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

高层gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class 高档gāo dàngsuperior quality; high grade 高等gāo děnghigh-level; higher (animals, education etc)高峰gāo fēngpeak; summit 高考gāo kǎocollege entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (PǔtōngGāoděngXuéxiàoZhāoshēngQuánguóTǒngyīKǎoshì)); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试)高科技gāo kē jìhigh tech; high technology 高手gāo shǒuexpert; past master 稿子gǎo zidraft of a document; script 歌唱gē chàngto sing 歌词gē císong lyric; lyrics 革新gé xīnto innovate; innovation 歌星gē xīngsinging star; famous singer 更是gèng shìeven more (so)公gōngpublic; collectively owned 宫gōngpalace; temple 公安gōng ān(Ministry of) Public Security; public safety 巩固gǒng gùto consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable 公鸡gōng jīcock; rooster 攻击gōng jīto attack; to accuse 供给gōng jǐto furnish; to provide 工商gōng shāngindustry and commerce 贡献gòng xiànto contribute; to dedicate 公众gōng zhòngpublic 公主gōng zhǔprincess 构建gòu jiànto construct (sth abstract)股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to 古典gǔ diǎnclassical 股东gǔ dōngshareholder; stockholder 孤独gū dúlonely; solitary 孤儿gū érorphan 姑姑gū gupaternal aunt 股票gǔ piàoshare certificate; stock (finance)故障gù zhàngmalfunction; breakdown 刮guāto scrape; to blow 拐guǎito turn (a corner etc); to kidnap 关爱guān àito show concern and care for 管道guǎn dàotubing; pipeline 观光guān guāngto tour; sightseeing 关联guān liánto be related; to be connected; relationship; connection 官司guān silawsuit 光辉guāng huīradiance; glory 广阔guǎng kuòwide; vast 跪guìto kneel 轨道guǐ dàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)国产guó chǎndomestically produced 过渡guò dùto cross over (by ferry); transition 国歌guó gēnational anthem 过后guò hòuafter the event 国会Guó huìParliament (UK); Congress (US)果酱guǒ jiàngjam 国旗guó qíflag (of a country)过时guò shíold-fashioned; out of date 果树guǒ shùfruit tree 国王guó wángking 海报hǎi bàoposter; playbill 海底hǎi dǐseabed; seafloor 海军hǎi jūnnavy 海浪hǎi làngsea wave 海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad 海湾hǎi wānbay; gulf 海洋hǎi yángocean 好似hǎo sìto seem; to be like 好学hào xuéeager to study; studious 好转hǎo zhuǎnto improve; to take a turn for the better 和谐hé xiéharmonious; harmony 核心hé xīncore; nucleus 合约hé yuēcontract; agreement 黑夜hēi yènight 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute 横hénghorizontal; across 衡量héng liángto weigh; to examine 宏大hóng dàgreat; grand 洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood 壶húpot; classifier for bottled liquid 护hùto protect 互动hù dòngto interact; interactive 忽略hū lüèto neglect; to overlook; to ignore 户外hù wàioutdoor 花费huā fèiexpense; cost 化解huà jiěto dissolve; to resolve (contradictions)花瓶huā píngflower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)花生huā shēngpeanut 幻想huàn xiǎngto fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy 患者huàn zhěpatient; sufferer 皇帝huáng dìemperor 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander 绘画huì huàto draw; to paint 会见huì jiànto meet with (sb who is paying a visit)回应huí yìngto respond; response 会长huì zhǎngpresident of a club, committee etc 昏hūnmuddle-headed; twilight 混hùnto mix; to mingle 混合hùn héto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite 混乱hùn luànconfusion; chaos 火箭huǒ jiànrocket 活跃huó yuèactive; lively 集jíto gather; to collect 疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment 机动车jī dòng chēmotor vehicle

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.