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HSK 7 Lessons

Lesson 7: Specialized Vocabulary — Finance

Overview Chinese financial language sits at the intersection of three distinct traditions: the classical Chinese commercial vocabulary developed over millennia of mercantile activity, the modern economic terminology built largely through translation from Western economics in the twentieth century, and the contemporary global financial vocabulary that arrived with China's integration into international capital markets after 1992. A near-native speaker working in business, investment, journalism, or policy must be able to navigate...

HSK 7 Vocabulary

HSK 7 covers 5,480 advanced words spanning specialized professional and academic domains including law, medicine, finance, engineering, literature, and political science. These words are drawn from authentic contemporary Chinese sources and require sustained exposure to domain-specific reading and listening. Individual word pages are available below for detailed reference.

施治 (shīzhì) — to treat, administer treatment

施治 (shīzhì) 施治 is a formal, literary verb meaning to administer or apply treatment to a patient. It carries a higher register than everyday terms like 治疗 and is commonly found in clinical documentation, traditional Chinese medicine texts, and academic medical writing. The term implies a deliberate, methodical application of therapeutic measures by a qualified practitioner. Meanings verb to treat; to administer medical treatment or therapy Example Sentences 医师须依据循证医学原则，对患者因病施治，不可滥用药物。 Yīshī...

用药 (yòngyào) — to administer medication

用药 (yòngyào) 用药 refers to the act of administering, prescribing, or using medications in a clinical or therapeutic context. Beyond the basic meaning, it encompasses the full pharmacological decision-making process: drug selection, dosing, timing, and route of administration. At C2 level, it is used in pharmacology, clinical pharmacy, and medical ethics with an emphasis on rationality and precision. Meanings verb to administer medication; to prescribe or use pharmaceutical drugs therapeutically...

HSK 7 Vocabulary (~1,800 New Words)

HSK 7 is part of the advanced HSK 7-9 band, which introduces approximately 5,480 new words across the three levels. HSK 7 specifically targets specialized professional and academic vocabulary drawn from authentic contemporary Chinese texts in domains such as law, medicine, finance, engineering, literature, and political science. Mastery of this level enables learners to engage fluently with expert discourse, formal academic writing, and high-register literary and official language. Verbs: Medical...

Lesson 1: Classical Chinese Grammar (文言文)

Overview Classical Chinese grammar is not merely a historical curiosity; it persists as a living stratum of modern written Mandarin, surfacing in formal essays, editorial prose, legal preambles, and literary allusion. A C2 learner who cannot parse 之乎者也 in context will misread a significant register of contemporary Chinese writing. This lesson addresses the gap between modern grammatical competence and the classical substrate that educated native writers draw on continuously. It...

Lesson 3: Literary Mandarin

Overview Literary Mandarin is not simply formal or elevated writing; it is a distinct mode of language use governed by aesthetic principles developed over two millennia of literary production. The core concepts of this lesson, 比兴、意象、意境, are not merely vocabulary items but theoretical categories that organize how Chinese literary texts are produced and received. A near-native reader of Chinese literary texts must be able to engage these texts on their...

诊断 (zhěnduàn) — to diagnose

诊断 (zhěnduàn) 诊断 refers to the clinical process of identifying a disease, disorder, or condition through systematic evaluation of symptoms, test results, and medical history. At the C2 level, this term carries precise clinical weight: it implies not just naming a condition but applying evidence-based reasoning to differentiate between competing diagnoses. It is foundational in all branches of clinical medicine, pathology, and forensic science. Meanings verb to diagnose; to clinically...

通气 (tōngqì) — to ventilate

通气 (tōngqì) 通气 in clinical medicine refers to ventilation — the movement of air or respiratory gases into and out of the lungs, whether spontaneous or mechanically assisted. At the C2 level, it encompasses a spectrum from basic bag-mask ventilation to advanced mechanical ventilation strategies in ICU settings. It is a cornerstone concept in respiratory medicine, critical care, anesthesia, and emergency medicine. Meanings verb to ventilate; to support or facilitate...

缝合 (féngé) — to suture, to stitch up

缝合 (féngé) 缝合 is the technical surgical term for suturing — the process of closing wounds, incisions, or anatomical structures using suture material, staples, or other closure devices. At C2 level, it encompasses both the mechanical act and the clinical judgment involved in selecting suture technique, material type, and layer-by-layer closure strategy. It appears in operative reports, surgical training curricula, and wound management protocols. Meanings verb to suture; to close...

