Old HSK 6 vocabulary list

The 2,498 words of level 6 in the 2010 six-level HSK, the version most textbooks still follow.

2,498 words

Ordered by pinyin

母语mǔ yǔnative language; mother tongue 沐浴mù yùto take a bath; to bathe 纳闷儿nà mèn rerhua variant of 纳闷 (nàmèn)拿手ná shǒuexpert in; good at 耐用nài yòngdurable 难得nán déseldom; rare 难堪nán kānhard to take; embarrassed 难免nán miǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from 难能可贵nán néng kě guìrare and precious; valuable 恼火nǎo huǒannoyed; riled; vexed 内涵nèi hánmeaningful content; implication 内幕nèi mùinside story; non-public information 内在nèi zàiinner; internal 能量néng liàngenergy; capabilities 拟定nǐ dìngto draw up; to draft 年度nián dùyear (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual 捏niēto hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch 拧níngto pinch; wring 凝固níng gùto freeze; to solidify 凝聚níng jùto condense; to coagulate 宁肯nìng kěnwould rather...; it would be better...凝视níng shìto gaze at; to fix one's eyes on 宁愿nìng yuànwould rather ... (than ...)扭转niǔ zhuǎnto reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation)浓厚nóng hòudense; thick (fog, clouds etc)农历nóng lìthe traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar 奴隶nú lìslave 虐待nüè dàito mistreat; to maltreat 挪nuóto shift; to move 殴打ōu dǎto beat up; to come to blows 呕吐ǒu tùto vomit 欧洲Ōu zhōuEurope (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲 (ŌuluóbāZhōu))趴pāto lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc)派别pài biégroup; sect; clique; faction; school 排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude 排除pái chúto eliminate; to remove 排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)徘徊pái huáito pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate 派遣pài qiǎnto send (on a mission); to dispatch 畔pàn(bound form) side; edge; boundary 攀登pān dēngto climb; to pull oneself up 判决pàn juéjudgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on 盘旋pán xuánto spiral; to circle 庞大páng dàhuge; enormous; tremendous 泡沫pào mòfoam; (soap) bubble 抛弃pāo qìto abandon; to discard 配备pèi bèito allocate; to provide 配偶pèi ǒuspouse 配套pèi tàoto form a complete set; compatible 培训péi xùnto cultivate; to train 培育péi yùto train; to breed 盆地pén dì(geography) basin; depression 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of 烹饪pēng rèncooking; culinary arts 劈pīto hack; to chop 疲惫pí bèibeaten; exhausted 批发pī fāwholesale; bulk trade 皮革pí géleather 屁股pì gubuttocks; bottom 疲倦pí juànto tire; tired 批判pī pànto criticize; critique 譬如pì rúfor example; for instance; such as 扁biǎnflat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up 偏差piān chābias; deviation 片断piàn duànsection; fragment 偏见piān jiànprejudice; bias 片刻piàn kèshort period of time; a moment 偏僻piān pìremote; desolate 偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason 漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover 飘扬piāo yángto wave; to flutter 拼搏pīn bóto struggle; to wrestle 品尝pǐn chángto taste a small amount; to sample 品德pǐn démoral character 贫乏pín fáimpoverished; lacking 频繁pín fánfrequently; often 贫困pín kùnimpoverished; poverty 频率pín lǜfrequency 拼命pīn mìngto do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it 品行pǐn xíngbehavior; moral conduct 品质pǐn zhìcharacter; intrinsic quality (of a person)平凡píng fáncommonplace; ordinary 评估píng gūto evaluate; to assess 评论píng lùnto comment on; to discuss 平面píng miànplane (flat surface); print media 平坦píng tǎnlevel; even 平行píng xíngparallel; of equal rank 平原píng yuánfield; plain 屏障píng zhàngbarrier 坡pōslope; sloping 泼pōto splash; to spill 颇pōrather; quite 迫不及待pò bù jí dàiimpatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it 迫害pò hàito persecute 破例pò lìto make an exception 魄力pò lìcourage; daring 扑pūto throw oneself at; to pounce on 铺pūto spread; to display 瀑布pù bùwaterfall 普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize

Practice Old 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.