HSK 7–9 vocabulary
The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兴致 | xìngzhì | interest in doing something |
| 幸存 | xìngcún | to stay alive after something very bad happens, like a fire or accident |
| 幸好 | xìnghǎo | luckily; fortunately (something bad almost happened, but it did not happen) |
| 幸亏 | xìngkuī | fortunately; luckily, when something bad almost happened but did not |
| 幸免 | xìngmiǎn | to luckily avoid something very bad, like an accident |
| 性价比 | xìngjiàbǐ | how good something is compared to its price; value for money |
| 性命 | xìngmìng | a person's life; the state of being alive |
| 性情 | xìngqíng | a person's character; the way someone usually feels and acts |
| 姓氏 | xìngshì | family name; the name all people in one family share |
| 凶残 | xiōngcán | very cruel; hurting or killing others like a wild animal |
| 凶恶 | xiōng'è | very mean and scary, like it wants to hurt you |
| 凶狠 | xiōnghěn | very angry and scary; looking ready to hurt someone |
| 凶猛 | xiōngměng | very wild and dangerous; it can hurt you (often of animals) |
| 汹涌 | xiōngyǒng | surging; moving fast and strong, like big waves |
| 胸膛 | xiōngtáng | chest; the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach |
| 胸有成竹 | xiōngyǒuchéngzhú | to feel sure and ready because you already know what to do |
| 雄厚 | xiónghòu | large and strong — used for money, power, or resources |
| 休克 | xiūkè | shock, a serious medical state where the body suddenly stops working well |
| 休眠 | xiūmián | resting for a long time and not active, like some animals in winter |
| 休想 | xiūxiǎng | no way — said to someone to mean something will never happen |
| 休养 | xiūyǎng | to rest and get your health back after being sick or tired |
| 修补 | xiūbǔ | to fix something broken so you can use it again |
| 修长 | xiūcháng | tall and thin, in an attractive way |
| 修订 | xiūdìng | to revise; to change and improve a book, text, or plan |
| 修路 | xiūlù | to fix a road |
| 修正 | xiūzhèng | to change something so that it is right |
| 羞愧 | xiūkuì | feeling ashamed because you did something bad or wrong |
| 秀丽 | xiùlì | beautiful and graceful (used for scenery and places) |
| 秀美 | xiùměi | beautiful in a soft, gentle way |
| 袖手旁观 | xiùshǒu-pángguān | to stand and watch without helping |
| 绣 | xiù | to embroider; to sew a pretty design on cloth with colored thread |
| 锈 | xiù | rust; soft red-brown stuff that forms on old iron |
| 嗅觉 | xiùjué | the sense of smell; how your nose notices smells |
| 须 | xū | must; to have to (seen mostly in writing, as in 必须 bìxū) |
| 虚 | xū | not strong or healthy; weak (as in 虚弱) |
| 虚构 | xūgòu | to invent a story or something that is not true |
| 虚幻 | xūhuàn | not real; only in your mind, like a dream |
| 虚假 | xūjiǎ | not real; made to look real but it is not |
| 虚拟 | xūnǐ | virtual; on a computer or the internet, not in real life |
| 虚弱 | xūruò | weak, with little strength in your body |
| 虚伪 | xūwěi | not honest or real; nice words that you do not mean |
| 需 | xū | to need (as in 需要) |
| 徐徐 | xúxú | slowly and gently |
| 许 | xǔ | maybe; perhaps (as in 也许) |
| 许可证 | xǔkězhèng | an official paper that says you can do something, like drive |
| 旭日 | xùrì | the sun when it comes up in the morning |
| 序 | xù | order; sequence (as in 顺序, the way things come one after another) |
| 序幕 | xùmù | the opening part of a play, show, or movie |
| 叙述 | xùshù | to tell about something that happened, like a story |
| 酗酒 | xùjiǔ | to drink too much alcohol again and again |