HSK 5 vocabulary list

The 1,055 words of new HSK band 5, the intermediate stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.

1,055 words

Ordered by pinyin

成本chéng běn(manufacturing, production etc) costs 乘车chéng chēto ride (in a car or carriage); to drive 称号chēng hàoname; term of address 成交chéng jiāoto complete a contract; to reach a deal 乘客chéng kèpassenger 成效chéng xiàoeffect; result 成语chéng yǔChinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage 乘坐chéng zuòto ride (in a vehicle)迟chílate; delayed 吃力chī lìto entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task 池子chí zipond; bathhouse pool 冲动chōng dòngto have an urge; to be impetuous 冲突chōng tūconflict; to conflict 充足chōng zúadequate; sufficient 愁chóuto worry about 丑chǒushameful; ugly 臭chòustench; smelly 出版chū bǎnto publish 出差chū chāito go on an official or business trip 处罚chǔ fáto penalize; to punish 厨房chú fángkitchen 除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when 处分chǔ fènto discipline sb; to punish 出汗chū hànto perspire; to sweat 初期chū qīinitial stage; beginning period 除夕Chú xīlunar New Year's Eve 出于chū yúdue to; to stem from 处在chǔ zàito be situated at; to find oneself at 传达chuán dáto pass on; to convey 传递chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive 传真chuán zhēnfax; facsimile 闯chuǎngto rush; to charge 创立chuàng lìto establish; to set up; to found 窗帘chuāng liánwindow curtains 辞典cí diǎndictionary (variant of 词典 (cídiǎn))此后cǐ hòuafter this; afterwards 此刻cǐ kèthis moment; now 此时cǐ shínow; this moment 辞职cí zhíto resign 从而cóng érthus; thereby 聪明cōng mingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)从中cóng zhōngfrom within; therefrom 脆cuìbrittle; fragile 寸cùna unit of length; inch 存款cún kuǎnto deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings 答dáto answer; to reply 打扮dǎ banto decorate; to dress 打包dǎ bāoto wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out 达成dá chéngto reach (an agreement); to accomplish 大胆dà dǎnbrazen; audacious 大都dà dūfor the most part; on the whole 答复dá fùto answer; to reply 大纲dà gāngsynopsis; outline 大伙儿dà huǒ rerhua variant of 大伙 (dàhuǒ)打击dǎ jīto hit; to strike 打架dǎ jiàto fight; to scuffle 大奖赛dà jiǎng sàigrand prix 大脑dà nǎobrain; cerebrum 打扰dǎ rǎoto disturb; to bother 大事dà shìmajor event; major political event (war or change of regime)大厅dà tīnghall; concourse; public lounge; (hotel) lobby 大象dà xiàngelephant 大熊猫dà xióng māogiant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)大于dà yúgreater than; bigger than; more than 大致dà zhìmore or less; roughly; approximately 呆dāifoolish; stupid 待dàito wait; to treat 代价dài jiàprice; cost 贷款dài kuǎna loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank)代理dài lǐto act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy 带有dài yǒuto have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)胆dǎngall bladder; courage 弹tánto pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument)蛋糕dàn gāocake 胆小dǎn xiǎocowardice; timid 单一dān yīsingle; only 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct 当场dāng chǎngat the scene; on the spot 当代dāng dàithe present age; the contemporary era 当年dāng niánin those days; then 当前dāng qiánthe present time; to be faced with 当选dāng xuǎnto be elected; to be selected 道德dào dévirtue; morality 到来dào láito arrive; arrival; advent 倒是dào shicontrary to what one might expect; actually 得了dé leall right!; that's enough!得以dé yǐable to; so that sb can 等候děng hòuto wait; to wait for 等级děng jígrade; rank 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order 地带dì dàizone 递给dì gěito hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)地形dì xíngtopography; terrain 低于dī yúto be lower than 地震dì zhènearthquake 电池diàn chíbattery 电饭锅diàn fàn guōelectric rice cooker 典礼diǎn lǐceremony; celebration 点燃diǎn ránto ignite; to set on fire 电子版diàn zǐ bǎnelectronic edition; digital version

Practice HSK 5 with flashcards

Each list contains the words with an exact simplified-spelling match in our CC-CEDICT dictionary, ordered by pinyin. The official word lists are slightly larger; spellings outside the dictionary do not appear here. Read how the three HSK word lists compare.