HSK 3.0 Level 5 vocabulary list
1059 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 面子face (social standing); reputation
- 秒second (time unit)
- 敏感sensitive; susceptible
- 明亮bright; well-lit; shining
- 明明(adv) obviously; clearly
- 命令order; command
- 模范model; fine example
- 模仿to imitate; to copy; to emulate
- 模糊vague; blurry; indistinct
- 模式mode; pattern
- 模样appearance; look
- 摩擦friction; to rub
- 摩托motorcycle; motorbike; motor
- 目光gaze; look (in the eyes)
- 耐心patient; patience
- 男性male; man; the male sex
- 南北north and south; from north to south
- 南极South Pole; Antarctica
- 难得rare; hard to come by
- 难以hard to; difficult to
- 脑子brain; mind; head
- 内在inner; intrinsic
- 能量energy
- 年度year (fiscal or school); annual
- 年龄age
- 年前before the New Year; years ago
- 牛仔裤jeans
- 农产品agricultural produce; farm product
- 女性female; woman; the female sex
- 暖warm; to warm up
- 偶尔(adv.) occasionally
- 偶然by chance; occasional
- 偶像idol
- 拍摄to film; to shoot; to photograph
- 排除to eliminate; to rule out
- 旁side; beside; next to
- 陪to accompany; to keep company
- 赔to compensate; to lose money
- 赔偿to compensate
- 配备to equip with; to allocate
- 配套to form a complete set
- 喷to spray; to spurt; to gush
- 盆basin; pot; tub
- 披to drape over; to put on
- 皮肤skin
- 皮鞋leather shoes
- 脾气temper; disposition
- 匹(measure word) for horses; (measure word) for cloth bolts; horsepower
- 骗to cheat; to deceive
- 骗子cheater; swindler; fraudster
- 拼to piece together; to spell; to go all out
- 频道frequency; (television) channel
- 频繁(adv) frequently
- 品to taste; product; character
- 品种breed; variety
- 平坦flat; level
- 平原plain (flat land)
- 评估to evaluate; to assess
- 评论to comment; comment
- 凭to lean on; to rely on; (bound form) evidence
- 泼to splash; to spill
- 葡萄grape
- 葡萄酒wine; grape wine
- 期望to expect; expectation; hope
- 齐全complete; comprehensive
- 其(pronoun) its, his, her, their; that
- 启动to start; to launch; to activate
- 启发to inspire; to enlighten
- 启事(public) announcement; notice
- 起到to play a role; to have an effect
- 起码at least; at the minimum
- 气体gas; gaseous substance
- 气象weather; meteorology
- 签to sign one's name; a visa; label or tag
- 签订to sign (a contract or treaty); to conclude
- 签名to sign one's name; signature; autograph
- 签约to sign a contract; to sign an agreement
- 签证visa
- 签字to sign; to approve by signing; signature
- 前景prospects; outlook
- 前提premise; precondition
- 欠to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in
- 枪gun; firearm; rifle
- 强度intensity; strength
- 强迫to force; to compel
- 墙壁wall
- 抢to fight over; to rush; to scramble
- 抢救to rescue; to save (emergency)
- 悄悄quietly; secretly
- 敲to knock; to strike
- 敲门to knock on a door
- 瞧to look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
- 琴musical instrument; zither; piano or violin
- 勤奋hardworking; diligent
- 青green; blue; black
- 清晨early morning
- 清理to clear up; to tidy up
- 情节plot; storyline
- 情形situation; circumstances
- 晴朗sunny; clear (sky)
- 区域area; region
- 全都all; without exception; entirely
- 全世界the whole world; worldwide
- 泉spring; fountainhead; water source
- 劝to advise; to urge; to try to persuade
- 缺乏to lack
- 确立to establish
- 群体group; community; colony
- 群众the masses; crowd
- 染to dye; to catch (a disease)
- 绕to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
- 热量heat; calories; caloric value
- 热门popular; hot (trending)
- 人间the human world
- 人力manpower; labor power
- 人士person; public figure
- 人物an important figure; a character (fiction)
- 忍to bear; to endure; to hold back
- 忍不住cannot help (doing something)
