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
旁边	páng biān	lateral; side; to the side
旅游	lǚ yóu	trip; journey; tourism
早上	zǎo shang	early morning; CL:個\|个[gè]
时间	shí jiān	time; period; CL:段[duàn]
晚上	wǎn shang	evening; night; CL:個\|个[gè]
晴	qíng	clear; fine (weather)
最	zuì	most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
服务员	fú wù yuán	waiter; waitress; attendant
机场	jī chǎng	airport; airfield; CL:家
次	cì	next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
欢迎	huān yíng	to welcome; welcome
正在	zhèng zài	in the process of (doing something or happening); while (doing)
每	měi	each; every
比	bǐ	(particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare; to contrast
洗	xǐ	to wash; to bathe; to develop (photo)
游泳	yóu yǒng	swimming; to swim
牛奶	niú nǎi	cow's milk; CL:瓶; 杯[bēi]
玩	wán	toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. )
生日	shēng rì	birthday; CL:個\|个[gè]
生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill
男人	nán rén	a man; a male; men
白	bái	white; snowy; pure
百	bǎi	hundred; numerous; all kinds of
真	zhēn	really; truly; indeed
眼睛	yǎn jing	eye; CL:隻\|只; 雙\|双[shuāng]

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