HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 vocabulary list
5606 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 逃亡to flee; to go into exile
- 陶瓷ceramics; pottery
- 陶冶to cultivate; to edify; to mold
- 陶醉to be enchanted; to revel in
- 淘to wash (grain); to hunt for bargains; naughty
- 淘气naughty; mischievous
- 淘汰to eliminate; to phase out
- 讨to ask for; to demand; to incur
- 讨好to curry favor with; to please
- 讨价还价to haggle; to bargain
- 讨人喜欢likable; charming; endearing
- 特产local specialty; special local product
- 特例special case; exception
- 特权privilege; prerogative
- 特邀specially invited; by special invitation
- 特长special skill; strong point
- 特制specially made; custom-made
- 特质special quality; characteristic; trait
- 腾to make room; to clear out; to soar
- 藤椅rattan chair; wicker chair
- 剔除to weed out; to remove; to reject
- 梯子ladder; stepladder
- 提拔to promote (to a higher post)
- 提防to guard against; to watch out for
- 提炼to extract; to refine
- 提名to nominate; nomination
- 提速to speed up; to increase speed
- 提心吊胆on tenterhooks; anxious and fearful
- 提议to propose; proposal
- 提早ahead of schedule; to do earlier; early
- 体谅to show understanding for
- 体面dignity; respectable
- 体能physical stamina; physical fitness
- 体贴considerate; attentive
- 体温body temperature
- 体系system
- 体制institutional system; structure
- 体质physical constitution; physique
- 剃to shave
- 替换to replace; to substitute; to swap
- 替身stunt double; stand-in; substitute
- 天地heaven and earth; world; field of activity
- 天鹅swan
- 天分natural gift; innate talent
- 天赋talent; gift
- 天经地义perfectly justified; a matter of course
- 天平balance scale; scales
- 天桥pedestrian overpass; footbridge
- 天生innate; natural; born with
- 天使angel
- 天线antenna; aerial
- 天性human nature; innate tendency
- 天长地久everlasting; eternal
- 天主教Catholicism
- 添加to add; to append
- 甜美sweet; pleasant; happy
- 甜蜜sweet; happy (of life, love)
- 甜头benefit; taste of success
- 填补to fill a gap; to make up for
- 填充to fill up; to stuff; to pad
- 填写to fill in (a form)
- 舔to lick
- 挑起to provoke; to stir up; to shoulder
- 挑剔picky; fussy
- 挑衅to provoke; provocation
- 条款clause (of a contract or law)
- 条例regulations; rules; ordinance
- 条约treaty
- 跳槽to change jobs; to job-hop
- 跳动to beat; to throb; to bounce
- 跳伞to parachute; to skydive
- 跳跃to jump; to leap
- 帖子online post; invitation card
- 贴近to stay close to; close to
- 贴切apt; appropriate; fitting
- 听从to obey; to follow (advice)
- 听话obedient; to listen to others
- 停车位parking space; parking spot
- 停电to have a power outage; blackout
- 停顿to pause; to halt
- 停放to park (a vehicle); to leave
- 停泊to anchor; to moor
- 停业to close down; to cease business
- 通畅unobstructed; clear; fluent
- 通车to open to traffic; to have transit
- 通风to ventilate; ventilation; airy
- 通告public notice; to announce
- 通缉to put on a wanted list
- 通顺clear and coherent; smooth
- 通俗popular; common
- 通通all; entirely; completely
- 通往to lead to; leading to
- 通宵all night; throughout the night
- 通行证pass; permit (to enter or pass)
- 同伴companion; partner; fellow
- 同步synchronous; to synchronize
- 同等equal; of the same level or status
- 同感same feeling; shared feeling
- 同伙accomplice; co-conspirator
- 同类same kind; similar type; peer
- 同盟alliance; ally; league
- 同年in the same year; of the same age
- 同人colleague; co-worker; fan fiction
- 同志comrade
- 同舟共济pull together in times of trouble
- 铜copper
- 统筹to plan as a whole; overall planning
- 统统(adv) entirely; all
- 统治to rule; to govern
- 捅to poke; to jab; to disclose
- 桶bucket; barrel; (measure word) for buckets
- 筒tube; cylinder; tube-shaped object
- 痛心grieved; pained; distressed
- 偷看to peek; to peep; to steal a glance
- 偷窥to peep; to spy on; to pry into
- 偷懒to slack off; to loaf on the job
- 头部head; head area
- 头顶top of the head; overhead
- 头号number one; top-ranking; biggest
- 头条headline; lead story
- 头头是道clear and logical; convincing
- 头衔title; rank; official designation
