HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 农历lunar calendar
- 农民工rural migrant worker
- 农作物farm crops; crops
- 浓厚dense; thick; strong (interest)
- 浓缩to concentrate; to condense; espresso
- 浓郁rich; strong (scent or flavor); full-bodied
- 浓重dense; thick; strong (smell)
- 弄虚作假to practice fraud and deceit
- 奴隶slave
- 女婿son-in-law
- 暖烘烘nice and warm; cozy
- 虐待to abuse; to mistreat
- 挪to move; to shift
- 诺言promise; pledge
- 哦oh (surprise or realization)
- 殴打to beat up; to assault
- 呕吐to vomit
- 趴to lie face down; to lean on
- 拍板to make the final decision; wooden clappers
- 拍卖to auction; auction
- 拍戏to shoot a film or TV show; to act in a play
- 徘徊to pace back and forth; to hesitate
- 排斥to reject; to exclude
- 排放to emit; to discharge
- 排练to rehearse; rehearsal
- 牌照license plate; business license
- 派别faction; group; sect
- 派遣to dispatch; to send on a mission
- 攀to climb; to clamber; to seek connections
- 攀升to rise steadily; to climb (of prices, etc.)
- 盘算to calculate; to plan; to scheme
- 判处to sentence; to condemn
- 判定to judge; to determine; ruling
- 判决verdict; to sentence
- 叛逆rebellious; to rebel; rebel
- 盼to hope for; to long for; to expect
- 庞大huge; enormous
- 旁观to look on; to stand by; spectator
- 抛to throw; to toss; to abandon
- 抛开to set aside; to cast aside; to get rid of
- 抛弃to abandon; to discard
- 刨to dig; to excavate; to peel or plane
- 跑车sports car; racing car
- 跑道running track; runway
- 跑龙套to play a bit part; to play a minor role
- 泡沫foam; bubble
- 胚胎embryo
- 陪伴to accompany; to keep someone company
- 陪葬to be buried with the dead
- 赔钱to lose money; to pay damages
- 佩服to admire
- 配件part; component; accessory
- 配偶spouse
- 配送to deliver goods; delivery
- 配音to dub; dubbing (in film)
- 喷泉fountain
- 抨击to attack (verbally); to slam
- 烹调to cook; cooking; culinary art
- 蓬勃vigorous; flourishing; booming
- 鹏程万里to have a bright future ahead
- 膨胀to expand; to inflate; to swell
- 捧to hold with both hands; to flatter
- 捧场to attend in support; to cheer
- 碰钉子to meet with a rebuff; to be rejected
- 碰巧by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- 碰上to run into; to encounter
- 碰撞to collide; collision; clash
- 批发wholesale
- 批判to criticize; critique
- 披露to disclose; to reveal; to publish
- 劈to chop; to split
- 皮带leather belt; strap
- 疲惫exhausted; worn out
- 疲惫不堪completely exhausted; worn out
- 疲倦tired; weary
- 疲劳fatigue; tired; weary
- 脾spleen
- 匹配to match; compatible; matching
- 媲美to rival; to compare favorably
- 僻静secluded; quiet and out-of-the-way
- 譬如(conj) for example; such as
- 譬如说for example; for instance
- 偏差deviation; bias
- 偏方folk remedy; home remedy
- 偏见prejudice; bias
- 偏僻remote; desolate
- 偏偏(adv) contrary to expectation
- 偏向to lean toward; to favor; bias
- 偏远remote; out-of-the-way; distant
- 篇幅length of a piece of writing; page space
- 片段clip; excerpt; fragment
- 片子movie; film; X-ray film
- 骗人to deceive people; deceptive
- 飘to float; to flutter
- 票房box office; box-office sales
- 漂to float; to drift
- 撇to fling aside; to toss away
- 拼搏to struggle; to fight hard
- 拼命(adv) with all one's might; desperately
- 贫富the rich and the poor; wealth gap
- 贫穷poor; impoverished; poverty
- 频率frequency
- 频频repeatedly; again and again
- 品尝to taste; to sample
- 品德moral character
- 品位taste; aesthetic standard; grade
- 品行moral conduct; character; behavior
- 聘to hire; to employ; to appoint
- 聘任to appoint to a post; to engage
- 聘用to employ; to hire
- 乒乓球table tennis; ping-pong
- 平常心calmness; levelheadedness; equanimity
- 平淡ordinary; uneventful; bland
- 平和gentle; mild; calm
- 平价affordable; reasonably priced
- 平面plane; flat surface
- 平民ordinary people; civilian
- 平日ordinarily; usually; ordinary day
- 平息to subside; to die down; to calm down
- 评定to evaluate; to assess; to rate
- 评论员commentator
- 评判to judge; to evaluate; to appraise