- 忍受to endure; to bear
- 认to recognize; to admit; to know
- 认定to firmly believe; to determine
- 扔to throw; to throw away
- 仍旧(adv) still; as before
- 如此so; like this; such
- 如同like; as; just as
- 如下as follows
- 入门to learn the basics; intro
- 软soft; flexible
- 软件software
- 洒to sprinkle; to spill
- 散文prose
- 杀to kill; to weaken; (dialect) to smart
- 杀毒to scan for viruses; to disinfect
- 沙漠desert
- 傻foolish
- 山区mountainous area; mountain region
- 扇(measure word) for doors; fan
- 扇子fan (handheld)
- 商标trademark; logo
- 上级superior; higher authorities
- 上下up and down; about; top to bottom
- 上涨to rise; to go up
- 稍slightly; a little; somewhat
- 稍微(adv.) a little bit, slightly
- 蛇snake; serpent
- 舍不得to hate to part with; reluctant
- 舍得to be willing to part with; to not begrudge
- 设想to imagine; to envisage
- 社society; club; agency
- 社区community; neighborhood
- 射to shoot; to fire; to launch
- 射击to shoot
- 摄像to videotape; to film; video recording
- 摄像机video camera; camcorder
- 摄影photography; to take photos
- 摄影师photographer; cameraman
- 伸to stretch; to extend
- 深处depths; deepest part
- 深度depth; profundity
- 神god, deity; spirit, mind; amazing
- 神经nerve; (coll.) crazy
- 神奇magical; miraculous
- 神情look; facial expression
- 升高to rise; to go up; to ascend
- 生成to generate; to produce; to form
- 声sound, voice; (measure word) for sounds
- 胜负victory or defeat; outcome
- 剩to be left over; to remain
- 剩下to remain; to be left over
- 失误mistake; error
- 师傅master; skilled worker
- 诗歌poem; poetry; verse
- 十足100 percent; complete
- 时常(adv) often; frequently
- 时光time; days
- 时机opportunity; the right moment
- 时事current affairs
- 实惠practical benefit; economical
- 使得to make; to cause; to render
- 示范to demonstrate; demonstration
- 式style; type; form
- 势力power; influence (force)
- 视频video
- 视为to view as; to regard as; to deem
- 试图to attempt; to try
- 拾to pick up
- 收购to acquire (a company); to buy up; acquisition
- 收集to collect; to gather
- 收拾to tidy up; to pack
- 手段means; method; trick
- 手法technique; trick
- 寿司sushi
- 受灾to be hit by a disaster; disaster-stricken
- 瘦thin; lean
- 书法calligraphy
- 书柜bookcase; bookshelf
- 书桌desk; writing desk
- 输出to output; to export; output
- 蔬菜vegetables
- 熟悉to be familiar with
- 鼠mouse; rat
- 鼠标(computer) mouse
- 数目number; amount; quantity
- 摔to fall; to drop and break; to throw down
- 摔倒to fall down; to trip
- 双手both hands
- 水产品aquatic products; seafood
- 水分moisture; water content; exaggeration
- 水库reservoir
- 水灾flood; flood disaster
- 睡眠sleep; to sleep
- 说法statement; version; wording
- 硕士master's degree
- 私人private; personal; interpersonal
- 思维thinking; thought
- 四周all around; surroundings
- 搜to search; to look up
- 搜索to search (for something)
- 宿舍dormitory
- 酸甜苦辣the joys and sorrows of life
- 随后soon after; afterward; later
- 随意as one wishes; at will
- 随着(prep.) along with, following
- 岁月years; time (that passes)
- 碎to break into pieces; broken, fragmentary; garrulous
- 损害to damage; to harm; damage
- 损失loss; damage; to lose
- 所在place; location; locus
- 锁to lock up; a lock (device)
- 台风typhoon
- 抬to lift, raise; to carry
- 抬头to raise one's head; to look up
- 太空outer space
- 逃to escape; to run away; to flee
- 逃跑to run away; to escape; to flee
- 逃走to escape; to flee; to run away
- 桃peach
- 桃花peach blossom
- 桃树peach tree
- 讨厌to dislike; annoying
- 特定specific; particular
- 特性characteristic; property; feature
- 特有unique to; characteristic of; distinctive
- 提倡to advocate; to promote
- 提起to mention; to bring up; to lift
- 提示to remind; hint; prompt
