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
常规cháng guīcode of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)长假cháng jiàlong vacation场景chǎng jǐngscene; scenario; situation; setting长久cháng jiǔlong-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent常年cháng niánall year round; for years on end长跑cháng pǎolong-distance running厂商chǎng shāngmanufacturer; producer昌盛chāng shèngprosperous畅通chàng tōngunimpeded; free-flowing长远cháng yuǎnlong-term; long-range超chāoto exceed; to overtake炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp超出chāo chūto exceed; to overstep炒股chǎo gǔ(coll.) to speculate in stocks炒作chǎo zuòto hype; to promote (in the media)车号chē hàovehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)撤离chè líto withdraw from; to evacuate车牌chē páilicense plate撤销chè xiāoto repeal; to revoke车展chē zhǎnmotor show撑chēngto support; to prop up成分chéng fèncomposition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status承诺chéng nuòto promise; to undertake to do something成品chéng pǐnfinished goods; a finished product城区chéng qūcity district; urban area城乡chéng xiāngcity and countryside城镇chéng zhèntown; cities and towns持有chí yǒuto hold (passport, views etc)崇拜chóng bàito worship; adoration冲击chōng jīto attack; to batter重建chóng jiànto rebuild; to reestablish宠物chǒng wùhouse pet重组chóng zǔto reorganize; to recombine; to restructure除chúto get rid of; to remove出场chū chǎng(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete处处chù chùeverywhere; in all respects储存chǔ cúnstockpile; to store初等chū děngelementary (i.e. easy)出动chū dòngto start out on a trip; to dispatch troops出访chū fǎngto go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation出路chū lùa way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward出面chū miànto appear personally; to step in出名chū míngwell-known for sth; to become well known出入chū rùto go out and come in; entrance and exit出事chū shìto have an accident; to meet with a mishap厨师chú shīcook; chef出台chū táito officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage出行chū xíngto go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip)处长chù zhǎngdepartment head; section chief串chuànto string together; to skewer传出chuán chūto transmit outwards; to disseminate传媒chuán méimedia传输chuán shūto transmit; transmission传言chuán yánrumor; hearsay船员chuán yuánsailor; crew member船长chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper船只chuán zhīship; boat创办chuàng bànto establish; to found创建chuàng jiànto found; to establish窗口chuāng kǒuwindow; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window)创意chuàng yìcreative; creativity此处cǐ chùthis place; here (literary)此次cǐ cìthis time此前cǐ qiánbefore this; before then此事cǐ shìthis matter次数cì shùnumber of times; frequency此致cǐ zhì(used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)从不cóng bùnever从没cóng méinever (in the past); never did醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)村庄cūn zhuāngvillage; hamlet错过cuò guòto miss (train, opportunity etc)搭dāto put up; to build (scaffolding)搭档dā dàngto cooperate; partner大道dà dàomain street; avenue打动dǎ dòngto move (to pity); arousing (sympathy)打断dǎ duànto interrupt; to break off打发dǎ fato dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave打官司dǎ guān sito file a lawsuit; to sue大街dà jiēstreet; main street大力dà lìenergetically; vigorously大米dà mǐ(husked) rice打牌dǎ páito play mahjong or cards搭配dā pèito pair up; to match大批dà pīlarge quantities of大赛dà sàigrand contest大师dà shīgreat master; master大使dà shǐambassador; envoy打印机dǎ yìn jīprinter打造dǎ zàoto create; to build待会儿dāi huì rin a moment; later单打dān dǎsingles (in sports)诞生dàn shēngto be born担忧dān yōuto worry; to be concerned党dǎngparty; association档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files档案dàng ànfile; record; archive当成dàng chéngto consider as; to take to be当天dàng tiānthe same day当作dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as

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.