197 of 197 words shown
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啊 | à | interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you! |
| 爱好 | ài hào | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist |
| 班 | bān | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles |
| 帮 | bāng | to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society |
| 帮忙 | bāng máng | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn |
| 包 | bāo | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet |
| 本子 | běn zi | book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition |
| 比 | bǐ | to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 笔 | bǐ | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals |
| 别 | bié | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) |
| 不错 | bù cuò | correct; right; not bad; pretty good |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 车站 | chē zhàn | rail station; bus stop |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出国 | chū guó | to go abroad; to leave the country |
| 出来 | chū lái | to come out; to appear; to arise |
| 出门 | chū mén | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married |
| 出去 | chū qù | to go out |
| 床 | chuáng | bed; couch; classifier for beds |
| 词 | cí | word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 从小 | cóng xiǎo | from childhood; from a young age |
| 错 | cuò | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver |
| 打 | dǎ | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from |
| 打车 | dǎ chē | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 打开 | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 得 | dé | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished |
| 等 | děng | class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once |
| 地 | dì | earth; ground; field; place; land |
| 地铁 | dì tiě | underground railway; subway; subway train |
| 懂 | dǒng | to understand; to comprehend |
| 动 | dòng | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 飞 | fēi | to fly |
| 高 | gāo | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) |
| 告诉 | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 |
| 个子 | gè zi | height; stature; build; size |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) |
| 公交车 | gōng jiāo chē | public transport vehicle; town bus |
| 过 | guò | to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
| 过来 | guò lái | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of |
| 过年 | guò nián | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 红茶 | hóng chá | black tea |
| 红色 | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 后面 | hòu mian | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards |
| 花 | huā | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful |
| 画 | huà | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) |
| 坏 | huài | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost |
| 回来 | huí lai | to return; to come back |
| 回去 | huí qu | to return; to go back |
| 机场 | jī chǎng | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 记得 | jì de | to remember |
| 机票 | jī piào | air ticket; passenger ticket |
| 间 | jiān | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms |
| 教 | jiào | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell |
| 教室 | jiào shì | classroom |
| 介绍 | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction |
| 近 | jìn | near; close to; approximately |
| 进 | jìn | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound |
| 进来 | jìn lái | to come in |
| 进去 | jìn qù | to go in |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily |
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | coffee (loanword) |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial |
| 开学 | kāi xué | foundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term |
| 考 | kǎo | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | to take an exam; exam |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps |
| 裤子 | kù zi | variant of 裤子, trousers; pants |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 快要 | kuài yào | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
| 篮球 | lán qiú | basketball |
| 累 | lèi | tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard |
| 离 | lí | to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲ |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] |
| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor |
| 路 | lù | road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind |
| 绿茶 | lǜ chá | green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities |
| 绿色 | lǜ sè | green |
| 路上 | lù shang | on the road; on a journey; road surface |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 每 | měi | each; every |
| 没意思 | méi yì si | boring; of no interest |
| 门 | mén | gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 门口 | mén kǒu | doorway; gate |
| 门票 | mén piào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 面 | miàn | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 名 | míng | name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people |
| 拿 | ná | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case |
| 那样 | nà yàng | that kind; that sort |
| 奶茶 | nǎi chá | milk tea |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts |
| 男孩儿 | nán hái r | erhua variant of 男孩; boy |
| 鸟 | niǎo | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn |
| 女孩儿 | nǚ hái r | erhua variant of 女孩; girl |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off |
| 跑步 | pǎo bù | to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double |
| 票 | piào | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions |
| 起来 | qi lai | (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qǐ lai] |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 前面 | qián miàn | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] |
| 晴 | qíng | clear; fine (weather) |
| 球 | qiú | ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match |
| 让 | ràng | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) |
| 肉 | ròu | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 |
| 商场 | shāng chǎng | shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world |
| 上来 | shàng lái | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] |
| 上去 | shàng qù | to go up |
| 上网 | shàng wǎng | to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet; (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net |
| 身体 | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health; in person |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 时 | shí | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill |
| 手表 | shǒu biǎo | wristwatch |
| 书包 | shū bāo | schoolbag; satchel; bookbag |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable; feeling well |
| 送 | sòng | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why |
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |
| 踢 | tī | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) |
| 题 | tí | topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention |
| 条 | tiáo | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance |
| 头 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock |
| 外国 | wài guó | foreign (country) |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance |
| 完 | wán | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand; a great number |
| 往 | wǎng | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous |
| 忘 | wàng | to forget; to overlook; to neglect |
| 网上 | wǎng shàng | online |
| 位 | wèi | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why?; for what reason? |
| 洗 | xǐ | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) |
| 洗手间 | xǐ shǒu jiān | toilet; lavatory; washroom |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope; a hope; a wish |
| 下来 | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) |
| 下面 | xià miàn | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile; to laugh at |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎo hái r | erhua variant of 小孩; child |
| 小时候 | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood |
| 姓 | xìng | family name; surname; to be surnamed |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | surname and given name; full name |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye |
| 颜色 | yán sè | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff |
| 药 | yào | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison |
| 药店 | yào diàn | pharmacy |
| 爷爷 | yé ye | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather |
| 一会儿 | yī huì r | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc |
| 阴 | yīn | overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 游 | yóu | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel |
| 右 | yòu | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence |
| 右边 | yòu bian | right side; right, to the right |
| 有时 | yǒu shí | sometimes; now and then |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming; to swim |
| 鱼 | Yú | surname Yu |
| 远 | yuǎn | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) |
| 运动 | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign |
| 站 | zhàn | station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website |
| 长 | zhǎng | chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 着 | zháo | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such |
| 正 | zhèng | straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive |
| 周 | zhōu | to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; one's own |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 走路 | zǒu lù | to walk; to go on foot |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer ball; a football; soccer; football |
| 最 | zuì | most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) |
| 左 | zuǒ | left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐 |
| 左边 | zuǒ bian | left; the left side; to the left of |
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HSK 2 vocabulary at a glance
This hsk 2 vocabulary contains about 500 in total 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 2 is the A2 level, where you learn to talk about shopping, directions, weather and daily routines in short, simple sentences.
How to learn the hsk 2 words
Study ten to fifteen new hsk 2 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.
- Build sentences with 了, 过 and 比 until they feel natural.
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- Start writing the simplest characters by hand.
Frequently asked questions
How many words are on the HSK 2 list?
The NewHSK 2 list has about 500 in total words. Here they are grouped by level with pinyin and meaning.
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