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
跳舞	tiào wǔ	to dance
踢	tī	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer)
身体	shēn tǐ	(human) body; health; CL:個\|个[gè]
运动	yùn dòng	to move; to exercise; sports
近	jìn	near; close to; approximately
还	hái	still; still in progress; still more
还	huán	to pay back; to return
进	jìn	to advance; to enter; to come (or go) into
远	yuǎn	far; distant; remote
送	sòng	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present)
错	cuò	mistake; wrong; bad
长	cháng	length; long; forever
长	zhǎng	chief; head; elder
门	mén	gate; door; CL:扇[shàn]
问	wèn	to ask
问题	wèn tí	question; problem; issue
阴	yīn	overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
雪	xuě	snow; snowfall; CL:場\|场[cháng]
非常	fēi cháng	unusual; extraordinary; extreme
题	tí	topic; problem for discussion; exam question
颜色	yán sè	color; CL:個\|个[gè]
高	gāo	high; tall; above average
鱼	yú	fish; CL:條\|条; 尾[wěi]
鸡蛋	jī dàn	(chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個\|个
黑	hēi	black; dark; (loanword) to hack