New HSK 1 word list

The 300 words HSK 1 adds in the HSK 3.0 exam, with pinyin, meanings and where each sat in HSK 2.0.

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words in all through HSK 1: 300
new at HSK 1: 300
were already in HSK 2.0: 220
weren’t in HSK 2.0: 80

Of the 300, 220 were in the HSK 2.0 lists: 148 at level 1, 61 at level 2, 8 at level 3, 2 at level 4 and 1 at level 5. For the rest of what changed, read our guide to HSK 3.0.

A note on Purlingual: the app teaches these new lists, HSK 1 to 6, in chapters by topic. HSK 7–9 isn’t in the app yet. The 300 linked words each have a page in our HSK vocabulary lists.

The 300 words new at HSK 1 in HSK 3.0
#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning · HSK 2.0
1	爱ài	ài	to love HSK 2.0 level 1
2	八bā	bā	eight HSK 2.0 level 1
3	爸爸bàba	bàba	father, dad HSK 2.0 level 1
4	吧ba	ba	suggestion particle HSK 2.0 level 2
5	白天báitiān	báitiān	daytime, during the day New in HSK 3.0
6	百bǎi	bǎi	hundred HSK 2.0 level 2
7	半bàn	bàn	half HSK 2.0 level 3
8	包子bāozi	bāozi	steamed bun HSK 2.0 level 4
9	杯子bēizi	bēizi	cup, glass HSK 2.0 level 1
10	本¹běn	běn	measure word for books HSK 2.0 level 1
11	边biān	biān	side, edge New in HSK 3.0
12	病bìng	bìng	sick, illness New in HSK 3.0
13	不bù	bù	not, no HSK 2.0 level 1
14	不客气bú kèqi	bú kèqi	you're welcome HSK 2.0 level 1
15	不要búyào	búyào	don't New in HSK 3.0
16	菜cài	cài	vegetable, dish HSK 2.0 level 1
17	茶chá	chá	tea HSK 2.0 level 1
18	唱chàng	chàng	to sing In 唱歌 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
19	超市chāoshì	chāoshì	supermarket HSK 2.0 level 3
20	车chē	chē	car, vehicle In 出租车 (HSK 2.0 level 1)
21	吃chī	chī	to eat HSK 2.0 level 1
22	出租车chūzūchē	chūzūchē	taxi HSK 2.0 level 1
23	穿chuān	chuān	to wear HSK 2.0 level 2
24	打电话dǎ diànhuà	dǎ diànhuà	to make a phone call HSK 2.0 level 1
25	大dà	dà	big, large HSK 2.0 level 1
26	大家dàjiā	dàjiā	everyone HSK 2.0 level 2
27	大学dàxué	dàxué	university, college New in HSK 3.0
28	大学生dàxuéshēng	dàxuéshēng	university student, college student New in HSK 3.0
29	到dào	dào	to arrive, to reach HSK 2.0 level 2
30	的de	de	possessive particle HSK 2.0 level 1
31	第dì	dì	prefix for ordinal numbers New in HSK 3.0
32	弟弟dìdi	dìdi	younger brother HSK 2.0 level 2
33	点¹diǎn	diǎn	o'clock, point, dot HSK 2.0 level 1
34	店diàn	diàn	shop, store New in HSK 3.0
35	电话diànhuà	diànhuà	telephone, phone call In 打电话 (HSK 2.0 level 1)
36	电脑diànnǎo	diànnǎo	computer HSK 2.0 level 1
37	电视diànshì	diànshì	television HSK 2.0 level 1
38	电影diànyǐng	diànyǐng	movie, film HSK 2.0 level 1
39	电影院diànyǐngyuàn	diànyǐngyuàn	cinema, movie theater New in HSK 3.0
40	东西dōngxi	dōngxi	thing, stuff HSK 2.0 level 1
