HSK 6 vocabulary list

The 1,800 words the syllabus adds at HSK 6, with its own pinyin and part of speech. Drill them here, or search the list below.

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  • àn

    bank; shore; beach; coast

  • 案例ànlì

    case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example

  • 按摩ànmó

    to massage; massage

  • 暗示ànshì

    to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion

  • 昂贵ángguì

    expensive; costly

  • 白白báibái

    in vain; to no purpose; for nothing

  • 白领báilǐng

    white-collar; white-collar worker

  • bǎi

    to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro

  • 摆放bǎifàng

    to set up; to arrange; to lay out

  • 百分点bǎifēndiǎn

    percentage point

  • 百货bǎihuò

    general merchandise

  • 摆脱bǎituō

    to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of

  • bài

    to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)

  • 拜访bàifǎng

    to pay a visit; to call on

  • 拜年bàinián

    to pay a New Year call; to wish sb a Happy New Year

  • bǎn名、量

    a register; block of printing; edition

  • 版本bǎnběn

    version; edition; release

  • 伴随bànsuí

    to accompany; to follow; to occur together with

  • 扮演bànyǎn

    to play the role of; to act

  • 榜样bǎngyàng

    model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model

  • 棒球bàngqiú

    baseball

  • 保管bǎoguǎn

    to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely

  • 保健bǎojiàn

    to maintain in good health; health protection; health care

  • 保暖bǎonuǎn

    to keep warm

  • 保修bǎoxiū

    to promise to keep sth in good repair; guarantee; warranty

  • 保障bǎozhàng动、名

    to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard

  • bào

    to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil

  • 爆发bàofā

    to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out

  • 报刊bàokān

    newspapers and periodicals; the press

  • 暴力bàolì

    violence; force; violent

  • 暴露bàolù

    to expose; to reveal; to lay bare

  • 报社bàoshè

    newspaper (i.e. a company)

  • 爆炸bàozhà

    to explode; to blow up; to detonate

  • 悲观bēiguān

    pessimistic

  • 悲剧bēijù

    tragedy

  • 悲伤bēishāng

    sad; sorrowful

  • 北极běijí

    the North Pole; the north magnetic pole

  • 北美洲Běiměizhōu

    North America

  • 被动bèidòng

    passive

  • 被迫bèipò

    to be compelled; to be forced

  • 背心bèixīn

    sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)

  • 备用bèiyòng

    reserve; spare; alternate

  • 倍增bèizēng

    to double; to redouble; to increase many times over

  • 奔跑bēnpǎo

    to run

  • 本能běnnéng名、副

    instinct

  • 本身běnshēn

    itself; in itself; per se

  • 本土běntǔ

    one's native country; native; local

  • to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for

  • 比方bǐfang

    analogy; illustrative example; for instance

  • 比重bǐzhòng

    proportion; (physics) specific gravity

  • to close; to stop up; to shut

  • to avoid; to shun; to flee

  • 必修bìxiū

    (of an academic course) required; compulsory

  • biān

    to weave; to plait; to organize

  • 编辑biānjí动、名

    to edit; to compile; editor

  • 编写biānxiě

    to compile

  • 遍地biàndì动、副

    everywhere; all over

  • 便捷biànjié

    convenient and fast

  • 变质biànzhì

    to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism

  • bīng

    soldiers; a force; an army

  • 病毒bìngdú

    virus

  • (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)

  • 播种bōzhǒng

    to sow seeds

  • 博览会bólǎnhuì

    an exposition; an international fair

  • 薄弱bóruò

    weak; frail

  • 脖子bózi

    neck

  • 不耐烦bú nàifán

    impatient; to lose patience

  • 不顾búgù

    in spite of; regardless of

  • 不料búliào

    unexpectedly; to one's surprise

  • 不适búshì

    unwell; indisposed; out of sorts

  • 不至于búzhìyú

    unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

  • to repair; to patch; to mend

  • to catch; to seize; to capture

  • 补偿bǔcháng

    to compensate; to make up

  • 补课bǔkè

    to make up missed lesson; to reschedule a class

  • 补贴bǔtiē动、名

    to subsidize; to supplement (one's salary etc); subsidy

  • 补习bǔxí

    to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor

  • cloth; to declare; to announce

  • 不安bù’ān

    unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy

  • 不曾bùcéng

    hasn't yet; hasn't ever

  • 不成bùchéng动、形、助

    won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

  • 不得bùdé

    must not; may not; not to be allowed

  • 部队bùduì

    army; armed forces; troops

  • 不禁bùjīn

    can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from

  • 不时bùshí副、名

    from time to time; now and then; occasionally

  • 部位bùwèi

    part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)

  • 不许bùxǔ

    not to allow; must not; can't

  • 不宜bùyí

    not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate

  • 不已bùyǐ

    (used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly

  • 布置bùzhì

    to arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)

  • 不止bùzhǐ动、副

    incessantly; without end; more than

  • 步骤bùzhòu

    procedure; step

  • 猜测cāicè

    to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

  • 财产cáichǎn

    property; assets; estate

  • 财富cáifù

    wealth; riches

  • 才华cáihuá

    talent

  • 才能cáinéng

    talent; ability; capacity

  • 财务cáiwù

    financial affairs; finance

  • 财物cáiwù

    property; belongings

  • 材质cáizhì

    texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)

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Word list, pinyin and part of speech: 《中文水平考试(HSK)考试大纲》, published by CTI in November 2025 and in force from July 2026 — 11,000 words, the same document the papers here are built against. English glosses from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pronunciation is read by your browser’s Chinese voice.