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

口才kǒu cáieloquence 口吃kǒu chīto stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kǒují]扣除kòu chúto deduct 口感kǒu gǎnmouthfeel; texture (of food)口径kǒu jìngbore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line 口令kǒu lìngoral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)扣留kòu liúto detain; to arrest 口气kǒu qìtone of voice; the way one speaks 口腔kǒu qiāngoral cavity 扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xiánto excite; to thrill 口哨kǒu shàowhistle 口水kǒu shuǐsaliva 口头kǒu tóuoral; verbal 口味kǒu wèia person's preferences; tastes (in food)口香糖kǒu xiāng tángchewing gum 扣押kòu yāto detain; to hold in custody 口音kǒu yīn(linguistics) oral speech sounds 口罩kǒu zhàomask (surgical etc)口子kǒu zihole; opening 苦力kǔ lìbitter work; hard toil 苦练kǔ liànto train hard; to practice diligently 窟窿kū longhole; pocket 苦难kǔ nànsuffering 苦恼kǔ nǎovexed; distressed 哭泣kū qìto weep 酷似kù sìto strikingly resemble 苦笑kǔ xiàoto force a smile; a bitter laugh 哭笑不得kū xiào bù délit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing 苦心kǔ xīnpainstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble 枯燥kū zàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious 夸kuāused in transliteration 垮kuǎto collapse (lit. or fig.)挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)夸大kuā dàto exaggerate 跨国kuà guótransnational; multinational 夸奖kuā jiǎngto praise; to applaud 夸夸其谈kuā kuā - qí tánto talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air 夸耀kuā yàoto brag about; to flaunt 跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over 夸张kuā zhāngto exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated 快捷kuài jiéquick; fast 宽敞kuān changspacious; wide 宽泛kuān fànwide-ranging 宽厚kuān hòutolerant; generous 宽容kuān rónglenient; tolerant 款式kuǎn shìpattern; style 宽恕kuān shùto forgive; forgiveness 宽松kuān sōngspacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable 款项kuǎn xiàngfunds; a sum of money 筐kuāngbasket; CL:隻|只[zhī]框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing 矿藏kuàng cángmineral resources 狂欢kuáng huānparty; carousal 狂欢节kuáng huān jiécarnival 框架kuàng jià(construction) frame; (fig.) framework 旷课kuàng kèto play truant; to cut classes 况且kuàng qiěmoreover; besides 狂热kuáng rèzealotry; fanatical 亏本kuī běnto make a loss 亏损kuī sǔndeficit; (financial) loss 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together 昆虫kūn chónginsect; CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],堆[duī]困惑kùn huòbewildered; perplexed 困境kùn jìngpredicament; plight 扩kuòto enlarge 阔绰kuò chuòextravagant; liberal with money 括弧kuò húparentheses; brackets 扩建kuò jiànto extend (a building, an airport runway etc)扩散kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse 扩张kuò zhāngexpansion; dilation 蜡làcandle; wax 喇叭lǎ bahorn (automobile etc); loudspeaker 拉动lā dòngto pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity)辣椒là jiāohot pepper; chili 啦啦队lā lā duìcheerleading squad 拉拢lā lǒngto rope in; fig. to involve sb 拉锁lā suǒzipper 腊月Là yuètwelfth lunar month 蜡烛là zhúcandle; CL:根[gēn],支[zhī]来宾lái bīnguest; visitor 来电lái diànincoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram 来访lái fǎngto pay a visit 来回lái huíto make a round trip; return journey 来历lái lìhistory; antecedents 来临lái línto approach; to come closer 来龙去脉lái lóng qù màilit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); fig. the whole sequence of events; causes and effects 来年lái niánnext year; the coming year 来源于lái yuán yúto originate in 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct 栏lánfence; railing 揽lǎnto monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace 缆车lǎn chēcable car 懒得lǎn denot to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to 懒惰lǎn duòidle; lazy 栏杆lán gānrailing; banister 蓝图lán túblueprint 滥用làn yòngto misuse; to abuse 狼lángwolf; CL:匹[pǐ],隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]浪làngwave; breaker 狼狈láng bèiin a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure

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.