HSK word lists

HSK 6 vocabulary list

The 1,115 words of new HSK band 6, the intermediate stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.

1,115 words

Ordered by pinyin
挨áito suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times)挨打ái dǎto take a beating; to get thrashed挨着āi zhenear安检ān jiǎnsecurity check (abbr. for 安全检查 (ānquánjiǎnchá)); to do a security check罢工bà gōnga strike; to go on strike罢了bà lea modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)百分点bǎi fēn diǎnpercentage point白领bái lǐngwhite-collar; white-collar worker办公bàn gōngto handle official business; to work (esp. in an office)半决赛bàn jué sàisemifinals办事处bàn shì chùoffice; agency办学bàn xuéto run a school傍晚bàng wǎnin the evening; when night falls爆bàoto explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil炮pàocannon; firecracker爆发bào fāto break out; to erupt暴风雨bào fēng yǔrainstorm; storm保健bǎo jiànhealth protection; health care报刊bào kānnewspapers and periodicals; the press报考bào kǎoto enter oneself for an examination暴力bào lìviolence; force暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal抱歉bào qiànto be sorry; to feel apologetic暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm爆炸bào zhàexplosion; to explode悲惨bēi cǎnmiserable; tragic被告bèi gàodefendant背心bèi xīnsleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)背着bèi zheturning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb)本地běn dìlocal; this locality奔跑bēn pǎoto run本期běn qīthe current period; this term (usually in finance)本身běn shēnitself; in itself本土běn tǔone's native country; native本质běn zhìessence; nature逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel闭bìto close; to stop up必将bì jiānginevitably笔试bǐ shìwritten examination; paper test (for an applicant)必修bì xiū(of an academic course) required; compulsory便biànplain; informal遍地biàn dìeverywhere; all over变更biàn gēngto change; to alter变换biàn huànto transform; to convert便是biàn shì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely变形biàn xíngto become deformed; to change shape; to morph边缘biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline编制biān zhìto establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff)表面上biǎo miàn shangoutwardly; superficially; on the face of it病房bìng fángward (of a hospital); sickroom病情bìng qíngstate of an illness; patient's condition播bōto sow; to scatter拨打bō dǎto call; to dial波动bō dòngto undulate; to fluctuate波浪bō làngwave捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture不便bù biàninconvenient; inappropriate不成bù chéngwon't do; unable to部队bù duìarmy; armed forces不见bù jiànnot to see; not to meet不禁bù jīncan't help (doing sth); can't refrain from不仅仅bù jǐn jǐnnot only; not just补考bǔ kǎoto sit for a makeup exam; to resit an exam补课bǔ kèto make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class不料bù liàounexpectedly; to one's surprise布满bù mǎnto be covered with; to be filled with不通bù tōngto be obstructed; to be blocked up补习bǔ xíto take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor不再bù zàino more; no longer不怎么bù zěn menot very; not particularly不怎么样bù zěn me yàngnot up to much; very indifferent不值bù zhínot worth不至于bù zhì yúunlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as补助bǔ zhùto subsidize; subsidy踩cǎito step on; to tread采纳cǎi nàto accept; to adopt餐cānmeal; to eat惨cǎnmiserable; wretched残疾cán jídisabled; handicapped残疾人cán jí réndisabled person残酷cán kùcruel; cruelty参赛cān sàito compete; to take part in a competition参展cān zhǎnto exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc藏cángto conceal; to hide away仓库cāng kùdepot; storehouse操纵cāo zòngto operate; to control侧cèthe side; to incline towards测定cè dìngto determine (by measuring or surveying)策划cè huàto plot; to scheme策略cè lüèstrategy; tactics; crafty; adroit厕所cè suǒtoilet; lavatory层面céng miànaspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc)查出chá chūto find out; to discover查看chá kànto look over; to examine差异chā yìdifference; discrepancy拆迁chāi qiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants产量chǎn liàngoutput场地chǎng dìspace; site长短cháng duǎnlength; accident; mishap场馆chǎng guǎnsporting venue; arena

Practice HSK 6 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.