HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 建树achievement; contribution; to make contributions
- 建筑师architect
- 建筑物building; structure; edifice
- 贱cheap; lowly; despicable
- 健美bodybuilding; fit and graceful; aerobics
- 健壮robust; sturdy; strong and healthy
- 溅to splash
- 鉴别to differentiate; to distinguish
- 鉴赏to appreciate; appreciation (of art)
- 鉴于(conj) in view of; given that
- 姜ginger
- 僵stiff; numb; deadlocked
- 僵化to become rigid; ossified
- 僵局impasse; deadlock; stalemate
- 讲解to explain; explanation; commentary
- 讲述to recount; to narrate; to tell about
- 讲学to lecture; to give lectures
- 奖杯trophy; cup
- 奖牌medal (awarded as a prize)
- 奖品prize; award; reward
- 奖项award; prize category
- 降临to arrive; to descend
- 交叉to cross; to intersect
- 交锋to cross swords; to confront; clash
- 交付to deliver; to hand over; to pay
- 交集intersection; overlap; contact
- 交接to hand over (work); to connect; handover
- 交界to border on; common border; boundary
- 交纳to pay (taxes, fees, or dues)
- 交情friendship; friendly relations
- 交涉to negotiate with
- 交谈to converse; to chat; talk
- 交替to alternate; in turn; alternately
- 交头接耳to whisper to each other
- 交响乐symphony; symphonic music
- 郊外outskirts; suburbs; countryside
- 郊游to go for an outing; excursion; picnic
- 娇惯to pamper; to spoil; to coddle
- 娇气delicate; squeamish
- 浇to water; to pour (liquid)
- 胶囊capsule (medicine)
- 胶片photographic film
- 焦burnt; scorched; anxious
- 焦急anxious; worried
- 焦距focal length
- 焦虑anxious; worried; anxiety
- 焦躁fretful; anxious and impatient
- 礁石reef; submerged rock
- 角落corner; nook
- 角逐to contend for; to compete
- 狡猾crafty; cunning; sly
- 绞to twist; to wring; to wind
- 矫正to correct; to straighten
- 搅to stir; to mix; to disturb
- 搅拌to stir; to mix
- 缴to pay; to hand over; to seize
- 缴费to pay a fee; to make a payment
- 缴纳to pay (taxes, fees)
- 叫板to challenge; to defy
- 叫好to applaud; to cheer
- 轿车sedan; passenger car
- 较劲to compete stubbornly; to vie
- 较量to compete with; to pit against
- 教科书textbook
- 教条dogma; doctrine; dogmatic
- 教养upbringing; to raise (a child)
- 阶层social class
- 阶级social class; stratum
- 阶梯flight of steps; stepping stone
- 皆(adv) all; every
- 接班to take over a shift; to succeed
- 接班人successor; heir
- 接二连三one after another; repeatedly
- 接轨to align with; to integrate into; to connect with
- 接济to give financial aid to; to help out
- 接见to receive (visitors) officially
- 接力relay; to work in a relay
- 接纳to accept; to admit into a group
- 接手to take over (work or duties)
- 接送to pick up and drop off
- 接替to replace; to take over from
- 接听to answer the phone
- 接通to connect; to put through
- 揭发to expose; to bring to light
- 揭露to expose; to unmask
- 揭示to reveal; to bring to light
- 揭晓to announce publicly; to reveal
- 节俭frugal; thrifty; economical
- 节气solar term (in Chinese calendar)
- 节水to save water; water-saving
- 节衣缩食to live frugally
- 劫to rob; to hijack; disaster
- 劫持to hijack; to kidnap; to hold hostage
- 洁净clean; spotless; pure
- 结冰to freeze; to ice over
- 结晶to crystallize; crystal
- 结局ending; outcome
- 结识to get to know; to become acquainted with
- 结尾ending; conclusion; to conclude
- 截to cut off; to intercept; (measure word) for sections
- 截然不同entirely different; worlds apart
- 竭尽全力to spare no effort
- 竭力to do one's utmost; to spare no effort
- 解答to answer; to explain; answer
- 解读to interpret; to decode; interpretation
- 解雇to fire; to dismiss
- 解救to rescue; to save from danger
- 解剖to dissect; to analyze
- 解散to disband; to dissolve
- 解体to disintegrate; to break up
- 解脱to free oneself; to break free; relief
- 解围to help out of a tight spot; to rescue; to lift a siege
- 解析to analyze; analysis
- 介入to intervene; to get involved
- 介意to mind; to care about; to take offense
- 介于to lie between; between
- 戒备to be on guard; to take precautions
- 戒烟to quit smoking; to give up smoking
- 戒指(finger) ring
- 届时when the time comes; at the scheduled time
- 界定to define; to delimit; definition
