HSK 1 vocabulary list

All 300 words with pinyin and meanings. The first HSK level: greetings, numbers, family, time and the everyday words you meet in your first weeks of Chinese.

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The HSK 3.0 exam syllabus adds 300 words at HSK 1, 300 in all from HSK 1. This is Purlingual’s HSK 1 course: 300 words, in chapters by topic. See where each word sat in HSK 2.0.

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

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