstanding service
功底		gōng dǐ	training in the basic skills
功劳	功勞	gōng láo	contribution
功力		gōng lì	merit
功率		gōng lǜ	rate of work
功效		gōng xiào	efficacy
攻		gōng	to attack
攻读	攻讀	gōng dú	to major (in a field)
攻关	攻關	gōng guān	to storm a strategic pass
供		gōng	to provide
供不应求	供不應求	gōng bù yìng qiú	supply does not meet demand
供奉		gòng fèng	to consecrate
供暖		gōng nuǎn	to supply heating (in a building)
供求		gōng qiú	supply and demand (economics)
宫殿	宮殿	gōng diàn	palace
宫廷	宮廷	gōng tíng	court (of king or emperor)
恭维	恭維	gōng wei	to praise
恭喜		gōng xǐ	to congratulate
拱		gǒng	to cup one's hands in salute
共鸣	共鳴	gòng míng	(physics) to resonate
共识	共識	gòng shí	common understanding
共同体	共同體	gòng tóng tǐ	community
共性		gòng xìng	overall character
勾		gōu	to attract
勾画	勾畫	gōu huà	to sketch out
勾结	勾結	gōu jié	to collude with
钩	鉤	gōu	to hook
钩子	鉤子	gōu zi	hook
构思	構思	gòu sī	to design
构想	構想	gòu xiǎng	to conceive
购	購	gòu	to buy
够呛	夠嗆	gòu qiàng	unbearable
估算		gū suàn	assessment
孤立		gū lì	isolated
孤零零		gū líng líng	lone
孤陋寡闻	孤陋寡聞	gū lòu guǎ wén	ignorant and inexperienced
沽名钓誉	沽名釣譽	gū míng diào yù	to angle for fame (idiom)
辜负	辜負	gū fù	to fail to live up (to expectations)
古董		gǔ dǒng	curio
古怪		gǔ guài	strange
古迹	古蹟	gǔ jì	places of historic interest
古今中外		gǔ jīn zhōng wài	at all times and in all places (idiom)
古朴	古樸	gǔ pǔ	simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
古人		gǔ rén	people of ancient times
股份		gǔ fèn	a share (in a company)
股民		gǔ mín	stock investor
股市		gǔ shì	stock market
骨干	骨幹	gǔ gàn	diaphysis (long segment of a bone)
骨气	骨氣	gǔ qì	unyielding character
骨折		gǔ zhé	to suffer a fracture
鼓动	鼓動	gǔ dòng	to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral)
固然		gù rán	admittedly (it's true that...)
固执	固執	gù zhí	obstinate
故		gù	happening
顾不得	顧不得	gù bu de	unable to change sth
顾不上	顧不上	gù bu shàng	cannot attend to or manage
顾及	顧及	gù jí	to take into consideration

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