- 题材subject matter; theme
- 体积volume (space)
- 体力physical strength; stamina
- 天才genius; talent
- 天然气natural gas
- 天文astronomy
- 厅hall; living room; department
- 停留to stay; to stop over; to remain
- 通用to be in general use; interchangeable
- 偷to steal; (bound form) thief; (bound form) secretly
- 偷偷secretly; quietly; on the sly
- 突破to break through; breakthrough
- 土豆potato
- 吐to spit; to say; to pour out (grievances)
- 兔rabbit; hare
- 团长head of a delegation; troop leader
- 推行to carry out; to implement; to promote
- 脱离to break away from; to separate from
- 外界the outside world
- 完了to be finished; to be done for; oh no
- 微博microblog; Weibo
- 围绕to revolve around; to center on
- 违法to break the law; illegal
- 违反to violate (a law)
- 违规to violate rules; against the rules
- 唯一only
- 委托to entrust; to commission
- 卫星satellite
- 为难to feel awkward; to make it hard for
- 为期lasting (a period); scheduled for
- 为止until; up to
- 为主to rely mainly on; to give priority to
- 胃stomach
- 慰问to express sympathy to
- 温和mild; gentle (temperament)
- 文艺literature and art
- 卧室bedroom
- 握to hold; to grasp; to clench
- 污染to pollute; pollution
- 污水sewage; wastewater; dirty water
- 屋room; house
- 无奈helpless; no other choice
- 无疑undoubtedly; without doubt
- 舞to dance; dance
- 物价commodity prices; prices
- 物业property; real estate
- 物质matter; substance; material
- 误解to misunderstand; misunderstanding
- 喜剧comedy
- 戏play; drama; show
- 戏剧drama; play; theater
- 西红柿tomato
- 西装suit; Western-style clothes
- 吓to frighten; to scare
- 先后one after another; in turn
- 先前previously; before
- 鲜艳bright-colored; vivid
- 闲idle; free; leisure
- 显to show; to appear; obvious
- 现有existing; currently available
- 现状current situation; status quo
- 线索clue; lead; trail
- 献to offer; to donate; to dedicate
- 乡countryside; hometown; township
- 乡村village; countryside; rural
- 相等equal; equivalent
- 相声comic dialogue; crosstalk
- 相应corresponding; to correspond
- 香肠sausage
- 详细detailed
- 享受to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure
- 向导guide
- 向前forward; onward; ahead
- 向上upward; to make progress
- 象征symbol; to symbolize
- 消除to eliminate; to remove
- 消毒to disinfect; to sterilize
- 消防firefighting
- 消费者consumer
- 消极negative; passive
- 小偷儿thief; pickpocket
- 歇to rest; to take a break
- 协议agreement; pact
- 协议书written agreement; contract
- 斜slanted; tilted; oblique
- 心态mentality; state of mind
- 心疼to love dearly; to feel sorry for
- 辛苦hard, tiring; to work hard
- 欣赏to appreciate
- 信念belief; conviction
- 信箱mailbox; letterbox
- 行驶to travel; to drive (vehicles)
- 形态shape; form; pattern
- 性能performance; function
- 雄伟grand; majestic
- 熊bear
- 休闲leisure; to relax
- 修复to restore; to repair
- 修建to build; to construct
- 修养self-cultivation; training
- 虚心open-minded; humble
- 许可to permit; permission
- 选修to take as an elective; elective
- 学科academic subject; discipline
- 学位academic degree
- 学者scholar; academic
- 寻求to seek; to look for
- 询问to inquire
- 押金deposit (money)
- 鸭子duck
- 亚军runner-up; second place
- 延伸to extend; to stretch
- 严厉strict; severe
- 严肃(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; (of a manner etc) earnest; to strictly enforce
- 言语words; speech; spoken language
- 研究所research institute; grad school
- 眼光gaze; vision; insight
- 邀请to invite; invitation
- 摇头to shake one's head
- 咬to bite; to nip
- 也好may as well; fine; whether … or …
- 业务business; professional work
- 夜间nighttime; at night
- 一辈子(for) a lifetime
- 一带region; area; district
- 一旦in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...)
