HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 祥和peaceful and auspicious; harmonious
- 享to enjoy; to share in; to have use of
- 享有to enjoy (rights or prestige); to hold
- 响亮loud and clear
- 响起to ring out; to sound; to break out
- 响应to respond; to answer
- 想方设法to try every possible means
- 向来(adv) always; all along
- 向往to yearn for; to look forward to
- 向着towards; facing; to side with
- 项链necklace
- 像样decent; presentable; up to par
- 橡胶rubber
- 橡皮eraser; rubber
- 消to subside; to eliminate; to pass time
- 消沉downcast; despondent; depressed
- 消遣pastime; recreation; to pass the time
- 萧条bleak; desolate; in an economic slump
- 销to sell; to cancel; pin or bolt
- 销毁to destroy (by burning etc)
- 销量sales volume; sales
- 潇洒free and easy; natural
- 小丑clown; buffoon
- 小贩peddler; street vendor; hawker
- 小看to look down on; to underestimate
- 小康moderately prosperous; well-off; comfortable
- 小路path; trail; lane
- 小品skit; short sketch; short essay
- 小气stingy; petty; narrow-minded
- 小区residential complex; neighborhood
- 小曲ditty; folk tune; popular song
- 小人petty person; villain; person of low status (old)
- 小提琴violin; fiddle
- 小溪brook; stream; creek
- 小心翼翼with great caution
- 小卒pawn; foot soldier; minor figure
- 孝敬to show filial respect; to give gifts to elders
- 孝顺filial; devoted to one's parents
- 肖像portrait
- 效仿to imitate; to follow the example of
- 效力effectiveness; legal effect; to serve
- 效益benefit; efficiency
- 效应effect (phenomenon)
- 协定agreement; accord; pact
- 协同to cooperate; in coordination with
- 协作cooperation; coordination; to collaborate
- 邪evil; demonic; weird
- 邪恶evil; wicked; sinister
- 挟持to hold hostage; to abduct; to coerce
- 携带to carry (with one)
- 携手hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate
- 写照portrayal; true reflection
- 泄to leak; to vent; to divulge
- 泄漏to leak (gas or liquid); to divulge (secrets)
- 泄露to leak (info); to disclose
- 泄密to leak secrets; to divulge classified info
- 泄气to be discouraged; to leak (air)
- 泻to flow swiftly; to have diarrhea
- 卸to unload; to remove; to detach
- 心爱beloved; treasured; favorite
- 心安理得to have a clear conscience; to feel no qualms
- 心病secret worry; sore point; anxiety
- 心肠heart; nature; disposition
- 心得insight; what one has learned
- 心慌to feel flustered; anxious; heart palpitations
- 心急如焚burning with anxiety
- 心里话true feelings; inner thoughts; heart-to-heart words
- 心灵手巧clever and deft; dexterous
- 心目mind's eye; view; estimation
- 心声inner voice; heartfelt wish; true feelings
- 心事worry; a load on one's mind
- 心思thoughts; mind; mood
- 心酸to feel heartache; sad; grieved
- 心想事成may all your wishes come true
- 心胸breadth of mind; ambition; aspiration
- 心血painstaking effort; devotion
- 心眼儿mind; intention; wit
- 心意kind feelings; regard; intention
- 芯片microchip; computer chip
- 辛勤hardworking; industrious
- 辛酸bitter and sad; hardships; misery
- 欣慰gratified; pleased
- 欣喜joyful; delighted; happy
- 欣欣向荣flourishing; thriving
- 新潮trendy; fashionable; modern
- 新陈代谢metabolism
- 新房new house; bridal chamber
- 新款new style; latest model; new design
- 新奇novel; new and strange; unfamiliar
- 新生new student; newborn; new life
- 新式new style; modern; latest type
- 新手beginner; novice; newcomer
- 新颖novel; original
- 信贷credit; bank loan
- 信件letter; mail; correspondence
- 信赖to trust; to rely on
- 信誉reputation; credibility
- 星座constellation; zodiac sign
- 猩猩orangutan; ape; chimpanzee
- 腥fishy (smell)
- 刑法criminal law; penal code
- 行家expert; connoisseur; veteran
- 行列ranks; formation
- 行情market conditions; market price
- 行使to exercise (a right)
- 行政administration; administrative
- 行走to walk; to travel on foot
- 形形色色all kinds of; of every description
- 形影不离inseparable; always together
- 醒来to wake up; to awaken
- 醒目eye-catching; striking; conspicuous
- 醒悟to come to realize; to wake up to reality
- 兴奋剂stimulant; doping (in sports)
