Home / HSK 1 HSK 1 Vocabulary List 词汇表 The complete official HSK 1 word list from the HSK 3.0 (2021) standard: 506 words with tone-marked pinyin, part of speech, and English meanings, built on 300 characters . Every word links to its word page, and every character links to a stroke-order page.
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All 506 HSK 1 words # 5 b 33 c 21 d 40 f 12 g 21 h 29 j 27 k 17 l 20 m 27 n 34 p 4 q 18 r 7 s 43 t 13 w 17 x 39 y 31 z 48 #5 Word Pinyin POS Definition 爱 ài v. / adj. to love 爱好 ài hào n. / v. to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on 饿 è v. / adj. hungry 儿子 ér zi n. son 二 èr num. / n. two
b33 Word Pinyin POS Definition 八 bā num. / n. eight 爸爸 bà ba n. (coll.) father; dad 爸 bà n. father 吧 ba part. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 白 bái adj. / n. / adv. / v. surname Bai 白天 bái tiān n. daytime 百 bǎi num. / n. surname Bai 班 bān n. / mw. surname Ban 半 bàn num. half 半年 bàn nián n. half a year 半天 bàn tiān mw. / n. half of the day 帮 bāng v. / mw. old variant of 帮 帮忙 bāng máng v. to help 包 bāo v. / n. / mw. surname Bao 包子 bāo zǐ n. baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun) 杯 bēi mw. cup 杯子 bēi zi n. cup 北 běi n. north 北边 běi biān n. north 北京 běi jīng n. Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1]) 本 běn pron. / mw. / adv. / n. (bound form) root 本子 běn zi n. book 比 bǐ prep. / v. / n. / adj. Belgium 别 bié adv. / v. / pron. surname Bie 别的 bié de pron. else 别人 bié rén pron. other people; others; other person 病 bìng n. / v. illness 病人 bìng rén n. sick person 不大 bù dà adv. not very (clear, far away etc); not too 不对 bù duì adj. incorrect 不客气 bù kè qì — 不用 bù yòng adv. need not 不 bù adv. no
c21 Word Pinyin POS Definition 菜 cài n. vegetable 茶 chá n. tea 差 chà adj. / v. difference 常 cháng adv. / n. surname Chang 常常 cháng cháng adv. frequently; often 唱 chàng v. to sing 唱歌 chàng gē v. to sing a song 车 chē n. / mw. surname Che 车票 chē piào n. ticket (for a bus or train) 车上 chē shàng n. 车站 chē zhàn n. rail station 吃 chī v. to eat 吃饭 chī fàn v. to have a meal 出 chū v. / mw. to go out 出来 chū lái v. to come out 出去 chū qù v. to go out 穿 chuān v. to wear 床 chuáng n. / mw. bed 次 cì adj. next in sequence 从 cóng prep. variant of 从 错 cuò v. / n. surname Cuo
d40 Word Pinyin POS Definition 打 dǎ v. (loanword) dozen 打车 dǎ chē v. to take a taxi (in town) 打电话 dǎ diàn huà v. to make a telephone call 打开 dǎ kāi v. to open 打球 dǎ qiú v. to play ball 大 dà adj. / adv. / n. big 大学 dà xué n. the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism 大学生 dà xué shēng n. university student; college student 到 dào v. / prep. to reach 得到 dé dào v. to get; to obtain; to receive 地 dì part. / n. -ly 的 de part. / n. of 等 děng v. / part. to wait for 地点 dì diǎn n. place 地方 dì fāng n. region 地上 dì shàng n. on the ground 地图 dì tú n. map 弟弟 dì di n. younger brother 弟 dì n. younger brother 第（第二） dì （ dì èr ） num. 点 diǎn n. / v. to touch briefly 电 diàn n. lightning 电话 diàn huà n. telephone 电脑 diàn nǎo n. computer 电视 diàn shì n. television; TV 电视机 diàn shì jī n. television set 电影 diàn yǐng n. movie; film 电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn n. cinema; movie theater 东 dōng n. / adj. surname Dong 东边 dōng biān n. east 东西 dōng xī n. east and west 动 dòng v. (of sth) to move 动作 dòng zuò n. / v. movement; motion; action 都 dōu adv. surname Du 读 dú v. comma 读书 dú shū v. to read a book 对 duì prep. / v. / mw. / adj. right 对不起 duì bù qǐ v. I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon 多 duō adj. / num. / adv. / v. many 多少 duō shǎo pron. number; amount
