New HSK 2 word list

The 200 words HSK 2 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 2: 500
new at HSK 2: 200
were already in HSK 2.0: 114
weren’t in HSK 2.0: 86

HSK 2 tests 500 words: the 300 from the levels below, plus the 200 here. Of the 200, 114 were in the HSK 2.0 lists: 3 at level 1, 74 at level 2, 36 at level 3 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 200 linked words each have a page in our HSK vocabulary lists.

The 200 words new at HSK 2 in HSK 3.0
#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning · HSK 2.0
1	啊a	a	particle of exclamation HSK 2.0 level 3
2	爱好àihào	àihào	hobby HSK 2.0 level 3
3	白色báisè	báisè	white New in HSK 3.0
4	班bān	bān	class, team HSK 2.0 level 3
5	帮bāng	bāng	to help New in HSK 3.0
6	帮忙bāngmáng	bāngmáng	to help HSK 2.0 level 3
7	包bāo	bāo	bag, to wrap HSK 2.0 level 3
8	本子běnzi	běnzi	notebook, exercise book New in HSK 3.0
9	比bǐ	bǐ	to compare, than HSK 2.0 level 2
10	笔bǐ	bǐ	pen, pencil In 铅笔 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
11	别¹bié	bié	don't; other HSK 2.0 level 2
12	不错búcuò	búcuò	not bad, pretty good New in HSK 3.0
13	不好意思bù hǎoyìsi	bù hǎoyìsi	sorry, excuse me, to feel embarrassed New in HSK 3.0
14	长cháng	cháng	long HSK 2.0 level 2
15	车站chēzhàn	chēzhàn	station, bus stop In 火车站 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
16	出chū	chū	to go out, to exit HSK 2.0 level 2
17	出国chūguó	chūguó	to go abroad New in HSK 3.0
18	出来chūlái	chūlái	to come out New in HSK 3.0
19	出门chūmén	chūmén	to go out, to leave home New in HSK 3.0
20	出去chūqù	chūqù	to go out New in HSK 3.0
21	床chuáng	chuáng	bed New in HSK 3.0
22	词cí	cí	word New in HSK 3.0
23	次cì	cì	time, occurrence HSK 2.0 level 2
24	从cóng	cóng	from HSK 2.0 level 2
25	从小cóngxiǎo	cóngxiǎo	since childhood, from a young age New in HSK 3.0
26	错cuò	cuò	wrong, mistake HSK 2.0 level 2
27	打¹dǎ	dǎ	to hit, to play (a ball game), to make (a call) In 打电话 (HSK 2.0 level 1)
28	打车dǎchē	dǎchē	to take a taxi New in HSK 3.0
29	打开dǎkāi	dǎkāi	to open, to turn on New in HSK 3.0
30	但dàn	dàn	but; however New in HSK 3.0
31	但是dànshì	dànshì	but, however HSK 2.0 level 2
32	得de	de	structural particle; must HSK 2.0 level 2
33	地de	de	adverb particle; ground HSK 2.0 level 3
34	等¹děng	děng	to wait, to wait for HSK 2.0 level 2
35	地铁dìtiě	dìtiě	subway HSK 2.0 level 3
36	点²diǎn	diǎn	to order (food), to click, to nod HSK 2.0 level 1
37	懂dǒng	dǒng	to understand HSK 2.0 level 2
38	动dòng	dòng	to move New in HSK 3.0
39	饭馆fànguǎn	fànguǎn	restaurant New in HSK 3.0
40	飞fēi	fēi	to fly New in HSK 3.0
41	高gāo	gāo	tall, high HSK 2.0 level 2
