Complete six-level HSK list

HSK 5 vocabulary list

2,500 unique headwords cumulative through HSK 5, including 1,300 first assigned at this level. Browse page 7 of 11 or use the level filter below.

Chinese	Pinyin	Meaning	Version membership
催	cuīcui1	to urge	2.0 L53.0 L5
存在	cún zàicun2 zai4	to exist	2.0 L53.0 L5
措施	cuò shīcuo4 shi1	measure	2.0 L53.0 L5
打交道	dǎ jiāo dàoda3 jiao1 dao4	to come into contact with	2.0 L53.0 L6
打喷嚏	dǎ pēn tìda3 pen1 ti4	to sneeze	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
打听	dǎ tingda3 ting5	to ask about	2.0 L53.0 L5
大方	dà fāngda4 fang1	expert	2.0 L53.0 L6
大厦	dà shàda4 sha4	large building	2.0 L53.0 L5
大象	dà xiàngda4 xiang4	elephant	2.0 L53.0 L5
大型	dà xíngda4 xing2	large scale	2.0 L53.0 L5
呆	dāidai1	foolish	2.0 L53.0 L6
代表	dài biǎodai4 biao3	representative	2.0 L53.0 L5
代替	dài tìdai4 ti4	instead	2.0 L53.0 L5
待遇	dài yùdai4 yu4	treatment	2.0 L53.0 L5
贷款	dài kuǎndai4 kuan3	a loan	2.0 L53.0 L6
单纯	dān chúndan1 chun2	simple	2.0 L53.0 L6
单调	dān diàodan1 diao4	monotonous	2.0 L53.0 L6
单独	dān dúdan1 du2	alone	2.0 L53.0 L5
单元	dān yuándan1 yuan2	unit	2.0 L53.0 L5
担任	dān rèndan1 ren4	to hold a governmental office or post	2.0 L53.0 L5
耽误	dān wudan1 wu5	delay	2.0 L53.0 L6
胆小鬼	dǎn xiǎo guǐdan3 xiao3 gui3	coward	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
淡	dàndan4	insipid	2.0 L53.0 L5
当地	dāng dìdang1 di4	local	2.0 L53.0 L5
当心	dāng xīndang1 xin1	to take care	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
挡	dǎngdang3	to resist	2.0 L53.0 L5
导演	dǎo yǎndao3 yan3	direct	2.0 L53.0 L5
导致	dǎo zhìdao3 zhi4	to lead to	2.0 L53.0 L5
岛屿	dǎo yǔdao3 yu3	islands	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
到达	dào dádao4 da2	to reach	2.0 L53.0 L5
倒霉	dǎo méidao3 mei2	have bad luck	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
道德	dào dédao4 de2	virtue	2.0 L53.0 L6
道理	dào lǐdao4 li3	reason	2.0 L53.0 L5
地道	dì daodi4 dao5	real	2.0 L53.0 L63.0 L7-9
地理	dì lǐdi4 li3	geography	2.0 L53.0 L5
地区	dì qūdi4 qu1	local	2.0 L53.0 L5
地毯	dì tǎndi4 tan3	carpet	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
地位	dì wèidi4 wei4	position	2.0 L53.0 L5
地震	dì zhèndi4 zhen4	earthquake	2.0 L53.0 L5
的确	dí quèdi2 que4	really	2.0 L53.0 L5
登记	dēng jìdeng1 ji4	to register (one's name)	2.0 L53.0 L5
等待	děng dàideng3 dai4	wait for	2.0 L53.0 L5
等于	děng yúdeng3 yu2	to equal	2.0 L53.0 L5
滴	dīdi1	a drop	2.0 L53.0 L6
敌人	dí réndi2 ren2	enemy	2.0 L53.0 L5
递	dìdi4	to hand over	2.0 L53.0 L5
点心	diǎn xindian3 xin5	light refreshments	2.0 L53.0 L5
电池	diàn chídian4 chi2	battery	2.0 L53.0 L5
电台	diàn táidian4 tai2	transmitter-receiver	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
钓	diàodiao4	to fish with a hook and bait	2.0 L5
调皮	tiáo pítiao2 pi2	naughty	2.0 L53.0 L5
调整	tiáo zhěngtiao2 zheng3	adjustment	2.0 L53.0 L5
顶	dǐngding3	apex	2.0 L53.0 L6
动画片	dòng huà piāndong4 hua4 pian1	cartoon	2.0 L5
冻	dòngdong4	to freeze	2.0 L53.0 L5
洞	dòngdong4	cave	2.0 L53.0 L5
豆腐	dòu fudou4 fu5	tofu	2.0 L53.0 L5
