HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 阿拉伯语Arabic (language)
- 呵护to cherish; to take good care of
- 哎(interj.) hey!; (interj.) oh!
- 哎呀(interjection) oh my; oops; gosh
- 哀求to implore; to plead; to beg bitterly
- 唉(interj.) oh; ugh (sigh); to sigh
- 挨家挨户from house to house; door to door
- 癌cancer; carcinoma
- 癌症cancer
- 艾滋病AIDS; acquired immunodeficiency
- 爱不释手too fond to put down
- 爱理不理cold and aloof; standoffish
- 爱面子to care about saving face; proud
- 爱惜to treasure; to use sparingly
- 碍事to be in the way; to matter; to be a hindrance
- 安定stable; calm; to stabilize
- 安抚to placate; to pacify; to soothe
- 安眠药sleeping pill
- 安宁peaceful; tranquil
- 安稳steady; stable; sound (of sleep)
- 安心at ease; relieved; to focus on
- 安逸easy and comfortable; carefree
- 按键button; key (on a device)
- 按理说in theory; logically speaking
- 按说ordinarily; normally; in theory
- 案件case (legal); incident
- 暗地里secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- 暗杀to assassinate
- 暗中in secret; in the dark; covertly
- 昂贵expensive; costly
- 凹concave; sunken; dented
- 熬to simmer; to endure
- 熬夜to stay up late
- 傲proud; arrogant; unyielding
- 傲慢arrogant; haughty
- 奥秘mystery; secret
- 奥运会Olympic Games; the Olympics
- 八卦gossip; gossipy; Eight Trigrams
- 扒to peel; to pull apart
- 芭蕾ballet
- 把柄leverage; handle; weakness
- 把关to check; to safeguard
- 把手handle; knob
- 靶子target; shooting target
- 坝dam; dike; embankment
- 霸占to occupy by force; to seize
- 巴不得(coll) to be eager to
- 罢免to dismiss from office; to recall
- 罢休to give up; to let a matter drop
- 掰to break off with one's hands
- 白白in vain; for nothing; snow-white
- 百分比percentage
- 百合lily; lily bulb
- 百科全书encyclopedia
- 柏树cypress tree
- 摆放to arrange; to set out; to place
- 摆平to settle (a matter); to handle
- 摆设ornament; decoration; mere show
- 拜会to pay an official visit; to meet
- 拜见to pay a formal visit; to meet
- 拜年to pay a New Year visit
- 拜托to ask a favor; please!
- 扳to pull; to turn; to reverse
- 颁布to promulgate (a law)
- 颁发to award; to issue (a decree)
- 颁奖to present an award; to confer
- 斑点spot; stain; speckle
- 搬迁to relocate; to move (house/site)
- 板块tectonic plate; market sector; section
- 办不到impossible to do; cannot be done
- 半边天half the sky; womenfolk
- 半场half of a game; half-court
- 半岛peninsula
- 半路halfway; midway; on the way
- 半数half the number; half
- 半途而废to give up halfway
- 半信半疑half believing, half doubting
- 半真半假half-joking; partly true
- 伴to accompany; companion; partner
- 伴侣partner; companion
- 伴随to accompany; to go along with
- 伴奏to accompany (musically)
- 拌to mix; to toss (a salad)
- 扮to dress up as; to play a role
- 帮手helper; assistant
- 绑to tie up; to bind; to fasten
- 绑架to kidnap; to hijack
- 榜样example; role model
- 棒球baseball
- 磅pound (weight unit); to weigh
- 包袱bundle; (fig.) burden
- 包容to tolerate; inclusive; forgiving
- 包扎to bandage; to bind up a wound; to wrap up
- 煲to simmer in a pot; clay pot
- 宝藏hidden treasure; mineral deposits
- 宝库treasure house; treasury
- 饱和saturated
- 饱满full; plump; energetic
- 保管to keep safe; custodian
- 保姆nanny; babysitter
- 保暖to keep warm
- 保鲜to keep fresh
- 保修warranty; to guarantee repair
