5600 words with pinyin, meaning and audio
Word lists follow the HSK 3.0 standard (2025), levels 1–9.
fisherman; fisher folk
to be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline; to be behind in doing sth
happy; joyful
silly; stupid
the old man moves mountains; fig. where there's a will, there's a way
ignorant; uneducated; ignorance
public opinion
whether or not
to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
abreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive
to stand out from the masses
to give; to impose; to apply
universe; cosmos
jade
depressed; gloomy
to prepare; to make ready; preparation
to have a premonition; premonition
to forecast; to predict; advance notice
to foresee; to predict; to forecast
to warn in advance; early warning
preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats
to indicate; to foretell; to forebode
to sell in advance
budget
beforehand; in advance
to predict; prophecy
omen; sign; prior indication
to perish; to be killed
to get into difficulties; to meet with danger
fable
moral; lesson to be learned; implication
the more...; to recover; to heal
to heal
even more; increasingly
ever more critical; problems get more and more intense
injustice; grievance; wrong
to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice
origin; source; relationship
senior figure; elder; doyen
head of state
park; campus
to create; original; originality
complainant; plaintiff
model; prototype; archetype
original; authentic
genuine; intact in original packaging
to help; to support; to aid
fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; destiny
reason; cause
fountainhead; well-spring; water source
source; fountainhead
a steady flow; an unending stream
with a long history
foresight; discernment; vision
to be known far and wide; to be well-known
to blame; resentment; hatred
to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe
grievance; resentment; complaint
complaint
scholar; academician; fellow
to speak; to say
established by popular usage; common usage agreement; customary convention
band; pop group
a musical score; sheet music
wife's father, father-in-law
wife's mother, mother-in-law
to read; to peruse
to experience; experience
sweet-sounding; beautiful
increasingly; more and more; ever more
to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance
dizzy and disoriented
meteorite; aerolite
pregnant woman
to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture
to devise strategies
canal
to perform calculations; operation
to work; to operate; to revolve
to operate; operations; workings
to ferment; to be brewing; to mull over
implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
to hold in store; to contain
to contain; to embody
an iron; to iron
acrobatics
to hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuity
disordered and in a mess; all mixed up and chaotic
to smash; to pound; to fail
to plant; to grow; to insert
to grow; to cultivate; to train
to plant evidence on someone; to frame
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill
once more; once again; one more time
to continue the struggle; to persist; unremitting efforts
to recreate; to reconstruct
unavoidable
to be employed; to be in post; on-the-job
carrier; vector; vehicle or medium
to collect; to hoard; to accumulate