42	高中gāozhōng	gāozhōng	senior high school New in HSK 3.0
43	告诉gàosu	gàosu	to tell HSK 2.0 level 2
44	个子gèzi	gèzi	height, stature HSK 2.0 level 3
45	跟gēn	gēn	with, to follow HSK 2.0 level 3
46	公交车gōngjiāochē	gōngjiāochē	bus New in HSK 3.0
47	过guò	guò	experiential particle; to pass HSK 2.0 level 2
48	过来guòlái	guòlái	to come over New in HSK 3.0
49	过年guònián	guònián	to celebrate the New Year New in HSK 3.0
50	过去¹guòqù	guòqù	past, to go over HSK 2.0 level 3
51	过guo	guo	experiential particle; to pass HSK 2.0 level 3
52	还是háishi	háishi	or, still HSK 2.0 level 3
53	黑色hēisè	hēisè	black New in HSK 3.0
54	红茶hóngchá	hóngchá	black tea New in HSK 3.0
55	红色hóngsè	hóngsè	red New in HSK 3.0
56	后面hòumiàn	hòumiàn	behind, back HSK 2.0 level 1
57	花¹huā	huā	flower; to spend HSK 2.0 level 3
58	花²huā	huā	flower; to spend HSK 2.0 level 3
59	画huà	huà	to draw; painting HSK 2.0 level 3
60	坏huài	huài	bad, broken HSK 2.0 level 3
61	回来huílái	huílái	to come back, to return New in HSK 3.0
62	回去huíqù	huíqù	to go back, to return New in HSK 3.0
63	机场jīchǎng	jīchǎng	airport HSK 2.0 level 2
64	机票jīpiào	jīpiào	plane ticket New in HSK 3.0
65	记得jìde	jìde	to remember HSK 2.0 level 3
66	间jiān	jiān	measure word for rooms New in HSK 3.0
67	教jiāo	jiāo	to teach HSK 2.0 level 3
68	教室jiàoshì	jiàoshì	classroom HSK 2.0 level 2
69	介绍jièshào	jièshào	to introduce HSK 2.0 level 2
70	进jìn	jìn	to enter HSK 2.0 level 2
71	近jìn	jìn	near, close HSK 2.0 level 2
72	进来jìnlái	jìnlái	to come in New in HSK 3.0
73	进去jìnqù	jìnqù	to go in New in HSK 3.0
74	经常jīngcháng	jīngcháng	often HSK 2.0 level 3
75	酒店jiǔdiàn	jiǔdiàn	hotel New in HSK 3.0
76	就jiù	jiù	then, just HSK 2.0 level 2
77	咖啡kāfēi	kāfēi	coffee HSK 2.0 level 2
78	开始kāishǐ	kāishǐ	to begin, to start HSK 2.0 level 2
79	开学kāixué	kāixué	to start school (for the term) New in HSK 3.0
80	考kǎo	kǎo	to take an exam, to test New in HSK 3.0
81	考试kǎoshì	kǎoshì	exam, to take a test HSK 2.0 level 2
82	可能kěnéng	kěnéng	possible, maybe HSK 2.0 level 2
83	裤子kùzi	kùzi	pants HSK 2.0 level 3
84	快kuài	kuài	fast, quick HSK 2.0 level 2
85	快乐kuàilè	kuàilè	happy HSK 2.0 level 2
86	快要kuàiyào	kuàiyào	about to, soon New in HSK 3.0
87	篮球lánqiú	lánqiú	basketball In 打篮球 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
88	累lèi	lèi	tired HSK 2.0 level 2
89	离lí	lí	to leave, from, away from HSK 2.0 level 2
90	里面lǐmiàn	lǐmiàn	inside New in HSK 3.0
91	楼lóu	lóu	building, floor HSK 2.0 level 3
92	路lù	lù	road, way HSK 2.0 level 2
93	路上lùshang	lùshang	on the way, on the road New in HSK 3.0
94	旅游lǚyóu	lǚyóu	to travel HSK 2.0 level 2
95	绿茶lǜchá	lǜchá	green tea New in HSK 3.0
