New HSK Vocabulary List (2026)
Official New HSK 3.0 vocabulary lists organized by level, with Chinese words, pinyin, parts of speech, English translations, and downloadable PDFs.
The New HSK Vocabulary List (2026) follows the latest Chinese Proficiency Test syllabus released in 2025 and implemented from 2026.
New HSK 3.0 includes 11,000 vocabulary words across nine levels.
| NEW HSK 3.0 | CURRENT HSK 2.0 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Band | Required Vocabulary | Required Vocabulary | Level |
| Elementary | 1 | 300 | 150 | 1 |
| 2 | 500 | 300 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1,000 | 600 | 3 | |
| Intermediate | 4 | 2,000 | 1,200 | 4 |
| 5 | 3,600 | 2,500 | 5 | |
| 6 | 5,400 | 5,000 | 6 | |
| Advanced | 7 / 8 / 9 | 11,000 | / | / |