HSK 3.0 Level 2 vocabulary list
750 words with pinyin, English meaning and audio. Tap a word for stroke order and examples.
- 啊(interjection) ah; oh
- 爱情love, romance
- 爱人spouse; husband or wife; lover
- 安静quiet; peaceful
- 安全safe; safety, security
- 白色white; white color
- 班长class monitor; team leader
- 办to handle; to do; to set up
- 办法method; way; solution
- 办公室office
- 半夜midnight; middle of the night
- 帮助to help; help
- 饱full (after eating)
- 报名to sign up; to register
- 报纸newspaper
- 北方the north
- 背the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
- 比如for example; such as
- 比如说for example; for instance
- 笔pen; writing brush
- 笔记notes; to take notes
- 笔记本notebook; laptop
- 必须must; have to
- 边side; edge; margin
- 变to change; to become different
- 变成to become; to turn into
- 便宜cheap; inexpensive
- 遍(measure word) for actions; all over
- 表watch; form; table
- 不错not bad; pretty good; correct
- 不但not only
- 不够not enough; insufficient
- 不过(conj.) but, however; only, merely
- 不好意思excuse me; sorry; embarrassed
- 不久soon; not long after; shortly
- 不满dissatisfied; less than
- 不如not equal to; it would be better to
- 不少many; quite a few; a lot of
- 不太not very; not too; not so
- 不同different; distinct; not alike
- 不行won't do; not allowed; no good
- 不要don't; must not; not to want
- 不一定not necessarily; maybe not
- 不一会儿in a moment; before long; soon
- 部分part; portion
- 才only then; just now
- 菜单menu
- 参观to visit; to tour
- 参加to take part in; to join
- 草grass
- 草地lawn; grassland; meadow
- 层(measure word) floor; layer
- 查to check; to look up; to examine
- 差不多almost; about the same
- 常见common; commonly seen
- 常用commonly used; in common usage
- 场place, venue; (measure word) for shows
- 超过to exceed; to surpass
- 超市supermarket
- 车辆vehicle; cars and trucks
- 称to weigh; to state; to name
- 成to become; to succeed; to finish
- 成绩grades; results
- 成为to become; to turn into
- 出发to set off; to depart
- 出国to go abroad; to leave country
- 出口an exit; to speak; to export
- 出门to go out; to leave home
- 出生to be born
- 出现to appear; to emerge
- 出院to leave hospital
- 出租to rent out; to lease; for rent
- 出租车taxi
- 船boat; ship
- 吹to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast
- 春节Spring Festival; Chinese New Year
- 春天spring (season)
- 词word; term; lyrics
- 词典dictionary
- 词语word; term
- 从小from childhood; since young
- 答应to answer; to answer positively
- 打工to work a casual or temp job
- 打算to plan; to intend
- 打印to print
- 大部分most; the majority; greater part
- 大大greatly; enormously; hugely
- 大多数great majority; most of
- 大海sea; ocean
- 大家everyone
- 大量large amount; great quantity
- 大门main entrance; front door; gate
- 大人adult; grown-up
- 大声loudly; in a loud voice
- 大小size; large and small
- 大衣overcoat; coat
- 大自然nature; the natural world
- 带to bring; to take along; belt
- 带来to bring; to bring about
- 单位unit; work unit
- 但(conjunction) but; yet; however
- 但是but; however
- 蛋egg
- 当when, during; to act as; ought to
- 当时at that time; then
- 到处everywhere
- 倒(adv.) actually, however; to pour
- 道(measure word) for courses/questions; road; way
- 道理reason; argument; sense
- 道路road; path; way
- 地球the Earth
- 地铁subway
- 地铁站subway station; metro station
- 的话(particle) if; in case
- 得(particle) complement marker
- 得出to reach; to obtain (a result)
- 灯lamp; light
- 等到to wait until; by the time
- 等于to equal; to be tantamount to
- 低low; to lower
- 点头to nod
- 店shop; store; inn
- 掉to fall, to drop; to lose
- 东北northeast
- 东方east; the East
- 东南southeast
- 冬天winter
- 懂to understand
- 懂得to understand; to know
- 动物animal
- 动物园zoo
- 读音pronunciation
- 度degree; to spend (time)
- 短short (length)
- 短信text message
- 段(measure word) for periods; paragraph
- 队team; group; line
- 队长team leader; captain
- 对话dialogue; conversation
- 对面opposite; across from
- 多久how long; a long time
- 多么how (+adj); what a
- 多数majority; most
- 多云cloudy; overcast
- 而且and also; moreover
- 发to send out; to issue
- 发现to discover; to find
- 饭馆restaurant; diner
- 方便convenient
- 方便面instant noodles
- 方法method; way
- 方面aspect; side; field
- 方向direction
- 放下to put down; to let go of
- 放心to feel relieved; at ease
- 分开to separate; to part
- 分数score; grade; mark
- 分钟minute
- 份(measure word) for gifts
- 封(measure word) for letters; to seal
- 服务to serve; service
- 复习to review
- 该should; ought to; to be one's turn
- 改to change; to correct; to alter
- 改变to change; to alter
- 感到to feel; to sense
- 感动to move, touch (emotionally)
- 感觉feeling; to feel, to sense
- 感谢to thank; to be grateful
- 干杯to drink a toast; cheers!
