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

院士yuàn shìscholar; academician 元首yuán shǒuhead of state 源头yuán tóusource; fountainhead 冤枉yuān wangto accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly 元宵节Yuán xiāo jiéLantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar 原型yuán xíngmodel; prototype 圆形yuán xínground; circular 怨言yuàn yáncomplaint 源于yuán yúhas its origins in 渊源yuān yuánorigin; source 源源不断yuán yuán bù duàna steady flow (idiom); an unending stream 原汁原味yuán zhī - yuán wèioriginal; authentic 原装yuán zhuānggenuine; intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)曰yuēto speak; to say 月初yuè chūstart of month; early in the month 约定俗成yuē dìng sú chéngestablished by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention 悦耳yuè ěrsweet-sounding; beautiful (of sound)越发yuè fāincreasingly; more and more 岳父yuè fùwife's father, father-in-law 越过yuè guòto cross over; to transcend 阅历yuè lìto experience; experience 岳母yuè mǔwife's mother, mother-in-law 月票yuè piàomonthly ticket 乐器yuè qìmusical instrument; CL:件[jiàn]蕴藏yùn cángto hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)晕倒yūn dǎoto faint; to swoon 孕妇yùn fùpregnant woman 蕴涵yùn hánto contain; to accumulate 运河yùn hécanal 酝酿yùn niàng(of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing 陨石yǔn shímeteorite; aerolite 运送yùn sòngto transport; to carry 韵味yùn wèiimplicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal 运营yùn yíngto be in operation; to do business 孕育yùn yùto be pregnant; to produce offspring 运转yùn zhuǎnto work; to operate 砸záto smash; to pound 杂技zá jìacrobatics; CL:場|场[chǎng]杂交zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed 杂乱无章zá luàn wú zhāngdisordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge 再度zài dùonce more; once again; one more time 栽培zāi péito grow; to cultivate 载体zài tǐcarrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology)再现zài xiànto recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)在线zài xiànonline 在意zài yìto care about; to mind 在职zài zhíto be employed; to be in post 暂zàntemporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn]赞不绝口zàn bù jué kǒuto praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven 赞美zàn měito admire; to praise 赞叹zàn tànto exclaim in admiration 赞叹不已zàn tàn bù yǐto be full of praise (idiom)赞同zàn tóngto approve of; to endorse 赞许zàn xǔto praise; to laud 赞扬zàn yángto praise; to approve of 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter 葬礼zàng lǐburial; funeral 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig 枣zǎo(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)造福zào fúto benefit (e.g. the people)造假zào jiǎto counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine 造价zào jiàconstruction cost 造就zào jiùto bring up; to train 早年zǎo niánmany years ago; in the past; in one's early years 早日zǎo rìsoon; at an early date; the early days; the past 噪声zào shēngnoise 遭殃zāo yāngto suffer a calamity 噪音zào yīnrumble; noise 造纸术zào zhǐ shùpapermaking process 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm 责备zé bèito blame; to criticize 责怪zé guàito blame; to rebuke 贼zéithief; traitor 增收zēng shōuto increase revenue; to increase income by (x amount)增添zēng tiānto add; to increase 闸zhásluice; sluice gate; to dam up water 榨zhàto press; to extract (juice)扎根zhā gēnto take root 诈骗zhà piànto defraud; to swindle 眨眼zhǎ yǎnto blink; to wink 渣子zhā zidregs; bits 窄zhǎinarrow; narrow-minded 债务zhài wùdebt; liability 沾zhānto moisten; to be infected by 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to 斩zhǎnto behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop 盏zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)占卜zhān bǔto divine 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēnto cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely 展出zhǎn chūto put on display; to be on show 绽放zhàn fàngto blossom 沾光zhān guāngto bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth 展览会zhǎn lǎn huìexhibition; show 站立zhàn lìto stand; standing 展望zhǎn wàngoutlook; prospect 崭新zhǎn xīnbrand new 瞻仰zhān yǎngto revere; to admire

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.