- 界线boundary; dividing line; limits
- 界限boundary; limit
- 借口to use as an excuse; excuse
- 借条IOU; receipt for a loan
- 借用to borrow for use; to adopt (an idea or word)
- 借助to draw support from
- 金属metal
- 金字塔pyramid
- 金子gold
- 津津有味with great relish; eagerly
- 津贴allowance; subsidy
- 筋tendon; muscle; visible vein
- 仅次于second only to
- 尽情to one's heart's content; as much as one likes
- 尽头end; extremity; limit
- 尽早as early as possible; as soon as possible
- 紧凑compact; tight (schedule or plot)
- 紧接着immediately afterwards; right after
- 紧迫pressing; urgent
- 紧缺scarce; in short supply
- 紧缩to cut back; to tighten; austerity
- 谨慎cautious; prudent
- 锦旗silk award banner; commemorative banner
- 劲头enthusiasm; drive; vigor
- 近年来in recent years; for the past few years
- 进场to enter the venue; to enter the market
- 进程process; course of events
- 进出to enter and exit; inflow and outflow
- 进出口import and export; entrance and exit
- 进度rate of progress; schedule; pace
- 进而(conj) and then; thereupon
- 进修to take advanced studies; to take a refresher course
- 晋升to promote (to a position)
- 浸泡to soak; to immerse
- 禁不住can't help it; unable to bear
- 禁忌taboo; contraindication; to avoid
- 禁区restricted area; forbidden zone; penalty area
- 经to pass through; to undergo; scripture
- 经度longitude
- 经久不息prolonged and unceasing
- 经贸economy and trade
- 经商to engage in trade; in business
- 经受to undergo; to withstand; to endure
- 茎stem; stalk
- 荆棘thorns; brambles; obstacles
- 惊to startle; to be scared; alarm
- 惊诧surprised; amazed; stunned
- 惊慌to panic; panicked; alarmed
- 惊慌失措panic-stricken and at a loss
- 惊奇amazed; surprised
- 惊叹to exclaim in admiration; to marvel at
- 惊天动地earth-shattering; world-shaking
- 惊险thrilling; perilous; suspenseful
- 惊心动魄breathtaking; thrilling and suspenseful
- 惊醒to wake with a start; to rouse from sleep
- 惊讶surprised; astonished
- 晶莹sparkling and translucent; crystal clear
- 兢兢业业conscientious; diligent
- 精打细算careful planning and budgeting
- 精华essence; best part
- 精简to streamline; to simplify
- 精练concise and succinct; terse and pithy
- 精妙exquisite; delicate and clever; ingenious
- 精明astute; shrewd; sharp-witted
- 精疲力竭completely exhausted; utterly worn out
- 精确precise; accurate
- 精神病mental illness; psychosis
- 精髓essence; quintessence; core
- 精通to be proficient in; to master
- 精细fine; meticulous; delicate
- 精心with great care; meticulous
- 精益求精to strive for perfection
- 精英elite; best talent
- 精致exquisite; delicate; fine
- 颈部neck; cervical region
- 景观landscape; scenery; view
- 景区scenic area; tourist zone
- 警车police car; patrol car
- 警官police officer; constable
- 警惕vigilant; to be on guard
- 警钟alarm bell; warning sign
- 净化to purify; purification
- 竞技competitive sports; athletics
- 竞相to vie with one another; eagerly
- 竞选to run for office; to campaign
- 竟unexpectedly; actually; indeed
- 竟敢to have the nerve to; to dare to
- 敬to respect; to offer politely
- 敬爱to respect and love; to esteem
- 敬而远之to keep at arm's length
- 敬酒to propose a toast; to toast
- 敬礼to salute; salute
- 敬佩to admire; to esteem
- 敬请please (polite request)
- 敬业dedicated to one's work
- 敬意respect; esteem; high regard
- 敬重to respect deeply; to revere
- 境地circumstances; predicament; state
- 境界realm; state; boundary
- 境内within the borders; domestic
- 境外outside the borders; overseas; abroad
- 境遇circumstances; one's lot in life
- 静止still; stationary; static
- 窘迫hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- 纠缠to pester; to tangle; to nag
- 揪to grab firmly; to seize; to tug
- 久违long-awaited; missed for a long time
- 久仰honored to meet you at last
- 酒精alcohol (ethanol)
- 酒楼traditional restaurant; dining hall
- 救护车ambulance
- 救济relief (aid); to relieve the needy
- 救治to give emergency medical care; to treat
- 就餐to dine; to have a meal
- 就地on the spot; locally
- 就读to attend school; to study at
- 就近(adv) nearby
- 就任to take office; to assume a post
- 就医to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor
