HSK 1 vocabulary list (HSK 2.0)
The first HSK 2.0 level: greetings, numbers, family and everyday things.
| # | Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Measure word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 爱 new HSK 1 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like | |
| 2 | 八 new HSK 1 | bā | eight | |
| 3 | 爸爸 new HSK 1 | bàba | (coll.) father; dad | |
| 4 | 北京 not in new HSK | Běijīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京) | |
| 5 | 杯子 new HSK 1 | bēizi | cup; glass | |
| 6 | 本 new HSK 1 | běn | classifier for books, periodicals, files etc | |
| 7 | 不 new HSK 1 | bù | not; un- | |
| 8 | 不客气 new HSK 1 | bú kèqi | you're welcome; don't mention it | |
| 9 | 菜 new HSK 1 | cài | dish (of food); vegetable; greens | |
| 10 | 茶 new HSK 1 | chá | tea | 杯 |
| 11 | 吃 new HSK 1 | chī | to eat; to consume | |
| 12 | 出租车 new HSK 1 | chūzūchē | taxi | 辆 |
| 13 | 大 new HSK 1 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person) | |
| 14 | 打电话 new HSK 1 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call | |
| 15 | 的 new HSK 1 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) | |
| 16 | 点 new HSK 1 | diǎn | classifier for small amounts; (after a number) o'clock; point; dot; spot; speck | |
| 17 | 电脑 new HSK 1 | diànnǎo | computer | 台 |
| 18 | 电视 new HSK 1 | diànshì | television; TV | 台 |
| 19 | 电影 new HSK 1 | diànyǐng | movie; film | 部 |
| 20 | 东西 new HSK 1 | dōngxi | thing | |
| 21 | 都 new HSK 1 | dōu | all; both; entirely | |
| 22 | 读 new HSK 1 | dú | to read; to read out; to read aloud | |
| 23 | 对不起 new HSK 1 | duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon | |
| 24 | 多 new HSK 1 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; how (to what extent) | |
| 25 | 多少 new HSK 1 | duōshao | how much?; how many? | |
| 26 | 二 new HSK 1 | èr | two | |
| 27 | 儿子 new HSK 1 | érzi | son | |
| 28 | 饭馆 new HSK 2 | fànguǎn | restaurant | 家 |
| 29 | 飞机 new HSK 1 | fēijī | airplane | |
| 30 | 分钟 new HSK 1 | fēnzhōng | minute | |
| 31 | 高兴 new HSK 1 | gāoxìng | happy; glad | |
| 32 | 个 new HSK 1 | gè | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) | |
| 33 | 工作 new HSK 1 | gōngzuò | to work; work | |
| 34 | 狗 new HSK 1 | gǒu | dog | 只 |
| 35 | 汉语 new HSK 1 | Hànyǔ | Chinese language | 门 |
| 36 | 好 new HSK 1 | hǎo | good | |
| 37 | 和 new HSK 1 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with | |
| 38 | 喝 new HSK 1 | hē | to drink | |
| 39 | 很 new HSK 1 | hěn | very; quite | |
| 40 | 后面 new HSK 2 | hòumiàn | behind; near the end; at the back; the back; the rear; the last bit | |
| 41 | 会 new HSK 1 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to | |
| 42 | 回 new HSK 1 | huí | to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around | |
| 43 | 火车站 not in new HSK | huǒchēzhàn | train station | |
| 44 | 几 new HSK 1 | jǐ | how many; how much; several; a few | |
| 45 | 家 new HSK 1 | jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses | |
| 46 | 叫 new HSK 1 | jiào | to be called; to call | |
| 47 | 今天 new HSK 1 | jīntiān | today | |
| 48 | 九 new HSK 1 | jiǔ | nine | |
| 49 | 开 new HSK 1 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run | |
| 50 | 看 new HSK 1 | kàn | to see; to look at; to read | |
| 51 | 看见 new HSK 1 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 52 | 块 new HSK 1 | kuài | (coll.) classifier for money and currency units; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc | |
| 53 | 来 new HSK 1 | lái | to come | |
| 54 | 老师 new HSK 1 | lǎoshī | teacher | |
| 55 | 了 new HSK 1 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) | |
| 56 | 冷 new HSK 1 | lěng | cold | |
| 57 | 里 new HSK 1 | lǐ | inside | |
| 58 | 零 new HSK 1 | líng | zero | |
| 59 | 六 new HSK 1 | liù | six | |
| 60 | 吗 new HSK 1 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) | |
| 61 | 买 new HSK 1 | mǎi | to buy | |
| 62 | 妈妈 new HSK 1 | māma | mother | |
| 63 | 猫 new HSK 1 | māo | cat | 只 |
| 64 | 没 not in new HSK | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not | |
| 65 | 没关系 new HSK 1 | méi guānxi | it doesn't matter | |
| 66 | 米饭 new HSK 1 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice | 碗 |
| 67 | 明天 new HSK 1 | míngtiān | tomorrow | |
| 68 | 名字 new HSK 1 | míngzi | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 69 | 哪 new HSK 1 | nǎ | which | |
| 70 | 那 new HSK 1 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those; then (in that case) | |
| 71 | 呢 new HSK 1 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds | |
| 72 | 能 new HSK 1 | néng | can; to be able to | |
