HSK words

HSK, 汉语水平考试, is China's standard test of Chinese. Its 2025 syllabus has nine levels, 1 to 6, then 7–9 together, and sets out the words of each: 10,057 in all. Here is every level's, with its pinyin and meaning, the most used first.

1. HSK 1 294 words · 294 up to it · 6 lists of fifty
2. HSK 2 197 words · 491 up to it · 4 lists of fifty
3. HSK 3 487 words · 978 up to it · 10 lists of fifty
4. HSK 4 972 words · 1,950 up to it · 20 lists of fifty
5. HSK 5 1,547 words · 3,497 up to it · 31 lists of fifty
6. HSK 6 1,684 words · 5,181 up to it · 34 lists of fifty
7. HSK 7–9 4,876 words · 10,057 up to it · 98 lists of fifty

Start free and each level shows which of its words you know, as you learn them.

The levels follow the 2025 syllabus as gathered by complete-hsk-vocabulary; a word's own page says its level, and HSK 1 is the course's, Chinese for Beginners.