- 就诊to see a doctor; to visit a clinic
- 就职to take office
- 就座to take one's seat; to be seated
- 舅舅maternal uncle
- 居高临下to look down from a height
- 居民楼apartment building; residential block
- 拘留to detain (in custody)
- 拘束awkward; ill at ease
- 鞠躬to bow
- 局部part; local
- 局势situation (of affairs)
- 局限to limit; to confine
- 菊花chrysanthemum
- 橘子tangerine; mandarin orange
- 沮丧dejected; depressed
- 举报to report (an offense); to inform on
- 举措measure; move; action
- 举例to give an example
- 举世闻名world-famous; renowned worldwide
- 举世无双unrivaled in the world
- 举世瞩目attracting worldwide attention
- 举一反三to learn by analogy
- 举止manner; bearing; behavior
- 举重weightlifting; to lift weights
- 巨额huge sum; enormous amount
- 巨人giant; colossus
- 巨头tycoon; industry giant; magnate
- 巨星superstar; giant star
- 巨型giant; enormous; mammoth
- 剧烈violent; severe; intense
- 剧目repertoire; theatrical play
- 剧情plot; storyline
- 剧团theatrical troupe; drama group
- 剧院theater; playhouse
- 剧组cast and crew; production team
- 据此accordingly; based on this
- 据悉it is reported that
- 距to be apart from; distance
- 锯saw; to saw
- 聚集to gather; to assemble
- 聚精会神to concentrate fully
- 捐献to donate; to contribute
- 卷入to be drawn into; to be involved in
- 卷子exam paper; test paper; roll
- 决议resolution; to pass a resolution
- 诀别to bid farewell forever; final parting
- 诀窍secret; knack; trick
- 绝技unique skill; supreme feat; stunt
- 绝缘to insulate; to cut off from
- 绝招unique skill; masterstroke; trump card
- 觉醒to awaken; to realize
- 倔stubborn; gruff; surly
- 倔强stubborn; obstinate
- 崛起to rise abruptly; to emerge suddenly
- 爵士jazz; knight; Sir
- 嚼to chew; to munch
- 军官military officer
- 君子gentleman; person of virtue
- 均衡balanced; even; equilibrium
- 均匀even; well-distributed
- 俊handsome; good-looking; talented
- 俊俏pretty and charming; attractive
- 骏马fine horse; steed
- 竣工to complete a project; to finish building
- 卡车truck
- 卡片card
- 卡通cartoon
- 卡子clip; hair clip; fastener
- 开办to open; to set up; to start
- 开采to mine; to extract (resources)
- 开场to begin; to open (a show)
- 开场白opening remarks; prologue
- 开除to expel; to fire (dismiss)
- 开动to start; to set in motion; to dig in
- 开发区development zone
- 开发商developer (real estate, etc.)
- 开工to start work; to begin construction
- 开垦to clear land for farming; to reclaim
- 开口to speak up; to open one's mouth; to ask for a favor
- 开阔wide; open; to open up
- 开朗cheerful; open and clear
- 开辟to open up; to establish
- 开启to start; to initiate; to open
- 开枪to open fire; to shoot a gun
- 开拓to open up; to develop
- 开天辟地unprecedented since creation
- 开销expenses; to pay expenses
- 开张to open a business; to make first sale
- 开支expense; to spend money
- 凯歌victory song; song of triumph
- 楷模role model; example
- 刊登to publish (in print)
- 刊物publication
- 勘探to explore (for resources)
- 堪称can be rated as; worthy of being called
- 侃大山to chat idly; to shoot the breeze; to gossip
- 砍to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
- 看得出can see; can tell
- 看护to nurse; to look after; caregiver
- 看热闹to watch the excitement; to rubberneck
- 看似to seem; to look as if
- 看台grandstand; bleachers; viewing platform
- 看样子it seems; it looks like
- 看中to take a fancy to; to settle on
- 看重to value; to regard as important
- 慷慨generous; magnanimous
- 扛to carry on one's shoulder
- 抗衡to compete with; to rival; to counter
- 抗拒to resist; to defy; to oppose
- 抗生素antibiotic
- 抗争to resist; to fight against; struggle
- 考量to consider; consideration
- 烤to roast; to bake; to grill
- 靠拢to draw close to
- 苛刻harsh; severe; demanding
- 科幻science fiction; sci-fi
- 科目subject (academic)
- 科普popular science; science outreach; to explain science
- 磕to knock (against sth hard)
- 壳shell; case; casing
- 可悲sad; lamentable; pathetic
- 可不是indeed; exactly; that's for sure
- 可乘之机a loophole to exploit
- 可耻shameful; disgraceful
- 可恶disgusting; hateful; vile
- 可歌可泣deeply moving and heroic
- 可观considerable; impressive