41	都dōu	dōu	all, both HSK 2.0 level 1
42	读dú	dú	to read HSK 2.0 level 1
43	读书dúshū	dúshū	to read, to study New in HSK 3.0
44	对duì	duì	correct, toward HSK 2.0 level 2
45	对不起duìbuqǐ	duìbuqǐ	sorry HSK 2.0 level 1
46	多duō	duō	many, much HSK 2.0 level 1
47	多少duōshao	duōshao	how many, how much HSK 2.0 level 1
48	儿子érzi	érzi	son HSK 2.0 level 1
49	二èr	èr	two HSK 2.0 level 1
50	饭fàn	fàn	meal, cooked rice New in HSK 3.0
51	饭店fàndiàn	fàndiàn	restaurant, hotel HSK 2.0 level 1
52	房间fángjiān	fángjiān	room HSK 2.0 level 2
53	非常fēicháng	fēicháng	very, extremely HSK 2.0 level 2
54	飞机fēijī	fēijī	airplane HSK 2.0 level 1
55	分fēn	fēn	minute; to divide HSK 2.0 level 3
56	分钟fēnzhōng	fēnzhōng	minute HSK 2.0 level 1
57	高兴gāoxìng	gāoxìng	happy, glad HSK 2.0 level 1
58	歌gē	gē	song In 唱歌 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
59	哥哥gēge	gēge	older brother HSK 2.0 level 2
60	个gè	gè	general measure word HSK 2.0 level 1
61	给gěi	gěi	to give, for HSK 2.0 level 2
62	公司gōngsī	gōngsī	company HSK 2.0 level 2
63	工作gōngzuò	gōngzuò	work, job HSK 2.0 level 1
64	狗gǒu	gǒu	dog HSK 2.0 level 1
65	贵guì	guì	expensive HSK 2.0 level 2
66	国guó	guó	country, nation New in HSK 3.0
67	还hái	hái	still, also HSK 2.0 level 2
68	孩子háizi	háizi	child HSK 2.0 level 2
69	汉语Hànyǔ	Hànyǔ	Chinese language HSK 2.0 level 1
70	汉字Hànzì	Hànzì	Chinese character New in HSK 3.0
71	好hǎo	hǎo	good, well HSK 2.0 level 1
72	好吃hǎochī	hǎochī	delicious HSK 2.0 level 2
73	好看hǎokàn	hǎokàn	good-looking, nice to look at New in HSK 3.0
74	好听hǎotīng	hǎotīng	pleasant to hear, sounds nice New in HSK 3.0
75	好玩儿hǎowánr	hǎowánr	fun, amusing New in HSK 3.0
76	号hào	hào	number, date (day of the month) HSK 2.0 level 1
77	喝hē	hē	to drink HSK 2.0 level 1
78	和¹hé	hé	and, with HSK 2.0 level 1
79	很hěn	hěn	very HSK 2.0 level 1
80	后hòu	hòu	after, behind, back New in HSK 3.0
81	回huí	huí	to return HSK 2.0 level 1
82	会¹huì	huì	can, will, to be able to HSK 2.0 level 1
83	火车huǒchē	huǒchē	train In 火车站 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
84	鸡蛋jīdàn	jīdàn	egg HSK 2.0 level 2
85	几jǐ	jǐ	how many, several HSK 2.0 level 1
86	家jiā	jiā	home, family HSK 2.0 level 1
87	家人jiārén	jiārén	family members, family New in HSK 3.0
88	见jiàn	jiàn	to see, to meet New in HSK 3.0
89	件jiàn	jiàn	MW for clothes, matters HSK 2.0 level 2
90	饺子jiǎozi	jiǎozi	dumplings HSK 2.0 level 4
91	叫jiào	jiào	to call, to be called HSK 2.0 level 1
92	姐姐jiějie	jiějie	older sister HSK 2.0 level 2
93	今年jīnnián	jīnnián	this year New in HSK 3.0
94	今天jīntiān	jīntiān	today HSK 2.0 level 1
95	九jiǔ	jiǔ	nine HSK 2.0 level 1
96	觉得juéde	juéde	to think, to feel HSK 2.0 level 2
