HSK word lists

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
监狱jiān yùprison鉴于jiàn yúin view of; seeing that奸诈jiān zhàtreachery; devious见证jiàn zhèngto be witness to; witness兼职jiān zhíto hold concurrent posts; concurrent job建筑师jiàn zhù shīarchitect建筑物jiàn zhù wùbuilding; structure健壮jiàn zhuàngrobust; healthy姜jiāngginger僵jiāngrigid; deadlock奖杯jiǎng bēitrophy cup僵化jiāng huàto become rigid讲解jiǎng jiěto explain僵局jiāng júimpasse; deadlock降临jiàng línto descend; to arrive奖牌jiǎng páimedal (awarded as a prize)奖品jiǎng pǐnaward; prize讲述jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account奖项jiǎng xiàngaward; prize; CL:項|项[xiàng]讲学jiǎng xuéto lecture (on branch of learning)浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel)焦jiāoburnt; scorched绞jiǎoto twist (strands into a thread); to entangle搅jiǎoto disturb; to annoy缴jiǎoto hand in; to hand over嚼jiáoto chew; also pr. [jué]搅拌jiǎo bànto stir; to agitate叫板jiào bǎnto signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge交叉jiāo chāto cross; to intersect轿车jiào chēenclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage缴费jiǎo fèito pay a fee交锋jiāo fēngto cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb)交付jiāo fùto hand over; to deliver娇惯jiāo guànto pamper; to coddle叫好jiào hǎoto applaud; to cheer狡猾jiǎo huácrafty; cunning; sly交集jiāo jí(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection焦急jiāo jíanxiety; anxious交接jiāo jiē(of two things) to come into contact; to meet交界jiāo jiècommon boundary; common border较劲jiào jìnto match one's strength with; to compete焦距jiāo jùfocal length; focal distance教科书jiào kē shūtextbook; CL:本[běn]较量jiào liàngto pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb焦虑jiāo lǜanxious; worried角落jiǎo luònook; corner交纳jiāo nàto pay (taxes or dues)缴纳jiǎo nàto pay (taxes etc)胶囊jiāo náng(pharm.) capsule胶片jiāo piàn(photographic) film娇气jiāo qìdelicate; squeamish交情jiāo qingfriendship; friendly relations交涉jiāo shèto negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)礁石jiāo shíreef交谈jiāo tánto discuss; to converse; chat; discussion交替jiāo tìto replace; alternately; in turn教条jiào tiáodoctrine; dogma交头接耳jiāo tóu jiē ěrto whisper to one another's ear郊外jiāo wàioutskirts交响乐jiāo xiǎng yuèsymphony教养jiào yǎngto educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture郊游jiāo yóuto go for an outing; to go on an excursion焦躁jiāo zàofretful; impatient矫正jiǎo zhèngto correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision)皆jiēall; each and every劫jiéto rob; to plunder截jiéto cut off (a length); to stop接送jiē - sòngto pick up and drop off; to ferry back and forth接班jiē bānto take over (from those working the previous shift); to take over (in a leadership role etc)接班人jiē bān rénsuccessor戒备jiè bèito take precautions; to guard against (emergency)结冰jié bīngto freeze阶层jiē céngsocial class劫持jié chíto kidnap; to hijack解答jiě dáto solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty)界定jiè dìngdefinition; to delimit解读jiě dúto decipher; to decode接二连三jiē èr lián sānone after another (idiom); in quick succession揭发jiē fāto expose; to bring to light解雇jiě gùto fire; to sack接轨jiē guǐrailtrack connection; to integrate into sth阶级jiē jí(social) class; CL:個|个[gè]接济jiē jìto give material assistance to接见jiē jiànto receive sb; to grant an interview节俭jié jiǎnfrugal; economical竭尽全力jié jìn quán lìto spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost洁净jié jìngclean; to cleanse结晶jié jīngto crystallize; crystallization解救jiě jiùto rescue; to help out of difficulties结局jié júconclusion; ending借口jiè kǒuto use as an excuse; excuse; pretext接力jiē lìrelay竭力jié lìto do one's utmost揭露jiē lùto expose; to unmask接纳jiē nàto admit (to membership)解剖jiě pōuto dissect (an animal); to analyze节气jié qisolar term截然不同jié rán bù tóngentirely different; different as black and white介入jiè rùto intervene; to get involved解散jiě sànto dissolve; to disband

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.