HSK vocabulary, level by level
The November 2025 official syllabus, effective July 2026. Explore 11,000 numbered entries with the source Pinyin, both scripts and links into Inklingo’s story vocabulary.
HSK 1
300 newly introduced entries · 300 cumulative entries
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200 newly introduced entries · 500 cumulative entries
Explore vocabulary →HSK 3
500 newly introduced entries · 1,000 cumulative entries
Explore vocabulary →HSK 4
1,000 newly introduced entries · 2,000 cumulative entries
Explore vocabulary →HSK 5
1,600 newly introduced entries · 3,600 cumulative entries
Explore vocabulary →HSK 6
1,800 newly introduced entries · 5,400 cumulative entries
Explore vocabulary →HSK 7-9
5,600 newly introduced entries · 11,000 cumulative entries
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These are the entries in the examination syllabus published in November 2025, not the older HSK 2.0 lists or the 2021 proficiency standard. The document’s implementation date does not establish the version used by a particular exam centre: check the official notice for your session.
Entry counts include separate readings and numbered homographs. Levels 7–9 share one advanced band. Parenthesized later levels in the source concern additional part-of-speech coverage; they do not create extra headwords here.
Meanings and story links come from Inklingo’s existing sense cache where available. They are contextual study help, not official English definitions or a guarantee that every sense of a word belongs to its introductory HSK level.
Official syllabus PDF · Source checked 2026-09-19 · Data version: hsk-3.0-2025-11-2026-07
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