97	开kāi	kāi	to open, to drive HSK 2.0 level 1
98	开车kāichē	kāichē	to drive (a car) New in HSK 3.0
99	看kàn	kàn	to look, to watch HSK 2.0 level 1
100	看病kànbìng	kànbìng	to see a doctor, to treat a patient New in HSK 3.0
101	看见kànjiàn	kànjiàn	to see HSK 2.0 level 1
102	可以kěyǐ	kěyǐ	can, may HSK 2.0 level 2
103	课kè	kè	class, lesson HSK 2.0 level 2
104	口kǒu	kǒu	mouth; MW for people HSK 2.0 level 3
105	块kuài	kuài	yuan (spoken), piece HSK 2.0 level 1
106	来lái	lái	to come HSK 2.0 level 1
107	老师lǎoshī	lǎoshī	teacher HSK 2.0 level 1
108	了le	le	completed action particle HSK 2.0 level 1
109	冷lěng	lěng	cold HSK 2.0 level 1
110	里lǐ	lǐ	inside, in HSK 2.0 level 1
111	两¹liǎng	liǎng	two, both HSK 2.0 level 2
112	零líng	líng	zero HSK 2.0 level 2
113	六liù	liù	six HSK 2.0 level 1
114	妈妈māma	māma	mother, mom HSK 2.0 level 1
115	吗ma	ma	question particle HSK 2.0 level 1
116	买mǎi	mǎi	to buy HSK 2.0 level 1
117	卖mài	mài	to sell HSK 2.0 level 2
118	忙máng	máng	busy HSK 2.0 level 2
119	猫māo	māo	cat HSK 2.0 level 1
120	没关系méi guānxi	méi guānxi	it doesn't matter, never mind HSK 2.0 level 1
121	没事méishì	méishì	it's nothing, it's all right, to be free New in HSK 3.0
122	没有méiyǒu	méiyǒu	not (have) HSK 2.0 level 1
123	妹妹mèimei	mèimei	younger sister HSK 2.0 level 2
124	们men	men	plural suffix for people New in HSK 3.0
125	米饭mǐfàn	mǐfàn	cooked rice HSK 2.0 level 1
126	面包miànbāo	miànbāo	bread HSK 2.0 level 3
127	面条儿miàntiáor	miàntiáor	noodles HSK 2.0 level 2
128	明年míngnián	míngnián	next year New in HSK 3.0
129	明天míngtiān	míngtiān	tomorrow HSK 2.0 level 1
130	名字míngzi	míngzi	name HSK 2.0 level 1
131	哪nǎ	nǎ	which HSK 2.0 level 1
132	哪个nǎge	nǎge	which, which one New in HSK 3.0
133	哪里nǎlǐ	nǎlǐ	where New in HSK 3.0
134	哪儿nǎr	nǎr	where HSK 2.0 level 1
135	哪些nǎxiē	nǎxiē	which (plural), which ones New in HSK 3.0
136	那nà	nà	that HSK 2.0 level 1
137	那边nàbiān	nàbiān	over there, that side New in HSK 3.0
138	那个nàge	nàge	that, that one New in HSK 3.0
139	那里nàlǐ	nàlǐ	there New in HSK 3.0
140	那儿nàr	nàr	there HSK 2.0 level 1
141	那些nàxiē	nàxiē	those New in HSK 3.0
142	男nán	nán	male HSK 2.0 level 2
143	男朋友nánpéngyou	nánpéngyou	boyfriend New in HSK 3.0
144	呢ne	ne	question particle HSK 2.0 level 1
145	能néng	néng	can, able to HSK 2.0 level 1
146	你nǐ	nǐ	you HSK 2.0 level 1
147	你好nǐ hǎo	nǐ hǎo	hello New in HSK 3.0
148	你们nǐmen	nǐmen	you (plural) New in HSK 3.0
149	年nián	nián	year HSK 2.0 level 1
150	您nín	nín	you (polite) HSK 2.0 level 2
151	牛奶niúnǎi	niúnǎi	milk HSK 2.0 level 2
152	女nǚ	nǚ	female HSK 2.0 level 2
153	女儿nǚ’ér	nǚ’ér	daughter HSK 2.0 level 1
154	女朋友nǚpéngyou	nǚpéngyou	girlfriend New in HSK 3.0
155	女士nǚshì	nǚshì	lady, Ms. HSK 2.0 level 5