- 干活儿to work; to do manual labor
- 刚just now; just, only
- 刚才just now; a moment ago
- 刚刚(adverb) just now; a moment ago
- 高级high level; high grade; advanced
- 高中senior high school
- 个子height; stature
- 更even more; further
- 公共汽车bus
- 公交车public bus; city bus
- 公斤kilogram
- 公里kilometer
- 公路highway; road
- 公平fair; impartial
- 公司company
- 公园park
- 狗dog
- 够enough; really (coll.); to reach
- 故事story; tale
- 故意(adv.) deliberately; on purpose
- 顾客customer; client
- 关机to turn off (a phone or machine)
- 关心to care about
- 观点point of view; viewpoint; standpoint
- 广场public square
- 广告advertisement; to advertise
- 国际international
- 过来to come over; to come here
- 过年to celebrate the New Year
- 过去the past; former
- 海sea; ocean
- 海边seaside; beach; coast
- 喊to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
- 好处benefit; advantage
- 好多many; a lot of; much better
- 好久a long time
- 好人good person; nice person
- 好事good thing; good deed; happy event
- 好像to seem like; as if
- 合适suitable; appropriate
- 河river
- 黑black
- 黑板blackboard
- 黑色black
- 红red
- 红色red
- 后来afterwards; later
- 忽然(adverb) suddenly
- 湖lake
- 护照passport
- 花园garden; park
- 画to draw; painting
- 画儿picture; drawing; painting
- 画家painter; artist
- 坏处harm; disadvantage; drawback
- 坏人bad person; villain
- 换to exchange; to change
- 欢迎to welcome
- 黄yellow
- 黄色yellow
- 回国to return to one's home country
- 活动activity; event; to exercise
- 或or; maybe; perhaps
- 或者or; perhaps
- 机会opportunity; chance
- 鸡chicken
- 级level; grade; rank
- 急urgent; anxious; hurried
- 计划plan; to plan
- 计算机computer
- 加to add; plus; to increase
- 加油to cheer on; to work harder; to refuel
- 家庭family
- 家长parent; guardian of a child
- 假fake; false; if, suppose
- 假期vacation; holiday period
- 检查to check; to inspect
- 见到to see; to meet
- 见过to have seen; to have met
- 件(measure word) for items, clothes
- 健康health; healthy
- 讲to speak; to explain
- 讲话to speak; to talk; speech
- 交to hand over; to pay; to intersect
- 交给to give; to hand over; to deliver
- 交朋友to make friends
- 交通traffic; transportation
- 角corner; angle
- 角度angle; (fig.) point of view
- 饺子dumpling
- 脚foot
- 叫作to be called; to be known as
- 教师teacher; instructor
- 教室classroom
- 教学teaching; instruction; to teach
- 教育education; to educate
- 接to receive; to meet; to answer (phone)
- 接到to receive; to get
- 接受to accept
- 接下来next; following; after that
- 接着then, next; to continue
- 街street
- 节festival; section; (measure word) for lessons
- 节目program; show
- 节日holiday; festival
- 结果result; in the end
- 借to borrow; to lend
- 今后from now on; in the future
- 斤(measure word) catty (500g)
- 近near; close
- 进入to enter; to go into
- 进行to carry out; to proceed
- 经常often; frequently
- 经过to pass by; process
- 经理manager
- 酒wine; liquor; alcohol
- 酒店hotel; restaurant; pub
- 就要to be about to; will soon
- 举to lift, raise; to cite
- 举手to raise one's hand
- 举行to hold (an event)
- 句sentence; (measure word) for sentences
- 句子sentence
- 卡card; to be stuck; slow
- 开机to turn on; to boot up
- 开心happy; to have fun
- 开学to start school; new term begins
- 看法viewpoint; opinion
- 考生exam candidate; test taker
- 靠to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
- 科subject; department; branch
- 科学science; scientific
- 科学家scientist
- 可爱cute; adorable
- 可能maybe; possible
- 可怕awful; dreadful; fearful
- 可是(conj.) but, however
- 可以can; may; okay
- 克to be able to; to subdue; to restrain
- 刻quarter (hour); moment
- 客人guest; visitor
- 课堂classroom; class session
- 空气air; atmosphere
- 哭to cry
- 快餐fast food; quick meal
- 快点儿hurry up; faster
- 快乐happy
- 快要about to; nearly
- 筷子chopsticks
- 拉to pull; to drag; to chat
- 来自to come from
- 蓝blue
- 蓝色blue (color)
- 篮球basketball
- 老年old age; elderly
- 老朋友old friend
- 老是always; all the time
- 离from; to leave; away from
- 离开to leave; to depart
- 礼物gift; present
- 里头inside; interior
- 理想ideal; dream
- 例如for example
- 例子example; case; instance
- 脸face
- 练to practice; to train
- 练习to practice; exercise
- 凉cool; cold
- 凉快pleasantly cool; to cool off
