HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 沙滩beach; sandy shore
- 纱yarn; gauze; sheer fabric
- 刹车to brake; brake
- 砂糖granulated sugar
- 鲨鱼shark
- 傻瓜idiot; fool
- 筛to sift; to filter; sieve
- 筛选to filter; to screen
- 晒太阳to sunbathe; to dry in the sun
- 山川mountains and rivers; landscape
- 山顶hilltop; mountain top
- 山冈mound; low hill
- 山岭mountain ridge; mountain range
- 山路mountain road; mountain path
- 山寨knockoff; counterfeit; hill fort
- 删to delete; to erase
- 删除to delete
- 煽动to incite; to instigate
- 闪烁to twinkle; to flicker
- 善good; kind; good at
- 善意goodwill; kindness; well-meaning
- 擅长to be good at; skilled in
- 擅自(adv) without permission
- 膳食meals; diet; food
- 赡养to support (elderly parents)
- 伤残disabled; injured and disabled
- 伤感sad; sentimental; emotional
- 伤痕scar; bruise; wound mark
- 伤脑筋to be a headache; troublesome
- 伤势condition of an injury
- 商贩vendor; peddler; small trader
- 商贾merchant; trader
- 商讨to discuss; to deliberate
- 上报to report to higher-ups; to be in the news
- 上场to go on stage; to enter the field
- 上调to raise; to adjust upward
- 上方upper part; space above
- 上岗to take up a post; to go on duty
- 上火to suffer from internal heat; to get angry
- 上空overhead; airspace; sky above
- 上流upper class; upper reaches
- 上期previous issue; last period
- 上任to take office
- 上述aforementioned; above-mentioned
- 上司boss; superior
- 上诉to appeal (a legal case); appeal
- 上头higher-ups; top; to go to one's head
- 上限upper limit; maximum
- 上旬first ten days of a month
- 上瘾to become addicted
- 上映to show (a movie); to be in theaters
- 上游upper reaches (of river); upstream
- 尚still; yet; to value
- 尚未not yet; still not
- 捎to bring something to someone
- 烧毁to destroy by fire; to burn down
- 烧烤barbecue; to roast; to grill
- 稍后in a little while; later on
- 稍候to wait a moment
- 稍稍slightly; a little; somewhat
- 少不了cannot do without; unavoidable
- 少见rare; seldom seen
- 少量a small amount; a little bit
- 少林寺Shaolin Temple
- 少女young girl; teenage girl
- 少有rare; infrequent
- 奢侈luxurious; extravagant
- 奢望extravagant hope; pipe dream
- 设to set up; to establish; suppose
- 设定to set; to specify; settings
- 设法to try; to find a way
- 社会主义socialism
- 社交social interaction; socializing
- 社论editorial (in a newspaper)
- 社团club; society; association
- 涉嫌to be suspected of (a crime)
- 摄氏度degrees Celsius
- 申办to bid for (an event); to apply for
- 申报to declare (to customs)
- 申领to apply for and receive
- 伸手to reach out a hand; to ask for help
- 伸缩to lengthen and shorten; adjustable
- 伸张to uphold; to promote (justice)
- 身不由己unable to act freely; involuntary
- 身价social status; market value (of a person)
- 身躯body; stature; physique
- 身心body and mind; physical and mental
- 身影figure; silhouette; form
- 身子body; health; pregnancy
- 绅士gentleman
- 深奥profound; abstruse
- 深切heartfelt; deeply felt; sincere
- 深情deep affection; tender feeling
- 深入人心to take root in people's hearts
- 深受to receive deeply; to enjoy greatly
- 深思to ponder; to think deeply
- 深信to firmly believe; to be convinced
- 深夜late at night; the dead of night
- 深远far-reaching; profound
- 甚至于(conjunction) even; so much so that
- 神气expression; look; pretentious
- 神圣sacred; holy
- 神态look; expression; manner
- 神仙immortal; deity
- 审to examine; to try (in court); carefully
- 审定to examine and approve; to finalize
- 审核to audit; to review; to examine
- 审美aesthetic; sense of beauty
- 审判trial; to try (in court)
- 审批to examine and approve; official approval
- 审视to examine closely; to scrutinize
- 肾kidney
- 渗to seep; to ooze; to permeate
- 渗透to permeate; to infiltrate
- 慎重cautious; prudent
- 升温to warm up; to heat up; to intensify
- 生机vitality; chance of survival
- 生理physiology; physiological
- 生命线lifeline
- 生怕for fear that; to be deeply afraid
- 生平one's life; lifetime; in all one's life
- 生前during one's lifetime (of the deceased)
- 生死life and death; life or death
- 生态ecology; ecosystem
