HSK 3.0 Level 1 vocabulary list
506 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 爱to love; love
- 爱好hobby; interest
- 八eight
- 爸dad; father; papa
- 爸爸dad; father
- 吧(particle) suggestion; right?
- 白white
- 白天daytime; during the day
- 百hundred
- 班class; team
- 半half
- 半年half a year; six months
- 半天half of the day; a long time
- 帮to help; to assist
- 帮忙to help; to do a favor
- 包bag; to wrap; to include
- 包子steamed stuffed bun
- 杯cup; (measure word) for drinks
- 杯子cup; glass
- 北north; northern
- 北边north; north side; northern part
- 北京Beijing
- 本(measure word) for books
- 本子notebook; exercise book
- 比to compare; than
- 别don't; other
- 别的other; else
- 别人other people; others
- 病illness; disease; to fall ill
- 病人patient; sick person
- 不not; no
- 不大not very; not too; not big
- 不对wrong; incorrect; amiss
- 不客气you're welcome
- 不用need not; no need to
- 菜vegetable; dish (of food)
- 茶tea
- 差poor; not good; to lack
- 常often; frequently; common
- 常常often; frequently
- 唱to sing; to chant
- 唱歌to sing
- 车car; vehicle
- 车票bus ticket; train ticket
- 车上in the car; on the bus or train
- 车站station; bus stop; train station
- 吃to eat
- 吃饭to eat a meal; to eat
- 出to go out; to come out
- 出来to come out; to appear
- 出去to go out; to leave
- 穿to wear; to put on
- 床bed; couch
- 次(measure word) for times
- 从from; since
- 错wrong; mistake
- 打to hit; to play; to make (a call)
- 打车to take a taxi; to hail a cab
- 打电话to make a phone call
- 打开to open; to turn on; to switch on
- 打球to play a ball game
- 大big; large
- 大学university; college
- 大学生university student; college student
- 到to arrive; to reach
- 地(particle) adverbial marker
- 地点location; venue
- 地方place; region
- 地上on the ground; on the floor
- 地图map
- 的(particle) possessive 's; of
- 得到to get; to receive; to obtain
- 等to wait; and so on
- 弟younger brother
- 弟弟younger brother
- 第(prefix) for ordinal numbers
- 第二second; number two; next
- 点o'clock; a little; point
- 电electricity; electric; power
- 电话telephone; phone call
- 电脑computer
- 电视television; TV
- 电视机television set; TV set
- 电影movie; film
- 电影院cinema; movie theater
- 东east
- 东边east; east side; eastern part
- 东西thing; stuff
- 动to move; to touch; to stir
- 动作movement; action; to act
- 都all; both
- 读to read; to study
- 读书to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 对right; correct; towards
- 对不起sorry; excuse me
- 多many; much; how
- 多少how much; how many
- 饿hungry
- 儿子son
- 二two
- 饭cooked rice; meal
- 饭店restaurant; hotel
- 房间room
- 房子house; apartment; building
- 放to put; to release
- 放假to have a holiday; vacation
- 放学to finish school for the day
- 飞to fly
- 飞机airplane
- 非常very; extremely
- 分minute; point; to divide
- 风wind
- 干to do; to work; capable
- 干净clean
- 干什么to do what; what are you doing
- 高tall; high
- 高兴happy; glad
- 告诉to tell; to let know
- 哥older brother
- 哥哥older brother
- 歌song
- 个(measure word, general)
- 给to give; for; to
- 跟with; to follow
- 工人worker
- 工作to work; job
- 关to close; to turn off
- 关上to close; to turn off
- 贵expensive
- 国country; nation
- 国家country; nation
- 国外abroad; overseas
- 过(particle) have done before
- 还still; also; even more
- 还是still; or; had better
- 还有still have; in addition; also
- 孩子child
- 汉语Chinese language
- 汉字Chinese character
- 好good; well; fine
- 好吃tasty; delicious
- 好看good-looking; interesting; good
- 好听pleasant to hear; nice
- 好玩儿fun; interesting; amusing
- 号day of the month; number
- 喝to drink
- 和and; with
- 很very
- 后after; behind; back
- 后边behind; the back; at the back