- 亮bright; to shine; loud and clear
- 辆(measure word) for vehicles
- 零下below zero (temperature)
- 流to flow; to spread
- 流利fluent
- 流行popular; fashionable; to spread
- 留to stay; to leave behind; to keep
- 留下to leave behind; to stay behind
- 留学生international student
- 路边roadside; curb
- 旅客traveler; passenger; tourist
- 旅行to travel; journey, trip
- 旅游to travel; trip
- 绿green
- 绿色green (color)
- 卖to sell
- 满full; to fill; satisfied
- 满意satisfied
- 猫cat
- 米rice; meter
- 面noodles; face; surface
- 面前in front of; facing
- 名(measure word) for people; name; place
- 名称name (of a thing or group)
- 名单list of names; roster
- 明星star
- 目的purpose; goal
- 拿出to take out; to produce; to come up with
- 拿到to get; to obtain; to receive
- 那会儿at that time; back then
- 那么so; like that; then
- 那时then; at that time
- 那时候at that time; back then
- 那样like that; that kind; that way
- 南方south; southern part
- 难过to feel sad; hard to bear
- 难看ugly; unsightly
- 难受to feel unwell; to suffer
- 难题difficult problem; tough question
- 难听unpleasant to hear; harsh; rude
- 能够to be able to; can
- 年级grade; year (in school)
- 年轻young
- 鸟bird
- 弄to do; to handle; to play with
- 努力to work hard; to try hard
- 爬to climb; to crawl
- 爬山to hike; to climb a mountain
- 怕to be afraid of; to fear
- 排row; line; to line up
- 排队to line up; to queue
- 排球volleyball
- 碰to touch; to meet with; to bump
- 碰到to run into; to come across
- 碰见to run into; to bump into
- 篇(measure word) for articles
- 片thin piece; flake; a slice
- 漂亮pretty; beautiful
- 平flat; to make even; equal
- 平安safe and sound; peaceful
- 平常ordinary; common; usually
- 平等equal; equality
- 平时(adv.) usually, normally
- 瓶bottle; (measure word) for bottles
- 瓶子bottle
- 普通ordinary; common; average
- 普通话Mandarin Chinese
- 其他other; else
- 其中among; of these
- 骑to ride (a bike, horse)
- 骑车to ride a bike
- 起飞to take off (plane)
- 气air; gas; to make angry
- 气温air temperature
- 千thousand
- 千克kilogram
- 前年the year before last
- 墙wall; (slang) to block (a website)
- 青年young person; youth
- 青少年teenager; youth; adolescent
- 轻light (not heavy); gentle
- 清楚clear; to understand clearly
- 晴clear; sunny (weather)
- 晴天sunny day; clear sky
- 请客to treat guests; to pay the bill
- 请求to request; a request
- 秋天autumn; fall
- 求to beg; to ask for; to seek
- 球场sports field; court; stadium
- 球队sports team
- 球鞋athletic shoes; sneakers
- 取to take; to get; to choose
- 取得to obtain; to achieve; to get
- 全all; whole; complete
- 全部all; whole
- 全国whole nation; nationwide
- 全家whole family
- 全年the whole year; all year long
- 全身the whole body
- 全体all; entire
- 然后then; after that
- 让to let; to allow; to make
- 热情enthusiastic; warm
- 人口population; people
- 人们people
- 人数number of people
- 认为to think; to consider
- 日报daily newspaper
- 日子day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- 如果if
- 入口entrance
- 商量to discuss; to consult
- 商人businessman; merchant
- 上周last week
- 少年youngster; early youth
- 少数small number; few; minority
- 身边at one's side; on hand
- 什么样what kind; what sort
- 生to be born; raw; unfamiliar
- 生词new word; vocabulary item
- 生活life; to live; livelihood
- 声音sound; voice
- 省province; to save, economize
- 十分(adv.) very, extremely
- 实际actual, real; practical
- 实习to intern; internship
- 实现to achieve
- 实在really, indeed; honest
- 食物food
- 使用to use; to employ
- 市city; municipality; market
- 市长mayor
- 事情matter; affair; thing
- 收to receive; to collect
- 收到to receive; to get
- 收入income; revenue
- 手表wristwatch
- 受到to receive; to be subjected to
- 舒服comfortable
- 熟cooked; ripe; familiar
- 数to count; to count as; to enumerate
- 数字number; digit; figure
- 水平level; standard
- 顺利smoothly
- 说明to explain; explanation
- 司机driver
- 送到to deliver to; to send to
- 送给to give to; to send to
- 算to calculate; to count; to count as
- 虽然although
- 随便as one wishes; casual
- 随时at any time; at the right time
- 所以so; therefore
- 所有all; to have, to own
- 它it
- 它们they; them (non-human)
- 太太married woman; Mrs.; Madam
- 太阳sun
- 态度attitude
- 讨论to discuss
- 套to cover; to encase; cover