156	朋友péngyou	péngyou	friend HSK 2.0 level 1
157	便宜piányi	piányi	cheap HSK 2.0 level 2
158	漂亮piàoliang	piàoliang	beautiful, pretty HSK 2.0 level 1
159	苹果píngguǒ	píngguǒ	apple HSK 2.0 level 1
160	七qī	qī	seven HSK 2.0 level 1
161	起床qǐchuáng	qǐchuáng	to get up HSK 2.0 level 2
162	千qiān	qiān	thousand HSK 2.0 level 2
163	前qián	qián	front, before, ago New in HSK 3.0
164	钱qián	qián	money HSK 2.0 level 1
165	请qǐng	qǐng	please, to invite HSK 2.0 level 1
166	请问qǐngwèn	qǐngwèn	excuse me, may I ask New in HSK 3.0
167	去qù	qù	to go HSK 2.0 level 1
168	去年qùnián	qùnián	last year HSK 2.0 level 2
169	热rè	rè	hot HSK 2.0 level 1
170	人rén	rén	person, people HSK 2.0 level 1
171	认识rènshi	rènshi	to know (a person) HSK 2.0 level 1
172	日rì	rì	day, sun HSK 2.0 level 2
173	三sān	sān	three HSK 2.0 level 1
174	商店shāngdiàn	shāngdiàn	shop, store HSK 2.0 level 1
175	上shàng	shàng	up, above, on HSK 2.0 level 1
176	上班shàngbān	shàngbān	to go to work HSK 2.0 level 2
177	上课shàngkè	shàngkè	to attend class, to start class New in HSK 3.0
178	上午shàngwǔ	shàngwǔ	morning (before noon) HSK 2.0 level 1
179	上学shàngxué	shàngxué	to go to school New in HSK 3.0
180	少shǎo	shǎo	few, little HSK 2.0 level 1
181	谁shéi/shuí	shéi/shuí	who HSK 2.0 level 1
182	什么shénme	shénme	what HSK 2.0 level 1
183	生病shēngbìng	shēngbìng	to be sick HSK 2.0 level 2
184	十shí	shí	ten HSK 2.0 level 1
185	时候shíhou	shíhou	time, moment HSK 2.0 level 1
186	时间shíjiān	shíjiān	time HSK 2.0 level 2
187	事shì	shì	matter, thing, business New in HSK 3.0
188	是shì	shì	to be HSK 2.0 level 1
189	手机shǒujī	shǒujī	mobile phone HSK 2.0 level 2
190	书shū	shū	book HSK 2.0 level 1
191	书店shūdiàn	shūdiàn	bookshop, bookstore New in HSK 3.0
192	水shuǐ	shuǐ	water HSK 2.0 level 1
193	水果shuǐguǒ	shuǐguǒ	fruit HSK 2.0 level 1
194	睡shuì	shuì	to sleep In 睡觉 (HSK 2.0 level 1)
195	睡觉shuìjiào	shuìjiào	to sleep HSK 2.0 level 1
196	说shuō	shuō	to speak, to say HSK 2.0 level 1
197	说话shuōhuà	shuōhuà	to speak, to talk HSK 2.0 level 2
198	四sì	sì	four HSK 2.0 level 1
199	岁suì	suì	years old HSK 2.0 level 1
200	他tā	tā	he, him HSK 2.0 level 1
201	它tā	tā	it HSK 2.0 level 2
202	她tā	tā	she, her HSK 2.0 level 1
203	他们tāmen	tāmen	they, them (male/mixed) New in HSK 3.0
204	它们tāmen	tāmen	they, them (for animals or things) New in HSK 3.0
205	她们tāmen	tāmen	they, them (female) New in HSK 3.0
206	太tài	tài	too, very HSK 2.0 level 1
207	天tiān	tiān	day, sky New in HSK 3.0
208	天气tiānqì	tiānqì	weather HSK 2.0 level 1
209	听tīng	tīng	to listen, to hear HSK 2.0 level 1
210	听见tīngjiàn	tīngjiàn	to hear New in HSK 3.0
211	同学tóngxué	tóngxué	classmate HSK 2.0 level 1
212	外wài	wài	outside HSK 2.0 level 2
213	外边wàibian	wàibian	outside New in HSK 3.0
