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

过度guò dùexcessive; over-国籍guó jínationality 国民guó mínnationals; citizens 过敏guò mǐnoversensitive; allergic 过于guò yúexcessively; too 咳kécough 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to 汗hànperspiration; sweat 好运hǎo yùngood luck 号召hào zhàoto call; to appeal 盒hésmall box; case 吓xiàto frighten; to scare 合并hé bìngto merge; to annex 合成hé chéngto compose; to constitute 盒饭hé fànmeal in a partitioned box 贺卡hè kǎgreeting card; congratulation card 盒子hé zibox; case 恨hènto hate; to regret 猴hóumonkey 后悔hòu huǐto regret; to feel remorse 虎hǔtiger 胡同儿hú tòng rerhua variant of 胡同|hútòng 胡子hú zibeard; mustache or whiskers 滑huáto slip; to slide; slippery; smooth 划分huà fēnto divide up; to partition 画面huà miànscene; tableau 化石huà shífossil 华语Huá yǔChinese language 环节huán jié(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc 慌huāngto get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得 (dé)) unbearably; terribly 慌忙huāng mángin a great rush; in a flurry 回报huí bào(in) return; reciprocation 回避huí bìto shun; to avoid (sb)恢复huī fùto reinstate; to resume 回顾huí gùto look back; to review 汇款huì kuǎnto remit money; remittance 灰色huī sègray; ash gray 回收huí shōuto recycle; to reclaim 会谈huì tántalks; discussions 回头huí tóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by 回信huí xìnto reply; to write back 回忆huí yìto recall; memories 火柴huǒ cháimatch (for lighting fire)活力huó lìenergy; vitality 活泼huó polively; vivacious 或是huò shìor; either one or the other 火腿huǒ tuǐham 火灾huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)挤jǐto crowd in; to cram in 继承jì chéngto inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc)基地jī dìbase (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)基金jī jīnfund 技能jì néngtechnical ability; skill 机器人jī qì rénrobot; android 肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh 即使jí shǐeven if; even though 集团jí tuángroup; bloc 记忆jì yìto remember; to recall; memory 机制jī zhìmechanism 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān); (used for an unspecified person or thing)价jiàprice; value 加热jiā rèto heat 加上jiā shàngplus; to put in 驾驶jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain 加速jiā sùto speed up; to expedite 加以jiā yǐin addition; moreover 驾照jià zhàodriver's license 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)剪jiǎnscissors; shears 键jiànkey (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device)剪刀jiǎn dāoscissors 坚定jiān dìngfirm; steady 间接jiàn jiēindirect 艰苦jiān kǔdifficult; hard 艰难jiān nándifficult; hard 键盘jiàn pánkeyboard 减轻jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease 健全jiàn quánrobust; sound 检验jiǎn yànto inspect; to examine 建造jiàn zàoto construct; to build 建筑jiàn zhùto construct; building 剪子jiǎn ziclippers; scissors 将jiāngwill; shall 奖励jiǎng lìto reward; reward (as encouragement)将要jiāng yàowill; shall 脚步jiǎo bùfootstep; step 交代jiāo dàito transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)胶带jiāo dàiadhesive tape; magnetic tape 郊区jiāo qūsuburban district; outskirts; suburbs 胶水jiāo shuǐglue 戒jièto guard against; to exhort 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period 接触jiē chùto touch; to contact 解除jiě chúto remove; to sack 解放jiě fàngto liberate; to emancipate 接连jiē liánon end; in a row 尽管jǐn guǎndespite; although 进化jìn huàevolution 紧紧jǐn jǐnclosely; tightly

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.