HSK Education Vocabulary List

The following vocabulary list features vocabulary words from the HSK centered around the topic of Education. In some cases the HSK vocabulary might be a bit lacking, and we may follow it will additional vocabulary we recommend for a fuller discussion on the topic.

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
老师	lǎoshī	teacher	HSK1
同学	tóngxué	shoolmate	HSK1
学生	xuéshēng	student	HSK1
学校	xuéxiào	school	HSK1
教室	jiàoshì	classroom	HSK2
考试	kǎoshì	test, exam	HSK2
课	kè	lesson, class	HSK2
问题	wèntí	question; problem, issue	HSK2
动物	dòngwù	animal	HSK3
历史	lìshǐ	history	HSK3
年级	niánjí	grade (in school)	HSK3
数学	shùxué	mathematics	HSK3
体育	tǐyù	physical education, sports	HSK3
文化	wénhuà	culture	HSK3
校长	xiàozhǎng	principal	HSK3
学习	xuéxí	to learn; to study	HSK3
作业	zuòyè	homework	HSK3
毕业	bìyè	to graduate	HSK4
博士	bóshì	Ph.D. (degree); doctor	HSK4
材料	cáiliào	material	HSK4
答案	dá'àn	answer	HSK4
活动	huódòng	activity, event	HSK4
教授	jiàoshòu	professor	HSK4
科学	kēxué	science; scientific	HSK4
数量	shùliàng	amount, quantity	HSK4
硕士	shuòshì	master's degree, M.A.	HSK4
数字	shùzì	number	HSK4
文章	wénzhāng	essay, article	HSK4
学期	xuéqī	(school) semester	HSK4
艺术	yìshù	art	HSK4
植物	zhíwù	plant	HSK4
专业	zhuānyè	specialty, major	HSK4
自然	zìrán	naturally, certainly	HSK4
本科	běnkē	undergraduate course of study	HSK5
地理	dìlǐ	geography	HSK5
话题	huàtí	topic	HSK5
化学	huàxué	chemistry	HSK5
教材	jiàocái	teaching materials	HSK5
及格	jígé	to pass, to meet a minimum standard	HSK5
课程	kèchéng	course, curriculum	HSK5
论文	lùnwén	thesis	HSK5
美术	měishù	fine arts	HSK5
日程	rìchéng	schedule	HSK5
试卷	shìjuàn	examination paper	HSK5
题目	tímù	topic, subject	HSK5
文学	wénxué	literature	HSK5
文字	wénzì	text, written language	HSK5
物理	wùlǐ	physics	HSK5
项目	xiàngmù	project	HSK5
学历	xuélì	educational background	HSK5
学术	xuéshù	learning, academics	HSK5
学问	xuéwèn	knowledge	HSK5
用功	yònggōng	studious, hardworking	HSK5
政治	zhèngzhì	politics	HSK5
哲学	zhéxué	philosophy	HSK5
资料	zīliào	information	HSK5
作文	zuòwén	composition (student essay)	HSK5
课题	kètí	task/problem/issue	HSK6
旷课	kuàngkè	to play truant/to cut classes	HSK6
生物	shēngwù	organism, living creature	HSK6
算数	suànshù	to count numbers/to keep to one's word/to hold (i.e. to remain valid)/to count (i.e. to be important)	HSK6
天文	tiānwén	astronomy	HSK6
文凭	wénpíng	diploma	HSK6
文献	wénxiàn	document	HSK6
学说	xuéshuō	theory	HSK6
学位	xuéwèi	academic degree/place in school	HSK6

Additional Education Vocabulary

These words are not on the current official HSK list, but you may find them useful for your discussions on this topic.

Chinese	Pinyin	English	Level
外语	wàiyǔ	foreign language	A2
班级	bānjí	class (of students), grade (in school)	B1
大学	dàxué	university	B1
大学生	dàxuéshēng	university student/college student	B1
小学	xiǎoxué	primary school	B1
小学生	xiǎoxuéshēng	primary school student/schoolchild/CL:個|个/(fig.) beginner	B1
中学	zhōngxué	middle school	B1
中学生	zhōngxuéshēng	middle-school student/high school student	B1
初中	chūzhōng	junior high school	B2
导师	dǎoshī	academic advisor	B2
高中	gāozhōng	senior high school	B2
功课	gōngkè	homework	B2
校友	xiàoyǒu	schoolmate	B2
学分	xuéfēn	course credit	B2
学院	xuéyuàn	college, educational institute	B2
研究生	yánjiūshēng	postgraduate student	B2
博士后	bóshìhòu	a postdoctoral position	C1
教案	jiào'àn	lesson plan	C1
留级	liújí	to repeat a year in school	C1
语文	yǔwén	literature and language	C1

See also

• HSK Nouns (all HSK levels' noun lists together)