HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 桂花sweet osmanthus; osmanthus
- 滚动to roll; to scroll; to loop
- 棍stick; rod; club
- 棍子stick; rod
- 国宝national treasure
- 国防national defense
- 国画traditional Chinese painting
- 国徽national emblem
- 国情national conditions
- 国土national territory; land
- 国学traditional Chinese studies
- 国有state-owned; nationalized
- 果断decisive; firm
- 果园orchard
- 果真sure enough; really; if indeed
- 裹to wrap; to bind up; package
- 过半more than half; over half
- 过不去to be hard on; unable to pass
- 过错mistake; fault; error
- 过道passageway; corridor; aisle
- 过关to pass a test; to get through
- 过奖to overpraise; you flatter me
- 过节to celebrate a festival
- 过境to pass through territory; transit
- 过滤to filter
- 过期to expire; overdue
- 过日子to live one's life; to get by
- 过剩excessive; surplus; oversupply
- 过失fault; error
- 过头to go too far; to overdo it
- 过往the past; to come and go
- 过意不去to feel very apologetic
- 过瘾to satisfy a craving; gratifying
- 过硬solid; up to the mark; skilled
- 过早premature; too early; untimely
- 咳嗽to cough
- 还款to repay a loan; repayment
- 还原to restore to original state
- 海岸coast; seacoast; seashore
- 海拔elevation; height above sea level
- 海滨seaside; shore
- 海盗pirate
- 海量massive amount; magnanimity
- 海绵sponge; foam rubber
- 海面sea surface; ocean surface
- 海内外at home and abroad
- 海滩beach
- 海峡strait; channel
- 海啸tsunami
- 海域sea area; maritime space
- 海运sea transport; ocean shipping
- 海藻seaweed; marine algae
- 骇人听闻utterly shocking and appalling
- 害虫pest; harmful insect
- 害臊bashful; shy; to feel ashamed
- 害羞shy; bashful
- 酣畅hearty; unrestrained; sound
- 酣睡to sleep soundly; deep sleep
- 含糊vague; ambiguous
- 含蓄implicit; subtle; reserved
- 函授to teach by correspondence; correspondence education
- 涵盖to cover; to include; to comprise
- 涵义meaning; implication
- 罕见rare; rarely seen
- 汗水sweat; perspiration
- 旱dry; drought
- 旱灾drought
- 捍卫to defend; to safeguard
- 焊to weld; to solder
- 航海maritime navigation; to sail
- 航天space flight; aerospace
- 航天员astronaut
- 航行to sail; to navigate
- 航运shipping; water transport
- 毫不not at all; not in the least
- 毫不犹豫without the least hesitation
- 毫无to have none at all; not in the least
- 豪华luxurious
- 好比to be just like; to be akin to
- 好歹in any case; anyhow; good and bad
- 好感favorable impression; goodwill
- 好坏good or bad; quality; mishap
- 好家伙(interjection) good heavens!; oh boy!
- 好客hospitable
- 好评positive review; high praise
- 好奇心curiosity; inquisitiveness
- 好说not a problem; easy to talk over; you flatter me
- 好笑funny; laughable; ridiculous
- 好心good intentions; kindness; well-meaning
- 好心人kindhearted person; good Samaritan
- 好意good intention; kindness; goodwill
- 好在luckily; fortunately
- 号称to be known as; to claim to be
- 浩劫calamity; catastrophe; disaster
- 耗to consume; to spend; to drag on
- 耗费to consume; to spend (resources)
- 耗时time-consuming; to take (time)
- 喝彩to cheer; to acclaim; to applaud
- 禾苗cereal seedling; young grain plant
- 合唱to sing in chorus; chorus; choir
- 合乎to accord with; to conform to
- 合伙to form a partnership; to act jointly
- 合计to total; in total; to discuss
- 合情合理fair and reasonable
- 合影group photo; to take a photo together
- 合资joint venture; to pool capital
- 合作社cooperative
- 何必(adverb) why bother; no need to
- 何处where; what place
- 何苦(adverb) why bother; why suffer
- 何况(conjunction) let alone; moreover
- 何时when; at what time
- 和蔼kindly; amiable
- 和解to reconcile; to settle (dispute)
- 和睦harmonious (relations)
- 和平共处peaceful coexistence
- 和气friendly; amiable
- 和尚Buddhist monk
- 河流river; stream
- 河畔riverside; river bank
- 核core; nucleus; fruit pit
- 核电站nuclear power plant
- 核对to check; to verify; to audit
- 核能nuclear energy
- 核实to verify; to confirm
- 核桃walnut
- 核武器nuclear weapon
- 荷花lotus flower; water lily
- 贺电congratulatory telegram; message of greeting
- 贺信congratulatory letter
- 赫然(adverb) shockingly; prominently; impressively
- 鹤立鸡群standing out from the crowd
- 黑白black and white; right and wrong
- 黑客hacker (computing)
- 黑马dark horse; unexpected winner
- 黑手evil backstage manipulator; hidden hand
- 黑心unscrupulous; evil; ruthless
- 嘿hey
- 痕迹trace; mark
- 恨不得(adv) to wish one could
- 哼to hum; to groan; humph!