- 兴高采烈in high spirits
- 兴建to build; to construct
- 兴起to rise; to spring up; to become popular
- 兴致interest; enthusiasm; spirits
- 姓氏surname; family name
- 幸存to survive (a disaster)
- 幸好fortunately; luckily
- 幸亏(adverb) fortunately; luckily
- 幸免to escape narrowly; to avoid (harm)
- 性价比value for money; cost-performance ratio
- 性命life
- 性情temperament; disposition; nature
- 凶残savage; cruel; brutal
- 凶恶fierce; vicious
- 凶狠fierce; vicious; cruel
- 凶猛fierce; ferocious; violent
- 汹涌to surge violently; turbulent
- 胸膛chest
- 胸有成竹to have a well-thought-out plan
- 雄厚substantial; abundant
- 休克shock; to go into shock
- 休眠dormant; to hibernate; to sleep (device)
- 休想don't even think about; don't expect
- 休养to recuperate; to recover; to rest
- 修补to mend; to patch up; to repair
- 修订to revise; to amend; revision
- 修路to build a road; to mend a road
- 修长slender; tall and thin; long and graceful
- 修正to revise; to amend; to correct
- 羞愧ashamed; embarrassed
- 秀丽pretty; beautiful; scenic
- 秀美graceful; elegant; pretty
- 绣to embroider; embroidery
- 袖手旁观to look on without helping
- 锈to rust; rust
- 嗅觉sense of smell
- 须must; beard; feeler
- 虚empty; false; weak
- 虚构to make up; fictional
- 虚幻illusory; imaginary; unreal
- 虚假false; fake; phony
- 虚拟virtual; fictitious; to invent
- 虚弱weak; frail; in poor health
- 虚伪hypocritical; false
- 需to need; to require; need
- 徐徐slowly; gently
- 许to allow; to promise; perhaps
- 许可证license; permit
- 旭日the rising sun
- 序order; sequence; preface
- 序幕prologue; prelude
- 叙述to narrate; to recount; narrative
- 续to continue; to refill
- 酗酒to drink excessively; alcoholism
- 絮叨long-winded; to chatter on
- 宣称to claim; to assert
- 宣读to read aloud to an audience
- 宣告to declare; to proclaim
- 宣誓to swear an oath
- 宣泄to vent; to unburden oneself
- 宣言declaration; manifesto
- 宣扬to publicize; to spread widely
- 喧哗hubbub; to make a racket
- 喧闹noisy; to make noise
- 玄mysterious; unreliable; black
- 玄机hidden mystery; secret
- 悬挂to hang; to suspend
- 悬念suspense
- 悬殊vastly different
- 悬崖cliff; precipice
- 旋律melody
- 旋涡whirlpool; vortex; eddy
- 选民voter; electorate
- 选项option; choice; alternative
- 选用to select and use
- 炫耀to show off; to flaunt
- 削to pare; to cut down; to reduce
- 削弱to weaken
- 靴子boots
- 穴位acupuncture point; acupoint
- 学历educational background; degree
- 学士bachelor's degree; bachelor
- 学说theory; doctrine
- 学堂school (old); college
- 学业studies; schoolwork
- 学艺to learn a skill or art
- 学子student; scholar
- 雪山snow-capped mountain
- 雪上加霜to make matters even worse
- 血脉blood vessels; bloodline
- 血栓blood clot; thrombus
- 血压blood pressure
- 血缘bloodline; kinship; ties of blood
- 勋章medal; decoration
- 熏to smoke; to fumigate; to cure (food)
- 熏陶to influence gradually; to nurture
- 寻to search; to seek; to look for
- 寻常usual; common; ordinary
- 寻觅to search for; to look for
- 巡逻to patrol
- 驯to tame; to domesticate; docile
- 循序渐进step by step progress
- 逊色inferior; not as good as
- 训to scold; to train; to teach
- 丫头girl; lass; maidservant
- 压倒to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
- 压缩to compress
- 压抑to repress (emotions); oppressive
- 压制to suppress; to inhibit
- 押to pawn; to pledge; to detain in custody
- 鸦雀无声absolute silence
- 牙齿tooth; dental
- 牙膏toothpaste
- 芽bud; sprout; shoot
- 哑mute; dumb; hoarse (voice)
- 烟囱chimney; smokestack; stovepipe
- 烟火fireworks; smoke and fire; signs of human life
- 淹to flood; to submerge; to drown
- 延to extend; to prolong; to postpone
- 延缓to postpone; to defer; to slow down
- 延误to delay; to be held up; delay
- 严谨rigorous; strict; meticulous
- 严禁to strictly forbid
- 严峻grim; severe
- 严密tight; rigorous; strict
- 言辞words; expression; phrasing
- 言论speech; opinion; remarks
- 言行words and deeds; speech and behavior
- 岩石rock (geology)
- 沿岸along the coast; riverbank; littoral area
- 沿途along the way; by the roadside
- 沿线along the line (railway, subway, etc.)
