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HSK 1 Vocabulary List

Here’s the full HSK 1 (一级 yī jí) vocabulary list in one place, laid out for fast scanning: simplified Chinese (简体字 jiǎntǐzì), traditional Chinese (繁体字 fántǐzì), pinyin (拼音 pīnyīn), part of speech, and English.

Tip: the English for verbs is written with “to …” (like “to help”) so you can spot actions instantly. Use this table to build flashcards, mark what you already know, and circle what keeps bonking you on the head.

There are 500 words on the official required list for HSK 3.0 Level 1 (Band 1). For HSK 2 vocabulary, head over here.

No.SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinPart Of SpeechEnglish
1àiVerb / Nounto love; love
2爱好愛好ài hàoNounhobby
3Numeraleight
4爸爸|爸爸爸|爸bàba | bàNoundad
5baParticle(interjection particle)
6báiAdjectivewhite
7白天白天bái tiānNounday
8bǎiNumeralhundred
9bānNounclass
10bànNumeral / Nounhalf
11半年半年bàn niánNounhalf a year
12半天半天bàn tiānNounhalf day
13bāngVerbto help
14帮忙幫忙bāng mángVerbto help
15bāoNounpackage
16包子包子bāo ziNounbun
17bēiMeasure word / Nouncup
18杯子杯子bēi ziNouncup
19běiNounnorth
20北边北邊běi biānNounnorth side
21北京北京běi jīngProper nounBeijing
22běnMeasure word(measure word for books or volumes)
23本子本子běn ziNounbook
24Particle / Prepositionparticle used for comparison
25biéAdverbdon’t
26别的別的bié dePronoun / Determinerother
27别人別人bié·rénPronounother people
28bìngNoundisease
29病人病人bìng rénNounpatient
30不大不大bú dàAdjective phrasenot big
31不对不對bú duìAdjectivewrong
32不客气不客氣bú kè qìPhraseyou’re welcome
33不用不用bú yòngPhraseno need to
34Adverbno / not
35càiNoundish
36cháNountea
37chàAdjectivediffer from; bad; short of
38chángAdverboften
39常常常常cháng chángAdverboften
40chàngVerbto sing
41唱歌唱歌chàng gēVerbto sing
42chēNouncar
43车票車票chē piàoNounticket
44车上車上chē shàngLocation phrasein the car
45车站車站chē zhànNounstation
46chīVerbto eat
47吃饭吃飯chī fànVerbto have a meal
48chūVerbto go out
49出来出來chū láiVerbto come out
50出去出去chū qùVerbto go out
51穿穿chuānVerbto wear
52chuángNounbed
53Measure word(measure word for times, frequency)
54cóngPrepositionfrom
55cuòAdjectivewrong
56Verbto hit; to take
57打车打車dǎ chēVerbto take a taxi
58打电话打電話dǎ diàn huàVerbto make a phone call
59打开打開dǎ kāiVerbto turn on; to open
60打球打球dǎ qiúVerbto play ball
61Adjectivelarge; big
62大学大學dà xuéNoununiversity
63大学生大學生dà xué shēngNoununiversity student
64dàoVerb / Prepositionto reach; to arrive
65得到得到dé dàoVerbto get
66deParticleauxiliary word
67deParticle(aux.)
