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HSK 1 Vocabulary List

All 300 HSK 1 words with pinyin and English meaning. Open any word for example sentences, audio, and usage notes.

爱 ài to love; to be fond of; to like 八 bā eight 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad 吧 ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) 白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day 百 bǎi hundred 半 bàn half; (after a number) and a half 包子 bāo zi baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun) 杯子 bēi zi cup; glass 本 běn classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 边 biān side; simultaneously 病 bìng illness; to fall ill 不 bù no; not so 不客气 bù kè qi you're welcome 不要 bù yào don't!; must not 菜 cài vegetable; greens; dish (of food) 茶 chá tea 唱 chàng to sing; to chant; to call loudly 超市 chāo shì supermarket 车 chē car; vehicle 吃 chī to eat; to consume 出租车 chū zū chē taxi 穿 chuān to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.); to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street) 打电话 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call 大 dà big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐); greatly; freely; fully 大家 dà jiā everyone 大学 dà xué university; college 大学生 dà xué shēng university student; college student 到 dào to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); to reach; to arrive; (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 的 de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") 弟弟 dì di younger brother 点 diǎn (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; to order (food etc); to select 店 diàn (bound form) shop; store; inn; old-style hotel 电话 diàn huà telephone; phone call; phone number 电脑 diàn nǎo computer 电视 diàn shì television; TV 电影 diàn yǐng movie; film 电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema; movie theater 东西 dōng xi thing 都 dōu all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already 读 dú to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) 读书 dú shū to study; to read a book 对 duì right; correct; towards; at; for; classifier: couple; pair; to treat (sb a certain way) 对不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint 多 duō many; much; more; a lot of; how (to what extent); (after a numeral) ... odd; too many; in excess; (bound form) multi-; poly- 多少 duō shao how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number? 儿子 ér zi son 二 èr two 饭 fàn meal; cooked rice 饭店 fàn diàn restaurant; hotel 房间 fáng jiān room 非常 fēi cháng very; really; unusual; extraordinary 飞机 fēi jī airplane 分 fēn minute (unit of time); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) 分钟 fēn zhōng minute 高兴 gāo xìng happy; willing (to do sth) 歌 gē song; (bound form) to sing 哥哥 gē ge older brother 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) 给 gěi to give; to 公司 gōng sī company; firm; corporation 工作 gōng zuò to work; job 狗 gǒu dog 贵 guì expensive; (prefix) (honorific) your 国 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national 还 hái still; also 孩子 hái zi child 汉语 Hàn yǔ Chinese language 汉字 hàn zì Chinese character(s) 好 hǎo good; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (after a personal pronoun) hello 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good 好听 hǎo tīng pleasant to hear 好玩儿 hǎo wán r amusing 号 hào day of the month (e.g. 七号 "the 7th"); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237号房间 "Room 237") 喝 hē to drink 和 hé (joining two nouns) and; together with; with 很 hěn very; quite 后 hòu after; back; behind; later 回 huí to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; classifier for occurrences or times; to reply; to answer 会 huì can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering 火车 huǒ chē train 鸡蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg 几 jǐ how many; how much; several; a few 家 jiā home; family; classifier for families or businesses; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 家人 jiā rén family member 见 jiàn to see; to meet 件 jiàn classifier for events, things, clothes etc 饺子 jiǎo zi dumpling 叫 jiào to be called; to call; to ask 姐姐 jiě jie older sister 今年 jīn nián this year 今天 jīn tiān today; the present time; now 九 jiǔ nine 觉得 jué de to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) 开 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive); to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to boil 开车 kāi chē to drive a car (or train etc) 看 kàn to see; to look at; to watch; to read 看病 kàn bìng to visit a doctor; to see a patient 看见 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of 可以 kě yǐ can; not bad 课 kè class; lesson 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for bites or mouthfuls; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 块 kuài (coll.) classifier for money and currency units; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; lump; chunk; piece 来 lái to come; hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; for the past (amount of time) 老师 lǎo shī teacher 了 le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 冷 lěng cold 里 lǐ inside 两 liǎng two; both; some; a few 零 líng zero; (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) 六 liù six 妈妈 mā ma mama 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions) 买 mǎi to buy 卖 mài to sell 忙 máng busy; to hurry 猫 māo cat 没关系 méi guān xi it doesn't matter 没事 méi shì never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free 没有 méi yǒu to not have 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister 们 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals 米饭 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice 面包 miàn bāo bread 面条儿 miàn tiáo r noodles 明年 míng nián next year 明天 míng tiān tomorrow 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) 哪 nǎ which; how 哪个 nǎ ge which 哪里 nǎ lǐ where?; humble expression denying compliment; somewhere; anywhere; wherever 哪儿 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? 哪些 nǎ xiē which ones? 