HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

The 5,585 words of new HSK band 7–9, the advanced stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.

5,585 words

Ordered by pinyin

垂头丧气chuí tóu sàng qìhanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen 锤子chuí zihammer 蠢chǔnstupid; sluggish 纯粹chún cuìpure; unadulterated 醇厚chún hòumellow and rich; simple and kind 纯洁chún jiépure; clean and honest 纯朴chún pǔvariant of 淳朴 (chúnpǔ)戳chuōto jab; to poke 绰号chuò hàonickname 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain 辞cíto resign; to dismiss 赐cì(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor 辞呈cí chéng(written) resignation 磁带cí dàimagnetic tape 刺耳cì ěrear-piercing 刺骨cì gǔpiercing; cutting 伺候cì houto serve; to wait upon 赐教cì jiào(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten 磁卡cí kǎmagnetic card; IC Card (telephone)磁盘cí pán(computer) disk 瓷器cí qìchinaware; porcelain 此起彼伏cǐ qǐ bǐ fúup here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises 辞去cí qùto resign; to quit 次日cì rìnext day; the morrow 慈善cí shànbenevolent; charitable 辞退cí tuìto dismiss; to discharge 慈祥cí xiángkindly; benevolent (often of older person)刺绣cì xiùto embroider; embroidery 葱cōngscallion; green onion 匆匆cōng cōnghurriedly 从今以后cóng jīn yǐ hòufrom now on; henceforward 从来不cóng lái bùnever 丛林cóng línjungle; thicket 匆忙cōng mánghasty; hurried 从容cóng róngto go easy; unhurried 从容不迫cóng róng bù pòcalm; unruffled 从头cóng tóuanew; from the start 从未cóng wèinever 从业cóng yèto practice (a trade)从早到晚cóng zǎo dào wǎnfrom morning till night; from dawn to dusk 凑còuto gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance 凑合còu heto bring together; to make do in a bad situation 凑巧còu qiǎofortuitously; luckily 粗暴cū bàocrude; crass; rude; rough; harsh 粗糙cū cāocrude; gruff 促成cù chéngto facilitate; to help bring about 粗鲁cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner)粗略cū lüèrough (not precise or accurate); cursory 粗心大意cū xīn dà yìnegligent; careless 簇拥cù yōngto crowd around; to escort 窜cuànto flee; to scuttle 攒zǎnto collect; to hoard 催cuīto urge; to press 催促cuī cùto urge 摧毁cuī huǐto destroy; to wreck 翠绿cuì lǜgreenish-blue; emerald green 催眠cuī miánhypnosis 脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail 存放cún fàngto deposit; to store 存心cún xīndeliberately 存折cún zhépassbook; bankbook 搓cuōto rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist 错别字cuò bié zìincorrectly written or mispronounced characters 错觉cuò juémisconception; illusion 磋商cuō shāngto consult; to discuss seriously 措手不及cuò shǒu bù jíno time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared 错位cuò wèito be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition 挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse 错综复杂cuò zōng fù zátangled and complicated (idiom)大包大揽dà bāo dà lǎnto take complete charge (idiom)大笔dà bǐ(formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush 答辩dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation 达标dá biāoto reach a set standard 打岔dǎ chàinterruption; to interrupt (esp. talk)大臣dà chénchancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister 搭乘dā chéngto ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)大吃一惊dà chī yī jīngto have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled; gobsmacked 大大咧咧dà dà liē liēcarefree; offhand; casual 打倒dǎ dǎoto overthrow; to knock down 大地dà dìearth; mother earth 大队dà duìgroup; a large body of 打盹儿dǎ dǔn rerhua variant of 打盹 (dǎdǔn)大幅度dà fú dùby a wide margin; substantial 大公无私dà gōng wú sīselfless; impartial 大家庭dà jiā tíngextended family; big family 搭建dā jiànto build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed)打搅dǎ jiǎoto disturb; to trouble; to bother 打交道dǎ jiāo dàoto come into contact with; to have dealings 大街小巷dà jiē xiǎo xiànggreat streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city 大惊小怪dà jīng xiǎo guàito make a fuss about nothing (idiom)大局dà júoverall situation; the big picture 大款dà kuǎnvery wealthy person 打捞dǎ lāoto salvage; to dredge 打量dǎ liangto size sb up; to look sb up and down 打猎dǎ lièto go hunting 大面积dà miàn jīlarge area; (fig.) (of a problem) (occurring) on a massive scale 大名鼎鼎dà míng dǐng dǐnggrand reputation; renowned 打磨dǎ móto polish; to burnish; to shine 大模大样dà mú dà yàngboldly; ostentatiously; poised; self-assured 大棚dà pénggreenhouse; polytunnel

Practice HSK 7–9 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.