- 头晕dizzy; to feel dizzy
- 投奔to go to someone for refuge; to seek shelter with
- 投稿to submit a manuscript; to contribute articles
- 投机to speculate; opportunistic
- 投降to surrender
- 投射to cast (light); to project; to throw
- 投身to throw oneself into; to devote oneself to
- 透彻thorough; penetrating; incisive
- 透过to pass through; via; by means of
- 透气to ventilate; breathable; to get fresh air
- 透支to overdraw; to exhaust (health or energy)
- 凸protruding; raised; convex
- 凸显to highlight; to stand out clearly
- 秃bald; bare
- 突发to break out suddenly; unexpected
- 突击to make a sudden attack; to do a crash job
- 突破口breakthrough point; opening; breach
- 突如其来arising abruptly; sudden and unexpected
- 图表chart; diagram; graph
- 图像image; picture; graphic
- 图形figure; shape; graphic
- 图纸blueprint; design drawing; plan
- 徒步on foot; to hike; to walk
- 屠杀to massacre; to slaughter; massacre
- 土匪bandit; brigand; outlaw
- 土壤soil
- 土生土长born and raised locally
- 涂to apply (paint, cream); to smear; to scribble
- 团伙criminal gang; gang member; accomplice
- 团聚to reunite; family reunion
- 团员group member; delegation member; League member
- 团圆to reunite (family)
- 推测to speculate; guess
- 推辞to decline an invitation
- 推断to infer; to deduce; to estimate
- 推翻to overthrow
- 推荐to recommend
- 推理reasoning; to deduce
- 推敲to weigh carefully; to think over; to polish
- 推算to calculate; to reckon; to estimate
- 推卸to shirk (responsibility); to shift blame
- 推选to elect; to choose; to nominate
- 推移to elapse (of time); to shift; to evolve
- 颓废dispirited; decadent; dejected
- 退回to return (an item); to send back; to go back
- 退却to retreat; to shrink back; to flinch
- 退让to give way; to yield; to concede
- 退缩to shrink back; to cower; to back down
- 退休金retirement pension
- 退学to drop out of school; to quit school
- 退役to retire (military or sports); to decommission
- 屯to store up; to station (troops); village
- 托付to entrust; to commit to someone's care
- 拖累to burden; to encumber; to implicate
- 拖欠to be in arrears; to owe (money or wages)
- 拖延to delay; to procrastinate
- 脱节to be out of touch; to be disconnected
- 脱口而出to blurt out
- 脱落to fall off; to drop off; to come off
- 脱身to get away; to free oneself
- 脱颖而出to stand out from the crowd
- 驮to carry on the back (of a pack animal)
- 妥proper; settled; ready
- 妥当appropriate; proper
- 妥善appropriate; proper
- 妥协to compromise
- 唾液saliva; spittle
- 挖掘to dig up; to excavate
- 挖苦to speak sarcastically; to mock; to ridicule
- 瓦roof tile; watt (unit of power)
- 歪crooked; askew; slanted
- 歪曲to distort; to misrepresent
- 外表outward appearance
- 外公maternal grandfather
- 外号nickname
- 外籍foreign nationality; foreign (citizen)
- 外贸foreign trade
- 外貌appearance; looks; exterior
- 外婆maternal grandmother; grandma
- 外企foreign enterprise; foreign-funded company
- 外星人extraterrestrial; space alien
- 外行layman; amateur
- 外形external shape; contour; outward form
- 外援foreign aid; foreign player
- 丸pill; ball (small round object)
- 完备complete; perfect
- 完毕to finish; to complete
- 完蛋to be done for; to be ruined
- 完好intact; in good condition
- 玩耍to play; to amuse oneself
- 玩意儿thing; gadget; plaything
- 顽固stubborn; obstinate
- 挽to pull; to roll up; to link
- 挽回to retrieve; to redeem
- 挽救to save; to rescue
- 惋惜to regret; to feel pity for
- 晚间evening; night
- 晚年one's later years; old age
- 晚期later period; late stage
- 万分(adv) extremely; very much
- 万古长青enduring through the ages
- 万能all-purpose; omnipotent
- 万万absolutely; hundred million
- 万无一失surefire; completely safe
- 汪洋vast expanse of water
- 亡羊补牢better late than never
- 王国kingdom; realm
- 王牌trump card; ace; best asset
- 网点branch; service outlet
- 网民netizen; Internet user
- 往常usual; as usual
- 往返to go back and forth; round trip
- 往日former days; the past
- 往事past events
- 妄想to fantasize; delusion
- 忘不了cannot forget; unforgettable
- 忘掉to forget
- 旺prosperous; flourishing; roaring