- 保佑to bless and protect
- 保障to ensure; to safeguard
- 保质期shelf life; expiration date
- 保重to take care of oneself
- 堡垒fort; fortress; stronghold
- 报仇to take revenge
- 报酬payment; remuneration
- 报废to scrap; to write off as worn-out
- 报复to retaliate; revenge
- 报社newspaper office
- 报亭newsstand; kiosk
- 报销to submit for reimbursement
- 抱负aspiration; ambition
- 豹leopard; panther
- 暴风骤雨violent storm; severe ordeal
- 暴利windfall profits; excessive profit
- 暴躁irritable; hot-tempered
- 爆冷门to pull off an upset; unexpected win
- 爆满filled to capacity; packed; sold out
- 爆竹firecracker
- 卑鄙mean; despicable
- 悲哀sorrowful; sad
- 悲观pessimistic
- 悲欢离合joys and sorrows of life
- 悲痛grieved; sorrowful; grief
- 碑stone tablet; monument; stele
- 贝壳shell (of a mollusk)
- 备课to prepare lessons
- 备受to receive a great deal of; much
- 备用spare; backup; for reserve use
- 背面the back; reverse side
- 背叛to betray
- 背诵to recite from memory
- 被捕to be arrested; under arrest
- 奔to rush; to hurry; to run fast
- 奔波to rush about
- 奔赴to rush to; to hurry to
- 本分one's duty; dutiful; proper role
- 本能instinct
- 本钱capital; asset
- 本色true character; natural state; original color
- 本性human nature; inherent quality
- 本意original intention; real meaning
- 本着(preposition) based on; in line with
- 笨蛋fool; idiot; silly person
- 笨重heavy and clumsy; bulky; unwieldy
- 崩溃to collapse; to break down
- 绷to stretch taut; to pull tight
- 绷带bandage
- 蹦to jump; to bounce
- 逼近to close in on; to approach
- 逼迫to force; to compel
- 逼真lifelike; true to life; vivid
- 鼻涕nasal mucus; snot
- 比比皆是to be found everywhere; very common
- 比不上cannot compare with; inferior to
- 比起(preposition) compared with
- 比试to compete; to measure skills; to gesture
- 比喻metaphor; to compare to
- 鄙视to despise; to look down on
- 必不可少indispensable; essential; vital
- 必定bound to; sure to; certainly
- 弊病malpractice; drawback
- 弊端malpractice; systemic flaw
- 碧绿jade green; dark green; emerald
- 壁画mural; wall painting; fresco
- 避难to take refuge; to seek asylum
- 避暑to escape summer heat; to summer
- 边疆border region; frontier
- 边界border; boundary
- 边远remote; outlying; far from center
- 编号serial number; to number; to code
- 编剧screenwriter; dramatist; to write a script
- 编排to arrange; to lay out; to choreograph
- 编写to compile; to write and edit
- 编造to make up; to fabricate; to compile
- 鞭策to spur on; to urge
- 鞭炮firecrackers
- 贬值to depreciate; to devalue
- 变革social change; transformation; to transform
- 变幻莫测erratic and unpredictable
- 变迁changes (over time)
- 变异mutation; variation; to mutate
- 变质to deteriorate; to go bad
- 便道sidewalk; pavement; makeshift road
- 便饭simple home-cooked meal; ordinary meal
- 便捷convenient and fast; quick and easy
- 便利店convenience store
- 遍布to be found throughout; widespread
- 辨别to distinguish; to tell apart
- 辨认to identify; to recognize
- 辩to argue; to debate; to defend
- 辩护to defend (in court); to argue for
- 辩解to justify; to explain oneself
- 辫子braid; pigtail
- 标to mark; sign; prize or bid
- 标榜to flaunt; to profess; to boast
- 标本specimen; sample
- 标签label; tag; tab
- 标示to indicate; to mark; sign
- 标语slogan; banner; placard
- 标致pretty; handsome; comely
