HSK 5 vocabulary list

• 不安bù ānunpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
• 不得了bù dé liǎodesperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
• 不断bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
• 不见得bù jiàn denot necessarily; not likely
• 不耐烦bù nài fánimpatient; to lose patience
• 不然bù ránnot so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...?
• 不如bù rúnot equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
• 不要紧bù yào jǐnunimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but
• 不足bù zúinsufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
• 布bùvariant of 布; to announce; to spread
• 步骤bù zhòuprocedure; step
• 部门bù méndepartment; branch; section; division
• 财产cái chǎnproperty; assets; estate
• 采访cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover
• 采取cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
• 彩虹cǎi hóngrainbow; CL:道[dao4]
• 踩cǎivariant of 踩
• 参考cān kǎoconsultation; reference; to consult; to refer
• 参与cān yùto participate (in sth)
• 惭愧cán kuìashamed
• 操场cāo chǎngplayground; sports field; drill ground
• 操心cāo xīnto worry about
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 测验cè yàntest; to test; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]
• 曾经céng jīngonce; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
• 叉子chā zifork
• 差距chā jùdisparity; gap
• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
• 拆chāito tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
• 产品chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise; product
• 产生chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
• 长途cháng túlong distance
• 常识cháng shícommon sense; general knowledge
• 抄chāoto make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms
• 超级chāo jísuper-; ultra-; hyper-
• 朝cháoabbr. for 朝鲜 Korea
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
• 潮湿cháo shīdamp; moist
• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise
• 吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel; to have a row; quarrel
• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb)
• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把)
• 车库chē kùgarage
• 车厢chē xiāngcarriage; CL:節|节[jie2]
• 彻底chè dǐthorough; thoroughly; complete
• 沉默chén mòtaciturn; uncommunicative; silent
• 趁chènto avail oneself of; to take advantage of
• 称chènto fit; balanced; suitable
• 称呼chēng huto call; to address as; form of address; appellation
• 称赞chēng zànto praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment
• 成分chéng fèncomposition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status
• 成果chéng guǒresult; achievement; gain; profit
• 成就chéng jiùaccomplishment; success; achievement; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about
• 成立chéng lìto establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
• 成人chéng rénadult
• 成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu]
• 成语chéng yǔChinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage
• 成长chéng zhǎngto mature; to grow; growth
• 诚恳chéng kěnsincere; honest; cordial
• 承担chéng dānto undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)

Frequently asked questions

How many words do you need for HSK 5?

On the current exam (HSK 2.0), HSK 5 requires 2,500 words in total, counted from HSK 1. Under the new HSK 3.0 standard, level 5 covers 4,316 words in total.

What is in this HSK 5 vocabulary list?

1,725 Chinese words that the HSK Ace dictionary places at HSK 5, 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 5

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