f12 Word Pinyin POS Definition 饭 fàn n. cooked rice 饭店 fàn diàn n. restaurant 房间 fáng jiān n. room 房子 fáng zi n. house 放 fàng v. to put 放假 fàng jià v. to have a holiday or vacation 放学 fàng xué v. to dismiss students at the end of the school day 飞 fēi v. to fly 飞机 fēi jī n. airplane 非常 fēi cháng adv. / adj. very; really 分 fēn n. / v. / adv. to divide 风 fēng n. wind
g21 Word Pinyin POS Definition 干 gān v. / adj. old variant of 干 干净 gān jìng adj. clean 干什么 gàn shén me v. what are you doing? 高 gāo adj. / v. surname Gao 高兴 gāo xìng adj. happy 告诉 gào sù v. to press charges; to file a complaint 哥哥 gē ge n. older brother 哥 gē n. elder brother 歌 gē n. song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]) 个 gè mw. used in 自个儿 给 gěi prep. / v. / part. to 跟 gēn prep. / v. heel 工人 gōng rén n. worker 工作 gōng zuò v. / n. to work 关 guān v. / n. surname Guan 关上 guān shàng v. to close (a door) 贵 guì adj. / pron. abbr. for Guizhou Province 贵州 国 guó n. surname Guo 国家 guó jiā n. country; nation; state 国外 guó wài n. abroad 过 guò part. / v. / adv. surname Guo
h29 Word Pinyin POS Definition 还 hái adv. / v. surname Huan 还是 hái shì conj. / adv. / v. still (as before) 还有 hái yǒu v. there still remain(s); there is (or are) still 孩子 hái zi n. child 汉语 hàn yǔ n. Chinese language 汉字 hàn zì n. Chinese character(s) 好 hǎo adj. / adv. / v. good 好吃 hǎo chī adj. tasty; delicious 好看 hǎo kàn adj. good-looking; nice-looking 好听 hǎo tīng adj. pleasant to hear 好玩儿 hǎo wán ér adj. erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2] 号 hào mw. / n. / v. roar 喝 hē v. to drink 和 hé prep. / v. / n. old variant of 和[he2] 很 hěn adv. very 后 hòu n. surname Hou 后边 hòu biān n. the back; the rear; the last bit 后天 hòu tiān n. the day after tomorrow 花 huā v. / n. / adj. surname Hua 话 huà n. / v. dialect 坏 huài adj. / v. bad 回 huí v. to circle 回答 huí dá v. to reply; to answer 回到 huí dào v. to return to 回家 huí jiā v. to return home 回来 huí lái v. to return; to come back 回去 huí qù v. to return 会 huì v. / n. can 火车 huǒ chē n. train
j27 Word Pinyin POS Definition 机场 jī chǎng n. airport; airfield 机票 jī piào n. plane ticket; airline ticket 鸡蛋 jī dàn n. (chicken) egg 几 jǐ num. / adv. small table 记 jì v. / mw. to record 记得 jì de v. to remember 记住 jì zhù v. to remember 家 jiā n. / mw. used in 家伙 and 家俱 家里 jiā lǐ n. home 家人 jiā rén n. family member 间 jiān mw. / n. / v. between 见 jiàn v. to see 见面 jiàn miàn v. to meet; to see each other 教 jiào v. surname Jiao 叫 jiào v. / prep. / n. to shout 教学楼 jiào xué lóu n. school building; academic building 姐姐 jiě jie n. older sister 姐 jiě n. older sister 介绍 jiè shào v. to introduce (sb to sb) 今年 jīn nián n. this year 今天 jīn tiān n. today 进 jìn v. to go forward 进来 jìn lái v. to come in 进去 jìn qù v. to go in 九 jiǔ num. / n. / adj. nine 就 jiù adv. / prep. / conj. / v. (after a suppositional clause) in that case 觉得 jué de v. to think that ...; to feel that ...