Lesson 2: Academic Research Language

Overview Academic Chinese constitutes a distinct register with specific lexical, syntactic, and pragmatic conventions that differ substantially from journalistic prose, spoken Mandarin, and even formal administrative writing. A learner who has achieved near-native spoken fluency may still produce academic prose that reads as awkward, imprecise, or insufficiently authoritative to a Chinese academic reader. This lesson targets the full 学术语体 register: the conventions of journal articles, research theses, and conference papers...

Lesson 8: Political Discourse Analysis

Overview Chinese political discourse constitutes a register with distinctive vocabulary, syntactic conventions, and pragmatic logic that does not merely describe political realities but actively constructs them. A near-native speaker who encounters official Chinese texts, government statements, diplomatic communiques, or political commentary without the analytical tools to decode this register will either misread their content or accept their framing uncritically. This lesson addresses Chinese political language as a subject of linguistic...

麻醉 (mázuì) — to anesthetize

麻醉 (mázuì) 麻醉 refers to the clinical process of inducing controlled, reversible loss of sensation (local/regional) or consciousness (general) in a patient to enable surgical or diagnostic procedures without pain. At the C2 level, the term encompasses the full spectrum of anesthetic modalities — general, regional, neuraxial, and monitored anesthesia care — and implies the complex pharmacological and physiological management undertaken by an anesthesiologist. Meanings verb to anesthetize; to induce...

Lesson 9: Advanced Translation

Overview Professional translation into and out of Chinese at the C2 level requires not merely bilingual competence but a sophisticated theoretical framework for understanding what translation does and a practical toolkit for solving the specific problems that Chinese-English translation poses. The core challenges are not primarily lexical: they are structural (how to handle Chinese sentence architectures that have no English parallel), cultural (how to render culture-specific content for a target...

HSK 7 — Advanced C2

HSK 7 is the entry point to the Advanced band (HSK 7–9). All three levels share the same vocabulary pool of 10,877 cumulative words and the same character and grammar requirements — they are differentiated by the depth, precision, and complexity of tasks. HSK 7 targets advanced-level professional users: academics, translators, journalists, diplomats, and others who use Chinese at a high level in their work. Expect 3,000+ total study hours...

Lesson 4: Advanced Idiom Mastery

Overview The mastery of 成语 at C2 level is not a matter of accumulating more items; it is a matter of understanding idioms as living discourse tools with origin stories, semantic ranges, pragmatic constraints, and rhetorical registers. Near-native Chinese users do not deploy 成语 as lexical insertions from a list; they understand them as compressed classical narratives that carry situational and evaluative weight. This lesson addresses four carefully selected idioms...

Lesson 10: Oral Defense Skills

Overview The academic oral defense (论文答辩) is among the highest-stakes oral performances in Chinese academic culture, requiring a synthesis of formal presentation skills, precise academic language, strategic management of challenge questions, and the interpersonal calibration to maintain intellectual authority while demonstrating appropriate humility before senior scholars. Near-native speakers who have mastered written academic Chinese often find the oral defense register genuinely difficult, because it combines formal spoken fluency with the...

切除 (qiēchú) — to excise, to surgically remove

切除 (qiēchú) 切除 is the precise surgical term for excision — the deliberate removal of tissue, an organ, or a pathological lesion from the body by cutting. It is distinguished from simpler terms like 去除 (to remove) by its strict surgical connotation and is used across all surgical subspecialties. The term appears in operative reports, surgical consent forms, oncological treatment plans, and clinical research. Meanings verb to excise; to surgically...

Lesson 6: Specialized Vocabulary — Medicine

Overview Chinese medical language operates across several distinct sub-registers that a near-native speaker must navigate: the clinical documentation register used in hospital records and medical reports, the professional discourse of biomedical research articles, the patient-facing communication register that bridges technical knowledge and lay understanding, and the traditional Chinese medicine (中医) register that coexists with and partially overlaps modern biomedical terminology. A learner at C2 level engaging with healthcare contexts in...

Lesson 5: Specialized Vocabulary — Law

Overview Chinese legal language is among the most technically demanding written registers in the language, combining the precision demands of specialized terminology with classical syntactic conventions, a specific textual architecture inherited from imperial administrative prose, and a normative vocabulary that has been substantially reformed since 1978 in ways that a learner must track. A near-native speaker operating in legal, government, or policy contexts cannot function without command of this register....