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

盼望pàn wàngto hope for; to look forward to 泡pàobubble; foam; blister 陪同péi tóngto accompany 配置pèi zhìto deploy; to allocate 皮球pí qiúball (made of rubber, leather etc)扁biǎnflat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up 偏piānto lean; to slant 贫困pín kùnimpoverished; poverty 品牌pǐn páibrand name; trademark 聘请pìn qǐngto engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)评píngto discuss; to comment 平凡píng fáncommonplace; ordinary 平方米píng fāng mǐsquare meter 平衡píng héngbalance; equilibrium 屏幕píng mùscreen (TV, computer or movie)平台píng táiplatform; terrace 评选píng xuǎnto select on the basis of a vote or consensus 坡pōslope; sloping 扑pūto throw oneself at; to pounce on 铺pūto spread; to display 起点qǐ diǎnstarting point 气氛qì fēnatmosphere; mood 欺负qī futo bully 奇妙qí miàowonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange 起诉qǐ sùto sue; to bring a lawsuit against 企图qǐ túto attempt; to try 恰当qià dàngappropriate; suitable 恰好qià hǎoas it turns out; by lucky coincidence 恰恰qià qiàexactly; just 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether)铅笔qiān bǐ(lead) pencil 前方qián fāngahead; the front 前来qián láito come (formal); before 潜力qián lìpotential; latent capacity 谦虚qiān xūmodest; self-effacing 强盗qiáng dàoto rob (with force); bandit 强化qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify 强势qiáng shìstrong; powerful 强壮qiáng zhuàngstrong; sturdy 桥梁qiáo liángbridge (lit. and fig.)巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice 切实qiè shífeasible; realistic 茄子qié zieggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine 侵犯qīn fànto infringe on; to encroach on 亲属qīn shǔkin; kindred 亲眼qīn yǎnwith one's own eyes; personally 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still 清洁qīng jiéclean; to clean 清洁工qīng jié gōngcleaner; janitor 清明节Qīng míng jiéQingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)清洗qīng xǐto wash; to clean 倾向qīng xiàngtrend; tendency 情绪qíng xùmood; state of mind 球拍qiú pāiracket 球星qiú xīngsports star (ball sport)球员qiú yuán(ball sports) player; team member 求职qiú zhíto seek employment 渠道qú dàoirrigation ditch; (fig.) channel 去掉qù diàoto get rid of; to exclude 区分qū fēnto differentiate; to draw a distinction 取款qǔ kuǎnto withdraw money from a bank 取款机qǔ kuǎn jīATM 权quánauthority; power 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract 全力quán lìwith all one's strength; full strength 权力quán lìpower; authority 全新quán xīnall new; completely new 却是què shìnevertheless; actually 缺陷quē xiàndefect; flaw 让座ràng zuòto give up one's seat for sb 若ruòto seem; like 热点rè diǎnhot spot; point of special interest 热水rè shuǐhot water 热水器rè shuǐ qìwater heater 热线rè xiànhotline (communications link)人权rén quánhuman rights 认同rèn tóngto approve of; to endorse 日夜rì yèday and night; around the clock 日语Rì yǔJapanese language 融合róng héa mixture; an amalgam 融入róng rùto blend into; to integrate 如rúas; as if 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of 入学rù xuéto enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child 如一rú yīconsistent; the same 乳制品rǔ zhì pǐndairy products 塞sāito stop up; to squeeze in 赛sàito compete; competition 赛场sài chǎngracetrack; field (for athletics competition)三明治sān míng zhì(loanword) sandwich 丧失sàng shīto lose; to forfeit 山峰shān fēng(mountain) peak 山谷shān gǔvalley; ravine 山坡shān pōhillside 商城shāng chéngshopping center; department store 上当shàng dàngtaken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled 上帝Shàng dìGod 伤口shāng kǒuwound; cut 上市shàng shìto hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)上台shàng táito rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater)

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.