- 后天the day after tomorrow
- 花flower; to spend (money, time)
- 话spoken words; speech; language
- 坏bad; broken
- 回to return; to go back
- 回答to answer; to reply
- 回到to return to; to go back to
- 回家to return home
- 回来to come back; to return
- 回去to go back; to return
- 会can; to know how to; to meet
- 火车train
- 机场airport
- 机票plane ticket; air ticket
- 鸡蛋egg
- 几how many; a few
- 记to remember; to write down
- 记得to remember
- 记住to remember; to keep in mind
- 家home; family
- 家里at home; home; family
- 家人family; family member
- 间(measure word) for rooms; room
- 见to see; to meet
- 见面to meet (each other)
- 叫to be called; to call
- 教to teach
- 教学楼school building
- 介绍to introduce
- 姐older sister
- 姐姐older sister
- 今年this year
- 今天today
- 进to enter; to advance
- 进来to come in; to enter
- 进去to go in; to enter
- 九nine
- 就then; precisely; just
- 觉得to feel; to think
- 开to open; to turn on; to drive
- 开车to drive a car; to drive
- 开会to have a meeting
- 开玩笑to joke; to make fun of
- 看to look at; to watch; to read
- 看病to see a doctor; to treat
- 看到to see; to catch sight of
- 看见to see; to catch sight of
- 考to take an exam; to test
- 考试exam; to take a test
- 渴thirsty
- 课class; lesson
- 课本textbook
- 课文text (of a lesson)
- 口mouth; (measure word) for bites
- 块(measure word) for money; piece
- 快fast; quick; soon
- 来to come
- 来到to arrive; to come to
- 老old; (prefix) before surname
- 老人elderly person; the elderly
- 老师teacher
- 了(particle) completed action; (particle) change of state
- 累tired
- 冷cold
- 里inside; in
- 里边inside
- 两two; a couple of
- 零zero
- 六six
- 楼building; floor
- 楼上upstairs
- 楼下downstairs
- 路road; route
- 路口intersection; crossing
- 路上on the road; on the way
- 妈mom; mother
- 妈妈mom; mother
- 马路road; street
- 马上at once; right away
- 吗(question particle)
- 买to buy
- 慢slow
- 忙busy
- 毛hair; wool; (coll.) 1/10 yuan
- 没(adverb) not; have not
- 没关系it doesn't matter; no problem
- 没什么it's nothing; never mind
- 没事儿it's nothing; to be free
- 没有to not have; there isn't
- 妹younger sister
- 妹妹younger sister
- 门door; gate
- 门口doorway; entrance; gate
- 门票admission ticket; ticket
- 们(suffix) plural marker for people
- 米饭cooked rice
- 面包bread
- 面条儿noodles
- 名字name
- 明白to understand; clear
- 明年next year
- 明天tomorrow
- 拿to take; to hold
- 哪which; where
- 哪儿where
- 哪里where; anywhere
- 哪些which ones; which
- 那that
- 那边over there; that side
- 那儿there
- 那里there; that place
- 那些those
- 奶milk; breast
- 奶奶grandma (paternal)
- 男male
- 男孩儿boy
- 男朋友boyfriend
- 男人man; male adult
- 男生male student; boy; guy
- 南south
- 南边south; south side
- 难difficult
- 呢(question particle)
- 能can; to be able to
- 你you
- 你们you (plural)
- 年year
- 您you (polite)
- 牛奶milk
- 女female; woman
- 女儿daughter
- 女孩儿girl
- 女朋友girlfriend
- 女人woman; female adult
- 女生female student; girl
- 旁边side; next to
- 跑to run; to run away
- 朋友friend
- 票ticket
- 七seven
- 起to get up; to rise; to start
- 起床to get up
- 起来(particle) starting to; up
- 汽车car; automobile
- 前front; before; ago
- 前边front; in front of; ahead
- 前天the day before yesterday
- 钱money
- 钱包wallet; purse
- 请please; to invite
- 请假to ask for leave
- 请进please come in
- 请问excuse me, may I ask
- 请坐please have a seat
- 球ball; ball game; globe
- 去to go
- 去年last year
- 热hot; to heat up
- 人person; people
- 认识to know; to recognize
- 认真serious; conscientious
- 日day; sun
- 日期date (calendar)
- 肉meat; flesh
- 三three
- 山mountain; hill
- 商场shopping mall; department store
- 商店store; shop
- 上up; above; on
- 上班to go to work
- 上边top; above; on top of
- 上车to get on a vehicle
