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

车库chē kùgarage 车厢chē xiāngcarriage 趁chènto avail oneself of; to take advantage of 称chēngto weigh; to state 沉默chén mòtaciturn; uncommunicative 乘chéngto ride; to mount 承担chéng dānto undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent 成分chéng fèncomposition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status 成果chéng guǒresult; achievement 称呼chēng huto call; to address as; form of address; appellation 成就chéng jiùaccomplishment; success 诚恳chéng kěnsincere; honest 成立chéng lìto establish; to set up 承认chéng rènto admit; to concede 承受chéng shòuto bear; to support 程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence 成语chéng yǔChinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage 称赞chēng zànto praise; to acclaim 成长chéng zhǎngto mature; to grow 翅膀chì bǎngwing 吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses; to come to grief 持续chí xùto continue; to persist 池子chí zipond; bathhouse pool 尺子chǐ ziruler (measuring instrument)冲chōngto rush; to clash; to go straight ahead 重zhòngheavy; serious 充电器chōng diàn qìbattery charger 充分chōng fènample; sufficient 重复chóng fùto repeat; to duplicate 充满chōng mǎnfull of; brimming with 宠物chǒng wùhouse pet 丑chǒushameful; ugly 臭chòustench; smelly 抽屉chōu tidrawer 抽象chōu xiàngabstract; abstraction 除chúto get rid of; to remove 出版chū bǎnto publish 除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when 初级chū jíjunior; primary 出口chū kǒuan exit; to speak 处理chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish 出色chū sèremarkable; outstanding 出席chū xíto attend; to participate 除夕Chú xīlunar New Year's Eve 传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread 传递chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive 传染chuán rǎnto infect; contagious 传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...传统chuán tǒngtradition; traditionalIn context 闯chuǎngto rush; to charge 窗帘chuāng liánwindow curtains 创造chuàng zàoto create; to bring about 吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument 磁带cí dàimagnetic tape 刺激cì jīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant 此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore 次要cì yàosecondary 辞职cí zhíto resign 从此cóng cǐfrom now on; since then 从而cóng érthus; thereby 匆忙cōng mánghasty; hurried 从前cóng qiánpreviously; formerly 从事cóng shìto go for; to engage in 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)促进cù jìnto promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost 促使cù shǐto prompt; to induce; to spur 催cuīto urge; to press 存cúnto exist; to deposit 存在cún zàito exist; to be 措施cuò shīmeasure; step 错误cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake 达到dá dàoto reach; to achieve; to attain 大方dà fanggenerous; magnanimous 打工dǎ gōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 打交道dǎ jiāo dàoto come into contact with; to have dealings 打喷嚏dǎ pēn tìto sneeze 打听dǎ tingto ask about; to make some inquiries 大象dà xiàngelephant 大型dà xínglarge; large-scale 答应dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise 打招呼dǎ zhāo huto greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice 呆dāifoolish; stupid 贷款dài kuǎna loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank)待遇dài yùtreatment; pay 淡dàninsipid; diluted 单纯dān chúnsimple; pure 单调dān diàomonotonous 单独dān dúalone; by oneself 担任dān rènto hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of 单位dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)耽误dān wuto delay; to hold up 胆小鬼dǎn xiǎo guǐcoward 单元dān yuánunit (forming an entity); element 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct 当代dāng dàithe present age; the contemporary era 岛dǎoisland 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt 到达dào dáto reach; to arrive 道德dào dévirtue; morality

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.