68děngVerbto wait
69Nounground
70地点地點dìdiǎnNounlocation
71地方地方dìfangNounlocal
72地上地上dì shàngLocation phraseon the ground
73地图地圖dìtúNounmap
74弟弟|弟弟弟|弟dì di | dìNounyounger brother
75Prefixordinal marker (as in 第二 dì èr, “second”)
76diǎnNounspot
77diànNounelectricity
78电话電話diàn huàNounphone
79电脑電腦diànnǎoNouncomputer
80电视電視diànshìNountelevision
81电视机電視機diàn shì jīNountelevision
82电影電影diànyǐngNounfilm
83电影院電影院diàn yǐng yuànNouncinema; movie theater
84dōngNouneast
85东边東邊dōng biānNouneast side
86东西東西dōngxiNounthing
87dòngVerbto move
88动作動作dòngzuòNounaction
89dōuAdverball
90Verbto read
91读书讀書dú shūVerbto read; to study
92duìAdjectiveright
93对不起對不起duìbuqǐPhraseI’m sorry
94duōAdjective / Pronounmany; much; more
95多少多少duōshaoQuestion wordhow much
96饿èAdjectivehungry
97儿子兒子érziNounson
98èrNumeraltwo
99fànNounrice; meal
100饭店飯店fàndiànNounrestaurant
101房间房間fángjiānNounroom
102房子房子fáng ziNounhouse; building
103fàngVerbto put; to release
104放假放假fàng jiàVerb / Nounholiday; to have a holiday
105放学放學fàng xuéVerbto finish school
106fēiVerbto fly
107飞机飛機fēijīNounaircraft
108非常非常fēichángAdverbvery
109fēnNoun / Measure wordminute; point; part; (measure word)
110fēngNounwind
111gānAdjectivedry
112干净乾淨gānjìngAdjectiveclean
113gànVerbto do
114干什么幹什麼gàn shén mePhrasewhat to do
115gāoAdjectivehigh
116高兴高興gāoxìngAdjectivehappy
117告诉告訴gàosuVerbto tell
118哥哥|哥哥哥|哥gē ge | gēNounelder brother
119Nounsong
120Measure wordindividual
121gěiVerb / Prepositionto give
122gēnPrepositionwith
123工人工人gōngrénNounworker
124工作工作gōngzuòNoun / Verbwork; to work
125guānVerbto shut; to close; to turn off
126关上關上guān shàngVerbto close; to shut; to turn off
127guìAdjectiveexpensive
128guóNouncountry; state; nation
129国家國家guójiāNouncountry
130国外國外guó wàiNounforeign; overseas; abroad
131guòVerbto pass
132háiAdverbalso; still; yet
133还是還是háishiConjunctionstill; or (in questions)
134还有還有hái yǒuPhrasealso; in addition; besides
135孩子孩子háiziNounchildren
136汉语漢語hànyǔNounChinese
137汉字漢字hàn zìNounChinese character
138hǎoAdjectivegood
139好吃好吃hǎochīAdjectiveyummy
140好看好看hǎo kànAdjectivegood-looking
141好听好聽hǎo tīngAdjectivepleasant to hear
142好玩儿好玩兒hǎo wánrAdjectivefun; interesting
143hàoNounnumber; date
144Verbto drink
145Conjunctionand
146hěnAdverbvery
147hòuNounback; behind; after; later
148后边後邊hòu biānNounbehind; back
149后天後天hòu tiānNounday after tomorrow
150huāNounflower
151huàNounword; words
152huàiAdjectivebad
153huánVerbto return; to pay back
154huíVerbto go back; to return
155回答回答huídáVerbto answer
156回到回到huí dàoVerbto return to
157回家回家huí jiāVerbto go home; to return home
158回来回來huí láiVerbto come back; to return
159回去回去huí qùVerbto go back
160huìModal verbcan; to be able to
161火车火車huǒ chēNountrain
162机场機場jīchǎngNounairport
163机票機票jī piàoNounair ticket
164鸡蛋雞蛋jīdànNounegg
165Question wordseveral; how many
166Verbto remember
167记得記得jìdéVerbto remember
168记住記住jì zhùVerbto remember; to keep in mind
169jiāNounhome
170家里家裡jiā lǐLocation phrasein the home
171家人家人jiā rénNounfamily
172jiānMeasure wordmeasure word for rooms
