HSK 6 vocabulary: how many words, and where the official list is

The HSK (Level 6) page gives the vocabulary figure as "5000 or more" Chinese words. The 2025 syllabus lists level 6 words with serial numbers 3601 to 5400. By our count from those numbers, that is 1,800 entries for level 6 and 5,400 in total up to and including level 6.

What the level page says

The vocabulary sentence on the HSK (Level 6) page says the test covers listening, reading and writing, and it names "a comprehensive vocabulary of 5000 or more Chinese words." The sentence does not say how this figure relates to the numbered list in the syllabus.

The numbered list in the 2025 syllabus

The syllabus cover gives its release as 2025-11 and its implementation as 2026-07. The vocabulary part of the syllabus is called HSK 词汇大纲 and starts on printed page 76. The level 6 part has serial numbers 3601 to 5400.

• Level 6 entries: serial numbers 3601 to 5400, 1,800 entries (our count from the numbering)
• Total up to level 6: 5,400 entries (our count from the numbering)

These totals are our own count. They are not printed as totals in the syllabus.

In our reading of the list, each entry shows a serial number, a level, pinyin and a part of speech. This site does not reproduce the list.

Where each list is

• The level 6 word list is on the "Vocabulary" tab of the HSK (Level 6) page on chinesetest.cn.
• The vocabulary part of the syllabus PDF, HSK 词汇大纲, starts on printed page 76.

Sources

• HSK (Level 6) page, Chinese Testing International (CTI)
• HSK 考试大纲 / Syllabus for the Chinese Proficiency Test (PDF), Center for Language Education and Cooperation (中外语言交流合作中心)

Checked 11 October 2026

This page is an unofficial summary; it is not published by Chinese Testing International, the Center for Language Education and Cooperation or the Ministry of Education, and the official page prevails if they differ.