k17 Word Pinyin POS Definition 开 kāi v. / mw. to open (transitive or intransitive) 开车 kāi chē v. to drive a car (or train etc) 开会 kāi huì v. to hold a meeting 开玩笑 kāi wán xiào v. to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke 看 kàn v. / part. to look after 看病 kàn bìng v. to visit a doctor 看到 kàn dào v. to see 看见 kàn jiàn v. to see; to catch sight of 考 kǎo v. to beat 考试 kǎo shì v. to take an exam 渴 kě adj. / v. thirsty 课 kè n. subject 课本 kè běn n. textbook 课文 kè wén n. text 口 kǒu mw. / n. mouth 块 kuài mw. lump 快 kuài adj. / adv. rapid
l20 Word Pinyin POS Definition 来 lái v. / n. / num. / part. to come 来到 lái dào v. to arrive; to come 老 lǎo adj. / adv. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 老人 lǎo rén n. old man or woman 老师 lǎo shī n. teacher 了 liǎo part. / v. (completed action marker) 累 lèi adj. / v. to accumulate 冷 lěng adj. surname Leng 里 lǐ n. / mw. variant of 里 里边 lǐ biān n. inside 两 liǎng num. / n. two 零 líng num. / n. zero 〇 líng — zero 六 liù num. / n. six 楼 lóu n. surname Lou 楼上 lóu shàng n. upstairs 楼下 lóu xià n. downstairs 路 lù n. surname Lu 路口 lù kǒu n. crossing 路上 lù shang n. on the road
m27 Word Pinyin POS Definition 妈妈 mā ma n. mama 妈 mā n. ma 马路 mǎ lù n. street 马上 mǎ shàng adv. / n. at once 吗 ma part. (coll.) what? 买 mǎi v. to buy 慢 màn adj. slow 忙 máng v. / adj. busy 毛 máo n. / mw. surname Mao 没 méi adv. / v. (negative prefix for verbs) have not 没关系 méi guān xì v. it doesn't matter 没什么 méi shén me v. it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind 没事儿 méi shì ér v. to have spare time 没有 méi yǒu v. / adv. haven't 妹妹 mèi mei n. younger sister 妹 mèi n. younger sister 门 mén n. / mw. surname Men 门口 mén kǒu n. doorway 门票 mén piào n. ticket (for theater, cinema etc) 们（朋友们） men （ péng yǒu men ） suf. 米饭 mǐ fàn n. (cooked) rice 面包 miàn bāo n. bread 面条儿 miàn tiáo ér — 名字 míng zì n. name (of a person or thing) 明白 míng bái v. / adj. clear; obvious; unequivocal 明年 míng nián n. next year 明天 míng tiān n. tomorrow
n34 Word Pinyin POS Definition 拿 ná v. old variant of 拿[na2] 哪 nǎ pron. / part. how 哪里 nǎ lǐ pron. where? 哪儿 nǎ ér pron. where? 哪些 nǎ xiē pron. which ones? 那 nà pron. / conj. surname Na 那边 nà biān pron. over there 那里 nà lǐ pron. there; that place 那儿 nà ér pron. there 那些 nà xiē pron. those 奶 nǎi n. / v. breast 奶奶 nǎi nai n. (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) 男 nán adj. (bound form) male 男孩儿 nán hái ér — 男朋友 nán péng yǒu n. boyfriend 男人 nán rén n. a man 男生 nán shēng n. schoolboy 南 nán adj. / n. surname Nan 南边 nán biān n. south 难 nán adj. / v. difficult (to...) 呢 ne part. particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") 能 néng v. surname Neng 你 nǐ pron. you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) 你好 nǐ hǎo — hello; hi 你们 nǐ men pron. you (plural) 年 nián n. surname Nian 您 nín pron. you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) 牛奶 niú nǎi n. cow's milk 女 nǚ adj. female 女儿 nǚ ér n. daughter 女孩儿 nǚ hái ér — erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2] 女朋友 nǚ péng yǒu n. girlfriend 女人 nǚ rén n. woman 女生 nǚ shēng n. schoolgirl
p4 Word Pinyin POS Definition 旁边 páng biān n. side; adjacent place 跑 pǎo v. (of an animal) to paw (the ground) 朋友 péng yǒu n. friend 票 piào n. / mw. ticket
