HSK Level 2 Chinese Vocabulary - Free Printable Flashcards

You’ve made it past the first checkpoint – HSK 1 gave you the survival kit, and now you’re ready to add some texture to your Chinese. HSK 2 is where greetings evolve into tiny conversations, and you start stringing together words about your daily life, your likes and dislikes, and the world right around you.This list packs roughly 150 words that the exam expects and that real life actually demands. Think words for telling the time, describing your morning, or asking where the bathroom is – all the stuff that moves you from “I speak a little Chinese” to actually handling simple interactions without freezing.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible
可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible; probable
右边	yòu bian	right side; right; to the right
号	hào	ordinal number; day of a month; mark
向	xiàng	towards; to face; to turn towards
吧	ba	(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
告诉	gào su	to tell; to inform; to let know
咖啡	kā fēi	coffee; CL:杯[bēi]
哥哥	gē ge	older brother; CL:個\|个; 位[wèi]
唱歌	chàng gē	to sing a song
回答	huí dá	to reply; to answer; the answer
因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of
外	wài	outside; in addition; foreign
大家	dà jiā	everyone; influential family; great expert
女人	nǚ rén	woman
好吃	hǎo chī	tasty; delicious
妹妹	mèi mei	younger sister; fig. younger woman (esp. girl friend or rival); CL:個\|个[gè]
妻子	qī zi	wife; CL:個\|个[gè]
姐姐	jiě jie	older sister; CL:個\|个[gè]
姓	xìng	family name; surname; name
孩子	hái zi	child
它	tā	it
完	wán	to finish; to be over; whole
小时	xiǎo shí	hour; CL:個\|个[gè]
就	jiù	at once; right away; only

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