96	绿色lǜsè	lǜsè	green New in HSK 3.0
97	慢màn	màn	slow HSK 2.0 level 2
98	没意思méi yìsi	méi yìsi	boring, uninteresting New in HSK 3.0
99	每měi	měi	every, each HSK 2.0 level 2
100	门mén	mén	door, gate HSK 2.0 level 2
101	门口ménkǒu	ménkǒu	doorway, entrance New in HSK 3.0
102	门票ménpiào	ménpiào	admission ticket New in HSK 3.0
103	面¹miàn	miàn	side, surface, face New in HSK 3.0
104	名míng	míng	name, measure word for people or places in a ranking New in HSK 3.0
105	拿ná	ná	to take, to hold HSK 2.0 level 3
106	那么nàme	nàme	so, like that, then New in HSK 3.0
107	那样nàyàng	nàyàng	like that, that way New in HSK 3.0
108	奶茶nǎichá	nǎichá	milk tea New in HSK 3.0
109	奶奶nǎinai	nǎinai	grandmother (paternal) HSK 2.0 level 3
110	男孩儿nánháir	nánháir	boy New in HSK 3.0
111	鸟niǎo	niǎo	bird HSK 2.0 level 3
112	女孩儿nǚháir	nǚháir	girl New in HSK 3.0
113	旁边pángbiān	pángbiān	beside, next to HSK 2.0 level 2
114	跑pǎo	pǎo	to run New in HSK 3.0
115	跑步pǎobù	pǎobù	to run, jogging HSK 2.0 level 2
116	票piào	piào	ticket HSK 2.0 level 2
117	妻子qīzi	qīzi	wife HSK 2.0 level 2
118	起来qǐlái	qǐlái	to get up, to rise HSK 2.0 level 3
119	前面qiánmiàn	qiánmiàn	in front, ahead HSK 2.0 level 1
120	晴qíng	qíng	sunny, clear HSK 2.0 level 2
121	球qiú	qiú	ball In 打篮球 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
122	让ràng	ràng	to let, to allow HSK 2.0 level 2
123	肉ròu	ròu	meat In 羊肉 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
124	商场shāngchǎng	shāngchǎng	shopping mall New in HSK 3.0
125	上来shànglái	shànglái	to come up New in HSK 3.0
126	上面shàngmiàn	shàngmiàn	above, on top of New in HSK 3.0
127	上去shàngqù	shàngqù	to go up New in HSK 3.0
128	上网shàngwǎng	shàngwǎng	to go online HSK 2.0 level 3
129	身体shēntǐ	shēntǐ	body, health HSK 2.0 level 2
130	生日shēngrì	shēngrì	birthday HSK 2.0 level 2
131	时shí	shí	time, when New in HSK 3.0
132	事情shìqing	shìqing	matter, thing HSK 2.0 level 2
133	手shǒu	shǒu	hand New in HSK 3.0
134	手表shǒubiǎo	shǒubiǎo	watch HSK 2.0 level 2
135	书包shūbāo	shūbāo	schoolbag New in HSK 3.0
136	舒服shūfu	shūfu	comfortable HSK 2.0 level 3
137	送sòng	sòng	to send, to give, to deliver HSK 2.0 level 2
138	虽然suīrán	suīrán	although HSK 2.0 level 2
139	所以suǒyǐ	suǒyǐ	so, therefore HSK 2.0 level 2
140	疼téng	téng	painful HSK 2.0 level 3
141	踢tī	tī	to kick In 踢足球 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
142	题tí	tí	question, topic HSK 2.0 level 2
143	条tiáo	tiáo	MW for long things HSK 2.0 level 3
144	跳舞tiàowǔ	tiàowǔ	to dance HSK 2.0 level 2
145	头tóu	tóu	head New in HSK 3.0
146	外国wàiguó	wàiguó	foreign country, foreign New in HSK 3.0
147	外面wàimiàn	wàimiàn	outside New in HSK 3.0
148	完wán	wán	to finish HSK 2.0 level 2