q18 Word Pinyin POS Definition 七 qī num. / n. seven 起 qǐ v. / mw. / n. to rise 起床 qǐ chuáng v. to get out of bed; to get up 起来 qǐ lái v. to stand up; to get up 汽车 qì chē n. car 前 qián n. / v. front 前边 qián biān n. front 前天 qián tiān n. the day before yesterday 钱 qián n. surname Qian 钱包 qián bāo n. purse 请 qǐng v. to ask 请假 qǐng jià v. to request leave of absence 请进 qǐng jìn — 请问 qǐng wèn v. Excuse me, may I ask...? 请坐 qǐng zuò — 球 qiú n. ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2]) 去 qù v. to go 去年 qù nián n. last year
r7 Word Pinyin POS Definition 热 rè adj. / n. / suf. / v. to warm up 人 rén n. person 认识 rèn shi v. / n. to know 认真 rèn zhēn adj. conscientious 日 rì n. / adj. abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan 日期 rì qī n. date 肉 ròu n. meat
s43 Word Pinyin POS Definition 三 sān num. / n. surname San 山 shān n. surname Shan 商场 shāng chǎng n. shopping mall 商店 shāng diàn n. store; shop 上 shàng n. / v. used in 上声 上班 shàng bān v. to go to work 上边 shàng biān n. the top 上车 shàng chē v. to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) 上次 shàng cì n. last time 上课 shàng kè v. to go to class 上网 shàng wǎng v. to go online 上午 shàng wǔ n. morning 上学 shàng xué v. to go to school 少 shǎo adj. / v. / adv. few 谁 shuí pron. who 身上 shēn shàng n. on the body 身体 shēn tǐ n. the body 什么 shén me pron. what? 生病 shēng bìng v. to fall ill 生气 shēng qì adj. / n. / v. to get angry; to be furious 生日 shēng rì n. birthday 十 shí num. / n. ten 时候 shí hòu n. time 时间 shí jiān n. (concept of) time 事 shì n. matter 试 shì v. to test 是 shì v. to be (followed by substantives only) 是不是 shì bù shì v. is or is not (used to form yes-no questions) 手 shǒu n. / mw. hand 手机 shǒu jī n. cell phone; mobile phone 书 shū n. abbr. for 书经 书包 shū bāo n. schoolbag 书店 shū diàn n. bookstore 树 shù n. / v. tree 水 shuǐ n. surname Shui 水果 shuǐ guǒ n. fruit 睡 shuì v. to sleep 睡觉 shuì jiào v. to go to bed 说 shuō v. to persuade 说话 shuō huà v. to speak 四 sì num. / n. four 送 sòng v. to send 岁 suì — variant of 岁, year
t13 Word Pinyin POS Definition 他 tā pron. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he 他们 tā men pron. they; them 她 tā pron. she 她们 tā men pron. they; them (females) 太 tài adv. / adj. highest 天 tiān n. day 天气 tiān qì n. weather 听 tīng v. smile (archaic) 听到 tīng dào v. to hear 听见 tīng jiàn v. to hear 听写 tīng xiě v. (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation 同学 tóng xué n. to study at the same school 图书馆 tú shū guǎn n. library
w17 Word Pinyin POS Definition 外 wài n. outside 外边 wài biān n. outside 外国 wài guó n. foreign country 外语 wài yǔ n. foreign language 玩儿 wán ér v. to play 晚 wǎn adj. evening 晚饭 wǎn fàn n. evening meal 晚上 wǎn shàng n. evening 网上 wǎng shàng n. online 网友 wǎng yǒu n. online friend 忘 wàng v. to forget 忘记 wàng jì v. to forget 问 wèn v. to ask 我 wǒ pron. I 我们 wǒ men pron. we; us; ourselves; our 五 wǔ num. / n. five 午饭 wǔ fàn n. lunch
x39 Word Pinyin POS Definition 西 xī n. / adj. the West 西边 xī biān n. west 洗 xǐ v. to wash 洗手间 xǐ shǒu jiān n. toilet 喜欢 xǐ huan v. to like; to be fond of 下 xià v. / n. down 下班 xià bān v. to finish work; to get off work 下边 xià biān n. under 下车 xià chē v. to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) 下次 xià cì n. next time 下课 xià kè v. to finish class 下午 xià wǔ n. afternoon 下雨 xià yǔ v. to rain 先 xiān adv. beforehand 先生 xiān shēng n. teacher 现在 xiàn zài n. now; at present; currently 想 xiǎng v. to think (about) 小 xiǎo adj. small 小孩儿 xiǎo hái ér — erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] 小姐 xiǎo jiě n. young lady 小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu n. child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) 小时 xiǎo shí n. / mw. hour 小学 xiǎo xué n. elementary school; primary school 小学生 xiǎo xué shēng n. primary school student 笑 xiào v. old variant of 笑[xiao4] 写 xiě v. to write 谢谢 xiè xiè v. to thank 新 xīn adj. / adv. