HSK vocabulary

HSK 1 Vocabulary List

All 150 words for the HSK 1 exam — the first words every Mandarin learner needs — greetings, numbers, family, and everyday verbs. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
àito love
eight
爸爸bà ba(coll.) father
杯子bēi zicup
北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
běnroot
no
不客气不客氣bù kè qiyou're welcome
càidish (type of food)
chátea
chīto eat
出租车出租車chū zū chētaxi
打电话打電話dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
big
deof
diǎnpoint
电脑電腦diàn nǎocomputer
电视電視diàn shìtelevision
电影電影diàn yǐngmovie
东西東西dōng xīeast and west
surname Du
dòucomma
对不起對不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry
duōmany
多少duō shǎonumber
儿子兒子ér zison
èrtwo
饭馆飯館fàn guǎnrestaurant
飞机飛機fēi jīairplane
分钟分鐘fēn zhōngminute
高兴高興gāo xìnghappy
used in 自个儿
工作gōng zuòto work
gǒudog
汉语漢語hàn yǔChinese language
hǎogood
to drink
old variant of 和
hěn(adverb of degree)
后面後面hòu mianthe back
huíto circle
huìcan
火车站火車站huǒ chē zhàntrain station
small table
jiāused in 家伙 and 家俱
jiàoto shout
今天jīn tiāntoday
jiǔnine
kāito open (transitive or intransitive)
kānto look after
看见看見kàn jiànto see
kuàilump
láito come
老师老師lǎo shīteacher
le(completed action marker)
lěngsurname Leng
variant of 里
língzero
liùsix
妈妈媽媽mā mamama
(coll.) what?
mǎito buy
māocat
méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not
没关系沒關係méi guān xiit doesn't matter
米饭米飯mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
明天míng tiāntomorrow
how
surname Na
neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
néngsurname Neng
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
niánsurname Nian
女儿女兒nǚ érdaughter
朋友péng youfriend
漂亮piào liangpretty
苹果蘋果píng guǒapple
seven
前面qián miànahead
qiánsurname Qian
qǐngto ask
to go
to warm up
rénperson
认识認識rèn shito know
abbr. for 本, Japan
sānsurname San
商店shāng diànstore
shǎngused in 上声
上午shàng wǔmorning
shǎofew
什么什麼shén mewhat?
shíten
时候時候shí houtime
shìto be (followed by substantives only)
shūabbr. for 书经
shéiwho
shuǐsurname Shui
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
睡觉睡覺shuì jiàoto go to bed
说话說話shuō huàto speak
four
suìvariant of 岁, year
he
she
tàihighest
天气天氣tiān qìweather
yǐnsmile (archaic)
同学同學tóng xuéto study at the same school
wéihello (when answering the phone)
I
我们我們wǒ menwe
five
喜欢喜歡xǐ huanto like
xiàdown
下午xià wǔafternoon
下雨xià yǔto rain
先生xiān shengteacher
现在現在xiàn zàinow
xiǎngto think (about)
xiǎosmall
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady
xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
xiěto write
谢谢謝謝xiè xieto thank
星期xīng qīweek
学生學生xué shengstudent
学习學習xué xíto learn
学校學校xué xiàoschool
one
衣服yī fuclothes
医生醫生yī shēngdoctor
医院醫院yī yuànhospital
椅子yǐ zichair
yǒuto have
yuèmoon
再见再見zài jiàngoodbye
zàito exist
怎么怎麼zěn mehow?
怎么样怎麼樣zěn me yànghow?
zhè(pronoun) this
中国中國zhōng guóChina
中午zhōng wǔnoon
zhùto live
桌子zhuō zitable
letter
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
zuòsurname Zuo
zuòto make

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