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81 more HSK 3 words under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus of November 2025: feelings and attitudes, body and health, places and directions, news, music and shows, each in an original example sentence with pinyin, with the gloss, translation and some measure words on the back.

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  1. 好像 (hǎoxiàng) (v./adv.)
    他今天好像不太高兴。 (Tā jīntiān hǎoxiàng bù tài gāoxìng.)
    to seem; to be like

    He seems a bit unhappy today.

    Tone change: 不太 is pronounced bú tài.

    Note: Often closed with 一样 to mean 'just like': 我们好像一家人一样, we're like one family.
    Particles & Adverbs
  2. 音乐 (音樂) (yīnyuè) (n.)
    他睡觉以前常常听音乐。 (Tā shuìjiào yǐqián chángcháng tīng yīnyuè.)
    music

    He often listens to music before he goes to sleep.

    Note: A song is 歌 (gē), counted with 首 (shǒu): 一首歌.
    Ideas & Activities
  3. 坚持 (堅持) (jiānchí) (v.)
    学中文不容易，可是她每天都坚持学一个小时。 (Xué Zhōngwén bù róngyì, kěshì tā měi tiān dōu jiānchí xué yī ge xiǎoshí.)
    to keep at; to stick to; to insist on

    Chinese isn't easy, but she sticks to an hour of study every day.

    Tone change: 一个 is pronounced yí ge.

    Note: Also 'to insist on': 她坚持要走, she insisted on leaving.
    Verbs
  4. 清楚 (qīngchu) (adj./v.)
    这张照片很清楚。 (Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn hěn qīngchu.)
    clear; to be clear about

    This photo is very sharp.

    Note: As a verb, 'to know clearly': 这件事我不清楚, I'm not sure about this.
    Adjectives
  5. 看来 (看來) (kànlái) (v.)
    他没来上课，看来是病了。 (Tā méi lái shàngkè, kànlái shì bìng le.)
    it seems; it looks as if

    He didn't come to class — it looks like he's ill.

    Note: 看来 sums up what the facts suggest and usually opens its clause: 看来你今天很忙, it looks like you're busy today.
    Expressions
  6. 酒 (jiǔ) (n.)
    他要开车，所以不能喝酒。 (Tā yào kāichē, suǒyǐ bù néng hē jiǔ.)
    alcohol; alcoholic drink

    Measure word: 杯 (bēi), glass: 一杯酒

    He's driving, so he can't drink.

    Note: 酒 covers every alcoholic drink: 啤酒 (píjiǔ) is beer, 红酒 (hóngjiǔ) is red wine.
    Food & Drink
  7. 经过 (經過) (jīngguò) (v./n.)
    这条路经过我们学校。 (Zhè tiáo lù jīngguò wǒmen xuéxiào.)
    to pass (by or through); course of events

    This road goes past our school.

    Note: As a noun: 事情的经过, what happened from start to finish.
    Travel & Transport
  8. 历史 (歷史) (lìshǐ) (n.)
    北京有很长的历史。 (Běijīng yǒu hěn cháng de lìshǐ.)
    history

    Measure word: 段 (duàn) for a stretch of history, 门 (mén) for the subject: 一段历史

    Beijing has a long history.

    Note: Also the school subject: 历史课, history class.
    Work & Study
  9. 面前 (miànqián) (n.)
    老师就站在你面前。 (Lǎoshī jiù zhàn zài nǐ miànqián.)
    in front of (someone or something); before

    The teacher is standing right in front of you.

    Watch out: 面前 is right before a person or thing (他面前); 前面 (qiánmian) is 'in front' or 'ahead' in general.
    Places & Directions
  10. 节 (節) (jié) (m./n.)
    我们学校每节课四十五分钟。 (Wǒmen xuéxiào měi jié kè sìshíwǔ fēnzhōng.)
    measure word for class periods and sections; festival

    At our school each class lasts forty-five minutes.

    Note: As a noun it means a festival: 春节 (Chūnjié), the Spring Festival.
    Numbers & Measure Words

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  • Pinyin, tones, measure words and meanings checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Taiwan Ministry of Education's dictionaries (the Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary and the Cross-Strait Dictionary 兩岸常用詞典, via moedict.tw) (reference only). Levels follow HSK 3.0: the HSK examination syllabus (HSK 考试大纲) published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025, a separate document from the 2021 standard GF 0025-2021, which it cites among its references. The headwords are level-3 words of the syllabus that the folder's earlier parts do not card, in frequency order (frequency ranks from drkameleon/complete-hsk-vocabulary); levels checked against two transcriptions of the syllabus word list (harukicoder/hsk30, drkameleon/complete-hsk-vocabulary). All example sentences are original.

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