HSK 5 Vocabulary List 词汇表

The complete HSK 5 vocabulary list from the 2025 HSK syllabus — 1600 words with tone-marked pinyin, parts of speech, and English meanings. Browse the words below, or switch to characters. Every word links to its word page, while each character links to its stroke-order page.

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The official syllabus contains a duplicated entry with the same word, pinyin, and part of speech. It is shown once here for a cleaner learning experience, while the official count remains unchanged.

Word	Pinyin	POS	Definition
哎	āi	interj.	hey!
唉	ài	interj.	alas; oh dear
暗	àn	adj.	(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗)
熬	áo	v.	to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
版	bǎn	n. / mw.	a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
扮	bàn	v.	to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression)
伴	bàn	n. / v.	partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
膀	bǎng	—	upper arm
傍	bàng	—	near
薄	báo	adj.	thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile
宝	bǎo	n.	jewel; gem; treasure; precious
暴	bào	—	sudden
贝	bèi	—	cowrie
彼	bǐ	—	that
币	bì	—	money
闭	bì	v.	to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct
避	bì	v.	to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
拨	bō	v. / mw.	to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
玻	bō	—	glass
补	bǔ	v.	to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
布	bù	n.	cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
裁	cái	v.	to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish
采	cǎi	v.	color; complexion; looks; variant of 彩; variant of 采
藏	cáng	v.	to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
册	cè	mw.	book; booklet; classifier for books
测	cè	v.	to survey; to measure; to conjecture
曾	céng	adv.	once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously
叉	chā	n. / v.	fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"
插	chā	v.	to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
拆	chāi	v.	to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
倡	chàng	—	to initiate
朝	cháo	v. / prep.	imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor
吵	chǎo	adj. / v.	to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise
炒	chǎo	v.	to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb)
彻	chè	—	thorough
沉	chén	v. / adj.	to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep
称	chēng	v.	to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
承	chéng	—	to bear
橙	chéng	—	orange tree
池	chí	n.	pond
尺	chǐ	mw. / n.	a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure
齿	chǐ	—	tooth
翅	chì	—	(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
冲	chōng	v.	thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash
充	chōng	v.	sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
虫	chóng	—	lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar…
宠	chǒng	v.	to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
抽	chōu	v.	to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole
丑	chǒu	adj.	shameful; ugly; disgraceful
臭	chòu	adj.	stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely
触	chù	—	to touch
传	chuán	v.	to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate
创	chuàng	v.	to begin; to initiate; to inaugurate; to start; to create
辞	cí	v.	to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre)
刺	cì	v. / n.	thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
促	cù	—	(bound form) of short duration
催	cuī	v.	to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
措	cuò	—	to handle
代	dài	v. / n.	to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age
胆	dǎn	—	gall bladder
旦	dàn	—	(literary) dawn
淡	dàn	adj.	insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
挡	dǎng	v.	to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow)
档	dàng	—	(bound form) shelves (for files)
蹈	dǎo	—	to tread on
敌	dí	—	(bound form) enemy
蝶	dié	—	(bound form) butterfly
冻	dòng	v.	to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
洞	dòng	n.	cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
斗	dòu	v.	to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together
豆	dòu	—	legume
独	dú	adv.	alone; independent; single; sole; only
堆	duī	v. / n. / mw.	to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
吨	dūn	mw.	ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn]
盾	dùn	—	shield
躲	duǒ	v.	to hide; to dodge; to avoid
乏	fá	—	short of
罚	fá	v.	to punish; to penalize
番	fān	mw.	foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
繁	fán	—	complicated
返	fǎn	—	to return (to)
泛	fàn	—	(bound form) general
范	fàn	—	pattern
防	fáng	v.	to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
仿	fǎng	v.	seemingly
访	fǎng	—	(bound form) to seek by inquiry
肥	féi	adj. / v. / n.	fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize
纷	fēn	—	numerous
疯	fēng	v. / adj.	insane; mad; wild
扶	fú	v.	to support with the hand; to help sb up
佛	fó	n.	Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀)
府	fǔ	—	seat of government
腐	fǔ	—	decay
妇	fù	—	woman
副	fù	mw.	secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb
盖	gài	n. / v.	lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
搞	gǎo	v.	to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
革	gé	—	animal hide
隔	gé	v.	to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from
恭	gōng	—	respectful