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] 新年 xīn nián n. New Year 星期 xīng qī n. week 星期日 xīng qī rì n. Sunday 星期天 xīng qī tiān n. Sunday 行 xíng v. / mw. / adj. / n. (bound form) row 休息 xiū xi v. rest 学 xué v. to learn 学生 xué shēng n. student 学习 xué xí v. to learn; to study 学校 xué xiào n. school 学院 xué yuàn n. college
y31 Word Pinyin POS Definition 要 yào v. (bound form) to demand 爷爷 yé ye n. (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa 也 yě adv. / part. / adj. surname Ye 页 yè mw. head 一 yī num. / adv. / n. one 衣服 yī fu n. clothes 医生 yī shēng n. doctor; medical practitioner 医院 yī yuàn n. hospital 一半 yī bàn num. half 一会儿 yī huì er mw. a moment 一块儿 yī kuài ér adv. / n. erhua variant of 一块 一下儿 yī xià ér — 一样 yī yàng part. / adj. same 一边 yī biān adv. / n. one side 一点儿 yī diǎn ér mw. erhua variant of 一点 一起 yī qǐ n. / adv. (in) the same place 一些 yī xiē mw. some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er 用 yòng v. / prep. to use 有 yǒu v. to have 有的 yǒu de pron. (there are) some (who are...) 有名 yǒu míng adj. famous 有时候 yǒu shí hòu adv. sometimes 有时 yǒu shí adv. sometimes; now and then 有（一）些 yǒu （ yī ） xiē pron. 有用 yǒu yòng adj. / v. useful 右 yòu n. / adj. (bound form) right 右边 yòu biān n. right side 雨 yǔ n. rain 元 yuán mw. surname Yuan 远 yuǎn adj. far 月 yuè n. moon
z48 Word Pinyin POS Definition 再 zài adv. again 再见 zài jiàn v. goodbye 在 zài prep. / v. / adv. to exist 在家 zài jiā v. to be at home 早 zǎo adj. early 早饭 zǎo fàn n. breakfast 早上 zǎo shàng n. early morning 怎么 zěn me pron. how? 站 zhàn v. / n. / mw. station 找 zhǎo v. to try to find 找到 zhǎo dào v. to find 这 zhè pron. (pronoun) this 这边 zhè biān pron. this side 这里 zhè lǐ pron. variant of 这里 这儿 zhè ér pron. here 这些 zhè xiē pron. these 着 zhe part. / v. / n. / mw. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) 真 zhēn adv. / adj. really 真的 zhēn de adv. / adj. really; truly; indeed 正 zhèng adv. / adj. / v. first month of the lunar year 正在 zhèng zài adv. to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing 知道 zhī dào v. to know; to become aware of 知识 zhī shi n. knowledge 中 zhōng n. / adj. / v. (bound form) China 中国 zhōng guó n. China 中间 zhōng jiān n. the middle; the inside 中文 zhōng wén n. Chinese language 中午 zhōng wǔ n. noon 中学 zhōng xué n. middle school 中学生 zhōng xué shēng n. middle-school student 重 zhòng adj. / adv. / v. / mw. to repeat 重要 zhòng yào adj. important; significant; major 住 zhù v. to live 准备 zhǔn bèi v. preparation 桌子 zhuō zi n. table 字 zì n. letter 子（桌子） zǐ （ zhuō zi ） mw. 走 zǒu v. to walk 走路 zǒu lù v. to walk; to go on foot 最 zuì adv. variant of 最[zui4] 最好 zuì hǎo adv. best 最后 zuì hòu n. final; last; ultimate 昨天 zuó tiān n. yesterday 左 zuǒ n. / adj. surname Zuo 左边 zuǒ biān n. left 坐 zuò v. surname Zuo 坐下 zuò xià v. to sit down 做 zuò v. to make
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