HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Level 2 Vocabulary List

All 750 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 2 exam — the second band of the 2021 HSK standard, covering simple daily conversations. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

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Word	Traditional	Pinyin	Meaning
爱情	愛情	ài qíng	romance
安全		ān quán	safe
报名	報名	bào míng	to sign up
笔记本	筆記本	bǐ jì běn	notebook (stationery)
遍		biàn	everywhere
不但		bù dàn	not only (... but also ...)
不过	不過	bù guò	only
部分		bù fen	part
参观	參觀	cān guān	to look around
差不多		chà bu duō	almost
场	場	chǎng	large place used for a specific purpose
超过	超過	chāo guò	to surpass
成为	成為	chéng wéi	to become
出发	出發	chū fā	to set off
出生		chū shēng	to be born
词典	詞典	cí diǎn	dictionary
打印		dǎ yìn	to affix a seal
当	噹	dāng	(onom.) dong
当时	當時	dāng shí	then
到处	到處	dào chù	everywhere
地球		dì qiú	the earth
掉		diào	to fall
对话	對話	duì huà	to talk (with sb)
对面	對面	duì miàn	(sitting) opposite
发	發	fā	to send out
方法		fāng fǎ	method
方面		fāng miàn	respect
方向		fāng xiàng	direction
份		fèn	classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
改变	改變	gǎi biàn	to change
感动	感動	gǎn dòng	to move (sb)
感觉	感覺	gǎn jué	feeling
感谢	感謝	gǎn xiè	(express) thanks
干杯	乾杯	gān bēi	to drink a toast
刚刚	剛剛	gāng gang	just recently
高级	高級	gāo jí	high level
个子	個子	gè zi	height
公里		gōng lǐ	kilometer
够	夠	gòu	enough (sufficient)
故意		gù yì	deliberately
顾客	顧客	gù kè	customer
广告	廣告	guǎng gào	to advertise
国际	國際	guó jì	international
好处	好處	hǎo chǔ	easy to get along with
好像		hǎo xiàng	as if
合适	合適	hé shì	suitable
后来	後來	hòu lái	afterwards
忽然		hū rán	suddenly
活动	活動	huó dòng	to exercise
计划	計劃	jì huà	plan
假		jiǎ	fake
交		jiāo	to hand over
交通		jiāo tōng	to be connected
饺子	餃子	jiǎo zi	dumpling
教育		jiào yù	to educate
接受		jiē shòu	to accept
结果	結果	jié guǒ	outcome
进行	進行	jìn xíng	to advance
看法		kàn fǎ	way of looking at a thing
科学	科學	kē xué	science
可是		kě shì	but
空气	空氣	kōng qì	air
拉		lā	to pull
理想		lǐ xiǎng	an ideal
例如		lì rú	for example
凉快	涼快	liáng kuai	nice and cold
亮		liàng	bright
流利		liú lì	fluent
流行		liú xíng	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread
留		liú	to leave (a message etc)
满	滿	mǎn	to fill
目的		mù dì	purpose
难受	難受	nán shòu	to feel unwell
弄		nòng	to do
篇		piān	sheet
平时	平時	píng shí	ordinarily
瓶子		píng zi	bottle
其中		qí zhōng	among
起飞	起飛	qǐ fēi	(of an aircraft) to take off
墙	牆	qiáng	wall
轻	輕	qīng	light
请客	請客	qǐng kè	to give a dinner party
取		qǔ	to take
全部		quán bù	whole
入口		rù kǒu	entrance
商量		shāng liang	to consult
生活		shēng huó	to live
省		shěng	to save
十分		shí fēn	very
实际	實際	shí jì	reality
实在	實在	shí zài	really
使用		shǐ yòng	to use
收		shōu	to receive
收入		shōu rù	to take in