- 上次last time
- 上课to attend class; to go to class
- 上网to go online
- 上午morning
- 上学to go to school; to attend school
- 少few; little; to lack
- 身上on the body; on one's person
- 身体body; health
- 什么what
- 生病to fall ill; to get sick
- 生气to get angry
- 生日birthday
- 十ten
- 时候time; moment
- 时间time
- 事matter; thing; business
- 试to try; to test
- 是to be; is; am; are
- 是不是is or isn't; whether or not
- 手hand
- 手机cell phone
- 书book
- 书包schoolbag; backpack
- 书店bookstore
- 树tree
- 谁who
- 水water
- 水果fruit
- 睡to sleep; to lie down
- 睡觉to sleep; to go to bed
- 说to speak; to say
- 说话to speak; to talk
- 四four
- 送to give (as a gift); to send
- 岁(measure word) years old
- 他he; him
- 他们they; them
- 她she; her
- 她们they; them (for females)
- 太too; extremely
- 天day; sky; heaven
- 天气weather
- 听to listen; to hear
- 听到to hear
- 听见to hear
- 听写to do dictation; dictation
- 同学classmate
- 图书馆library
- 外outside; foreign
- 外边outside; exterior
- 外国foreign country
- 外语foreign language
- 玩儿to play; to have fun
- 晚evening; night; late
- 晚饭dinner; supper; evening meal
- 晚上evening; night
- 网上online; on the internet
- 网友online friend; internet user
- 忘to forget; to overlook
- 忘记to forget
- 问to ask
- 我I; me
- 我们we; us
- 五five
- 午饭lunch
- 洗to wash
- 洗手间bathroom; restroom
- 喜欢to like
- 西west
- 西边west; west side; to the west of
- 下down; below; next
- 下班to get off work; to finish work
- 下边under; below; underside
- 下车to get off a vehicle
- 下次next time
- 下课to finish class; class is over
- 下午afternoon
- 下雨to rain
- 先first; beforehand
- 先生Mr.; sir; husband
- 现在now
- 想to think; to want to
- 小small; little
- 小孩儿child; kid
- 小姐miss; young lady
- 小朋友child; kid
- 小时hour
- 小学elementary school; primary school
- 小学生primary school student; pupil
- 笑to laugh; to smile
- 写to write
- 谢谢thank you; thanks
- 新new
- 新年New Year
- 星期week
- 星期日Sunday
- 星期天Sunday
- 行all right, OK!; to walk, to travel; capable
- 休息to rest; rest
- 学to learn; to study
- 学生student
- 学习to study; to learn
- 学校school
- 学院college; institute; school
- 要to want; will; need to
- 也also; too
- 页(measure word) page; page
- 爷爷grandpa (paternal)
- 一one
- 一半half
- 一边one side; simultaneously
- 一点儿a little; a bit
- 一会儿a moment; a little while
- 一块儿together; in the same place
- 一起together
- 一下儿a little; briefly
- 一些some; a few; a little
- 一样the same; alike
- 衣服clothes
- 医生doctor
- 医院hospital
- 用to use
- 有to have; there is
- 有的some
- 有名famous
- 有时sometimes; now and then
- 有时候sometimes
- 有些some; a bit; somewhat
- 有一些some; a bit; somewhat
- 有用useful
- 右right; right-hand side
- 右边right side
- 雨rain
- 元yuan (currency unit)
- 远far; distant
- 月month; moon
- 再again; once more
- 再见goodbye; see you again
- 在at; in; on; to be located at
- 在家to be at home; at home
- 早early; morning; Good morning!
- 早饭breakfast
- 早上morning
- 怎么how; why
- 站station; to stand
- 找to look for; to find
- 找到to find
- 这this
- 这边here; this side; this way
- 这儿here
- 这里here
- 这些these
- 着(particle) ongoing action
- 真really; truly
- 真的really; truly; real
- 正straight; upright; proper
- 正在(particle) in the process of
- 知道to know
- 知识knowledge
- 中middle; center; in
- 中国China
- 中间the middle; between
- 中文Chinese (language)
- 中午noon
- 中学middle school; high school
- 中学生middle school student
- 重heavy; serious; to value
- 重要important
- 住to live; to reside
- 准备to prepare; to plan to
- 桌子table; desk
- 字character; word
- 子(suffix) noun suffix; child; son
- 走to walk; to leave
- 走路to walk; to go on foot
- 最most; -est
- 最好best; had better
- 最后last; final; in the end