173jiànVerbto see; to meet
174见面見面jiànmiànVerbto meet
175jiāoVerbto teach
176jiàoVerbto call; to be called
177教学楼教學樓jiào xué lóuNounteaching building
178姐姐|姐姐姐|姐jiě jie | jiěNounelder sister
179介绍介紹jièshàoVerbto introduce
180今年今年jīn niánNounthis year
181今天今天jīntiānNountoday
182jìnVerbto enter
183进来進來jìn láiVerbto come in
184进去進去jìn qùVerbto go in
185jiǔNumeralnine
186jiùAdverbas soon as; right away; then
187觉得覺得juédeVerbto think; to feel
188kāiVerbto open
189开车開車kāi chēVerbto drive; to drive a car
190开会開會kāi huìVerbto have a meeting
191开玩笑開玩笑kāiwánxiàoVerbto make fun of; to joke
192kànVerbto see; to watch; to look
193看病看病kàn bìngVerbto see a doctor
194看到看到kàn dàoVerbto see
195看见看見kànjiànVerbto see
196kǎoVerbto test; to examine
197考试考試kǎoshìNounexamination
198Adjectivethirsty
199Nouncourse
200课本課本kè běnNountextbook
201课文課文kè wénNountext
202kǒuMeasure word / Nounmouth
203kuàiMeasure word / Nounblock; piece
204kuàiAdjectivefast
205láiVerbto come
206来到來到lái dàoVerbto come; to arrive
207lǎoAdjectiveold; aged
208老人老人lǎo rénNounold people; the aged
209老师老師lǎoshīNounteacher
210leParticlepast tense marker
211lèiAdjectivetired
212lěngAdjectivecold
213Prepositionin; inside
214里边裡邊lǐ biānNouninside
215liǎngNumeraltwo
216零|〇零|〇líng | língNumeralzero
217liùNumeralsix
218lóuNounfloor
219楼上樓上lóu shàngLocation phraseupstairs
220楼下樓下lóu xiàLocation phrasedownstairs
221Nounroad
222路口路口lù kǒuNounintersection; crossing
223路上路上lù shàngLocation phraseon the road
224妈妈|妈媽媽|媽mā ma | māNounmom; mother
225马路馬路mǎ lùNounroad; street
226马上馬上mǎshàngAdverbright away
227maParticleauxiliary word
228mǎiVerbto buy
229mànAdjectiveslow
230mángAdjectivebusy
231máoMeasure worda fractional unit of money in China
232méiAdverbno / not
233没关系沒關係méiguānxiPhraseno problem
234没什么沒什麼méi shén mePhraseit’s nothing
235没事儿沒事兒méi shìrPhraseit’s okay
236没有沒有méi yǒuVerbto have not; no
237妹妹|妹妹妹|妹mèi mei | mèiNounyounger sister
238ménNoundoor
239门口門口mén kǒuNoundoorway
240门票門票mén piàoNountickets
241menSuffixplural marker (for pronouns & some animate nouns)
242米饭米飯mǐfànNounsteamed rice
243面包麵包miànbāoNounbread
244面条儿麵條兒miàn tiáorNounnoodles
245名字名字míngziNounname
246明白明白míngbaiVerb / Adjectiveto understand; clear
247明年明年míng niánNounnext year
248明天明天míngtiānNountomorrow
249Verbto take
250Question wordwhich
251哪里哪裡nǎ lǐQuestion wordwhere
252哪儿哪兒nǎrQuestion wordwhere
253哪些哪些nǎ xiēQuestion wordwhich
254Pronounthat
255那边那邊nà biānLocation phrasethere
256那里那裡nà lǐLocation phrasethere
257那儿那兒nàrLocation phrasethere
258那些那些nà xiēPronounthose
259nǎiNounmilk
260奶奶奶奶nǎinaiNoungrandma
261nánNoun / Adjectiveman; male
262男孩儿男孩兒nán háirNounboy
263男朋友男朋友nán péng yǒuNounboyfriend
264男人男人nán renNounman
265男生男生nán shēngNounboy
266nánNounsouth
267南边南邊nán biānNounsouth; south side
268nánAdjectivehard; difficult
269neParticleauxiliary word
270néngModal verbcan; to be able to
271Pronounyou
272你们你們nǐ menPronounyou (plural)
273niánNounyear
274nínPronounyou (polite)
275牛奶牛奶niúnǎiNounmilk
276Noun / Adjectivewoman; female
