HSK 3.0 vocabulary lists

Every word in the new nine-level HSK, taken from the official 2025 syllabus. Each entry comes with pinyin, part of speech, an English meaning, and the level the word sat at in the old HSK 2.0 system.

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HSK 1

300words

cumulative 300

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HSK 2

203words

cumulative 503

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HSK 3

507words

cumulative 1,010

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HSK 4Coming soon

1,017words

cumulative 2,027

HSK 5Coming soon

1,635words

cumulative 3,662

HSK 6Coming soon

1,813words

cumulative 5,475

HSK 7-9Coming soon

5,616words

cumulative 11,091

Source: official HSK 3.0 (2025) syllabus. Updated 2026-09-08. A dash in the last column means the word had no level in the old HSK 2.0 system — it is either new in 2025 or simply wasn't on the old lists.

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