逗	dòudou4	to stay	2.0 L53.0 L6
独立	dú lìdu2 li4	independent	2.0 L53.0 L5
独特	dú tèdu2 te4	unique	2.0 L53.0 L5
度过	dù guòdu4 guo4	spend	2.0 L5
断	duànduan4	to break	2.0 L53.0 L5
堆	duīdui1	a pile	2.0 L53.0 L5
对比	duì bǐdui4 bi3	contrast	2.0 L53.0 L5
对待	duì dàidui4 dai4	to treat	2.0 L53.0 L5
对手	duì shǒudui4 shou3	opponent	2.0 L53.0 L5
对象	duì xiàngdui4 xiang4	target	2.0 L53.0 L5
兑换	duì huàndui4 huan4	to convert	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
吨	dūndun1	ton	2.0 L53.0 L5
蹲	dūndun1	to crouch	2.0 L53.0 L6
多亏	duō kuīduo1 kui1	thanks to	2.0 L53.0 L6
多余	duō yúduo1 yu2	superfluous	2.0 L53.0 L6
朵	duǒduo3	flower	2.0 L53.0 L5
躲藏	duǒ cángduo3 cang2	to hide oneself	2.0 L5
恶劣	è lièe4 lie4	vile	2.0 L53.0 L6
耳环	ěr huáner3 huan2	earring	2.0 L53.0 L6
发表	fā biǎofa1 biao3	to issue (a statement)	2.0 L53.0 L5
发愁	fā chóufa1 chou2	to worry	2.0 L53.0 L6
发达	fā dáfa1 da2	developed (country etc)	2.0 L53.0 L5
发抖	fā dǒufa1 dou3	shiver	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
发挥	fā huīfa1 hui1	to display	2.0 L53.0 L5
发明	fā míngfa1 ming2	to invent	2.0 L53.0 L5
发票	fā piàofa1 piao4	invoice	2.0 L53.0 L6
发言	fā yánfa1 yan2	statement	2.0 L53.0 L5
罚款	fá kuǎnfa2 kuan3	(impose a) fine	2.0 L53.0 L5
法院	fǎ yuànfa3 yuan4	court of law	2.0 L53.0 L5
翻	fānfan1	to turn over	2.0 L53.0 L5
繁荣	fán róngfan2 rong2	prosperous	2.0 L53.0 L5
反而	fǎn érfan3 er2	instead	2.0 L53.0 L5
反复	fǎn fùfan3 fu4	repeatedly	2.0 L53.0 L5
反应	fǎn yìngfan3 ying4	to react	2.0 L53.0 L5
反映	fǎn yìngfan3 ying4	to mirror	2.0 L53.0 L5
反正	fǎn zhèngfan3 zheng4	to put things back in order	2.0 L53.0 L5
范围	fàn wéifan4 wei2	range	2.0 L53.0 L5
方	fāngfang1	square	2.0 L53.0 L5
方案	fāng ànfang1 an4	plan	2.0 L53.0 L5
妨碍	fáng àifang2 ai4	to hinder	2.0 L53.0 L6
仿佛	fǎng fúfang3 fu2	to seem	2.0 L53.0 L5
非	fēifei1	non-	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
肥皂	féi zàofei2 zao4	soap	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
废话	fèi huàfei4 hua4	nonsense	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
分别	fēn biéfen1 bie2	to part or leave each other	2.0 L53.0 L5
分布	fēn bùfen1 bu4	distributed	2.0 L53.0 L5
分配	fēn pèifen1 pei4	to distribute	2.0 L53.0 L5
分手	fēn shǒufen1 shou3	to split up	2.0 L53.0 L5
分析	fēn xīfen1 xi1	to analyze	2.0 L53.0 L5
纷纷	fēn fēnfen1 fen1	one after another	2.0 L53.0 L5
奋斗	fèn dòufen4 dou4	to strive	2.0 L53.0 L5
风格	fēng géfeng1 ge2	style	2.0 L53.0 L5
风俗	fēng súfeng1 su2	social custom	2.0 L53.0 L5
风险	fēng xiǎnfeng1 xian3	risk	2.0 L53.0 L5
疯狂	fēng kuángfeng1 kuang2	madness	2.0 L53.0 L5
讽刺	fěng cìfeng3 ci4	to satirize	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
否定	fǒu dìngfou3 ding4	to negate	2.0 L53.0 L5
否认	fǒu rènfou3 ren4	to declare to be untrue	2.0 L53.0 L5
扶	fúfu2	to support with hand	2.0 L53.0 L5
服装	fú zhuāngfu2 zhuang1	dress	2.0 L53.0 L5
辅导	fǔ dǎofu3 dao3	to coach	2.0 L53.0 L6
妇女	fù nǚfu4 nv3	woman	2.0 L53.0 L5
复制	fù zhìfu4 zhi4	to duplicate	2.0 L53.0 L5
改革	gǎi gégai3 ge2	to reform	2.0 L53.0 L5
改进	gǎi jìngai3 jin4	to improve	2.0 L53.0 L5