- 横七竖八in complete disorder
- 横向horizontal; lateral; crosswise
- 轰bang; boom; to drive away
- 轰动to cause a sensation
- 轰炸to bomb; to bombard
- 哄to coax; to soothe (a child)
- 哄堂大笑the whole room bursts into laughter
- 烘干to dry by heat; to tumble dry
- 烘托to set off; to accentuate
- 弘扬to promote; to carry forward; to uphold
- 红灯red light; warning sign
- 红火prosperous; thriving; booming
- 红扑扑rosy; flushed (of cheeks)
- 红润rosy; ruddy; healthy-looking
- 红薯sweet potato
- 红眼jealous; envious; pink eye
- 宏观macroscopic; macro-
- 宏伟grand; magnificent
- 洪亮loud and clear; resonant
- 喉咙throat
- 吼to roar; to howl
- 后备reserve; backup
- 后备箱car trunk; boot
- 后代descendants; later generations
- 后盾backing; strong support
- 后顾之忧worries about the future
- 后期later stage; post-production
- 后勤logistics
- 后人later generations; descendants
- 后台backstage; back-end; backing
- 后退to step back; to retreat
- 后续follow-up; subsequent
- 后遗症aftereffects; repercussions
- 后裔descendant; offspring
- 后者the latter
- 厚道kind and honest; sincere
- 厚度thickness
- 候选人candidate
- 呼风唤雨to wield great power and influence
- 呼唤to call out; to shout for
- 呼救to call for help; to cry for help
- 呼声public demand; voice; appeal
- 呼吁to appeal; to call on
- 呼应to echo; to correspond with
- 忽高忽低fluctuating; rising and falling
- 忽悠to trick; to sweet-talk; to con
- 胡闹to fool around; to make trouble
- 胡说to talk nonsense; drivel
- 胡思乱想to let one's imagination run wild
- 湖泊lake
- 互补to complement each other; complementary
- 互访to exchange visits
- 互信mutual trust; to trust each other
- 互助to help each other; mutual aid
- 护理to nurse; to care for; nursing
- 糊to paste; blurry; burnt (of food)
- 糊涂muddled; silly; confused
- 花瓣petal
- 花卉flowers and plants; flora
- 花纹decorative pattern; design
- 花样pattern; variety; trick
- 哗变mutiny; to mutiny
- 哗然in an uproar; tumultuous
- 华丽gorgeous; magnificent
- 华侨overseas Chinese
- 华裔ethnic Chinese (living abroad)
- 滑冰to ice-skate; skating
- 滑稽comical; funny; amusing
- 滑梯slide (playground equipment)
- 滑雪to ski; skiing
- 化肥chemical fertilizer
- 化身embodiment; incarnation; to transform into
- 化纤synthetic fiber; chemical fiber
- 化险为夷to turn danger into safety
- 化验to run a lab test
- 化妆to put on makeup
- 划时代epoch-making; historic
- 划算cost-effective; worthwhile; good value
- 画册picture album; art book
- 画龙点睛to add the vital finishing touch
- 画蛇添足to ruin by overdoing it
- 画展art exhibition; painting exhibition
- 话费phone bill; call charges
- 话筒microphone
- 话语words; speech; discourse
- 怀抱embrace; bosom; to cherish
- 怀旧nostalgic; nostalgia; to reminisce
- 怀里in one's arms; in one's embrace
- 怀孕pregnant; to have conceived; gestation
- 怀着harboring; holding (a feeling); with
- 槐树scholar tree; Chinese pagoda tree
- 坏事bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
- 环球around the world; global; worldwide
- 环绕to surround; to encircle; to revolve around
- 缓slow; to postpone; to recover
- 缓和to ease (tension); to alleviate
- 缓缓slowly; gently; unhurriedly
- 缓慢slow; gradual; sluggish
- 幻觉illusion; hallucination
- 幻影phantom; mirage; illusion
- 唤起to awaken; to evoke; to arouse
- 换成to change into; to replace with; to convert to
- 换取to obtain in exchange; to trade for
- 换位to swap places; to switch positions
- 换言之in other words; to put it another way
- 患to suffer from (an illness); trouble; peril
- 患病to fall ill; to suffer from a disease
- 患有to suffer from; to be afflicted with
- 焕发to glow; to radiate; to shine with vitality
- 欢呼to cheer; to acclaim; cheers
- 欢聚to gather happily; joyful reunion
- 欢快cheerful; lively; lighthearted
