HSK 2025 vocabulary
HSK word lists
These are the 10,863 words Dayword teaches, grouped by HSK level. HSK 1 links to a page for every word, with pinyin, an English gloss, and an example sentence. The same words rotate on the iPhone Lock Screen.
A few entries that are not appropriate for a general-audience app are left out. The counts below are the curriculum in the app.
- HSK 1The first band: pronouns, numbers, and the words you need to say what something is. Every word has its own page, with pinyin and an example sentence.299 words
- HSK 2Everyday actions and objects once the first band is familiar. This is the HSK 2 vocabulary Dayword teaches.198 words
- HSK 3A wider daily vocabulary. The words stay concrete, and there are more of them.487 words
- HSK 4The list gets long here. Topics move past the first travel phrases.983 words
- HSK 5More abstract vocabulary, in the order Dayword introduces this band.1,576 words
- HSK 6The last numbered band before the advanced list.1,774 words
- HSK 7–9HSK 2025 groups the advanced vocabulary as bands 7 through 9. Dayword teaches that band as one list.5,546 words
English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences are written by Dayword or taken from Tatoeba contributors under CC BY 2.0 FR, with a link on each Tatoeba sentence.