- 评审to evaluate; to review; judging panel
- 评委judge; member of a judging panel
- 凭借to rely on; by means of; thanks to
- 凭着(preposition) relying on; based on
- 凭证voucher; receipt; proof
- 瓶颈bottleneck
- 萍水相逢to meet by chance as strangers
- 颇(adv) quite; rather
- 迫不及待too impatient to wait
- 迫害to persecute
- 迫使to force; to compel
- 破案to solve a criminal case
- 破除to get rid of; to do away with
- 破解to solve; to crack; to decipher
- 破旧shabby; worn-out; dilapidated
- 破裂to burst; to rupture; to break down
- 破灭to be shattered; to be dashed
- 破碎to shatter; broken in pieces
- 魄力boldness; drive
- 泼冷水to pour cold water on; to discourage
- 扑克playing cards; poker
- 扑面而来to hit one right in the face
- 菩萨bodhisattva; kindhearted person
- 朴实simple; down-to-earth
- 朴素simple; plain
- 普通人ordinary person; everyday people
- 谱music score; chart; manual
- 铺路to pave a road; to pave the way
- 瀑布waterfall
- 曝光to expose (photo or scandal)
- 七嘴八舌all talking at once
- 沏to brew or steep tea
- 凄凉desolate; mournful
- 期盼to look forward to; to await
- 欺骗to deceive; to cheat
- 欺诈to defraud; fraud; deception
- 漆paint; lacquer; to paint
- 齐心协力to work together as one
- 其后thereafter; afterwards; later
- 其间during that time; in the meantime
- 奇花异草exotic flowers and rare plants
- 奇迹miracle
- 奇特peculiar; unusual; distinctive
- 歧视to discriminate against
- 祈祷to pray; prayer
- 棋chess; board game; chess piece
- 棋子chess piece; pawn
- 旗袍qipao (Chinese dress)
- 旗帜flag; banner
- 乞丐beggar
- 乞求to beg for; to plead for
- 乞讨to beg for food or money
- 岂有此理how absurd; preposterous
- 启迪to enlighten; inspiration
- 启蒙to enlighten; to teach basics
- 启示revelation; enlightenment; lesson
- 起步to start out; to move off; start
- 起草to draft (a document)
- 起程to set out on a journey
- 起初at first; originally
- 起伏to undulate; ups and downs
- 起劲enthusiastic; energetic
- 起跑线starting line
- 起源origin; to originate
- 气愤indignant; furious
- 气管windpipe; trachea; air duct
- 气馁to lose heart; discouraged
- 气派impressive; stylish; grand style
- 气泡air bubble; blister
- 气魄boldness; spirit
- 气势imposing manner; grandeur
- 气味smell; odor
- 气息breath; scent; atmosphere
- 气质temperament; aura
- 迄今so far; to date; until now
- 迄今为止up to now; so far
- 契机opportunity; turning point
- 契约contract; agreement; deed
- 器材equipment
- 器械equipment; apparatus; instrument
- 掐to pinch; to nip
- 恰到好处just right; perfectly fitting
- 恰恰相反just the opposite; exact opposite
- 恰巧(adv) by chance; as it happened
- 恰如其分apt; appropriate; just right
- 洽谈to discuss (business)
- 千变万化ever-changing; countless changes
- 千方百计by every possible means
- 千家万户every household; thousands of homes
- 千军万马a mighty army; vast forces
- 千钧一发at a critical and perilous moment
- 迁to move; to relocate; to shift
- 迁就to accommodate; to yield to
- 迁移to migrate; to relocate; migration
- 牵扯to involve; to implicate
- 牵挂to worry about; to care about
- 牵涉to involve; to implicate
- 牵头to take the lead; to coordinate
- 牵制to restrict; to pin down
- 铅lead (metal); pencil lead
- 谦逊humble; modest
- 签署to sign (a document)
- 前辈senior; older generation; elder
- 前不久not long ago; recently
- 前赴后继advancing wave upon wave dauntlessly
- 前期early stage; preliminary phase
- 前任predecessor; former; ex-partner
- 前所未有unprecedented; never seen before
- 前台front desk; reception; stage
- 前无古人unprecedented; unheard-of
- 前夕eve; the day before; right before
- 前线front line; military front
- 前沿forefront; cutting-edge; frontier
- 前仰后合to rock back and forth (laughing)
- 前者the former
- 虔诚devout; pious; sincere
- 钱财wealth; money; possessions
- 钳子pliers; pincers; tongs
- 潜能potential; hidden capability
- 潜水to dive (underwater)
- 潜艇submarine
- 潜移默化gradual, unnoticed influence
- 潜在potential; latent; underlying
- 谴责to condemn; to denounce
- 欠缺to lack; deficiency; shortcoming
- 欠条IOU; note of debt
- 歉意apology; regret; sorry feelings