- 炎热blazing hot (weather)
- 炎症inflammation; infection
- 研讨to discuss and study; seminar; discussion
- 阎王King of Hell; Yama; tyrannical person
- 衍生to derive; to give rise to; derivative
- 掩盖to cover up; to conceal
- 掩护to shield; to cover (protect)
- 掩饰to cover up; to disguise
- 眼红envious; jealous; furious
- 眼界field of vision; outlook; horizon
- 眼色meaningful glance; signal
- 眼神look (in one's eyes); expression
- 眼下at present; right now; for the moment
- 演变to develop; to evolve
- 演播室broadcasting studio; TV studio
- 演技acting; acting skills; performance
- 演练to drill; to practice; drill
- 演示to demonstrate; demonstration; presentation
- 演说speech; lecture; to deliver a speech
- 演习drill; exercise (military)
- 演戏to act; to put on a play; to pretend
- 演艺圈show business; entertainment circle
- 演绎to deduce; to play out
- 厌烦to be fed up with; bored; sick of
- 厌倦to be weary of; to be tired of
- 咽to swallow; throat
- 咽喉throat; pharynx and larynx; strategic pass
- 艳丽gorgeous; bright and colorful
- 验to examine; to test; to check
- 验收to inspect and accept
- 验证to verify; to validate
- 焰火fireworks
- 燕子swallow (bird)
- 秧歌rural folk dance; harvest dance
- 扬to raise; to flutter; to spread
- 阳性positive (test result); masculine
- 杨树poplar tree
- 洋溢to brim with; to be filled with
- 养活to support; to provide for; to raise (animals)
- 养老金pension; old-age pension
- 养老院nursing home; retirement home
- 养生to preserve one's health; wellness
- 养殖to breed; to raise; aquaculture and farming
- 氧oxygen
- 痒to itch; itchy
- 样本sample; specimen
- 样品sample; specimen
- 妖怪monster; demon; goblin
- 邀to invite; to request; to ask for
- 窑kiln; coal pit; cave dwelling
- 谣言rumor
- 摇摆to sway; to waver
- 摇滚rock 'n' roll (music)
- 摇晃to rock; to shake; to sway
- 摇篮cradle; birthplace (of a culture)
- 摇摇欲坠tottering; on the verge of collapse
- 遥控to control remotely; remote control
- 遥远distant; remote
- 药材medicinal ingredient; medicinal herb
- 药方prescription; medical recipe
- 要不(conjunction) otherwise; or else
- 要不是if it were not for; but for
- 要点main point; key point
- 要害vital part; key point; crucial spot
- 要紧important; urgent; serious
- 要领essentials; main points; knack
- 要命extremely; terribly; damn it
- 要强eager to excel; strong-minded; competitive
- 钥匙key
- 耀眼dazzling
- 椰子coconut; coconut palm
- 也就是说in other words; that is to say
- 野餐picnic; to have a picnic
- 野炊cookout; to cook outdoors
- 野蛮savage; barbaric
- 野兽wild animal; beast
- 野外outdoors; the wild; countryside
- 野心ambition (negative sense)
- 野营to camp; camping
- 业industry; profession; studies
- 业绩performance; achievement; results
- 夜班night shift
- 夜市night market
- 夜晚night; nighttime
- 夜校night school; evening school
- 夜以继日day and night; around the clock
- 夜总会nightclub; nightspot
- 液晶liquid crystal; LCD
- 液体liquid
- 一把手top leader; the boss; good hand
- 一不小心accidentally; carelessly
- 一成不变unchanging; set in stone
- 一筹莫展at one's wits' end; helpless
- 一大早early in the morning; at dawn
- 一动不动completely still; motionless
- 一度(adv) once; for a time
- 一帆风顺smooth sailing throughout
- 一概all; without exception
- 一概而论to lump everything together
- 一干二净completely; thoroughly; clean
- 一个劲儿continuously; persistently
- 一鼓作气in one burst of effort; in one go
- 一锅粥a complete mess; chaos
- 一晃in a flash; in the blink of an eye
- 一回事the same thing; one matter
- 一技之长a useful skill; specialty
- 一家人the whole family; like family
- 一经once; as soon as
- 一举in one move; at one stroke; act
- 一举一动every single move; every action
- 一卡通all-in-one transit or campus card
- 一揽子all-inclusive; package (plan)
- 一连in a row; consecutively
- 一连串a series of; a string of
- 一毛不拔extremely stingy; tightfisted
- 一面one side; at the same time
- 一目了然clear at a glance
- 一年到头all year round; the whole year
- 一旁aside; to the side
- 一如既往just as always; as before
- 一刹那an instant; a split second
- 一声不吭not uttering a single word; silent
- 一事无成to have achieved nothing
- 一手single-handedly; a special skill
- 一瞬间in an instant; split second