- 飙升to soar; to skyrocket; to surge
- 表白to confess feelings; to explain oneself
- 表决to vote; to decide by vote
- 表率role model; fine example
- 表述to express; to formulate; statement
- 表态to state one's position
- 表彰to honor; to commend
- 憋to hold back (urine, breath)
- 别具匠心showing great ingenuity and originality
- 别看(conjunction) despite; even though
- 别扭awkward; uncomfortable
- 别墅villa
- 别说let alone; not to mention; don't say
- 别提了don't even mention it; say no more
- 别致unique; unusual
- 彬彬有礼refined and courteous; polite and urbane
- 滨海coastal; bordering the sea
- 缤纷rich and diverse; colorful; profuse
- 冰棍儿popsicle; ice lolly
- 冰山iceberg; ice-covered mountain
- 丙(3rd heavenly stem); letter C
- 秉承to uphold; to carry on; to adhere to
- 并非(adv) is not actually
- 并购merger and acquisition; to acquire
- 并列to stand side by side
- 并行to proceed in parallel; side by side
- 病床hospital bed; sickbed
- 病症disease; illness; symptoms
- 拨to dial; to allocate; to push aside
- 拨款to allocate funds; financial appropriation
- 拨通to get through on the phone; to dial through
- 波及to spread to; to affect; to involve
- 波澜great waves; billows; upheaval
- 波涛billows; waves
- 波折twists and turns; setbacks; complications
- 剥to peel; to shell; to skin
- 剥夺to deprive; to strip; to expropriate
- 剥削to exploit (people)
- 伯伯father's elder brother; uncle
- 伯父paternal uncle; father's elder brother
- 伯母aunt (uncle's wife)
- 驳回to reject; to overrule; to turn down
- 脖子neck
- 搏斗to struggle; to wrestle
- 补给to replenish; supply; replenishment
- 补救to remedy
- 哺育to feed; to nurture; to foster
- 捕捉to catch; to capture
- 不耻下问not ashamed to learn from subordinates
- 不辞而别to leave without saying goodbye
- 不得而知impossible to know
- 不得已to have no choice; forced to
- 不定indefinite; uncertain; unsettled
- 不妨(adv) might as well; no harm in
- 不服to refuse to accept; to defy; unconvinced
- 不服气unwilling to concede; defiant
- 不假思索to act or speak without thinking
- 不见得(adverb) not necessarily
- 不解to not understand; puzzled; indissoluble
- 不经意inadvertently; casual; by accident
- 不景气in a slump; depressed; slack
- 不堪(adj) unbearable; extremely
- 不可避免inevitable; unavoidable
- 不可思议unbelievable; inconceivable
- 不肯to refuse to; unwilling to
- 不了了之to end up unsettled without resolution
- 不理to ignore; to pay no attention
- 不利于detrimental to; unfavorable to
- 不难not hard; easy to
- 不平injustice; indignant; uneven
- 不起眼unremarkable; inconspicuous
- 不容to not allow; to not tolerate; cannot
- 不如说more accurately; rather say
- 不慎careless; incautious; by accident
- 不适unwell; indisposed; discomfort
- 不算to not count; cannot be considered as
- 不同寻常out of the ordinary
- 不为人知unknown to anyone; secret; little-known
- 不惜(adv) not hesitate to; at any cost
- 不相上下evenly matched
- 不像话outrageous; unreasonable
- 不屑to disdain to do; scornful; beneath one's dignity
- 不懈untiring; unremitting; relentless
- 不亚于no less than; not inferior to; comparable to
- 不已(complement) endlessly; incessantly; deeply
- 不以为然to disagree and disapprove of
- 不亦乐乎extremely busy or happily absorbed in
- 不翼而飞to disappear without a trace; to spread like wildfire
- 不宜not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate
