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

优先yōu xiānto have priority; to take precedence 优异yōu yìexceptional; outstandingly good 忧郁yōu yùsullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected 优越yōu yuèsuperior; superiority 幼稚yòu zhìyoung; childish 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover 熨yùreconciled; smooth 粥zhōucongee; gruel 愚蠢yú chǔnsilly; stupid 预料yù liàoto forecast; to anticipate 舆论yú lùnpublic opinion 愚昧yú mèiignorant; uneducated; ignorance 渔民yú mínfisherman; fisher folk 预期yù qīto expect; to anticipate 与日俱增yǔ rì jù zēngto increase steadily; to grow with each passing day 羽绒服yǔ róng fúdown-filled garment 预赛yù sàipreliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats 预算yù suànbudget 欲望yù wàngdesire; longing; appetite; craving 预先yù xiānbeforehand; in advance 预言yù yánto predict; prophecy 寓言yù yánfable 予以yǔ yǐto give; to impose 预兆yù zhàoomen; sign (of sth yet to occur)原告yuán gàocomplainant; plaintiff 原理yuán lǐprinciple; theory 园林yuán língardens; park; landscape garden 圆满yuán mǎnsatisfactory; consummate; perfect 源泉yuán quánfountainhead; well-spring 原始yuán shǐfirst; original 元首yuán shǒuhead of state 元素yuán sùelement (key component of sth); (chemistry) element 冤枉yuān wangto accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly 原先yuán xiānoriginally; original 元宵节Yuán xiāo jiéLantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar 岳父yuè fùwife's father, father-in-law 乐谱yuè pǔa musical score; sheet music 约束yuē shùto restrict; to limit to 蕴藏yùn cángto hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)酝酿yùn niàng(of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing 运算yùn suànto perform calculations; (mathematical) operation 运行yùn xíng(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation 孕育yùn yùto be pregnant; to produce offspring 砸záto smash; to pound 咋zǎdialectal equivalent of 怎么 (zěnme)杂技zá jìacrobatics 杂交zá jiāoto hybridize; to crossbreed 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge 在乎zài huto rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about 再接再厉zài jiē zài lìto continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts 灾难zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe 栽培zāi péito grow; to cultivate 在意zài yìto care about; to mind 暂且zàn qiěfor now; for the time being; temporarily 赞叹zàn tànto exclaim in admiration 赞同zàn tóngto approve of; to endorse 赞扬zàn yángto praise; to approve of 赞助zàn zhùto support; to assist 造反zào fǎnto rebel; to revolt 遭受zāo shòuto suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)糟蹋zāo tàto waste; to defile 造型zào xíngto model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose 遭殃zāo yāngto suffer a calamity 噪音zào yīnrumble; noise 遭遇zāo yùto meet with; to encounter 责怪zé guàito blame; to rebuke 贼zéithief; traitor 赠送zèng sòngto present as a gift 增添zēng tiānto add; to increase 扎zhāto prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into 渣zhāslag (in mining or smelting); dregs 眨zhǎto blink; to wink 诈骗zhà piànto defraud; to swindle 扎实zhā shistrong; solid 债券zhài quànbond; debenture 摘要zhāi yàosummary; abstract 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiělit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical 战斗zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat 沾光zhān guāngto bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth 占据zhàn jùto occupy; to hold 占领zhàn lǐngto capture; to seize; to occupy by force 战略zhàn lüèstrategy 展示zhǎn shìto reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit 战术zhàn shùtactics 展望zhǎn wàngoutlook; prospect 展现zhǎn xiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display 崭新zhǎn xīnbrand new 瞻仰zhān yǎngto revere; to admire 战役zhàn yìmilitary campaign 占有zhàn yǒuto have; to own 障碍zhàng àibarrier; obstruction 长辈zhǎng bèione's elders; older generation 章程zhāng chéngrules; regulations 帐篷zhàng pengtent 照料zhào liàoto tend; to take care of sb 着迷zháo míto be fascinated; to be captivated 朝气蓬勃zhāo qì péng bófull of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic 招收zhāo shōuto hire; to recruit 招投标zhāo tóu biāobid inviting and bid offering; bidding 照样zhào yàngas before; (same) as usual

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.