HSK 2 vocabulary list

All 198 words with pinyin and meanings. Simple daily life: shopping, getting around, the weather, and talking about what you like and what you’re doing.

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The HSK 3.0 exam syllabus adds 200 words at HSK 2, 500 in all from HSK 1. This is Purlingual’s HSK 2 course: 198 words, in chapters by topic. See where each word sat in HSK 2.0.

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

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