214	玩wán	wán	to play HSK 2.0 level 2
215	晚wǎn	wǎn	late New in HSK 3.0
216	晚饭wǎnfàn	wǎnfàn	dinner, supper New in HSK 3.0
217	晚上wǎnshang	wǎnshang	evening, night HSK 2.0 level 2
218	喂¹wèi	wèi	hello (on phone) HSK 2.0 level 1
219	问wèn	wèn	to ask HSK 2.0 level 2
220	问题wèntí	wèntí	question, problem HSK 2.0 level 2
221	我wǒ	wǒ	I, me HSK 2.0 level 1
222	我们wǒmen	wǒmen	we, us HSK 2.0 level 1
223	五wǔ	wǔ	five HSK 2.0 level 1
224	午饭wǔfàn	wǔfàn	lunch New in HSK 3.0
225	喜欢xǐhuan	xǐhuan	to like HSK 2.0 level 1
226	下xià	xià	down, below, under HSK 2.0 level 1
227	下雨xià yǔ	xià yǔ	to rain HSK 2.0 level 1
228	下班xiàbān	xiàbān	to finish work, to get off work New in HSK 3.0
229	下课xiàkè	xiàkè	to finish class, class is over New in HSK 3.0
230	下午xiàwǔ	xiàwǔ	afternoon HSK 2.0 level 1
231	先生xiānsheng	xiānsheng	Mr., sir, gentleman HSK 2.0 level 1
232	现在xiànzài	xiànzài	now HSK 2.0 level 1
233	想xiǎng	xiǎng	to think, to want HSK 2.0 level 1
234	小xiǎo	xiǎo	small, little HSK 2.0 level 1
235	小朋友xiǎopéngyǒu	xiǎopéngyǒu	child, little one New in HSK 3.0
236	小时xiǎoshí	xiǎoshí	hour HSK 2.0 level 2
237	小学xiǎoxué	xiǎoxué	primary school, elementary school New in HSK 3.0
238	小学生xiǎoxuéshēng	xiǎoxuéshēng	primary school student New in HSK 3.0
239	些xiē	xiē	some HSK 2.0 level 1
240	写xiě	xiě	to write HSK 2.0 level 1
241	谢谢xièxie	xièxie	thank you HSK 2.0 level 1
242	新xīn	xīn	new HSK 2.0 level 2
243	星期xīngqī	xīngqī	week HSK 2.0 level 1
244	星期日xīngqīrì	xīngqīrì	Sunday New in HSK 3.0
245	星期天xīngqītiān	xīngqītiān	Sunday New in HSK 3.0
246	休息xiūxi	xiūxi	to rest HSK 2.0 level 2
247	学xué	xué	to learn, to study New in HSK 3.0
248	学生xuéshēng	xuéshēng	student HSK 2.0 level 1
249	学习xuéxí	xuéxí	to study, to learn HSK 2.0 level 1
250	学校xuéxiào	xuéxiào	school HSK 2.0 level 1
251	雪xuě	xuě	snow HSK 2.0 level 2
252	要yào	yào	to want, will, need HSK 2.0 level 2
253	也yě	yě	also, too HSK 2.0 level 2
254	一yī	yī	one HSK 2.0 level 1
255	衣服yīfu	yīfu	clothes HSK 2.0 level 1
256	医生yīshēng	yīshēng	doctor HSK 2.0 level 1
257	医院yīyuàn	yīyuàn	hospital HSK 2.0 level 1
258	一半yíbàn	yíbàn	half New in HSK 3.0
259	一下yíxià	yíxià	a bit, a moment HSK 2.0 level 2
260	椅子yǐzi	yǐzi	chair HSK 2.0 level 1
261	一点儿yìdiǎnr	yìdiǎnr	a little, a bit HSK 2.0 level 1
262	一些yìxiē	yìxiē	some, a few New in HSK 3.0
263	有yǒu	yǒu	to have HSK 2.0 level 1
264	有的yǒude	yǒude	some (of them) New in HSK 3.0
265	有点儿yǒudiǎnr	yǒudiǎnr	a bit, rather New in HSK 3.0
266	有些yǒuxiē	yǒuxiē	some, somewhat New in HSK 3.0
267	雨yǔ	yǔ	rain New in HSK 3.0
268	元yuán	yuán	yuan (currency) HSK 2.0 level 3
269	月yuè	yuè	month, moon HSK 2.0 level 1
270	再zài	zài	again HSK 2.0 level 2
271	在zài	zài	at, in, to be at HSK 2.0 level 1