149	万wàn	wàn	ten thousand HSK 2.0 level 3
150	往wǎng	wǎng	toward HSK 2.0 level 2
151	网上wǎngshang	wǎngshang	online, on the internet New in HSK 3.0
152	忘wàng	wàng	to forget New in HSK 3.0
153	位wèi	wèi	MW for people (polite) HSK 2.0 level 3
154	为什么wèi shénme	wèi shénme	why HSK 2.0 level 2
155	希望xīwàng	xīwàng	to hope HSK 2.0 level 2
156	洗xǐ	xǐ	to wash HSK 2.0 level 2
157	洗手间xǐshǒujiān	xǐshǒujiān	bathroom HSK 2.0 level 3
158	下来xiàlái	xiàlái	to come down New in HSK 3.0
159	下面xiàmiàn	xiàmiàn	below, under, next New in HSK 3.0
160	下去xiàqù	xiàqù	to go down New in HSK 3.0
161	小孩儿xiǎoháir	xiǎoháir	child, kid New in HSK 3.0
162	小时候xiǎoshíhou	xiǎoshíhou	in childhood, when one was little New in HSK 3.0
163	笑xiào	xiào	to laugh, to smile HSK 2.0 level 2
164	姓xìng	xìng	surname HSK 2.0 level 2
165	姓名xìngmíng	xìngmíng	full name New in HSK 3.0
166	颜色yánsè	yánsè	color HSK 2.0 level 2
167	眼睛yǎnjing	yǎnjing	eye HSK 2.0 level 2
168	药yào	yào	medicine HSK 2.0 level 2
169	药店yàodiàn	yàodiàn	pharmacy, drugstore New in HSK 3.0
170	爷爷yéye	yéye	grandfather (paternal) HSK 2.0 level 3
171	一会儿yíhuìr	yíhuìr	a moment HSK 2.0 level 3
172	已经yǐjīng	yǐjīng	already HSK 2.0 level 2
173	一起yìqǐ	yìqǐ	together HSK 2.0 level 2
174	意思yìsi	yìsi	meaning HSK 2.0 level 2
175	阴yīn	yīn	cloudy, overcast HSK 2.0 level 2
176	因为yīnwèi	yīnwèi	because, because of HSK 2.0 level 2
177	游yóu	yóu	to swim New in HSK 3.0
178	游泳yóuyǒng	yóuyǒng	to swim HSK 2.0 level 2
179	有意思yǒu yìsi	yǒu yìsi	interesting, fun New in HSK 3.0
180	有时yǒushí	yǒushí	sometimes New in HSK 3.0
181	右yòu	yòu	right (side) New in HSK 3.0
182	右边yòubian	yòubian	right side HSK 2.0 level 2
183	鱼yú	yú	fish HSK 2.0 level 2
184	远yuǎn	yuǎn	far HSK 2.0 level 2
185	运动yùndòng	yùndòng	sports, exercise HSK 2.0 level 2
186	站¹zhàn	zhàn	station; to stand HSK 2.0 level 3
187	丈夫zhàngfu	zhàngfu	husband HSK 2.0 level 2
188	这么zhème	zhème	so, like this New in HSK 3.0
189	这样zhèyàng	zhèyàng	like this, this way New in HSK 3.0
190	着zhe	zhe	verb particle (ongoing action) HSK 2.0 level 2
191	正zhèng	zhèng	just, right (now), straight HSK 2.0 level 5
192	周zhōu	zhōu	week New in HSK 3.0
193	准备zhǔnbèi	zhǔnbèi	to prepare HSK 2.0 level 2
194	自己zìjǐ	zìjǐ	oneself HSK 2.0 level 3
195	走zǒu	zǒu	to walk, to go HSK 2.0 level 2
196	走路zǒulù	zǒulù	to walk, to go on foot New in HSK 3.0
197	足球zúqiú	zúqiú	football, soccer In 踢足球 (HSK 2.0 level 2)
198	最zuì	zuì	most HSK 2.0 level 2
199	左zuǒ	zuǒ	left New in HSK 3.0
200	左边zuǒbian	zuǒbian	left side HSK 2.0 level 2

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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