HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

The 5,585 words of new HSK band 7–9, the advanced stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.

5,585 words

Ordered by pinyin

浑身hún shēnall over; from head to foot 混淆hùn xiáoto obscure; to confuse 婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],次[cì]混浊hùn zhuóturbid; muddy 火暴huǒ bàovariant of 火爆[huǒ bào]货币huò bìcurrency; monetary 货车huò chētruck; van 豁出去huō chu quto throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck 豁达huò dáoptimistic; sanguine 或多或少huò duō huò shǎomore or less 活该huó gāi(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly 火锅huǒ guōhotpot 祸害huò hàidisaster; harm 火候huǒ houheat control; (fig.) mastery 火花huǒ huāspark; sparkle 火炬huǒ jù(flaming) torch; CL:把[bǎ]火辣辣huǒ là làscorching hot; (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning 霍乱huò luàncholera 活期huó qī(banking) current (account); checking (account)活儿huó rwork; (lots of) things to do 火热huǒ rèfiery; burning 火山huǒ shānvolcano 获胜huò shèngvictorious; to win 伙食huǒ shífood; meals 火速huǒ sùat top speed; at a tremendous lick 货物huò wùgoods; commodity 获悉huò xīto learn of sth; to find out 火焰huǒ yànblaze; flame 火药huǒ yàogunpowder 货运huò yùnfreight transport; cargo 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication)及jíand; to reach 即jínamely; that is 计jìto calculate; to compute 忌jìto be jealous of; fear 剂jìdose (medicine)继jìto continue; to follow after 祭jìto offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony 基本功jī běn gōngbasic skills; fundamentals 即便jí biàneven if; even though 级别jí bié(military) rank; level 机舱jī cāngcabin of a plane 计策jì cèstratagem 基层jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit 积淀jī diàndeposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom 祭奠jì diànto offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service 机动jī dònglocomotive; motorized 极度jí dùextremely 嫉妒jí dùto be jealous of; to envy 饥饿jī èhunger; starvation 继而jì érthen; afterwards 激发jī fāto arouse; to stimulate 肌肤jī fūskin; flesh 继父jì fùstepfather 激光jī guānglaser 记号jì haomark; symbol 激化jī huàto intensify 集会jí huìto gather; assembly 忌讳jì huìtaboo; to avoid as taboo 激活jī huóto activate 计较jì jiàoto bother about; to haggle 集结jí jiéto assemble; to concentrate 寂静jì jìngquiet 急剧jí jùrapid; sudden 即可jí kěequivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth)忌口jì kǒuabstain from certain food (as when ill); avoid certain foods 激励jī lìto encourage; to urge 极力jí lìto make a supreme effort; at all costs 脊梁jǐ liángbackbone; spine 机灵jī lingclever; quick-witted 几率jī lǜprobability; odds 纪录片jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)机密jī mìsecret; classified (information)寂寞jì mòlonely; lonesome 继母jì mǔstepmother 纪念碑jì niàn bēimonument 纪念馆jì niàn guǎnmemorial hall; commemorative museum 纪念日jì niàn rìday of commemoration; memorial day 急迫jí pòurgent; pressing 吉普Jí pǔJeep (car brand)激起jī qǐto arouse; to evoke 及其jí qí(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...极少数jí shǎo shùextremely few; a small minority 计时jì shíto measure time; to time 纪实jì shírecord of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)棘手jí shǒuthorny (problem); intractable 祭祀jì sìto offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors 激素jī sùhormone 吉他jí tāguitar (loanword); CL:把[bǎ]寄托jì tuōto entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in 极为jí wéiextremely; exceedingly 极限jí xiànlimit; extreme boundary 迹象jì xiàngsign; indication; mark; indicator 吉祥物jí xiáng wùmascot 讥笑jī xiàoto sneer 畸形jī xíngdeformed; malformed; lopsided; unbalanced 急性jí xìngacute 积蓄jī xùto save; to put aside; savings 急需jí xūto urgently need; urgent need 挤压jǐ yāto squeeze; to press

Practice HSK 7–9 with flashcards

Each list contains the words with an exact simplified-spelling match in our CC-CEDICT dictionary, ordered by pinyin. The official word lists are slightly larger; spellings outside the dictionary do not appear here. Read how the new HSK compares with the old one.