- 呛to choke (on liquid or food)
- 枪毙to execute by shooting
- 腔cavity; tune; accent
- 强加to impose; to force upon
- 强劲strong; powerful; robust
- 强项strong suit; specialty; strength
- 强行by force; forcibly
- 强硬tough; unyielding; hard-line
- 强占to occupy by force; to seize
- 强制to force; compulsory
- 抢夺to snatch; to seize by force; to plunder
- 抢劫to rob; robbery
- 抢眼eye-catching; striking
- 敲边鼓to back someone up; to chime in
- 敲诈to extort; to blackmail; extortion
- 乔装to disguise oneself; to dress up as
- 瞧不起to look down on; to despise
- 巧合coincidence; coincidental
- 窍门trick; knack
- 翘to stick up; to tilt
- 撬to pry open; to lever up
- 且(conjunction) and; moreover; for now
- 切除to excise; to remove surgically
- 切断to cut off; to sever
- 切割to cut; to slice up
- 切身personal; direct; firsthand
- 窃取to steal; to pilfer
- 亲和力approachability; warmth; affinity
- 亲近close; intimate; to get close to
- 亲朋好友friends and family
- 亲戚relative (family)
- 亲情family love; family affection
- 亲热affectionate; intimate
- 亲身personally; firsthand
- 亲生biological (parent or child); one's own by birth
- 亲手with one's own hands; personally
- 亲友friends and relatives
- 侵略to invade; invasion
- 侵害to infringe on; to violate; to harm
- 侵权to infringe rights; infringement
- 侵占to seize; to invade and occupy
- 钦佩to admire; to respect greatly
- 勤工俭学work-study program; to work while studying
- 勤快diligent; hardworking; industrious
- 勤劳hardworking; diligent
- 寝室dormitory room; bedroom
- 青春期puberty; adolescence
- 青蛙frog
- 轻而易举a piece of cake
- 轻蔑scornful; disdainful; contempt
- 轻微slight; minor; mild
- 轻型light-duty; light (equipment, vehicle)
- 倾家荡产to lose one's entire family fortune
- 倾诉to pour out one's heart; to confide
- 倾听to listen attentively
- 倾销to dump (goods); dumping
- 倾斜to tilt; to slant; to lean
- 清除to clear away; to eliminate
- 清脆crisp; clear and melodious
- 清单checklist; list of items; inventory
- 清淡light (food); not greasy
- 清静quiet; peaceful and quiet
- 清凉cool and refreshing
- 清明Tomb Sweeping Day; clear and bright
- 清晰clear; distinct
- 清新fresh and clean; refreshing
- 清真寺mosque
- 情feeling; affection; situation
- 情报information; intelligence
- 情不自禁cannot help (doing something)
- 情调ambience; mood; romantic style
- 情怀feelings; noble sentiment; mind-set
- 情结emotional attachment; psychological complex
- 情侣couple; lovers; sweethearts
- 情人lover; sweetheart
- 情谊friendship; friendly feelings; bond
- 情愿to would rather; willing; willingly
- 请柬invitation card
- 请帖invitation card
- 庆典grand celebration; ceremony
- 庆贺to congratulate; to celebrate
- 庆幸to feel fortunate; to be glad
- 丘陵hills
- 囚犯prisoner; convict; inmate
- 求婚to propose marriage
- 求救to seek help; to call for help
- 求学to pursue one's studies; to study
- 求医to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor
- 求证to verify; to seek confirmation
- 求助to ask for help; to seek aid
- 曲tune; melody; song
- 曲线curve; curved line
- 曲折winding; complicated
- 驱动to drive; to propel; device driver
- 驱逐to expel; to drive out
- 屈服to surrender; to yield
- 趋于to tend towards; to become
- 取代to replace; to supersede
- 取缔to ban; to crack down on
- 取而代之to take its place; to replace
- 取经to learn from others' experience; to seek scriptures
- 取决于to depend on; to be decided by
- 取暖to warm oneself; to heat a room
- 取胜to win; to score a victory
- 取笑to tease; to make fun of
- 娶to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 去除to remove; to get rid of
- 去处place to go; destination
- 去向whereabouts; direction gone
- 趣味interest; fun; taste
- 圈套trap; snare
- 圈子social circle; circle; ring
- 全程the whole journey; whole way
- 全方位all-around; comprehensive
- 全局overall situation
- 全力以赴to go all out; to give one's best
- 全能all-round; omnipotent
- 全文full text; entire text
- 全心全意wholeheartedly; heart and soul
- 全长overall length; total length
