294 of 294 words shown
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 吧 | bā | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧 |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred; numerous; all kinds of |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime; during the day; day |
| 半 | bàn | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
| 包子 | bāo zi | bao (steamed stuffed bun) |
| 杯子 | bēi zi | cup; glass |
| 本 | běn | root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 边 | biān | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously |
| 病 | bìng | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 菜 | cài | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor |
| 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing; to call loudly; to chant |
| 超市 | chāo shì | supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场) |
| 车 | chē | car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159 |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 出租车 | chū zū chē | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family; great expert |
| 大学 | dà xué | university; college |
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | university student; college student |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items |
| 店 | diàn | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store |
| 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; stuff; person |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all |
| 读 | dú | to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce |
| 读书 | dú shū | to read a book; to study; to attend school |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair |
| 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; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 饭 | fàn | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee |
| 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 | to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
| 歌 | gē | song; to sing |
| 个 | gè | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 贵 | guì | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state; (bound form) national |
| 还 | hái | still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello |
| 号 | hào | ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated |
| 好听 | hǎo tīng | pleasant to hear |
| 好玩儿 | hǎo wán r | erhua variant of 好玩; amusing; fun; interesting |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; variant of 嗬 |
| 和 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese |
| 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully |
| 后 | hòu | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 回 | huí | to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 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; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) |
| 火车 | huǒ chē | train |
| 几 | jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 鸡蛋 | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian |
| 家人 | jiā rén | family member; (old) servant |
| 见 | jiàn | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
| 饺子 | jiǎo zi | dumpling; pot-sticker |
| 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; at the present; now |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开车 | kāi chē | to drive a car |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for |
| 看病 | kàn bìng | to visit a doctor; to see a patient |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 课 | kè | subject; course; class; lesson; to levy; tax; form of divination |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 冷 | Lěng | surname Leng |
| 里 | lǐ | lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) |
| 了 | liǎo | to finish; to achieve; variant of 了; to understand clearly |
| 零 | líng | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither |
| 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 卖 | mài | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt |
| 忙 | máng | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush |
| 猫 | māo | cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem |
| 没关系 | méi guān xi | it doesn't matter |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister; young woman |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |
| 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 | erhua variant of 面条; noodles |
| 明年 | míng nián | next year |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 那边 | nà bian | over there; yonder |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 |
| 那里 | nà li | there; that place |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? |
| 那儿 | nà r | there |
| 哪些 | nǎ xiē | which ones?; who?; what? |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 男 | nán | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 |
| 男朋友 | nán péng you | boyfriend |
| 呢 | ne | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation |
| 能 | néng | can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 年 | nián | grain; harvest (old); variant of 年 |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你) |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk |
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman; daughter |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 女朋友 | nǚ péng you | girlfriend |
| 女士 | nǚ shì | lady; madam; Miss; Ms |
| 那 | nuó | (archaic) many; beautiful; how; old variant of 挪 |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 便宜 | pián yi | cheap; inexpensive; small advantages; to let sb off lightly |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 前 | qián | front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly |
| 钱 | qián | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
| 请问 | qǐng wèn | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
| 日 | rì | sun; day; date, day of the month |
| 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above |
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 上学 | shàng xué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 少 | shǎo | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom |
| 谁 | shéi | who; also pr. [shuí] |
| 什么 | shén me | what?; something; anything |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill |
| 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time; length of time; moment; period |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time; period |
| 手机 | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone |
| 书 | shū | book; letter; document; to write |
| 书店 | shū diàn | bookstore |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep; to lie down |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
| 他 | tā | he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 他们 | tā men | they |
| 它们 | tā men | they (for inanimate objects) |
| 她们 | tā men | they; them (for females) |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [tìng]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [tìng]) |
| 听见 | tīng jiàn | to hear |
| 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 外边 | wài bian | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home |
| 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn]); to keep sth for entertainment |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night; late |
| 晚饭 | wǎn fàn | evening meal; dinner; supper |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night; in the evening |
| 喂 | wèi | hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem; issue; topic |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 午饭 | wǔ fàn | lunch |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action |
| 下班 | xià bān | to finish work; to get off work |
| 下课 | xià kè | to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 小朋友 | xiǎo péng yǒu | child |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小学 | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小学生 | xiǎo xué shēng | primary school student; schoolchild; (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 | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly; meso- (chemistry) |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; day of the week; Sunday |
| 星期日 | Xīng qī rì | Sunday |
| 星期天 | Xīng qī tiān | Sunday |
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 学 | xué | to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology |
| 雪 | xuě | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) |
| 学生 | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important |
| 也 | yě | (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 一点儿 | yī diǎn r | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 椅子 | yǐ zi | chair |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) |
| 有的 | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly; a little; somewhat |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some; somewhat |
| 雨 | yù | (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month; monthly |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 早 | zǎo | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely |
| 早饭 | zǎo fàn | breakfast |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what?; why? |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) |
| 这边 | zhè biān | this side; here |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | variant of 这里 |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just; but |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 中文 | Zhōng wén | Chinese language |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon; midday |
| 中学 | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 中学生 | zhōng xué shēng | middle-school student; high school student |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table; desk |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座 |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner) |
| 做饭 | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal; to cook |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
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HSK 1 vocabulary at a glance
This hsk 1 vocabulary contains about 300 words from the current NewHSK standard, in the order they are taught. Each entry has the characters, pinyin with tone marks and the main English meaning. HSK 1 is the A1 level, where you learn to introduce yourself, greet people, count, tell the time and ask and answer very simple questions about everyday life.
How to learn the hsk 1 words
Study ten to fifteen new hsk 1 words a day, and review the earlier ones with flashcards. Say each word aloud, write it once by hand and read it in a sentence.
- Learn the 300 words in small themed groups: family, food, numbers, time.
- Practise tones from day one with the pronunciation trainer.
- Read every new word inside a short sentence, not on its own.
Frequently asked questions
How many words are on the HSK 1 list?
The NewHSK 1 list has about 300 words. Here they are grouped by level with pinyin and meaning.
Can I practise these words?
Yes. Open a character to see its stroke order, or use flashcards and quizzes for the whole level.
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