- 生物organism; living thing; biology
- 生效to take effect; to come into force
- 生涯career; span of life
- 生硬stiff; rigid; unnatural
- 生育to give birth; fertility
- 声称to claim; to assert; to state
- 声望prestige; reputation; renown
- 声誉reputation
- 牲畜livestock
- 绳子cord
- 省略to omit; to leave out
- 省事to save trouble; convenient; trouble-saving
- 圣贤sage; person of great wisdom and virtue
- 胜出to win; to come out on top
- 胜任to be qualified for; competent; equal to
- 盛to hold; to contain; to serve (food)
- 盛大grand; magnificent; on a large scale
- 盛会grand gathering; distinguished meeting
- 盛开to bloom; in full flower
- 盛气凌人overbearing and arrogant
- 剩余remaining; surplus; to be left over
- 尸体corpse; dead body
- 失传to be lost to posterity; to die out
- 失控to go out of control; to lose control
- 失利to suffer defeat; to lose; setback
- 失恋to suffer a breakup; to be lovelorn
- 失灵to malfunction; to fail; out of order
- 失落downcast; feeling a sense of loss; to lose
- 失眠insomnia; to have trouble sleeping
- 失明to lose one's sight; to go blind; blindness
- 失效to expire; to lose effectiveness; invalid
- 失业率unemployment rate
- 失踪to go missing; to disappear
- 师范teacher-training; pedagogical
- 师长teacher; respected elder; division commander
- 师资teaching staff; qualified teachers
- 施工to carry out construction; construction
- 施加to exert (pressure, influence)
- 施行to put into effect; to implement; to enforce
- 施压to exert pressure; to put pressure on
- 狮子lion
- 湿度humidity; humidity level
- 湿润moist
- 十字路口crossroads; intersection
- 时不时from time to time; now and then
- 时段time period; time slot; work shift
- 时隔after an interval of; separated in time
- 时好时坏sometimes good, sometimes bad
- 时间表schedule; timetable
- 时空time and space; space-time
- 时髦fashionable; trendy
- 时尚fashion; fad; fashionable
- 时速speed per hour
- 实地on-site; in the field
- 实话truth
- 实话实说to tell the truth; to speak frankly
- 实况live broadcast or scene; real situation
- 实事求是to be practical and realistic
- 实体entity; physical object; brick-and-mortar
- 实物actual object; in kind
- 实质substance; essence
- 食宿room and board; meals and lodging
- 食用to eat; edible; for consumption
- 史无前例unprecedented in history
- 使唤to order around; to use; to handle
- 使命mission; calling
- 使者envoy; emissary; messenger
- 士气morale; fighting spirit
- 世代generation; for generations
- 世故worldly-wise; sophisticated; ways of the world
- 世界级world-class
- 世袭hereditary; to inherit across generations
- 市场经济market economy
- 示威to demonstrate (protest)
- 示意to signal; to hint
- 似曾相识seemingly familiar; deja vu
- 似是而非specious; seemingly true but actually wrong
- 事迹notable deeds; exploits
- 事态situation; state of affairs
- 事务affairs; business
- 事务所firm; agency; business office
- 事项item; matter
- 事宜matters; arrangements
- 侍候to serve; to wait upon; to tend to
- 势必(adv) bound to; certainly will
- 势不可当irresistible; unstoppable in force
- 势头momentum; trend; tendency
- 视察to inspect; inspection tour
- 视角angle of view; perspective; viewpoint
- 视觉vision; sight; visual
- 视力eyesight; vision
- 视线line of sight
- 视野field of view; outlook
- 试探to probe; to sound out; to test
- 试行to try out; to implement on a trial basis
- 试用to try out; to use on probation
- 试用期trial period; probationary period
- 是非right and wrong; dispute
- 柿子persimmon
- 适度moderate; appropriate; moderately
- 适量appropriate amount; moderate
- 适时timely; at the right moment
- 适宜suitable; appropriate
- 逝世to pass away
- 释放to release; to set free
- 嗜好hobby; habit; addiction
- 识别to identify; to recognize
- 收复to recover (lost territory); to recapture
- 收据receipt
- 收敛to restrain; to fade; to converge
- 收留to take in; to offer shelter
- 收买to buy off; to bribe; to purchase
- 收视率viewer ratings (of a TV show)
- 收缩to shrink; to contract
- 收支income and expenditure; cash flow
- 手臂arm; right-hand helper
- 手册manual; handbook
- 手动manual; manually operated