- 权衡to weigh (pros and cons)
- 权威authority; authoritative
- 权益rights and interests; rights
- 拳fist; boxing; martial arts
- 拳头fist
- 劝告to advise; advice; exhortation
- 劝说to persuade; to advise; persuasion
- 劝阻to dissuade; to advise against
- 缺口gap; shortfall
- 缺失to lack; lack; deficiency
- 缺席to be absent
- 确切exact; precise; definite
- 确信to be convinced; certain
- 确凿conclusive; undeniable; definite
- 确诊to confirm a diagnosis; confirmed case
- 燃放to set off (fireworks); to light
- 燃气fuel gas; cooking gas
- 燃油fuel oil; fuel
- 嚷to shout; to make a fuss
- 让步to concede; to give in
- 饶to spare; to forgive; rich
- 饶恕to forgive; to pardon
- 扰乱to disturb; to disrupt
- 绕行to take a detour; to bypass
- 惹to provoke; to cause (trouble)
- 热潮craze; wave of enthusiasm
- 热带the tropics; tropical
- 热气steam; heat
- 热气球hot air balloon
- 热腾腾steaming hot; bustling
- 热衷to be fond of; keen on
- 人次(measure word) for visits
- 人道humane; humanitarian
- 人格personality; character
- 人工智能artificial intelligence (AI)
- 人均per capita; per person
- 人品moral character; integrity
- 人气popularity; liveliness
- 人情favor; human feelings; gift
- 人身personal; human body
- 人事personnel; human affairs
- 人手manpower; staff; per person
- 人体human body
- 人为man-made; artificial
- 人文humanities; culture; human
- 人行道sidewalk; pavement
- 人性human nature
- 人选candidate; choice of person
- 人缘儿popularity; relations with others
- 人造man-made; artificial; synthetic
- 人质hostage
- 仁慈kind; merciful
- 忍饥挨饿to suffer hunger and starvation
- 忍耐to endure; to be patient
- 忍心to have the heart to do sth
- 认错to admit a mistake; to apologize
- 认证to authenticate; certification
- 认知cognition; understanding; perception
- 任命to appoint; appointment
- 任期term of office; tenure
- 任人宰割at the mercy of others; helpless
- 任意(adv) arbitrary; at will
- 任职to hold a post; to take office
- 韧性toughness; resilience; elasticity
- 日程schedule; itinerary
- 日复一日day after day
- 日后in the future; someday
- 日前a few days ago; the other day
- 日趋gradually; day by day
- 日新月异changing rapidly; progressing daily
- 日益(adv) increasingly; day by day
- 荣获to be honored with; to win (an award)
- 荣幸honored (privileged)
- 荣誉honor; glory
- 容光焕发glowing with health; radiant
- 容量capacity; volume; memory size
- 容纳to hold; to accommodate
- 容忍to tolerate; to put up with
- 容许to permit; to allow
- 容颜facial appearance; complexion
- 溶解to dissolve
- 融to melt; to blend; to merge
- 融化to melt; to thaw
- 融洽harmonious; on good terms
- 冗长long and tedious; verbose
- 柔和gentle; soft
- 柔软soft; gentle; supple
- 揉to knead; to rub
- 如果说(conjunction) if; if we say
- 如实truthfully; as things really are
- 如意as one wishes; satisfactory
- 如愿以偿to have one's wish fulfilled
- 如醉如痴entranced; spellbound; captivated
- 儒家Confucianism; Confucian school
- 儒学Confucianism; Confucian studies
- 入场to enter a venue or arena
- 入场券admission ticket
- 入境to enter a country
- 入侵to invade; invasion
- 入手to start with; to obtain
- 入选to be selected; to make the list
- 软弱weak; feeble; lacking strength
- 软实力soft power
- 瑞雪timely snow; auspicious snow
- 润to moisten; moist; to polish
- 若干(pron) a certain number of
- 弱点weakness; weak point
- 弱势vulnerable; disadvantaged; weak
- 撒to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill
- 撒谎to tell a lie
- 赛车auto racing; race car
- 赛跑running race; to race (on foot)
- 三番五次time and again; repeatedly
- 三角triangle; triangular; delta
- 三维three-dimensional; 3D
- 散布to spread; to disseminate
- 散发to distribute; to emit
- 桑拿sauna
- 嗓子throat; voice
- 丧生to lose one's life; to die
- 骚乱riot; disturbance; turmoil
- 骚扰to harass; to disturb
- 扫除to clean up; to sweep away; cleanup
- 扫描to scan; scan
- 扫墓to sweep a grave; to visit a tomb
- 扫兴to spoil the fun; disappointing
- 嫂子(coll) sister-in-law
- 僧人Buddhist monk
- 杀害to murder; to kill
- 杀手killer; hitman; assassin
- 沙龙salon (gathering or shop)