5600 words with pinyin, meaning and audio
Word lists follow the HSK 3.0 standard (2025), levels 1–9.
cemetery; graveyard
curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
behind the scenes
expert in; good at
shout; rallying cry; cheering
puzzled; bewildered
to bring into; to channel into; to integrate into
to pay taxes
taxpayer
to be; thus; so
and even; to go so far as to
cheese
to bear; to endure; to withstand
thought-provoking; worth thinking over; to provide food for thought
durable
the man's side
pumpkin
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose
trouble; difficulty; problem
rarely seen
no wonder; not surprising
difficulty; crisis
hard to take; embarrassed
rare and precious; valuable; remarkable
embarrassed
hard to believe; incredible
to scratch; to thwart; to yield
annoyed; riled; vexed
to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger
the mind; the brain
to cause trouble; to create a disturbance
internal storage; computer memory; random access memory
inland; interior; hinterland
expert; adept; experienced
inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes
reserved; introverted; domestic-oriented
domestic demand
inner; internal; intrinsic
internal organs
young and tender; tender; lightly cooked
energy consumption
ability; capability
capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
muddy; mud
quagmire
earth; soil; mud
doubtful; suspicious; to emulate
to draw up; to draft; to formulate
contrary; opposite; backwards
adversity
to go against traffic; to go in the wrong direction
anonymous
to drown
annual report
New Year picture
annual average
growth ring; annual ring
old; aged
age limit; fixed number of years
annual salary
sticky; glutinous; to stick on
to drive away; to chase out
to keep in mind constantly
thought; idea; intention
mother; young lady; effeminate
to brew; to make by fermentation
bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
to urinate; urine
to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold
tranquil; tranquility; serenity
to pinch; wring
to freeze; to solidify; to congeal
to condense; to coagulate
to condense; to coagulate; coacervation
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
mistake; to twist
preferably; one would prefer to...; would rather
would rather ...
to twist; to warp; to distort
to turn one's head; to turn around
to reverse; to turn around; torsion
tie; link; bond
button
farm
the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
migrant worker
to concentrate; concentration; espresso coffee
rich; strong; heavy
dense; thick; strong
to practice fraud; by trickery
slave
the woman's side
daughter's husband; son-in-law
nice and warm; cozy; heartwarming
to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse
to shift; to move
promise
to beat up; to come to blows; battery
to vomit
to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body