受到		shòu dào	to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
数字	數字	shù zì	numeral
顺利	順利	shùn lì	smoothly
说明	說明	shuō míng	to explain
算		suàn	to regard as
随便	隨便	suí biàn	as one wishes
所有		suǒ yǒu	all
态度	態度	tài du	manner
讨论	討論	tǎo lùn	to discuss
特点	特點	tè diǎn	characteristic (feature)
条件	條件	tiáo jiàn	condition
挺		tǐng	straight
通过	通過	tōng guò	to pass through
通知		tōng zhī	to notify
推		tuī	to push
完全		wán quán	complete
网球	網球	wǎng qiú	tennis
网站	網站	wǎng zhàn	website
往		wǎng	to go (in a direction)
味道		wèi dao	flavor
温度	溫度	wēn dù	temperature
洗衣机	洗衣機	xǐ yī jī	washing machine
响	響	xiǎng	echo
小说	小說	xiǎo shuō	novel
笑话	笑話	xiào hua	joke
心情		xīn qíng	mood
信心		xìn xīn	confidence
信用卡		xìn yòng kǎ	credit card
许多	許多	xǔ duō	many
样子	樣子	yàng zi	appearance
也许	也許	yě xǔ	perhaps
亿	億	yì	100 million
意见	意見	yì jiàn	idea
永远	永遠	yǒng yuǎn	forever
友好		yǒu hǎo	friendly
语言	語言	yǔ yán	language
原来	原來	yuán lái	original
原因		yuán yīn	cause
咱们	咱們	zán men	we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
脏	髒	zāng	dirty
真正		zhēn zhèng	genuine
正常		zhèng cháng	regular
正好		zhèng hǎo	just (in time)
正确	正確	zhèng què	correct
直接		zhí jiē	direct (opposite: indirect 间接)
只要		zhǐ yào	if only
重点	重點	zhòng diǎn	important point
重视	重視	zhòng shì	to attach importance to sth
重新		chóng xīn	again
准确	準確	zhǔn què	accurate
租		zū	to hire
组成	組成	zǔ chéng	to form
嘴		zuǐ	mouth
座		zuò	seat
座位		zuò wèi	seat
背		bèi	the back of a body or object
比如		bǐ rú	for example
不好意思		bù hǎo yì si	to feel embarrassed
不如		bù rú	not equal to
称	稱	chēng	to weigh
出口		chū kǒu	an exit
吹		chuī	to blow
答应	答應	dā ying	to answer
打工		dǎ gōng	to work a temporary or casual job
单位	單位	dān wèi	unit (of measure)
倒		dǎo	to fall
道理		dào li	reason
等于	等於	děng yú	to equal
点头	點頭	diǎn tóu	to nod
短信		duǎn xìn	text message
干活儿	幹活兒	gàn huó r	erhua variant of 干活
公平		gōng píng	fair
观点	觀點	guān diǎn	point of view
广场	廣場	guǎng chǎng	public square
喊		hǎn	to yell
家庭		jiā tíng	family
角度		jiǎo dù	angle
接着	接著	jiē zhe	to catch and hold on
节	節	jié	joint
举	舉	jǔ	to lift
开心	開心	kāi xīn	to feel happy
可怕		kě pà	awful
克		kè	to be able to
来自	來自	lái zì	to come from (a place)
明星		míng xīng	star
难看	難看	nán kàn	ugly
排队	排隊	pái duì	to line up
排球		pái qiú	volleyball
碰见	碰見	pèng jiàn	to run into
片		piàn	thin piece
平		píng	flat
平常		píng cháng	ordinary
平等		píng děng	equal
青少年		qīng shào nián	adolescent
请求	請求	qǐng qiú	to request
人口		rén kǒu	population
实习	實習	shí xí	to practice
实现	實現	shí xiàn	to achieve
食物		shí wù	food
随时	隨時	suí shí	at any time
太太		tài tai	married woman
套		tào	to cover
提		tí	to carry (hanging down from the hand)
同时	同時	tóng shí	at the same time
闻	聞	wén	to hear
信号	信號	xìn hào	signal

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