- 可贵valuable; praiseworthy; to be treasured
- 可口tasty
- 可谓may well be called; so to speak
- 可想而知it goes without saying
- 可笑ridiculous; funny; laughable
- 可信trustworthy; credible; reliable
- 可行feasible
- 可疑suspicious; dubious; questionable
- 克隆to clone; clone; to copy
- 克制to restrain (oneself)
- 刻苦hardworking; assiduous
- 刻意deliberately; intentionally
- 刻舟求剑stick to old ways blindly
- 客房guest room; hotel room
- 客机passenger plane; airliner
- 客流passenger flow; customer flow
- 客运passenger transport
- 恳求to beg; to entreat; to implore
- 啃to gnaw; to nibble
- 坑pit; hole; (fig.) to scam
- 空白blank space
- 空荡荡empty; deserted
- 空地vacant land; open space
- 空难air crash; plane crash
- 空前unprecedented
- 空隙gap; crack
- 空想daydream; to fantasize
- 空虚empty; hollow
- 恐怖terrifying; terrorist
- 恐慌panic; to panic; panicky
- 恐惧fear; dread; to be afraid
- 恐龙dinosaur
- 恐吓to threaten; to intimidate
- 控告to accuse; to charge; to sue
- 抠to pick; to dig out; stingy
- 口碑public reputation; word of mouth
- 口才eloquence; speaking ability
- 口吃to stutter; to stammer; stutter
- 口感texture (of food); mouthfeel
- 口径caliber; diameter; official line
- 口令oral command; password
- 口气tone (of voice)
- 口腔oral cavity
- 口哨whistle; to whistle
- 口水saliva; spit; drool
- 口头oral; verbal
- 口味taste; flavor; preference
- 口香糖chewing gum
- 口音accent; voice
- 口罩face mask; surgical mask
- 口子opening; cut; hole (in clothes)
- 扣除to deduct
- 扣留to detain; to withhold
- 扣人心弦thrilling; gripping; exciting
- 扣押to detain; to seize; to impound
- 枯燥dry and dull; tedious
- 哭泣to weep; to sob
- 哭笑不得not know whether to laugh or cry
- 窟窿hole; cavity; debt
- 苦力manual laborer; hard labor; drudge
- 苦练to train hard; to practice hard
- 苦难suffering; hardship; misery
- 苦恼vexed; distressed; worried
- 苦笑to smile bitterly; wry smile
- 苦心painstaking effort; great care
- 酷似to strikingly resemble
- 夸to praise; to boast
- 夸大to exaggerate; to overstate
- 夸奖to praise; to compliment
- 夸夸其谈to talk big; full of hot air
- 夸耀to brag about; to show off
- 夸张to exaggerate; overstated; hyperbole
- 垮to collapse; to break down
- 挎to carry over the arm
- 跨国transnational; multinational
- 跨越to step across; to transcend
- 快捷quick; fast and convenient
- 宽敞spacious; wide
- 宽泛wide-ranging; broad in scope
- 宽厚tolerant and generous; broad and thick
- 宽容tolerant; lenient
- 宽恕to forgive; forgiveness
- 宽松loose-fitting; spacious; relaxed
- 款式style; design (of a product)
- 款项funds; sum of money
- 框frame; framework; to circle
- 框架framework; frame
- 筐basket
- 狂欢to party wildly; carnival; revelry
- 狂欢节carnival; festival
- 狂热fanatical; feverish; zealotry
- 况且(conj) moreover; besides
- 旷课to skip class
- 矿藏mineral resources; mineral deposits
- 亏本to lose money in business
- 亏损(financial) loss; deficit
- 昆虫insect
- 捆to tie up; (measure word) for bundles
- 困惑confused; perplexed; confusion
- 困境predicament; plight; dilemma
- 扩to enlarge; to expand
- 扩建to extend a building or road
- 扩散to spread; to diffuse
- 扩张expansion; to expand
- 括弧parentheses; brackets
- 阔绰lavish; extravagant; free with money
- 拉动to pull; to stimulate growth
- 拉拢to win over; to rope in; to entice
- 拉锁zipper; zip fastener
- 喇叭horn; loudspeaker; trumpet
- 腊月twelfth lunar month
- 蜡wax; candle
- 蜡烛candle
- 辣椒chili pepper
- 啦啦队cheerleading squad; cheerleaders
- 来宾guest; visitor (at an event)
- 来电incoming call; power restored
- 来访to visit; to come for a visit
- 来回round trip; back and forth; to go back and forth
- 来历origin; background
- 来临to arrive; to approach; to come
- 来龙去脉the whole story from start to finish
- 来年next year; the coming year
- 来源于to originate from; to come from
- 拦to block; to stop; to flag down
- 栏column; box (on a form); fence or pen
- 栏杆railing; banister; handrail
- 蓝图blueprint; strategic plan
- 揽to take on; to gather into one's arms; to monopolize
- 缆车cable car; gondola lift
- 懒得to not feel like (doing); to be too lazy to
- 懒惰lazy; idle
- 滥用to abuse; to misuse; to overuse