改善	gǎi shàngai3 shan4	to make better	2.0 L53.0 L5
改正	gǎi zhènggai3 zheng4	to correct	2.0 L53.0 L5
盖	gàigai4	lid	2.0 L53.0 L5
概括	gài kuògai4 kuo4	to summarize	2.0 L53.0 L5
概念	gài niàngai4 nian4	concept	2.0 L53.0 L5
感激	gǎn jīgan3 ji1	to express thanks	2.0 L53.0 L6
感想	gǎn xiǎnggan3 xiang3	impressions	2.0 L53.0 L6
干脆	gān cuìgan1 cui4	straightforward	2.0 L53.0 L6
干燥	gān zàogan1 zao4	to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)	2.0 L53.0 L6
钢铁	gāng tiěgang1 tie3	steel	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
高档	gāo dànggao1 dang4	superior quality	2.0 L53.0 L5
高级	gāo jígao1 ji2	high level	2.0 L53.0 L5
搞	gǎogao3	to do	2.0 L53.0 L5
告别	gào biégao4 bie2	to leave	2.0 L53.0 L5
格外	gé wàige2 wai4	especially	2.0 L53.0 L5
隔壁	gé bìge2 bi4	next door	2.0 L53.0 L6
个别	gè biége4 bie2	individual	2.0 L53.0 L5
个人	gè rénge4 ren2	individual; personal	2.0 L53.0 L5
个性	gè xìngge4 xing4	individuality	2.0 L53.0 L5
各自	gè zìge4 zi4	each	2.0 L53.0 L5
根	gēngen1	root	2.0 L53.0 L5
根本	gēn běngen1 ben3	fundamental	2.0 L53.0 L5
工程师	gōng chéng shīgong1 cheng2 shi1	engineer	2.0 L53.0 L5
工具	gōng jùgong1 ju4	tool	2.0 L53.0 L5
工业	gōng yègong1 ye4	industry	2.0 L53.0 L5
公布	gōng bùgong1 bu4	to announce	2.0 L53.0 L5
公开	gōng kāigong1 kai1	public	2.0 L53.0 L6
公平	gōng pínggong1 ping2	fair	2.0 L53.0 L5
公寓	gōng yùgong1 yu4	apartment building	2.0 L53.0 L5
公元	gōng yuángong1 yuan2	(year) AD	2.0 L53.0 L6
公主	gōng zhǔgong1 zhu3	princess	2.0 L53.0 L6
功能	gōng nénggong1 neng2	function	2.0 L53.0 L5
恭喜	gōng xǐgong1 xi3	to congratulate	2.0 L53.0 L5
贡献	gòng xiàngong4 xian4	to contribute	2.0 L53.0 L5
沟通	gōu tōnggou1 tong1	communicate	2.0 L53.0 L5
构成	gòu chénggou4 cheng2	to constitute	2.0 L53.0 L5
姑姑	gū gugu1 gu5	paternal aunt	2.0 L53.0 L6
古代	gǔ dàigu3 dai4	ancient times	2.0 L53.0 L5
古典	gǔ diǎngu3 dian3	classical	2.0 L53.0 L6
股票	gǔ piàogu3 piao4	share	2.0 L53.0 L6
骨头	gǔ tougu3 tou5	bone	2.0 L53.0 L6
鼓舞	gǔ wǔgu3 wu3	heartening (news)	2.0 L53.0 L6
鼓掌	gǔ zhǎnggu3 zhang3	to applaud	2.0 L53.0 L5
固定	gù dìnggu4 ding4	fixed	2.0 L53.0 L5
挂号	guà hàogua4 hao4	to register (a letter etc)	2.0 L53.0 L5
乖	guāiguai1	(of a child) obedient, well-behaved	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
拐弯	guǎi wānguai3 wan1	to go round a curve	2.0 L53.0 L6
怪不得	guài bu deguai4 bu5 de5	lit. you can't blame it!	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
关闭	guān bìguan1 bi4	to close	2.0 L53.0 L5
观察	guān cháguan1 cha2	to observe	2.0 L53.0 L5
观点	guān diǎnguan1 dian3	point of view	2.0 L53.0 L5
观念	guān niànguan1 nian4	notion	2.0 L53.0 L5
官	guānguan1	official	2.0 L53.0 L6
冠军	guàn jūnguan4 jun1	champion	2.0 L53.0 L5
管子	guǎn zǐguan3 zi3	tube	2.0 L5
光滑	guāng huaguang1 hua5	glossy	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
光临	guāng línguang1 lin2	(honorific) Welcome!	2.0 L53.0 L5
光明	guāng míngguang1 ming2	light	2.0 L53.0 L5
光盘	guāng pánguang1 pan2	compact disc	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
