HSK 5 vocabulary list

Every word from our catalogue in the HSK 2.0 level 5 vocabulary - cumulative across levels 1-5, 2,500 official words. Hanban maps HSK 5 to CEFR C1.

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HSK 2.0 or HSK 3.0?

This list is HSK 2.0, the six-level syllabus. HSK 3.0, the 2021 standard with nine levels, uses bigger lists: its level 1 alone is 500 words. Check which syllabus your exam uses before you pick a list. Counts are cumulative.

Words per level in HSK 2.0 and HSK 3.0
Level	HSK 2.0	HSK 3.0
HSK 1	150	500
HSK 2	300	1,272
HSK 3	600	2,245
HSK 4	1,200	3,245
HSK 5	2,500	4,316
HSK 6	5,000+	5,456

Curriculum

1762 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications	HSK
1	1	的deof, possessive and modifier particle	of, possessive and modifier particle	particle	HSK 1	HSK 1
2	2	我wǒI, me	I, me	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
3	3	你nǐyou (singular)	you (singular)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
4	4	了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state	aspect particle marking completion or a change of state	particle	HSK 1	HSK 1
5	5	是shìto be (linking verb)	to be (linking verb)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
6	6	在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker	at, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
7	7	他tāhe, him	he, him	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
8	8	我们wǒ menwe, us	we, us	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
9	9	不bùnot, no	not, no	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
10	10	吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)	question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)	particle	HSK 1	HSK 1
11	11	好hǎogood, well, OK	good, well, OK	adjective	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
12	12	什么shén mewhat	what	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
13	13	有yǒuto have, there is/are	to have, there is/are	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
14	14	就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as	then, just, exactly, as soon as	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 2	HSK 2
15	15	吧basuggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)	suggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)	particle	HSK 2	HSK 2
16	16	她tāshe, her	she, her	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
17	17	这zhèthis	this	determiner	HSK 1	HSK 1
18	18	知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)	to know (a fact)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 2	HSK 2
19	20	都dōuall, both, already	all, both, already	adverb	HSK 1	HSK 1
20	21	去qùto go	to go	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
21	22	很hěnvery, quite	very, quite	adverb	HSK 1	HSK 1
22	23	啊aah, oh (exclamatory particle)	ah, oh (exclamatory particle)	particle	HSK 3	HSK 3
23	24	要yàoto want; will; need to	to want; will; need to	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 2	HSK 2
24	25	也yěalso, too, as well	also, too, as well	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
25	27	和héand; with	and; with	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
26	28	那nàthat	that	determiner	HSK 1	HSK 1
27	29	想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss	to think; to want; to miss	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
28	30	人rénperson, people	person, people	noun	HSK 1	HSK 1
29	31	会huìcan, to know how to; will; meeting	can, to know how to; will; meeting	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
30	33	来láito come	to come	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
31	34	把bǎto take, handle; disposal marker	to take, handle; disposal marker	preposition	HSK 3	HSK 3
32	35	对duìcorrect, right; toward; pair	correct, right; toward; pair	adjective	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 4	HSK 4
33	37	做zuòto do, to make, to work as	to do, to make, to work as	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
34	39	让ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)	to let, to allow; to make (causative)	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
35	40	给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker)	to give; for (beneficiary marker)	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
36	41	可以kě yǐcan, may (permission or possibility)	can, may (permission or possibility)	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
37	43	呢neand what about...? (question particle)	and what about...? (question particle)	particle	HSK 1	HSK 1
38	45	到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement	to arrive; to (destination); result complement	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
39	46	还háistill, yet; also; even more	still, yet; also; even more	adverb	HSK 2	HSK 2
40	47	现在xiàn zàinow, at present	now, at present	noun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
41	49	能néngcan, to be able to (physical capacity)	can, to be able to (physical capacity)	verb	HSK 1	HSK 1
42	50	怎么zěn mehow; why (in rhetorical questions)	how; why (in rhetorical questions)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
43	52	跟gēnwith; and; to follow	with; and; to follow	preposition	HSK 3	HSK 3
44	53	如果rú guǒif, in case	if, in case	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 3	HSK 3
45	54	没méinot (past negation); to lack	not (past negation); to lack	adverb	HSK 1	HSK 1
46	55	它tāit (non-human)	it (non-human)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 2	HSK 2
47	56	走zǒuto walk; to leave, to go	to walk; to leave, to go	verb	HSK 2	HSK 2
48	57	上shàngup, above, on; to go up; to attend	up, above, on; to go up; to attend	noun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundationHSK 1	HSK 1
49	58	得decomplement marker (result/degree)	complement marker (result/degree)	particle	HSK 2	HSK 2
50	59	被bèiby (passive marker)	by (passive marker)	preposition	HSK 3	HSK 3

Questions

How many words is HSK 5?

HSK 5 is 2,500 words in HSK 2.0, the six-level syllabus this list follows. The count is cumulative: it includes the 1,200 words of HSK 4 and below. This list has 1,762 of them, the ones with a Kilo Lingo word page so far. HSK 3.0, the 2021 standard with nine levels, is bigger: its level 5 is 4,316 words.

How long does HSK 5 take?

The official HSK 2.0 guidance pitches HSK 5 at learners who have had more than two academic years of classes at 2 to 4 hours a week. Treat it as a rough guide: it counts class time only, and self-study, regular drilling and any Chinese you already know move it a lot either way.