Old HSK 5 vocabulary list

The 1,299 words of level 5 in the 2010 six-level HSK, the version most textbooks still follow.

1,299 words

Ordered by pinyin

梳子shū zicomb 摔shuāito throw down; to fall 甩shuǎito throw; to fling 双方shuāng fāngbilateral; both sides 税shuìtaxes; duties 说不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe 说服shuō fúto persuade; to convince 撕sīto tear 丝绸sī chóusilk cloth; silk 丝毫sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit 似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if 思考sī kǎoto reflect on; to ponder over 寺庙sì miàotemple; monastery 私人sī rénprivate; personal 思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking 宿舍sù shèdormitory; dorm room 碎suì(transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered 随时suí shíat any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary 损失sǔn shīloss; damage 所suǒplace; measure word for houses, institutions etc 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock 缩短suō duǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail 所谓suǒ wèiso-called; what is called 缩小suō xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink 塔tǎpagoda; tower 太极拳tài jí quánshadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation 台阶tái jiēsteps; flight of steps 太太tài taimarried woman; Mrs.谈判tán pànto negotiate; negotiation 坦率tǎn shuàifrank (discussion); blunt 烫tàngto scald; to burn (by scalding)逃táoto escape; to run away 桃táopeach 套tàoto cover; to encase 逃避táo bìto escape; to evade 特殊tè shūspecial; particular 特意tè yìspecially; intentionally 特征tè zhēngcharacteristic; diagnostic property 疼爱téng àito love dearly 提倡tí chàngto promote; to advocate 提纲tí gāngoutline; synopsis 体会tǐ huìto know from experience; to learn through experience 体积tǐ jīvolume; bulk 题目tí mùsubject; title; topic; exercise or exam question 体贴tǐ tiēconsiderate (of other people's needs)提问tí wènto question; to quiz; to grill 体现tǐ xiànto embody; to reflect 体验tǐ yànto experience for oneself 天空tiān kōngsky 田野tián yěfield; open land 天真tiān zhēnnaive; innocent 调皮tiáo pínaughty; mischievous 挑战tiǎo zhànto challenge; challenge 调整tiáo zhěngto adjust; adjustment 铜tóngcopper (chemistry)通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally 痛苦tòng kǔpain; suffering 痛快tòng kuàidelighted; to one's heart's content 同时tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously 通讯tōng xùncommunications; news story 统一tǒng yīto unify; to integrate; unified; integrated 统治tǒng zhìto rule (a country); to govern 透明tòu míngtransparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny 投资tóu zīinvestment; to invest 吐tǔto spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)突出tū chūprominent; outstanding 土地tǔ dìland; soil 土豆tǔ dòupotato; (Tw) peanut 兔子tù zihare; rabbit 团tuánround; lump 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth)退步tuì bùto do less well than before; to make a concession 推辞tuī cíto decline (an appointment, invitation etc)推广tuī guǎngto extend; to spread 推荐tuī jiànto recommend; recommendation 退休tuì xiūto retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement 歪wāiaskew; at a crooked angle 外交wài jiāodiplomacy; diplomatic 弯wānto bend; bent 玩具wán jùplaything; toy 完美wán měiperfect 完善wán shàn(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed 万一wàn yījust in case; if by any chance 完整wán zhěngcomplete; intact 往返wǎng fǎnto go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip 王子wáng zǐprince; son of a king 胃wèistomach 尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. yǐba 未必wèi bìnot necessarily; maybe not 伟大wěi dàhuge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)违反wéi fǎnto violate (a law)危害wēi hàito harm; to jeopardize; to endanger; harmful effect; damage 维护wéi hùto defend; to safeguard 围巾wéi jīnscarf; shawl 未来wèi láifuture; tomorrow 委屈wěi quto feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged 围绕wéi ràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)卫生间wèi shēng jiānbathroom; toilet 委托wěi tuōto entrust; to trust 微笑wēi xiàosmile; to smile

Practice Old HSK 5 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.