广场	guǎng chǎngguang3 chang3	a public square (e.g. Tiananmen Square)	2.0 L53.0 L5
广大	guǎng dàguang3 da4	(of an area) vast or extensive	2.0 L53.0 L5
广泛	guǎng fànguang3 fan4	extensive	2.0 L53.0 L5
归纳	guī nàgui1 na4	to sum up	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
规矩	guī jugui1 ju5	lit. compass and set square	2.0 L53.0 L6
规律	guī lǜgui1 lv4	rule (e.g. of science)	2.0 L53.0 L5
规模	guī mógui1 mo2	scale	2.0 L53.0 L5
规则	guī zégui1 ze2	rule	2.0 L53.0 L5
柜台	guì táigui4 tai2	sales counter	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
滚	gǔngun3	to boil	2.0 L53.0 L5
锅	guōguo1	pot	2.0 L53.0 L5
国庆节	Guó qìng jiéGuo2 qing4 jie2	PRC National Day (October 1st)	2.0 L5
国王	guó wángguo2 wang2	king	2.0 L53.0 L6
果然	guǒ ránguo3 ran2	really	2.0 L53.0 L5
果实	guǒ shíguo3 shi2	fruit	2.0 L53.0 L5
过分	guò fènguo4 fen4	excessive	2.0 L53.0 L5
过敏	guò mǐnguo4 min3	to be allergic	2.0 L53.0 L5
过期	guò qīguo4 qi1	to be overdue	2.0 L53.0 L5
哈	hāha1	laughter	2.0 L53.0 L5
海关	hǎi guānhai3 guan1	customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)	2.0 L53.0 L5
海鲜	hǎi xiānhai3 xian1	seafood	2.0 L53.0 L5
豪华	háo huáhao2 hua2	luxurious	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
好客	hào kèhao4 ke4	hospitality	2.0 L53.0 L6
好奇	hào qíhao4 qi2	inquisitive	2.0 L53.0 L5
合法	hé fǎhe2 fa3	lawful	2.0 L53.0 L5
合理	hé lǐhe2 li3	rational	2.0 L53.0 L5
合同	hé tonghe2 tong5	(business) contract	2.0 L53.0 L5
合影	hé yǐnghe2 ying3	joint photo	2.0 L53.0 L5
合作	hé zuòhe2 zuo4	to cooperate	2.0 L53.0 L5
何必	hé bìhe2 bi4	there is no need	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
何况	hé kuànghe2 kuang4	much less	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
和平	hé pínghe2 ping2	peace	2.0 L53.0 L6
核心	hé xīnhe2 xin1	core	2.0 L53.0 L6
恨	hènhen4	to hate	2.0 L53.0 L6
猴子	hóu zihou2 zi5	monkey	2.0 L53.0 L5
后背	hòu bèihou4 bei4	the back (human anatomy)	2.0 L5
后果	hòu guǒhou4 guo3	consequences	2.0 L53.0 L5
呼吸	hū xīhu1 xi1	to breathe	2.0 L53.0 L5
忽视	hū shìhu1 shi4	to neglect	2.0 L53.0 L5
胡说	hú shuōhu2 shuo1	to talk nonsense	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
胡同	hú tònghu2 tong4	lane	2.0 L53.0 L5
壶	húhu2	pot	2.0 L53.0 L6
糊涂	hú tuhu2 tu5	muddled	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
蝴蝶	hú diéhu2 die2	butterfly	2.0 L53.0 L5
花生	huā shēnghua1 sheng1	peanut	2.0 L53.0 L6
华裔	huá yìhua2 yi4	ethnic Chinese	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
滑	huáhua2	to slip; to slide	2.0 L53.0 L5
化学	huà xuéhua4 xue2	chemistry	2.0 L53.0 L5
划	huáhua2	to row	2.0 L53.0 L53.0 L6
话题	huà tíhua4 ti2	subject (of a talk or conversation)	2.0 L53.0 L5
怀念	huái niànhuai2 nian4	to cherish the memory of	2.0 L53.0 L6
怀孕	huái yùnhuai2 yun4	pregnant	2.0 L53.0 L6
缓解	huǎn jiěhuan3 jie3	to ease	2.0 L53.0 L5
幻想	huàn xiǎnghuan4 xiang3	delusion	2.0 L53.0 L6
慌张	huāng zhānghuang1 zhang1	confused	2.0 L53.0 L7-9
黄金	huáng jīnhuang2 jin1	gold	2.0 L53.0 L5
灰	huīhui1	ash	2.0 L53.0 L5
灰尘	huī chénhui1 chen2	dust	2.0 L53.0 L6
灰心	huī xīnhui1 xin1	lose heart	2.0 L53.0 L6