- 旺季busy season; peak season
- 旺盛vigorous; exuberant
- 望to gaze; to look towards; to hope
- 望远镜telescope; binoculars
- 危及to endanger; to jeopardize
- 危急critical; desperate
- 威风imposing; impressive manner
- 威力might; power
- 威慑to deter; deterrence
- 威信prestige; authority
- 萎缩to wither; to shrink; to atrophy
- 微不足道negligible; insignificant
- 微观microscopic; micro-
- 微妙subtle; delicate
- 微弱weak; faint; feeble
- 微型miniature; tiny; micro-
- 围墙perimeter wall; enclosure
- 违背to violate; to go against
- 违约to break a contract; to default
- 违章to violate regulations
- 唯only; alone
- 唯独(adv) only; alone
- 伪造to forge; to fake
- 伪装to disguise; camouflage
- 尾气exhaust; vehicle emissions
- 尾声end; final stage; epilogue
- 纬度latitude
- 委屈wronged; to feel mistreated
- 委婉tactful; euphemistic; gentle
- 委员committee member
- 委员会committee; commission
- 卫视satellite TV
- 为人personal character; conduct; to conduct oneself
- 未(adverb) not yet; have not
- 未成年人minor; person under 18
- 未经without; not having undergone
- 未免(adv) can't help; rather
- 未知数unknown number; uncertainty
- 位子seat; place
- 味精monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 畏惧to fear; to dread
- 畏缩to cower; to flinch; to recoil
- 胃口appetite; liking
- 喂养to feed; to raise; to keep
- 慰劳to reward and comfort; to show appreciation
- 温度计thermometer
- 温泉hot spring
- 温柔gentle and soft
- 温室greenhouse; hothouse
- 温习to review (lessons)
- 温馨warm and cozy; comforting
- 瘟疫plague; pestilence; epidemic
- 文language; culture; writing
- 文具stationery
- 文科liberal arts; humanities
- 文盲illiterate person; illiteracy
- 文凭diploma
- 文人scholar; man of letters; literati
- 文物cultural relic
- 文献literature; reference material
- 文雅elegant; refined
- 闻名famous; well-known; renowned
- 蚊帐mosquito net
- 蚊子mosquito
- 吻kiss; to kiss; mouth
- 吻合to match; to tally with; to be consistent
- 紊乱disordered; chaotic; disorder
- 稳固firm; stable; to stabilize
- 稳健steady; firm; sound
- 稳妥safe and reliable; dependable
- 稳重steady; composed; mature
- 问卷questionnaire
- 问世to be published; to come out
- 窝nest; den; (measure word) for litters
- 卧to lie down; to crouch
- 污秽filthy; dirty; filth
- 呜咽to sob; to whimper
- 巫婆witch; sorceress
- 屋顶roof; rooftop
- 无比incomparable; matchless
- 无不without exception; everyone; all
- 无偿free; at no cost
- 无敌invincible; unrivaled
- 无恶不作to commit every kind of evil
- 无非(adv) nothing but; only
- 无辜innocent
- 无故without cause; for no reason
- 无关紧要insignificant; unimportant
- 无话可说to have nothing to say
- 无济于事of no use; to no avail
- 无家可归homeless; having nowhere to go
- 无精打采listless; dispirited
- 无可奉告no comment; nothing to tell
- 无可厚非beyond reproach; understandable
- 无可奈何helpless; having no way out
- 无理unreasonable; irrational
- 无力powerless; weak; unable to
- 无论如何no matter what; in any case
- 无能incompetent; incapable; powerless
- 无能为力powerless to help
- 无情heartless; ruthless; merciless
- 无情无义cold and ruthless; heartless
- 无穷endless; boundless; infinite
- 无私selfless; unselfish; altruistic
- 无所事事to idle away one's time
- 无所作为to accomplish nothing at all
- 无条件unconditional; unconditionally
- 无微不至meticulous; in every way
- 无线wireless
- 无线电radio; wireless
- 无形intangible; invisible; formless
- 无形中imperceptibly; virtually
- 无须need not; not have to
- 无意inadvertent; to have no desire to
- 无忧无虑carefree; without worries
- 无缘to have no chance; not fated
- 无知ignorant; ignorance
- 无足轻重insignificant; of little weight
- 五花八门all kinds of; varied and many
- 五星级five-star (rating)
- 武力military force; armed force
- 武装arms; to arm; armed
- 侮辱to insult; to humiliate
- 捂to cover with the hand; to seal
- 舞厅dance hall; ballroom
- 勿(adverb) do not
- 物流logistics; distribution
- 物体object; physical body; substance
- 物证material evidence; physical proof
- 物资goods; supplies; materials
- 误差error; margin of error
- 误导to mislead; to misguide
- 误区misconception; pitfall
- 雾fog; mist
- 务必(adv) must; be sure to
- 务实pragmatic; practical