277女儿女兒nǚ’érNoundaughter
278女孩儿女孩兒nǚ háirNoungirl
279女朋友女朋友nǚ péng yǒuNoungirlfriend
280女人女人nǚ renNounwoman
281女生女生nǚ shēngNoungirl
282旁边旁邊pángbiānNounside
283pǎoVerbto run
284朋友朋友péngyouNounfriend
285piàoNounticket
286Numeralseven
287Verbto get up; to start; to rise
288起床起床qǐchuángVerbto get up
289起来起來qǐláiVerbto get up
290汽车汽車qì chēNouncar
291qiánNounfront
292前边前邊qián biānNounin front
293前天前天qián tiānNounthe day before yesterday
294qiánNounmoney
295钱包錢包qián bāoNounwallet
296qǐngVerbto please; to invite
297请假請假qǐngjiàVerbto ask for leave
298请进請進qǐng jìnPhraseplease come in
299请问請問qǐng wènPhraseexcuse me
300请坐請坐qǐng zuòPhraseplease have a seat
301qiúNounball
302Verbto go
303去年去年qùniánNounlast year
304Adjectivehot
305rénNounpeople
306认识認識rènshiVerbto know; to recognize
307认真認真rènzhēnAdjectiveearnest
308Noundate
309日期日期rìqīNoundate
310ròuNounmeat
311sānNumeralthree
312shānNounmountain
313商场商場shāng chǎngNounmall; shopping mall
314商店商店shāngdiànNounshop
315shàngNoun / Prepositionupper
316上班上班shàngbānVerbto go to work
317上边上邊shàng biānNounabove; on
318上车上車shàng chēVerbto get on (a vehicle)
319上次上次shàng cìNounlast time
320上课上課shàng kèVerbto attend class; to have a class
321上网上網shàngwǎngVerbto surf the internet
322上午上午shàngwǔNounmorning
323上学上學shàng xuéVerbto go to school
324shǎoAdjectiveless
325shéiPronounwho
326身上身上shēn shàngLocation phraseon one’s body
327身体身體shēntǐNounbody
328什么什麼shénmePronounwhat
329生病生病shēngbìngVerbto fall ill
330生气生氣shēngqìVerbto get angry
331生日生日shēngrìNounbirthday
332shíNumeralten
333时候時候shíhouNountime
334时间時間shíjiānNountime
335shìNounthing
336shìVerbto try
337shìVerbto be
338是不是是不是shì bú shìPhraseisn’t it?
339shǒuNounhand
340手机手機shǒujīNounmobile phone
341shūNounbook
342书包書包shū bāoNounschool bag
343书店書店shū diànNounbookstore
344shùNountree
345shuǐNounwater
346水果水果shuǐguǒNounfruits
347shuìVerbto sleep
348睡觉睡覺shuìjiàoVerbto sleep
349shuōVerbto speak
350说话說話shuōhuàVerbto talk
351Numeralfour
352sòngVerbto give; to send
353suìMeasure wordyear; age
354Pronounhe
355他们他們tā menPronounthey
356Pronounshe
357她们她們tā menPronounthey
358tàiAdverbtoo
359tiānNounday
360天气天氣tiānqìNounweather
361tīngVerbto listen; to hear
362听到聽到tīng dàoVerbto hear
363听见聽見tīng jiànVerbto hear
364听写聽寫tīng xiěVerbto take dictation; to dictate
365同学同學tóngxuéNounclassmate
366图书馆圖書館túshūguǎnNounlibrary
367wàiNounabroad; outside
368外边外邊wài biānLocation phraseoutside
369外国外國wài guóNounforeign country
370外语外語wài yǔNounforeign language
371玩儿玩兒wánrVerbto play
372wǎnAdjectivelate
373晚饭晚飯wǎn fànNoundinner
374晚上晚上wǎnshangNounnight
375网上網上wǎng shàngNounonline
376网友網友wǎng yǒuNounnet friend
377wàngVerbto forget
378忘记忘記wàngjìVerbto forget
379wènVerbto ask
380PronounI
381我们我們wǒmenPronounwe
382Numeralfive
383午饭午飯wǔ fànNounlunch
384西西Nounwest
385西边西邊xī biānNounwest; west side
386Verbto wash
387洗手间洗手間xǐshǒujiānNounrestroom
388喜欢喜歡xǐhuanVerbto like
389xiàNoun / Verbbelow; under; next; to go down; to get off
390下班下班xià bānVerbto get off work
391下边下邊xià biānNounbelow; under