272	再见zàijiàn	zàijiàn	goodbye HSK 2.0 level 1
273	早zǎo	zǎo	early, good morning New in HSK 3.0
274	早饭zǎofàn	zǎofàn	breakfast New in HSK 3.0
275	早上zǎoshang	zǎoshang	morning HSK 2.0 level 2
276	怎么zěnme	zěnme	how HSK 2.0 level 1
277	怎么样zěnmeyàng	zěnmeyàng	how about, how is it HSK 2.0 level 1
278	找zhǎo	zhǎo	to look for HSK 2.0 level 2
279	这zhè	zhè	this HSK 2.0 level 1
280	这边zhèbiān	zhèbiān	this side, over here New in HSK 3.0
281	这个zhège	zhège	this, this one New in HSK 3.0
282	这里zhèlǐ	zhèlǐ	here New in HSK 3.0
283	这儿zhèr	zhèr	here HSK 2.0 level 1
284	这些zhèxiē	zhèxiē	these New in HSK 3.0
285	真zhēn	zhēn	really, truly HSK 2.0 level 2
286	正在zhèngzài	zhèngzài	in the process of HSK 2.0 level 2
287	只zhī	zhī	measure word for animals, one of a pair HSK 2.0 level 3
288	知道zhīdào	zhīdào	to know HSK 2.0 level 2
289	中国Zhōngguó	Zhōngguó	China HSK 2.0 level 1
290	中文Zhōngwén	Zhōngwén	Chinese (written) HSK 2.0 level 3
291	中午zhōngwǔ	zhōngwǔ	noon HSK 2.0 level 1
292	中学zhōngxué	zhōngxué	middle school, secondary school New in HSK 3.0
293	中学生zhōngxuéshēng	zhōngxuéshēng	middle school student, secondary school student New in HSK 3.0
294	住zhù	zhù	to live, to stay HSK 2.0 level 1
295	桌子zhuōzi	zhuōzi	table, desk HSK 2.0 level 1
296	字zì	zì	character, word HSK 2.0 level 1
297	昨天zuótiān	zuótiān	yesterday HSK 2.0 level 1
298	坐zuò	zuò	to sit HSK 2.0 level 1
299	做zuò	zuò	to do, to make HSK 2.0 level 1
300	做饭zuò fàn	zuò fàn	to cook, to make a meal New in HSK 3.0

Words and pinyin: the new HSK exam syllabus (新版HSK考试大纲, CLEC, November 2025, in effect July 2026), in its order. A small number after a word (本¹, 本²) means the syllabus lists it twice, for two meanings.

HSK 2.0: the level where the same word, with the same reading, was an entry in Hanban’s 2012 HSK 2.0 lists, as transcribed by hskhsk.com (MIT licence). 面条儿 and 面条 count as the same word. A word of two or more characters that HSK 2.0 only had inside a longer entry shows that entry and its level instead: “In 火车站 (HSK 2.0 level 2)” for 火车. Single characters show this only for a few set phrases, such as 踢 in 踢足球. Anything else is “New in HSK 3.0”. Where HSK 2.0 listed a word once, both meanings of a word listed twice show that level.

Meanings: Purlingual’s own for every word in HSK 1 to 6 and for the HSK 7–9 words the app taught before. In HSK 7–9 they’re also ours for words listed twice and for a few words where the dictionary’s first senses mislead. All other HSK 7–9 meanings are shortened from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0; our shortened versions are shared under the same licence.

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