- 不用说needless to say; it goes without saying
- 不由得(adv) can't help but
- 不由自主unable to help oneself; involuntarily
- 不予(formal) to refuse to grant; not to (do something)
- 不约而同as if by prior agreement; coincidentally
- 不正之风unhealthy social trend; corrupt practice
- 不知to not know; unaware; unknowingly
- 不知不觉unconsciously; before one knows it
- 不准to forbid; not to allow; inaccurate
- 布局layout; arrangement
- 步伐pace; step
- 步入to step into; to enter (a room, stage, or era)
- 步骤step; procedure
- 部件part; component
- 部署to deploy; deployment
- 猜谜to guess a riddle; to guess
- 猜想to guess; to suppose; conjecture
- 才华literary or artistic talent; brilliance
- 财经finance and economics
- 财力financial resources; funds
- 财物property; belongings
- 财务finance; financial affairs
- 财政public finance
- 裁to cut out; to trim; to reduce staff
- 裁定to rule; legal ruling; adjudication
- 裁决to adjudicate; ruling; verdict
- 采to pick; to gather; to select
- 采集to gather; to collect
- 采矿to mine; mining
- 彩电color television; color TV
- 彩虹rainbow
- 彩霞rosy clouds; sunset glow
- 菜市场food market; wet market
- 参见to refer to; see also
- 参军to join the army; to enlist
- 参谋staff officer; to advise
- 参照to refer to (a reference)
- 餐桌dining table; dinner table
- 残incomplete; disabled; remaining
- 残留to remain; residual
- 残缺incomplete; damaged; fragmentary
- 残忍cruel; ruthless
- 惭愧ashamed
- 惨白deathly pale; ghastly pale
- 惨痛bitter; painful; tragic
- 惨重heavy; disastrous; severe
- 灿烂brilliant; splendid
- 掺to mix; to blend; to dilute
- 沧桑great changes; vicissitudes
- 苍蝇housefly; fly
- 舱cabin (ship, plane); hold
- 藏匿to conceal; to hide; to go into hiding
- 藏品collector's item; exhibit; collection
- 藏身to hide; to take refuge
- 操控to control; to operate; to manipulate
- 操劳to work hard; to toil
- 操心to worry about; to be concerned
- 槽trough; groove; slot
- 草案draft (of a law)
- 草坪lawn; grassplot
- 侧面side; profile; aspect
- 侧重to emphasize; to focus on
- 测算to measure and calculate; to estimate
- 测验test; quiz
- 层出不穷emerging one after another
- 蹭to rub against; to dawdle; to freeload
- 插手to get involved in; to meddle in
- 插图illustration; plate
- 插嘴to interrupt; to butt in
- 查处to investigate and prosecute; to deal with
- 查明to investigate and find out; to ascertain
- 查找to search for; to look up
- 茶道tea ceremony; way of tea
- 茶馆儿teahouse
- 察觉to sense; to notice; to detect
- 察看to inspect; to examine closely
- 诧异astonished; surprised
- 差错mistake; error; mishap
- 差额difference; shortfall; balance
- 搀to support by the arm
- 禅杖Buddhist monk's staff
- 馋greedy for food; gluttonous
- 缠to wind around; to pester
- 产to produce; to yield; product
- 产地place of origin; source
- 产物product; result; outcome
- 产值output value; value of output
- 铲to shovel; to scrape; spade
- 铲子shovel; spade; spatula
- 阐述to elaborate on; to expound
- 颤抖to tremble; to shiver
- 猖狂rampant; reckless; furious
- 偿还to repay; to reimburse
- 常理common sense; normal reason
- 常人ordinary person; average person
- 常态normal state; normality; norm
- 常温room temperature; normal temp
- 嫦娥Chang'e, Chinese moon goddess
- 厂家manufacturer; factory
- 畅谈to chat freely and happily
- 畅销to sell well; bestselling