- 欢声笑语cheers and laughter; full of joy and laughter
- 荒barren; deserted; shortage
- 荒诞absurd; preposterous; bizarre
- 荒凉desolate
- 荒谬absurd; ridiculous
- 慌乱panicked; flustered; in a frenzy
- 慌张flustered; panicky
- 皇宫imperial palace
- 皇后empress; queen
- 皇上the emperor; Your Majesty
- 皇室royal family; imperial house
- 黄昏dusk; evening
- 恍然大悟to suddenly realize
- 谎话lie; falsehood
- 谎言lie; falsehood
- 晃to sway; to shake
- 晃荡to rock; to sway; to stroll
- 灰ash; dust; lime
- 灰尘dust
- 灰心to lose heart; discouraged
- 挥to wave; to brandish
- 辉煌glorious; splendid
- 回归to return to; regression
- 回扣kickback; secret commission
- 回馈to give back; to reward; feedback
- 回落to fall back; to drop again
- 回升to rise again; to rebound
- 回首to look back; to recall the past
- 回味to savor; aftertaste
- 回想to recall; to think back
- 回忆录memoir; memoirs
- 悔恨remorse; regret
- 毁坏to damage; to destroy
- 毁灭to destroy; to ruin
- 汇合to converge; to join together
- 汇集to collect; to come together
- 汇聚to converge; to gather together
- 会场meeting venue; conference hall
- 会面to meet with; meeting
- 会晤to meet (formally)
- 会意to understand tacitly; ideogram
- 会诊medical consultation; to consult
- 绘声绘色vivid and lively
- 贿赂to bribe; bribe
- 昏迷to be unconscious; coma
- 婚纱wedding dress; bridal gown
- 婚姻marriage
- 浑身all over (one's body)
- 魂soul; spirit; wits
- 混凝土concrete (building material)
- 混淆to confuse; to mix up
- 混浊turbid; murky
- 豁to risk all; slit; opening
- 豁出去to go for broke; to risk it all
- 豁达open-minded; optimistic
- 活儿work; job; manual labor
- 活该(coll.) to serve sb right
- 活期demand deposit; checking account
- 火暴booming; fiery; wildly popular
- 火锅hotpot
- 火候heat control; timing; mastery
- 火花spark; flash of inspiration
- 火炬flaming torch
- 火辣辣burning hot; stinging; fiery
- 火热burning hot; passionate; fervent
- 火山volcano
- 火速at top speed; urgently
- 火焰flame
- 火药gunpowder
- 伙食food; meals; board
- 或多或少more or less
- 货币currency; money
- 货车truck; freight train car
- 货物goods; cargo; merchandise
- 货运freight transport; cargo
- 获胜to win; to triumph
- 获悉to learn of; to find out
- 祸害scourge; disaster; to harm
- 霍乱cholera
- 讥笑to sneer at; to mock
- 饥饿hunger; starvation
- 机舱aircraft cabin
- 机动motorized; flexible; adaptable
- 机灵clever; quick-witted
- 机密secret; classified
- 机智quick-witted; resourceful
- 肌肤skin
- 迹象sign; indication
- 积to accumulate; product (math)
- 积淀long-term accumulation; to amass
- 积蓄savings; to save up
- 基本功basic skills; fundamentals
- 基层grassroots; primary level
- 基因gene
- 基于based on; on the basis of
- 基准benchmark; standard; criterion
- 畸形deformed; malformed; abnormal
- 激发to arouse; to stimulate
- 激光laser
- 激化to intensify; to sharpen
- 激活to activate; to stimulate
- 激励to motivate; to encourage
- 激起to arouse; to stir up; to evoke
- 激素hormone
- 及(conjunction) and; to reach
- 及其and its; and their
- 及早(adv) as early as possible
- 吉普jeep
- 吉他guitar
- 吉祥物mascot
- 级别level; rank; grade
- 即namely; at once; even if
- 即便(conj) even if
- 即可will suffice; can then
- 极度extremely; to the utmost degree
- 极力doing one's utmost; strongly
- 极少数extremely few; tiny minority
- 极为extremely; exceedingly
- 极限limit; the extreme
- 急剧rapid; sudden
- 急迫urgent; pressing; imperative
- 急性acute (illness)
- 急需to urgently need; urgent need
- 急于eager to; anxious to
- 急诊emergency treatment; ER
- 急转弯sharp turn; to turn sharply
- 脊梁backbone; spine
- 棘手thorny; troublesome; knotty
- 集会rally; assembly; to gather
- 集结to assemble; to mass; to gather
- 集邮stamp collecting; to collect stamps
- 集装箱shipping container
- 集资to raise funds; fundraising
- 嫉妒to envy; jealous
- 几率probability; odds; chance
