Learn 1,579 new HSK 5 words in Anki.
A separate Level 5 deck with no repeated earlier cards. It covers the 1,579 additions among 3,557 words in the cumulative HSK 5 syllabus.
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- new HSK 5 words
- 1,579
- audio clips
- 3,145
- example sentences
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On every card
- Only the new HSK 5 words
- No repeated earlier-level cards. Add this deck when you are ready for Level 5.
- Word and sentence audio
- Every word has Mandarin audio, plus tap-to-play audio for example sentences.
- The same tone colors
- Hanzi and pinyin use the exact light and dark palette from our reader.
- An example on every card
- Every card shows a short HSK 1–5 example. Story-derived examples link to their source; the rest link to the level's story collection.
Read HSK 5 stories
Every one has word-level pinyin, narrated audio and tap-to-define.
- HSK 5

Dumplings or Tangyuan
Her first winter solstice as a wife, and her mother-in-law has hidden the tangyuan flour.
6 chapters · audio + pinyin
- HSK 5

Moving Dad's Papers
Her father moves to Guangzhou for care, but an insurance mismatch blocks direct billing.
6 chapters · audio + pinyin
- HSK 5

Tomatoes on the Fifteenth Floor
Worn out by her marketing job, she grows balcony tomatoes. Then pesticide drives off the bees.
6 chapters · audio + pinyin
- HSK 5

Ten Years Later
At her old school's farewell, a divorced woman finally learns who left her an unsigned note.
6 chapters · audio + pinyin
- HSK 5

The Shadow Puppet Village
In a mountain village, a filmmaker must choose: quick clips, or an old man's full shadow play.
6 chapters · audio + pinyin
- HSK 5

Grandma's Dialect
Two students build a dialect translator for hospitals. It only understands two grandmas.
6 chapters · audio + pinyin
Sources and next steps
Word scope follows the official HSK 3.0 syllabus. Pinyin and definitions use CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0. Examples and audio are produced by HSKStory.
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