- 一塌糊涂a total mess; in shambles
- 一体an integral whole; unified entity
- 一天到晚all day long; from morning to night
- 一头headlong; a head full of; one end
- 一味blindly; stubbornly; persistently
- 一无所有to have nothing at all; penniless
- 一无所知completely ignorant; knowing nothing
- 一系列a series of; a string of
- 一线front line; a glimmer of
- 一心wholeheartedly; bent on
- 一心一意wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
- 一言不发without saying a word; silent
- 一言一行every word and deed
- 一眼a glance; at first sight
- 一一one by one; one after another
- 一应俱全having everything needed available
- 一早early in the morning; at dawn
- 一长一短talking endlessly; unexpected mishap
- 一阵(measure word) for bursts, spells; a burst
- 伊斯兰教Islam
- 衣食住行basic necessities of life
- 医务medical affairs; medical service
- 依to depend on; to comply with; according to
- 依托to rely on; support
- 依依不舍reluctant to part
- 仪表appearance; bearing; meter
- 怡然自得happy and content; carefree
- 姨maternal aunt; mother's sister
- 移交to hand over; to transfer
- 移植to transplant; to graft
- 遗留to leave behind; to hand down
- 遗弃to abandon; to forsake
- 遗体remains (of the deceased); body
- 遗忘to forget; to leave behind
- 遗物effects of the deceased; relic
- 遗愿final wishes of the deceased
- 遗址ruins; historical site
- 遗嘱will; testament; dying wish
- 疑点doubtful point; suspicious point
- 疑惑to doubt; puzzled
- 疑虑doubt; misgivings; hesitation
- 以(prep.) with, by means of; in order to
- 以免(conj) so as not to
- 以身作则to lead by example
- 以至于(conjunction) to the extent that; so much so that
- 以致(conj) with the result that
- 矣(particle) literary final particle
- 倚to lean on; to rely on
- 义工volunteer; volunteer work
- 议to discuss; to comment on
- 议程agenda; agenda item
- 议会parliament; legislature
- 议员member of parliament; lawmaker
- 亦(literary) also; too
- 屹立to tower; to stand firm
- 异口同声to speak in unison
- 异想天开to let one's imagination run wild
- 异性the opposite sex; heterosexual
- 异议objection; dissent
- 抑扬顿挫cadenced and expressive in tone
- 抑郁depressed; gloomy; despondent
- 抑郁症clinical depression
- 抑制to inhibit; to suppress; to restrain
- 译to translate; to interpret
- 易拉罐soda can; pull-tab can
- 疫苗vaccine
- 益处benefit; advantage
- 意料to anticipate; expectation
- 意料之外beyond expectation; unexpected
- 意图intention; intent
- 意向intention; inclination
- 溢to overflow; to spill over; brimming
- 毅力perseverance; willpower
- 毅然(adv) resolutely
- 因人而异varying from person to person
- 阴暗dark; dim; gloomy
- 阴性negative (medical test); feminine
- 音响sound system; stereo
- 殷勤attentive; solicitous; hospitable
- 银幕movie screen; the silver screen
- 引发to trigger; to spark; to lead to
- 引经据典to quote the classics
- 引领to lead; to guide; to pioneer
- 引擎engine
- 引人入胜fascinating and absorbing
- 引人注目eye-catching and conspicuous
- 引入to introduce; to bring in; to draw in
- 引用to quote; to cite
- 引诱to lure; to tempt; to entice
- 饮水to drink water; drinking water
- 饮用水drinking water; potable water
- 隐蔽to conceal; hidden
- 隐患hidden danger
- 隐瞒to conceal; to hide (the truth)
- 隐情hidden reason; secret matter
- 隐身to hide oneself; invisible
- 隐形invisible
- 隐性hidden; latent; recessive
- 隐约vague; faint
- 瘾addiction; strong craving; habit
- 印刷术printing; printing technology
- 印章seal; stamp; chop
- 印证to confirm; to verify; proof
- 应酬to socialize; social engagement
- 应付to deal with
- 应聘to apply for a job
- 应邀at (someone's) invitation
- 应有尽有to have everything one needs
- 英镑pound sterling; British pound
- 英俊handsome
- 婴儿infant; baby
- 鹰eagle; hawk; falcon
- 迎to welcome; to meet; to face
- 迎合to cater to; to pander to
- 盈利profit; to make a profit
- 荧光fluorescence; fluorescent light
- 营救to rescue; rescue
- 营造to create (an atmosphere); to build
- 赢家winner
- 影像image; visual record
- 映to reflect; to shine on; to project
- 硬币coin
- 硬朗hale and hearty; robust; sturdy
- 硬盘hard drive; hard disk
- 拥护to support; to endorse
- 拥挤crowded
- 庸俗vulgar; tacky
- 永不never; will never
- 永恒eternal; everlasting
- 永久permanent; everlasting; forever