- 挤压to squeeze; to compress; to press
- 计to count; plan; meter or gauge
- 计策stratagem; plan; tactic
- 计较to fuss over; to haggle
- 计时to time; to measure time; timing
- 记号mark; sign; symbol
- 记忆犹新fresh in one's memory
- 纪录片documentary (film or TV)
- 纪念碑monument; memorial stone
- 纪念馆memorial hall; memorial museum
- 纪念日anniversary; memorial day; commemorative day
- 纪实on-the-spot report; documentary; factual record
- 忌to avoid; to abstain from; to envy
- 忌讳taboo; to avoid as taboo
- 忌口to avoid certain foods; dietary restriction
- 技艺skill; craftsmanship; artistry
- 剂(measure word) for doses of medicine; preparation; agent
- 继to continue; to follow; after
- 继而then; afterwards; subsequently
- 继父stepfather
- 继母stepmother
- 寂静quiet; silent
- 寂寞lonely; lonesome
- 寄托to place (hope) in; to entrust
- 祭to offer sacrifice to; rite
- 祭奠to hold a memorial service; to honor the dead
- 祭祀to offer sacrifices; worship
- 加紧to step up; to speed up
- 加剧to intensify
- 加深to deepen; to intensify
- 加重to make heavier; to aggravate; to increase
- 佳节festive occasion; holiday
- 家伙guy; chap (informal); weapon (slang)
- 家家户户every household; each and every family
- 家教upbringing; private tutor
- 家境family financial situation
- 家禽poultry; domestic fowl
- 家用for home use; household expenses; domestic
- 家喻户晓known to every household
- 家政housekeeping; domestic service
- 家族family; clan
- 嘉年华carnival; festival
- 假定to assume; to suppose; assumption
- 假冒to counterfeit; to impersonate; fake
- 假设to suppose; to presume; to assume
- 假使(conjunction) if; in case; suppose
- 假装to feign; to pretend
- 价位price level; price range
- 价值观values; value system
- 驾to drive; to pilot; to ride
- 驾车to drive a vehicle
- 驾驭to master; to control; to steer
- 架势posture; stance; manner
- 架子shelf; frame; airs and graces
- 嫁(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- 嫁妆dowry; trousseau
- 奸诈treacherous; devious; crafty
- 尖端tip; cutting-edge
- 尖锐sharp; penetrating
- 坚持不懈to persevere unremittingly
- 坚韧tough and durable
- 坚实solid; firm
- 坚守to stick to; to hold fast to
- 坚信to believe firmly
- 坚硬hard; solid
- 歼灭to wipe out; to annihilate
- 间谍spy
- 间断to be interrupted; to break off; gap
- 间隔gap; interval
- 间隙interval; gap; space between
- 肩膀shoulder
- 肩负to shoulder; to bear; to take on
- 艰巨extremely difficult; arduous
- 艰苦奋斗to work hard and persevere
- 艰险difficult and dangerous; perilous
- 艰辛hardship; arduous; tough
- 兼to hold concurrently; both; double
- 兼顾to attend to both; to balance
- 兼任to hold a concurrent post; part-time
- 兼容to be compatible; compatibility
- 兼职part-time job; to moonlight
- 监察to supervise; to inspect; supervision
- 监管to regulate; to oversee; supervision
- 监护to act as guardian; intensive care
- 监控to monitor; surveillance
- 监视to monitor; to keep watch over
- 监狱prison
- 煎to pan-fry; to fry
- 拣to choose; to pick
- 减免to reduce or waive; to exempt
- 减弱to weaken; to diminish
- 减速to slow down; to decelerate
- 减压to relieve stress; to decompress
- 检察to prosecute; to investigate; procuratorial
- 检讨self-criticism; to review
- 简称to be abbreviated as; abbreviation
- 简短brief; concise; short
- 简化to simplify
- 简洁concise; succinct; brief
- 简陋simple and crude
- 简体字simplified Chinese character
- 简要concise; brief
- 简易simple and easy; makeshift
- 见解opinion; view
- 见钱眼开greedy for money
- 见仁见智opinions differ
- 见识experience; insight; to broaden one's horizons
- 见外to act like a stranger; to be overly polite
- 见效to take effect; to produce results
- 见义勇为to act bravely for justice
- 见证to witness; witness; testimony
- 建交to establish diplomatic ties