HSK vocabulary flashcards
All 11,000 words on the HSK 3.0 syllabus, from HSK 1 to HSK 7–9. This page remembers which words you know, and you don’t need an account.
Enter or Space flips the card. The arrow keys move through the deck. 1, 2 and 3 rate it Again, Learning or Known.
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What each level holds
Each deck holds the words that level adds. The HSK 3 deck has 500 cards, and all of HSK 3 is 1,000 words, so you’d study the HSK 1 and HSK 2 decks too.
| Level | New words | Total words | Word list |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSK 1 | 300 | 300 | HSK 1 Word list |
| HSK 2 | 200 | 500 | HSK 2 Word list |
| HSK 3 | 500 | 1,000 | HSK 3 Word list |
| HSK 4 | 1,000 | 2,000 | HSK 4 Word list |
| HSK 5 | 1,600 | 3,600 | HSK 5 Word list |
| HSK 6 | 1,800 | 5,400 | HSK 6 Word list |
| HSK 7–9 | 5,600 | 11,000 | HSK 7–9 Word list |
How to use these cards
Pick a level, then tap the card to see the pinyin and meaning. Mark each word Again, Learning or Known and the next card comes up.
Study 20 words gives you a short session. Words you marked Again come first, then Learning, then words you haven’t seen yet. Known words come back once the rest are done.
Show first turns the deck around, so you can see the meaning or the pinyin and recall the word. On a phone, you’ll find it under Options. Swipe to move between cards. On a keyboard, tab to the card, then use Space or Enter to flip it, the arrow keys to move and 1, 2 or 3 to rate it.
Your progress is saved in this browser, one level at a time, so it won’t follow you to another device. To study in Anki or a spreadsheet, download the whole level as an Anki deck or a .csv file.
About these decks
Where the words come from
The words, pinyin and parts of speech come from the HSK syllabus published in November 2025, with the corrections the publisher made in October 2026. The English meanings are ours, written as study aids, so they aren’t official translations. A script last checked the words, pinyin and parts of speech against the publisher’s list on November 1, 2026. Anki decks are made with open-source software. Licenses and source
What is HSK 3.0?
HSK 3.0 is the new version of the exam, with nine levels in three stages. Its first regular HSK 1 to 6 exams are on December 13, 2026, and regular exams before that date use HSK 2.0, whose word lists are different. These decks use the 2025 examination lists. Our guide to the new HSK has the dates and what changed.
Tone colors
Pinyin is colored by tone: 1st tone, 2nd tone, 3rd tone, 4th tone and neutral tone. Turn the colors off with the Tone colors box.
Tone changes
Some tones change when they’re said together. The best known is two third tones in a row. 你好 is said ní hǎo but written nǐ hǎo, and that’s how you’ll see it here. 不 and 一 change too, and these cards write them as they’re said, the way the syllabus does. 不 is bú before a fourth tone. 一 is yí before a fourth tone and yì before the other tones, but it stays yī when it means “first” or ends a word, as in 第一次 dì yī cì and 统一 tǒngyī. Our guide to Mandarin tone changes covers the rest.
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