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

同胞tóng bāoborn of the same parents; sibling 统筹兼顾tǒng chóu jiān gùan overall plan taking into account all factors 童话tóng huàchildren's fairy tales 通货tōng huòcurrency; (old) exchange of goods 统计tǒng jìstatistics; to count 铜矿tóng kuàngcopper mine; copper ore 通俗tōng súcommon; everyday 统统tǒng tǒngtotally 通用tōng yòngto use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc)同志tóng zhìcomrade; (slang) homosexual 投机tóu jīcongenial; agreeable; to speculate; to profiteer 投票tóu piàoto vote; vote 投降tóu xiángto surrender 投掷tóu zhìto throw sth a long distance; to hurl 秃tūbald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded 图案tú àndesign; pattern 徒弟tú dìapprentice; disciple 途径tú jìngway; means; channel 涂抹tú mǒto paint; to smear 突破tū pòto break through; to make a breakthrough 土壤tǔ rǎngsoil 团结tuán jiéto unite; unity; solidarity 团体tuán tǐgroup; organization 团圆tuán yuánto have a reunion 推测tuī cèspeculation; to conjecture 推翻tuī fānto overthrow 推理tuī lǐreasoning; inference 推论tuī lùnto infer; inference 推销tuī xiāoto market; to sell 吞咽tūn yànto swallow; to gulp 妥当tuǒ dangappropriate; proper 脱离tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from 唾沫tuò mospittle; saliva 妥善tuǒ shànappropriate; proper 妥协tuǒ xiéto compromise; to reach terms 拖延tuō yánto delay; to put off 椭圆tuǒ yuánoval; ellipse 托运tuō yùnto consign (goods); to check through (baggage)哇wareplaces 啊 (a) when following the vowel "u" or "ao"瓦解wǎ jiěto collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up 挖掘wā juéto excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into 娃娃wá wababy; small child 外表wài biǎoexternal; outside 外行wài hánglayman; amateur 外界wài jièthe outside world; external 歪曲wāi qūto distort; to misrepresent 外向wài xiàngextroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented 丸wánball; pellet 完备wán bèifaultless; complete 完毕wán bìto finish; to end 万分wàn fēnvery much; extremely 顽固wán gùstubborn; obstinate 挽回wǎn huíto retrieve; to redeem 挽救wǎn jiùto save; to remedy 玩弄wán nòngto play with; to toy with 顽强wán qiángtenacious; hard to defeat 惋惜wǎn xīto regret; to feel that it is a great pity 玩意儿wán yì rerhua variant of 玩意 (wányì)往常wǎng chángusual; customary 网络wǎng luònetwork (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)往事wǎng shìpast events; former happenings 妄想wàng xiǎngto attempt vainly; a vain attempt 违背wéi bèito go against; to be contrary to 微不足道wēi bù zú dàonegligible; insignificant 维持wéi chíto keep; to maintain; to preserve 唯独wéi dúonly; just (i.e. it is only that...)威风wēi fēngmight; awe-inspiring authority 微观wēi guānmicro-; subatomic 危机wēi jīcrisis 畏惧wèi jùto fear; to dread 胃口wèi kǒuappetite; liking 威力wēi lìmight; formidable power 未免wèi miǎnunavoidably; can't help 为难wéi nánto feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone)为期wéi qī(to be done) by (a certain date); lasting (a certain time)维生素wéi shēng sùvitamin 为首wéi shǒuhead; be headed by 威望wēi wàngprestige 慰问wèi wènto express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc 威信wēi xìnprestige; reputation 卫星wèi xīngsatellite; moon 维修wéi xiūmaintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain 位于wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at 委员wěi yuáncommittee member 伪造wěi zàoto forge; to fake 温带wēn dàitemperate zone 温和wēn hémild; gentle 文凭wén píngdiploma 问世wèn shìto be published; to come out 文物wén wùcultural relic; historical relic 文献wén xiàndocument 文雅wén yǎelegant; refined 文艺wén yìliterature and art 窝wōnest; pit or hollow on the human body 勿wùdo not 无比wú bǐincomparable; matchless 务必wù bìmust; to need to 误差wù chādifference; error 无偿wú chángfree; no charge; at no cost 无耻wú chǐwithout any sense of shame; unembarrassed

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.