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
弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎto practice fraud (idiom); by trickery浓郁nóng yùrich; strong浓重nóng zhòngdense; thick农作物nóng zuò wù(farm) crops奴隶nú lìslave女婿nǚ xudaughter's husband; son-in-law暖烘烘nuǎn hōng hōngnice and warm; cozy虐待nüè dàito mistreat; to maltreat挪nuóto shift; to move诺言nuò yánpromise殴打ōu dǎto beat up; to come to blows呕吐ǒu tùto vomit趴pāto lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc)拍板pāi bǎnclapper-board; auctioneer's hammer派别pài biégroup; sect; clique; faction; school排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)徘徊pái huáito pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate排练pái liànto rehearse; rehearsal拍卖pāi màito auction; auction sale派遣pài qiǎnto send (on a mission); to dispatch拍戏pāi xìto shoot a movie牌照pái zhào(business) license; vehicle license攀pānto climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate盼pànto hope for; to long for判处pàn chǔto sentence; to condemn判定pàn dìngto judge; to decide判决pàn juéjudgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on叛逆pàn nìto rebel; to revolt攀升pān shēngto clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise盘算pán suànto plot; to scheme庞大páng dàhuge; enormous; tremendous旁观páng guānspectator; non-participant抛pāoto throw; to toss跑车pǎo chēracing bicycle; racing car; sports car; (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train跑道pǎo dàoathletic track; track抛开pāo kāito throw out; to get rid of跑龙套pǎo lóng tàoto play a small role泡沫pào mòfoam; (soap) bubble抛弃pāo qìto abandon; to discard陪伴péi bànto accompany佩服pèi fúto admire配件pèi jiàncomponent; part配偶pèi ǒuspouse赔钱péi qiánto lose money; to pay for damages配送pèi sòngto put together an order and deliver it (i.e. 配貨|配货[pèi huò] and 送貨|送货[sòng huò]); to deliver (goods)胚胎pēi tāiembryo配音pèi yīndubbing (filmmaking)陪葬péi zàngto be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)喷泉pēn quánfountain捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of蓬勃péng bóvigorous; flourishing; full of vitality捧场pěng chǎngto show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants; to patronize a restaurant or store鹏程万里péng chéng wàn lǐthe fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom); one's future prospects are brilliant碰钉子pèng dīng zito meet with a rebuff抨击pēng jīto attack (verbally or in writing)碰巧pèng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence碰上pèng shàngto run into; to come upon烹调pēng tiáoto cook膨胀péng zhàngto expand; to inflate碰撞pèng zhuàngto collide; collision劈pīto hack; to chop脾píspleen疲惫pí bèibeaten; exhausted疲惫不堪pí bèi bù kānexhausted; fatigued to the extreme皮带pí dàistrap; leather belt批发pī fāwholesale; bulk trade僻静pì jìnglonely; secluded疲倦pí juànto tire; tired疲劳pí láofatigue; wearily披露pī lùto reveal; to publish媲美pì měito match; is comparable with批判pī pànto criticize; critique匹配pǐ pèito mate or marry; to match譬如pì rúfor example; for instance; such as譬如说pì rú shuōfor example偏差piān chābias; deviation片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)偏方piān fāngfolk remedy; home remedy篇幅piān fulength (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page偏见piān jiànprejudice; bias偏僻piān pìremote; desolate偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason骗人piàn rénto cheat sb; a scam偏向piān xiàngpartial towards sth; to prefer偏远piān yuǎnremote; far from civilization片子piān zifilm; movie飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous漂piāoto float; to drift票房piào fángbox office撇piēto cast away; to fling aside聘pìnto engage (a teacher etc); to hire拼搏pīn bóto struggle; to wrestle品尝pǐn chángto taste a small amount; to sample品德pǐn démoral character贫富pín fùpoor and rich频率pín lǜfrequency拼命pīn mìngto do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it频频pín pínrepeatedly; again and again贫穷pín qióngpoor; impoverished

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.