- 吸纳to take in; to absorb; to admit
- 吸取to absorb; to draw (a lesson)
- 昔日in the past; former days
- 稀thin, watery; sparse; rare
- 稀罕rare; rarity; to cherish
- 稀奇rare and strange; curious
- 稀少sparse; rare; scarce
- 锡tin (metal)
- 熄火to stall; to put out a fire
- 熙熙攘攘bustling with activity
- 嬉笑to laugh and play; to giggle
- 膝盖knee
- 习俗custom; tradition
- 席seat; banquet; woven mat
- 席位seat (in a hall or assembly)
- 袭击to attack; raid
- 媳妇daughter-in-law
- 洗涤剂detergent; cleaning agent
- 洗礼baptism; severe test or trial
- 喜出望外overjoyed at unexpected news
- 喜好preference; to like; fond of
- 喜酒wedding feast; wedding wine
- 喜怒哀乐the whole gamut of human emotions
- 喜庆festive; joyous; jubilation
- 喜事happy event; wedding
- 喜糖wedding candy; celebratory sweets
- 喜洋洋radiant with joy; beaming
- 喜悦joyful; happy
- 细腻smooth and delicate; exquisite; meticulous
- 细微tiny; subtle; minute
- 细心careful; attentive; meticulous
- 息息相关closely bound up; intimately related
- 虾shrimp; prawn
- 瞎blind; groundlessly; foolishly
- 侠义chivalry; chivalrous; heroic
- 峡谷canyon; gorge
- 狭隘narrow; cramped
- 狭小narrow and small; cramped
- 狭窄narrow
- 下场bad end; outcome; to leave the field
- 下调to adjust downward; to lower; to transfer down
- 下跌to fall; to drop; to decline
- 下岗to be laid off; to go off duty
- 下功夫to put in time and effort; to work hard
- 下海to go into business; to go out to sea
- 下级subordinate; lower level
- 下决心to make up one's mind; to resolve
- 下令to give an order; to command
- 下落whereabouts; to drop or fall
- 下期next issue; next period
- 下棋to play chess
- 下山to go down a mountain; (of sun) to set
- 下手to start; to take action; to strike
- 下属subordinate
- 下台to step down; to leave the stage; to get off the hook
- 下乡to go to the countryside
- 下旬last third of the month; late in the month
- 下一代the next generation
- 下意识subconsciously; subconscious mind
- 下游lower reaches; downstream; lower level
- 下坠to fall; to drop; to plummet
- 吓唬to scare; to frighten; to bluff
- 吓人scary; frightening; to scare people
- 夏令营summer camp
- 先例precedent
- 先天inborn; innate; congenital
- 纤维fiber
- 掀to lift (a cover); to flip open; to stir up
- 掀起to lift up; to set off (a wave)
- 鲜活vivid and lively; live and fresh
- 鲜美delicious; savory; fresh and tasty
- 鲜血blood; fresh blood
- 弦string (of an instrument)
- 衔接to link up; to connect
- 嫌弃to dislike; to shun; to look down on
- 嫌疑suspicion
- 显而易见obvious; self-evident; clearly visible
- 显赫illustrious; prominent; celebrated
- 显示器monitor; display screen
- 显现to appear; to emerge; to reveal
- 显眼conspicuous; eye-catching; noticeable
- 现成ready-made
- 现任current; incumbent; to hold a post now
- 现行currently in effect; current; active
- 线条line; contour; outline
- 限to limit; to restrict; limit
- 限定to restrict to; to limit; to specify
- 限度limit; limitation; maximum extent
- 限于to be limited to; to be confined to
- 宪法constitution
- 陷to sink; to get stuck; trap
- 陷阱trap; pitfall
- 馅儿filling (food); stuffing
- 羡慕to envy; to admire
- 献血to donate blood
- 腺gland
- 仙鹤red-crowned crane
- 仙女fairy; female immortal; goddess
- 乡亲fellow villager; local folks; townsfolk
- 乡下countryside; rural area
- 相伴to accompany; to keep company
- 相比之下by comparison; in contrast
- 相差to differ (by an amount)
- 相传to pass down; according to legend
- 相当于to be equivalent to; to equal
- 相对relatively; relative; opposite
- 相对而言relatively speaking
- 相辅相成complementing each other
- 相继in succession; one after another
- 相连to link; connected; joined
- 相识to get to know each other; acquaintance
- 相提并论to mention in the same breath
- 相通interconnected; in touch; shared
- 相依为命to depend on each other for survival
- 相遇to meet; to encounter
- 相约to agree to meet; to make an appointment
- 香料spice; flavoring; fragrance
- 香水perfume
- 香味fragrance; aroma; sweet smell
- 香烟cigarette; incense smoke
- 香油sesame oil; perfumed oil
- 镶to inlay; to embed; to set
- 镶嵌to inlay; to embed
- 详尽thorough and detailed; exhaustive