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

人类rén lèihumanity; human race 人生rén shēnglife (one's time on earth)人事rén shìpersonnel; human resources 人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)人员rén yuánstaff; crew 日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everydayIn context 日程rì chéngschedule; itinerary 日历rì lìcalendar 日期rì qīdate 日用品rì yòng pǐnarticles for daily use 融化róng huàto melt; to thaw 荣幸róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)荣誉róng yùhonor; credit 如何rú héhow; what way 如今rú jīnnowadays; now 软件ruǎn jiàn(computer) software 弱ruòweak; feeble; young 洒sǎto sprinkle; to spray 嗓子sǎng zithroat; voice 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce 傻shǎfoolish 沙漠shā mòdesert 沙滩shā tānbeach; sandy shore 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)删除shān chúto delete; to cancel 闪电shǎn diànlightning 善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted 善于shàn yúto be good at; to be adept at 扇子shàn zifan 上当shàng dàngtaken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled 商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise 商业shāng yèbusiness; trade 勺子sháo ziscoop; ladle 蛇shésnake; serpent 设备shè bèiequipment; facilities; installations 舍不得shě bu deto hate to do sth; to hate to part with 设计shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan 射击shè jīto shoot; to fire (a gun)设施shè shīfacilities; installation 舌头shé toutongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information 摄影shè yǐngto take a photograph; photography 伸shēnto stretch; to extend 身材shēn cáistature; build (height and weight)身份shēn fènidentity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc)神话shén huàlegend; fairy tale 神经shén jīngnerve; mental state 深刻shēn kèprofound; deep 神秘shén mìmysterious; mystery 升shēngto ascend; to rise to the rank of 生产shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child 声调shēng diàotone; note 生动shēng dòngvivid; lively 胜利shèng lìvictory 省略shěng lüèto leave out; an omission 绳子shéng zicord; string; rope 诗shīpoem; poetry 士兵shì bīngsoldier 时代shí dàiage; era 似的shì deseems as if; rather like 是否shì fǒuwhether (or not); if 实话shí huàtruth 实践shí jiànpractice; to put into practice 使劲儿shǐ jìn rerhua variant of 使劲 (shǐjìn)试卷shì juànexamination paper; test paper 时刻shí kètime; juncture 时髦shí máoin vogue; fashionable 失眠shī miánto suffer from insomnia 时期shí qīperiod; phase 失去shī qùto lose 时尚shí shàngfashion; fad 事实shì shífact 石头shí toustone 食物shí wùfood 事物shì wùthing; object 实习shí xíto practice; field work 实现shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about 事先shì xiānin advance; before the event 实行shí xíngto implement; to carry out 实验shí yànexperiment; test 失业shī yèunemployment; to lose one's job 实用shí yòngpractical; functional 始终shǐ zhōngfrom beginning to end; all along 手工shǒu gōnghandwork; manual 收获shōu huòto harvest; to reap 收据shōu jùreceipt 寿命shòu mìnglife span; life expectancy 受伤shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)手术shǒu shù(surgical) operation; surgery 手套shǒu tàoglove; mitten 手续shǒu xùprocedure; formalities 手指shǒu zhǐfinger 鼠标shǔ biāomouse (computing)蔬菜shū càivegetables 书架shū jiàbookshelf 数据shù jùdata 熟练shú liànpracticed; proficient 数码shù mǎnumber; numerals 输入shū rùto import; to input 舒适shū shìcozy; snug 属于shǔ yúto be classified as; to belong to

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.