- 倡议to propose; initiative
- 敞开to open wide
- 抄袭to plagiarize; to copy
- 钞票banknote; paper money
- 超标to exceed the standard
- 超车to overtake (a vehicle); to pass
- 超前to be ahead of time; advanced
- 超速to speed; to exceed speed limit
- 朝代dynasty
- 朝气蓬勃full of youthful energy
- 朝三暮四fickle and indecisive
- 朝夕相处to be together day and night
- 朝着(preposition) toward; facing
- 嘲弄to mock; to poke fun at
- 嘲笑to mock; to ridicule
- 吵嘴to quarrel; to bicker
- 车道traffic lane; driveway
- 车祸traffic accident; car crash
- 车间workshop; factory floor
- 车轮wheel (of a vehicle)
- 车速vehicle speed
- 车位parking space; parking spot
- 车厢carriage; train car
- 车型vehicle model; car type
- 车轴axle
- 扯to pull; to tear; to chat
- 彻夜all night; through the night
- 撤to withdraw; to remove
- 撤换to replace; to dismiss
- 沉甸甸heavy; weighty
- 沉淀to settle; sediment
- 沉浸to immerse; to be absorbed in
- 沉闷oppressive; gloomy; stifling
- 沉迷to be obsessed with; to indulge in
- 沉思to ponder; to contemplate
- 沉稳steady; calm and composed
- 沉着calm and collected
- 陈旧outdated; obsolete
- 陈列to display; to exhibit
- 陈述to state; to explain
- 衬托to set off; to contrast with
- 趁to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- 趁机to seize an opportunity
- 趁早as soon as possible; early on
- 趁着(preposition) while; taking advantage of
- 称呼to call; form of address
- 称作to be called; to be known as
- 成才to grow into a useful person; to succeed
- 成家to get married and settle down; to start a family
- 成年to reach adulthood; adult; all year round
- 成千上万thousands upon thousands; countless
- 成群结队in large groups; in crowds
- 成天(coll.) all day long
- 成问题to be a problem; problematic
- 成型to take shape; to be formed
- 呈现to present; to appear
- 承包to contract (a job)
- 承载to bear weight; to carry; to sustain
- 诚恳sincere; honest
- 诚心诚意with all sincerity; wholeheartedly
- 诚意sincerity; good faith
- 诚挚sincere; cordial
- 城墙city wall
- 乘人之危to take advantage of someone's plight
- 惩处to punish; to penalize
- 惩罚to punish; punishment
- 澄清to clarify; to clear up
- 橙汁orange juice
- 逞能to show off one's ability; to boast
- 逞强to put on a brave front; to try to look tough
- 秤scale; steelyard balance
- 吃不上unable to get a meal; to miss a meal
- 吃喝玩乐to eat, drink, and be merry; to live a life of pleasure
- 吃苦to endure hardship
- 吃亏to suffer a loss; to be at a disadvantage
- 痴呆dementia; dull-witted; blank
- 痴迷obsessed; infatuated; to be obsessed with
- 痴心infatuation; deep devotion; devoted
- 池塘pond
- 驰名famous; renowned; well-known
- 迟迟slow to act; late; tardy
- 迟疑to hesitate
- 迟早sooner or later
- 持to hold; to maintain; to support
- 持久lasting; enduring
- 持之以恒to persevere; to pursue unremittingly
- 尺度scale; standard; degree of leeway
- 耻辱shame; disgrace; humiliation
- 耻笑to ridicule; to sneer at
- 赤字deficit (financial)
- 翅膀wing
- 充to fill; to serve as; full
- 充当to serve as; to act as
- 充沛abundant; plentiful
- 充实substantial; rich; to enrich
- 冲刺to sprint; final push
- 冲浪to surf; surfing
- 冲洗to rinse; to wash; to develop
- 冲撞to collide; to offend
- 崇高lofty; sublime
- 崇尚to advocate; to hold in esteem
- 宠to spoil; to pamper; to dote on
- 宠爱to dote on; to pamper
- 抽签to draw lots; to cast lots
- 抽屉drawer