- 手脚hands and feet; movement; secret trick
- 手帕handkerchief
- 手枪pistol; handgun
- 手势gesture
- 手术室operating room
- 手头on hand; financial situation
- 手腕wrist; skill; finesse
- 手艺craftsmanship; handicraft skill
- 手掌palm of the hand
- 守候to wait for; to keep watch over
- 守护to guard; to protect
- 守株待兔to wait idly for luck
- 首创to pioneer; to originate; to initiate
- 首府regional capital city
- 首批first batch; first group
- 首饰jewelry
- 首要most important; primary
- 寿命lifespan; life expectancy
- 受过to take the blame for others
- 受害to suffer harm; to fall victim
- 受害人victim
- 受贿to accept a bribe
- 受惊to be startled; to be frightened
- 受苦to suffer hardship; to have a rough time
- 受理to accept and handle (a case or request)
- 受骗to be cheated; to be deceived
- 受益to benefit from; to profit
- 售价selling price; retail price
- 售票to sell tickets
- 授权to authorize; authorization
- 授予to award; to confer
- 书橱bookcase; bookshelf cabinet
- 书籍books
- 书记(party) secretary
- 书面written; in writing
- 书写to write; writing
- 抒情to express emotion; lyrical
- 枢纽hub; pivot; key center
- 梳to comb; comb
- 梳理to sort out; to organize; to comb
- 梳子comb
- 疏导to direct; to channel; to dredge
- 疏忽to neglect; carelessness
- 疏散to evacuate; to disperse; to scatter
- 疏通to unblock; to dredge; to mediate
- 舒畅happy; carefree
- 输家loser
- 输送to transport; to convey; to supply
- 输血to transfuse blood; blood transfusion; to give aid
- 输液to get an IV drip; intravenous infusion
- 赎to redeem; to ransom; to atone for
- 属性attribute; property; characteristic
- 暑期summer vacation period; summer break
- 曙光first light of dawn; glimmer of hope
- 束缚to bind; to restrict
- 树立to set up; to establish
- 树木trees
- 树梢treetop; tip of a branch
- 树荫shade of a tree
- 树枝branch; twig
- 竖vertical; to erect
- 数额amount; sum
- 数据库database
- 刷新to refresh; to break (a record); to renovate
- 耍to play with; to wield
- 耍赖to act shamelessly; to be a sore loser
- 衰减to weaken; to attenuate; to decline
- 衰竭organ failure; exhaustion; depletion
- 衰老to age; old and feeble
- 衰弱weak; feeble; debilitated
- 衰退to decline; recession
- 摔跤to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling
- 甩to throw; to fling; to swing
- 拴to tie up; to tether; to fasten
- 涮to cook in boiling broth; to rinse; to trick
- 双胞胎twins
- 双边bilateral; two-sided
- 双向two-way; bidirectional; interactive
- 双赢win-win; mutually beneficial
- 双重double; dual; twofold
- 霜frost; frosting; skin cream
- 爽快frank; refreshed
- 谁知道who would have thought; God knows
- 水槽sink; water trough; cistern
- 水稻rice plant; paddy rice
- 水管water pipe; hose
- 水壶kettle; water bottle; canteen
- 水货parallel imports; smuggled goods; gray-market goods
- 水晶crystal; rock crystal
- 水利water conservancy; irrigation
- 水灵灵fresh and juicy; bright and lively; dewy
- 水龙头faucet; tap
- 水落石出the truth comes to light
- 水面water surface
- 水手sailor; seaman; mariner
- 水温water temperature
- 水域waters; body of water
- 水源water source; water supply
- 水涨船高a rising tide lifts all boats
- 水准level; standard
- 税收taxation; tax revenue
- 税务taxation services; tax affairs
- 睡袋sleeping bag
- 顺便(adv.) conveniently; in passing
- 顺差trade surplus; budget surplus
- 顺畅smooth and unhindered; fluent
- 顺从to comply; to submit; obedient
- 顺理成章logical and natural outcome
- 顺路on the way; by the way
- 顺其自然to let nature take its course
- 顺势to seize an opportunity; in passing
- 顺手conveniently; handy; smoothly
- 顺心satisfactory; happy
- 顺应to adapt to; to conform to
- 顺着(preposition) along; following
- 瞬间instant; in a flash
- 说白了to speak frankly; put plainly
- 说不上cannot say for sure; not quite
- 说到底in the final analysis; after all
- 说道to state; to say
- 说干就干no sooner said than done
- 说谎to lie; to tell a lie
- 说老实话to be honest; to tell the truth
- 说起来speaking of which; come to think of it
- 说情to plead for mercy; to intercede
- 说闲话to gossip; to chat idly
- 说真的honestly; to tell the truth
- 硕果major achievement; great result