| 73 | 你 new HSK 1 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | |
| 74 | 年 new HSK 1 | nián | year | |
| 75 | 女儿 new HSK 1 | nǚ'ér | daughter | |
| 76 | 朋友 new HSK 1 | péngyou | friend | |
| 77 | 漂亮 new HSK 1 | piàoliang | pretty; beautiful | |
| 78 | 苹果 new HSK 1 | píngguǒ | apple | |
| 79 | 七 new HSK 1 | qī | seven | |
| 80 | 钱 new HSK 1 | qián | money | |
| 81 | 前面 new HSK 2 | qiánmiàn | in front; ahead | |
| 82 | 请 new HSK 1 | qǐng | please (do sth); to invite | |
| 83 | 去 new HSK 1 | qù | to go | |
| 84 | 热 new HSK 1 | rè | hot (of weather) | |
| 85 | 人 new HSK 1 | rén | person; people | |
| 86 | 认识 new HSK 1 | rènshi | to know; to recognize | |
| 87 | 日 new HSK 1 | rì | day; day of the month | |
| 88 | 三 new HSK 1 | sān | three | |
| 89 | 上 new HSK 1 | shàng | up; upper; above; previous; to climb; to get onto; to go up | |
| 90 | 商店 new HSK 1 | shāngdiàn | store; shop | 家 |
| 91 | 上午 new HSK 1 | shàngwǔ | morning | |
| 92 | 少 new HSK 1 | shǎo | few; to lack | |
| 93 | 谁 new HSK 1 | shéi/shuí | who | |
| 94 | 什么 new HSK 1 | shénme | what? | |
| 95 | 十 new HSK 1 | shí | ten | |
| 96 | 是 new HSK 1 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) | |
| 97 | 时候 new HSK 1 | shíhou | time | |
| 98 | 书 new HSK 1 | shū | book | 本 |
| 99 | 水 new HSK 1 | shuǐ | water | |
| 100 | 水果 new HSK 1 | shuǐguǒ | fruit | |
| 101 | 睡觉 new HSK 1 | shuìjiào | to sleep; to go to bed | |
| 102 | 说话 new HSK 1 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say | |
| 103 | 四 new HSK 1 | sì | four | |
| 104 | 岁 new HSK 1 | suì | classifier for years (of age) | |
| 105 | 他 new HSK 1 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his | |
| 106 | 她 new HSK 1 | tā | she | |
| 107 | 太 new HSK 1 | tài | too (much); extremely | |
| 108 | 天气 new HSK 1 | tiānqì | weather | |
| 109 | 听 new HSK 1 | tīng | to listen to; to hear | |
| 110 | 同学 new HSK 1 | tóngxué | fellow student; classmate | 位 |
| 111 | 喂 new HSK 1 | wèi | hello (when answering the phone); hey | |
| 112 | 我 new HSK 1 | wǒ | I; me; my | |
| 113 | 我们 new HSK 1 | wǒmen | we; us; ourselves; our | |
| 114 | 五 new HSK 1 | wǔ | five | |
| 115 | 下 new HSK 1 | xià | down; to go down; measure word to show the frequency of an action | |
| 116 | 想 new HSK 1 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to); to think (about); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) | |
| 117 | 先生 new HSK 1 | xiānsheng | gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband | 位 |
| 118 | 现在 new HSK 1 | xiànzài | now; at present; currently | |
| 119 | 小 new HSK 1 | xiǎo | small; young | |
| 120 | 小姐 new HSK 5 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss | |
| 121 | 下午 new HSK 1 | xiàwǔ | afternoon | |
| 122 | 下雨 new HSK 1 | xià yǔ | to rain | |
| 123 | 些 new HSK 1 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 124 | 写 new HSK 1 | xiě | to write | |
| 125 | 谢谢 new HSK 1 | xièxie | to thank | |
| 126 | 喜欢 new HSK 1 | xǐhuan | to like; to be fond of | |
| 127 | 星期 new HSK 1 | xīngqī | week; day of the week | |
| 128 | 学生 new HSK 1 | xuéshēng | student | |
| 129 | 学习 new HSK 1 | xuéxí | to learn; to study | |
| 130 | 学校 new HSK 1 | xuéxiào | school | 所 |
| 131 | 一 new HSK 1 | yī | one | |
| 132 | 衣服 new HSK 1 | yīfu | clothes | 件 |
| 133 | 医生 new HSK 1 | yīshēng | doctor; medical practitioner | |
| 134 | 医院 new HSK 1 | yīyuàn | hospital | 所 |
| 135 | 椅子 new HSK 1 | yǐzi | chair | 把 |
| 136 | 有 new HSK 1 | yǒu | to have; there is | |
| 137 | 月 new HSK 1 | yuè | month; moon | |
| 138 | 在 new HSK 1 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | |
| 139 | 再见 new HSK 1 | zàijiàn | goodbye | |
| 140 | 怎么 new HSK 1 | zěnme | how?; why? | |
| 141 | 怎么样 new HSK 1 | zěnmeyàng | how?; how about? | |
| 142 | 这 new HSK 1 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these | |
| 143 | 中国 new HSK 1 | Zhōngguó | China | |
| 144 | 中午 new HSK 1 | zhōngwǔ | noon | |
| 145 | 住 new HSK 1 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay | |
| 146 | 桌子 new HSK 1 | zhuōzi | table | 张 |
| 147 | 字 new HSK 1 | zì | character; word | |
| 148 | 做 new HSK 1 | zuò | to make; to produce; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) | |
| 149 | 坐 new HSK 1 | zuò | to sit; to take (a bus, airplane etc) | |
| 150 | 昨天 new HSK 1 | zuótiān | yesterday |
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Words, pinyin and order follow the HSK 2.0 word lists from the open complete-hsk-vocabulary data set. Meanings are from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0), with the senses chosen for each word's HSK reading.
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