392下车下車xià chēVerbto get off
393下次下次xià cìNounnext time
394下课下課xià kèVerbto finish class
395下午下午xiàwǔNounafternoon
396下雨下雨xiàyǔVerbto rain
397xiānAdverbbefore
398先生先生xiānshengNounsir
399现在現在xiànzàiNounnow
400xiǎngVerbto think; to want
401xiǎoAdjectivesmall
402小孩儿小孩兒xiǎo háirNounchild; kid
403小姐小姐xiǎojiěNounmiss
404小朋友小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuNounchild; kid
405小时小時xiǎoshíNounhour
406小学小學xiǎo xuéNounprimary school; elementary school
407小学生小學生xiǎo xué shēngNounelementary school student
408xiàoVerbto laugh
409xiěVerbto write
410谢谢謝謝xièxiePhrasethank you
411xīnAdjectivenew
412新年新年xīn niánNounnew year
413星期星期xīngqīNounweek
414星期日星期日xīng qī rìNounSunday
415星期天星期天xīng qī tiānNounSunday
416xíngVerbto be OK
417休息休息xiūxiVerbto rest
418xuéVerbto learn; to study
419学生學生xuéshengNounstudent
420学习學習xuéxíVerbto study
421学校學校xuéxiàoNounschool
422学院學院xué yuànNouncollege; academy
423yàoVerbto want
424爷爷爺爺yéyeNoungrandpa
425Adverbalso
426Measure wordpage
427Numeralone
428衣服衣服yīfuNounclothes
429医生醫生yīshēngNoundoctor
430医院醫院yīyuànNounhospital
431一半一半yí bànNounhalf
432一会儿一會兒yíhuìrNouna little while
433一块儿一塊兒yí kuàirAdverbtogether
434一下儿一下兒yí xiàrAdverba little bit
435一样一樣yíyàngAdjectiveequally
436一边一邊yìbiānAdverbat the same time; while
437一点儿一點兒yīdiǎnrAdverba little bit
438一起一起yìqǐAdverbtogether
439一些一些yì xiēPronounsome
440yòngVerbto use
441yǒuVerbto have; to exist
442有的有的yǒu dePronounsome
443有名有名yǒumíngAdjectivefamous
444有时候|有时有時候|有時yǒu shí hòu | yǒu shíAdverbsometimes
445有些有些yǒu ( yì ) xiēPronounsome
446有用有用yǒu yòngAdjectiveuseful
447yòuNounright
448右边右邊yòubianNounright
449Nounrain
450yuánNoun / Measureyuan
451yuǎnAdjectivefar
452yuèNounmonth
453zàiAdverbagain
454再见再見zàijiànPhrasebye
455zàiVerb / Prepositionto be at; in process of
456在家在家zài jiāLocation phraseat home
457zǎoAdjectiveearly
458早饭早飯zǎo fànNounbreakfast
459早上早上zǎoshangNounmorning
460怎么怎麼zěnmeQuestion wordhow
461zhànNounstation
462zhǎoVerbto look for
463找到找到zhǎo dàoVerbto find
464zhèPronounthis
465这边這邊zhè biānLocation phrasehere
466这里這裡zhè lǐLocation phrasehere
467这儿這兒zhèrLocation phrasehere
468这些這些zhè xiēPronounthese
469zheParticlein process of
470zhēnAdverbreally
471真的真的zhēn deAdverbreally
472zhèngAdverbjust; exactly
473正在正在zhèngzàiAdverbin process of
474知道知道zhīdàoVerbto know
475知识知識zhīshiNounknowledge
476zhōngNoun / Prepositionmiddle; in
477中国中國zhōngguóProper nounChina
478中间中間zhōngjiānNounmiddle
479中文中文zhōngwénNounChinese
480中午中午zhōngwǔNounnoon
481中学中學zhōng xuéNounmiddle school
482中学生中學生zhōng xué shēngNounmiddle school student
483zhòngAdjectiveheavy
484重要重要zhòngyàoAdjectiveimportant
485zhùVerbto live
486准备準備zhǔnbèiVerbto get ready; to prepare
487桌子桌子zhuōziNountable
488Nounword; character
489ziSuffixnoun suffix (as in 桌子 zhuōzi, “table”)
490zǒuVerbto go; to walk
491走路走路zǒu lùVerbto walk
492zuìAdverbmost
493最好最好zuìhǎoAdjectivebest
494最后最後zuìhòuNounlast
495昨天昨天zuótiānNounyesterday
496zuǒNounleft
497左边左邊zuǒbianNounleft
498zuòVerbto sit
499坐下坐下zuò xiàVerbto sit down
500zuòVerbto do