- 丝silk; thread; (measure word) for a trace of
- 丝绸silk
- 丝毫(adverb) the slightest bit
- 司法judicial
- 司空见惯a common sight; nothing new
- 司令commander; commanding officer
- 私房钱secret stash of money; personal savings
- 私家车private car
- 私立privately run; private
- 私事personal matters; private affair
- 私下in private; privately
- 私营privately-owned; private
- 私有private; privately-owned
- 私自(adv) secretly; without permission
- 思路train of thought; thinking
- 思念to miss; to long for
- 思前想后to weigh every angle carefully
- 思索to ponder; to think deeply
- 撕to tear
- 死心to give up hope; to let go
- 死心塌地dead set on; wholly devoted
- 四合院traditional courtyard house
- 四季the four seasons
- 四面八方in all directions; everywhere
- 寺庙temple
- 饲料animal feed; fodder
- 饲养to raise (animals)
- 松绑to untie; to ease restrictions
- 松弛to relax; lax; loose
- 耸立to tower; to stand tall
- 送别to see off; to bid farewell
- 搜查to search; to ransack
- 搜集to collect; to gather
- 搜救to search and rescue
- 搜寻to search for; to look for
- 艘(measure word) for ships
- 苏醒to regain consciousness; to wake
- 酥flaky and crisp; tender; limp
- 俗tacky; vulgar; custom
- 俗话common saying; proverb
- 俗话说as the saying goes
- 俗语common saying; proverb
- 素plain; vegetarian; usually
- 素不相识to be total strangers
- 素材source material (for art)
- 素描sketch; drawing; to sketch
- 素食vegetarian food; vegetarian diet
- 素养personal quality; cultivation
- 塑造to mold; to shape (an image)
- 诉苦to vent grievances; to grumble
- 诉说to recount; to tell of
- 诉讼lawsuit; litigation
- 蒜garlic
- 算计to scheme against; to reckon
- 算盘abacus; personal scheme
- 算账to do accounts; to get even
- 虽说(conjunction) although; though
- 随处可见seen everywhere; commonplace
- 随大溜to follow the crowd
- 随机random; at random
- 随即(adv) immediately
- 随身to carry on one's person
- 随时随地anytime and anywhere
- 随心所欲to do whatever one pleases
- 遂心to one's liking; satisfactory
- 隧道tunnel
- 损to harm; to mock; mean
- 损坏to damage
- 损人利己to harm others for self-gain
- 损伤to damage; to injure; injury
- 缩to shrink; to pull back
- 缩水to shrink; to dwindle
- 缩影microcosm; epitome; miniature
- 所属affiliated; subordinate to
- 所谓so-called; what is called
- 所作所为one's actions and deeds
- 索赔to claim damages; compensation
- 索取to demand; to ask for
- 索性(adv) might as well; simply
- 锁定to lock; to lock onto (target)
- 他人others; other people; sb else
- 塌to collapse; to cave in
- 拓宽to broaden; to widen
- 拓展to expand; to develop; to grow
- 踏上to set foot on; to embark on
- 胎fetus; tire; (measure word) for litters
- 胎儿fetus; unborn child; embryo
- 台球billiards; pool; snooker
- 太极tai chi; the Supreme Ultimate
- 太极拳tai chi (martial art)
- 太平peace and security; peaceful
- 泰斗leading authority; luminary
- 贪greedy; to covet; corrupt
- 贪婪greedy
- 贪玩儿fond of playing; playful
- 贪污to embezzle; corrupt
- 摊stall; vendor's stand; to spread out
- 瘫paralyzed; to be paralyzed
- 瘫痪paralysis; to be paralyzed
- 坛altar; earthen jar; circles
- 谈不上to be out of the question; far from
- 谈到to talk about; to refer to
- 谈论to discuss; to talk about
- 谈起to mention; to bring up; to speak of
- 痰phlegm; sputum
- 坦白honest; to confess
- 坦诚candid; frank; honest
- 坦克tank (military vehicle)
- 坦率frank; candid; straightforward
- 坦然calm; undisturbed; at ease
- 毯子blanket; rug; carpet
- 炭charcoal; coal
- 探to explore; to visit; to lean out
- 探测to detect; to probe
- 探亲to go home to visit family
- 探求to seek; to pursue; to explore
- 探望to visit (sb)
- 探险to explore; adventure; expedition
- 碳carbon
- 汤圆sweet rice ball (tangyuan)
- 堂(measure word) for classes; main hall; paternal cousin
- 糖果candy; sweets
- 糖尿病diabetes
- 倘若(conj) if; supposing
- 淌to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
- 烫to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking)
- 掏钱to pay; to spend money; to fork out
- 滔滔不绝to talk on and on
- 逃避to escape; to evade; to avoid
- 逃生to flee for one's life; to escape alive