HSK 3 vocabulary list

• 眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now; at present
• 足球zú qiúsoccer ball; a football; soccer; football
• 古gǔsurname Gu
• 羊yángsurname Yang
• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
• 前进qián jìnto go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
• 指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
• 看上去kàn shang quit would appear; it seems (that)
• 环huánsurname Huan
• 退出tuì chūto withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
• 支付zhī fùto pay (money)
• 齐qí(name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi
• 上升shàng shēngto rise; to go up; to ascend
• 围wéisurname Wei
• 路线lù xiànitinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
• 飞行fēi xíng(of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation
• 较jiàoto compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo]
• 福fúsurname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 省
• 补bǔto repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
• 赶到gǎn dàoto hurry (to some place)
• 长期cháng qīlong term; long time; long range (of a forecast)
• 相比xiāng bǐto compare
• 深入shēn rùto penetrate deeply; thorough
• 情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion; to move (emotionally)
• 称为chēng wéito be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
• 人群rén qúncrowd
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
• 订dìngto agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order
• 卫生wèi shēnghealth; hygiene; sanitation
• 加强jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
• 保安bǎo ānto ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard
• 歌手gē shǒusinger
• 实验室shí yàn shìlaboratory
• 各地gè dìin all parts of (a country); various regions
• 看起来kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
• 放到fàng dàoPut in
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet; not moving
• 国内guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country); civil
• 谈话tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation
• 能不能néng bùnéngCan you
• 打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
• 上来shàng láito come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
• 才能cái néngtalent; ability; capacity
• 西部xī bùwestern part
• 采用cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ; to use
• 改造gǎi zàoto transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
• 应当yīng dāngshould; ought to
• 不论bù lùnwhatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
• 自身zì shēnitself; oneself; one's own
• 整天zhěng tiānall day long; whole day
• 增长zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase
• 部长bù zhǎnghead of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister
• 高速gāo sùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 路)
• 观看guān kànto watch; to view
• 推进tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward
• 房屋fáng wūhouse; building
• 得分dé fēnto score
• 基本上jī běn shangbasically; on the whole
• 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute
• 预计yù jìto forecast; to predict; to estimate

Frequently asked questions

How many words do you need for HSK 3?

On the current exam (HSK 2.0), HSK 3 requires 600 words in total, counted from HSK 1. Under the new HSK 3.0 standard, level 3 covers 2,245 words in total.

What is in this HSK 3 vocabulary list?

606 Chinese words that the HSK Ace dictionary places at HSK 3, sorted by frequency. Each one has pinyin, an English meaning, audio and a stroke-order animation. The set draws on both HSK 2.0 and HSK 3.0, so its size differs from the official counts.

Practice HSK 3

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