- 一句话in short; in a word; one sentence
- 一口气in one breath; at a stretch
- 一流top-notch; first-rate
- 一路all the way; the whole journey
- 一身whole body; all over; a suit of
- 一下子all at once; in an instant
- 一向(adv) all along; always
- 依法according to law; legally
- 依旧(adv) still; as before
- 依据based on; basis
- 依照according to; in light of
- 乙(label) second in a list (B)
- 以便(conj) so that; in order to
- 以往in the past; formerly
- 意识consciousness; awareness; to realize
- 意味着to mean; to signify; to imply
- 意志willpower; will
- 因而(conjunction) therefore; thus
- 饮料drink; beverage
- 饮食food and drink; diet
- 印刷to print; printing
- 硬hard; (fig.) strong; resolutely
- 硬件hardware
- 拥抱to embrace; to hug
- 拥有to have; to possess; to own
- 用不着to not need; to have no use for
- 用户user; subscriber
- 用来to be used for
- 用于to be used for; to use in
- 优惠preferential (treatment); discount
- 优先to have priority; priority
- 幽默humor; humorous
- 尤其(adv.) especially
- 由此from this; thus; hereby
- 犹豫to hesitate
- 游泳池swimming pool
- 有毒poisonous; toxic
- 有害harmful; damaging
- 有力powerful; forceful; strong
- 有利于to be beneficial to; to help
- 有着to have; to possess
- 友谊friendship
- 羽毛球badminton; shuttlecock
- 羽绒服down jacket
- 雨水rainwater; rainfall; rain
- 预备to prepare; preparation
- 预期to expect; to anticipate
- 元旦New Year's Day
- 园林gardens; landscaped park
- 原理principle (scientific)
- 原始original; primitive
- 原先originally; formerly
- 原有original; former
- 远处distant place; distance
- 怨to blame; resentment; grudge
- 愿to wish; to be willing; wish
- 约束to restrict; to constrain
- 月饼mooncake
- 月球the moon
- 阅览室reading room
- 运to transport; luck; fortune
- 运行to operate; to run
- 灾disaster; calamity
- 灾害disaster; calamity
- 灾难disaster; catastrophe
- 灾区disaster area; stricken region
- 再次once again; once more
- 再也(not) ever again; no longer
- 在场to be present; on the scene
- 在内included; among them
- 暂时temporary; for now
- 暂停to pause; to suspend; time-out
- 糟terrible; in a mess; ruined
- 糟糕too bad; how terrible; what bad luck
- 早期early stage; early period
- 增to increase; to add
- 增产to increase production
- 增大to enlarge; to increase
- 增多to increase; to grow in number
- 增强to strengthen; to enhance
- 赠to give as a gift; to present
- 赠送to present as a gift
- 摘to pick (fruit, flowers); to take off
- 展览exhibition; to exhibit
- 展示to show; to display
- 展现to reveal; to show; to unfold
- 占领to occupy (by force); to capture
- 占有to possess; to occupy; to hold
- 长度length
- 长寿longevity; long-lived
- 涨to rise (prices, water level)
- 涨价to rise in price
- 掌握to grasp (fig.); to master; to control
- 招生to enroll new students
- 招手to wave; to beckon
- 珍贵precious; valuable
- 珍惜to treasure; to cherish
- 珍珠pearl
- 真诚sincere; genuine; true
- 真理truth
- 真相the truth; the actual facts
- 诊断to diagnose; diagnosis
- 振动to vibrate; vibration
- 震惊to shock; to astonish
- 争议dispute; controversy
- 挣to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- 挣钱to make money; to earn money
- 正版genuine; legal; licensed copy
- 正规regular; standard; formal
- 正如just as; precisely as
- 正义justice; righteous
- 证实to confirm; to verify
- 证书certificate
- 之内within; inside
- 之外outside; beyond; apart from
- 之下under; beneath; less than
- 之中in; among; in the midst of
- 支出to spend; expenditure
- 支配to control; to dominate
- 执行to carry out; to execute
- 直线straight line; sharply
- 值班to be on duty
- 职能function; role
- 职位position; post (job)
- 职务post; position (job)
- 只不过only; merely; it's just that
- 只见to see suddenly; only to see