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those; (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) 那边 nà bian over there 那个 nà ge that one 那里 nà li there; that place 那儿 nà r there 那些 nà xiē those 男 nán (bound form) male 男朋友 nán péng you boyfriend 呢 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; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech 能 néng can; might possibly 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi 你们 nǐ men you (plural) 年 nián year 您 nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) 牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk 女 nǚ female; woman 女儿 nǚ ér daughter 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend 女士 nǚ shì lady; Ms; Miss 朋友 péng you friend 便宜 pián yi cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage 漂亮 piào liang pretty; beautiful 苹果 píng guǒ apple 七 qī seven 起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed; to get up 千 qiān thousand 前 qián front; before; ago; former 钱 qián money; coin 请 qǐng please (do sth); to invite; to ask; to treat (to a meal etc) 请问 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? 去 qù to go; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 去年 qù nián last year 热 rè hot (of weather); to heat up 人 rén person; people 认识 rèn shi to know; to recognize 日 rì day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan 三 sān three 商店 shāng diàn store; shop 上 shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up 上班 shàng bān to go to work 上课 shàng kè to go to class; to go to teach a class 上午 shàng wǔ morning 上学 shàng xué to go to school 少 shǎo few; seldom; to lack; less 谁 shéi who 什么 shén me what?; something; anything 生病 shēng bìng to fall ill 十 shí ten 时候 shí hou time; moment 时间 shí jiān (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time 事 shì matter 是 shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (adverb for emphatic assertion) 手机 shǒu jī cell phone; mobile phone 书 shū book 书店 shū diàn bookstore 水 shuǐ water 水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit 睡 shuì to sleep 睡觉 shuì jiào to go to bed; to sleep 说 shuō to speak; to talk; to say 说话 shuō huà to speak 四 sì four 岁 suì years old 他 tā he; him; his 它 tā it 她 tā she 他们 tā men they; them 它们 tā men they; them 她们 tā men they; them (females) 太 tài too (much); very 天 tiān day; sky; heaven 天气 tiān qì weather 听 tīng to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey 听见 tīng jiàn to hear 同学 tóng xué classmate 外 wài outside; foreign 外边 wài bian outside 玩 wán to play; to have fun 晚 wǎn late; evening; night 晚饭 wǎn fàn evening meal; dinner 晚上 wǎn shang evening; night 喂 wéi hello (when answering the phone) 问 wèn to ask; to inquire 问题 wèn tí question; problem 我 wǒ I; me; my 我们 wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our 五 wǔ five 午饭 wǔ fàn lunch 喜欢 xǐ huan to like; to be fond of 下 xià to go down; down; measure word to show the frequency of an action; next (week etc) 下雨 xià yǔ to rain 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work 下课 xià kè to finish class 下午 xià wǔ afternoon 先生 xiān sheng gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); teacher; husband 现在 xiàn zài now; at present; currently 想 xiǎng to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of); to think (about) 小 xiǎo small; young; few 小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) 小时 xiǎo shí hour 小学 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school 小学生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student; (fig.) beginner 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several 写 xiě to write 谢谢 xiè xie thank you; to thank 新 xīn new; newly 星期 xīng qī week; day of the week 星期日 Xīng qī rì Sunday 星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday 休息 xiū xi to rest 学 xué to learn; to study 学生 xué sheng student 学习 xué xí to learn; to study 学校 xué xiào school 雪 xuě snow 要 yào to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should 也 yě also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) 一 yī one; a (article); as soon as; single; entire; whole; all; throughout 衣服 yī fu clothes 医生 yī shēng doctor; medical practitioner 医院 yī yuàn hospital 一半 yī bàn half 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly 椅子 yǐ zi chair 一点儿 yī diǎn r a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er 一些 yī xiē some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er 有 yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional) 有的 yǒu de (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) 有点儿 yǒu diǎn r slightly; a little 有些 yǒu xiē some; somewhat; rather; a bit 雨 yǔ rain 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) 月 yuè month; moon 再 zài again; once more; re-; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then) 在 zài (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress); to exist; to be alive 再见 zài jiàn goodbye 早 zǎo early; morning; Good morning! 早饭 zǎo fàn breakfast 早上 zǎo shang early morning 怎么 zěn me how?; why? 怎么样 zěn me yàng how? 找 zhǎo to try to find; to give change 这 zhè (pronoun) this; these 这边 zhè biān here; this side 这个 zhè ge (pronoun) this; (adjective) this 这里 zhè lǐ here 这儿 zhè r here 这些 zhè xiē these 真 zhēn really; real 正在 zhèng zài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc 知道 zhī dào to know; to become aware of 中国 Zhōng guó China 中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language 中午 zhōng wǔ noon 中学 zhōng xué middle school 中学生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student; high school student 住 zhù to live; to reside; to stay; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk 字 zì character; letter 昨天 zuó tiān yesterday 坐 zuò to sit; to take (a bus, airplane etc) 做 zuò to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); to make; to produce; (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); to write; to compose; (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 做饭 zuò fàn to cook
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