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.
| Word | Traditional | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 晴天 | qíng tiān | clear sky | |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn | |
| 求 | qiú | to seek | |
| 球场 | 球場 | qiú chǎng | stadium |
| 球队 | 球隊 | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 球鞋 | qiú xié | athletic shoes | |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire | |
| 全 | quán | all | |
| 全国 | 全國 | quán guó | whole nation |
| 全家 | quán jiā | whole family | |
| 全年 | quán nián | the whole year | |
| 全身 | quán shēn | the whole body | |
| 全体 | 全體 | quán tǐ | all |
| 人们 | 人們 | rén men | people |
| 人数 | 人數 | rén shù | number of people |
| 日报 | 日報 | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 日子 | rì zi | day | |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant | |
| 上周 | shàng zhōu | last week | |
| 少年 | shào nián | early youth | |
| 少数 | 少數 | shǎo shù | small number |
| 身边 | 身邊 | shēn biān | at one's side |
| 什么样 | 什麼樣 | shén me yàng | what kind? |
| 生 | shēng | to be born | |
| 生词 | 生詞 | shēng cí | new word (in textbook) |
| 市 | shì | market | |
| 市长 | 市長 | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive | |
| 熟 | shú | ripe | |
| 数 | 數 | shù | number |
| 送到 | sòng dào | Deliver | |
| 送给 | 送給 | sòng gěi | to send |
| 它们 | 它們 | tā men | they (for inanimate objects) |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue) | |
| 提到 | tí dào | to mention | |
| 体育场 | 體育場 | tǐ yù chǎng | stadium |
| 体育馆 | 體育館 | tǐ yù guǎn | gym |
| 天上 | tiān shàng | celestial | |
| 听讲 | 聽講 | tīng jiǎng | to attend a lecture |
| 听说 | 聽說 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) |
| 停 | tíng | to stop | |
| 停车 | 停車 | tíng chē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle) |
| 停车场 | 停車場 | tíng chē chǎng | parking lot |
| 挺好 | tǐng hǎo | very good | |
| 通 | tōng | to go through | |
| 同样 | 同樣 | tóng yàng | same |
| 头 | 頭 | tóu | head |
| 图片 | 圖片 | tú piàn | picture |
| 外地 | wài dì | parts of the country other than where one is | |
| 外卖 | 外賣 | wài mài | (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal |
| 晚安 | wǎn ān | Good night! | |
| 晚报 | 晚報 | wǎn bào | evening newspaper |
| 晚餐 | wǎn cān | evening meal | |
| 晚会 | 晚會 | wǎn huì | evening party |
| 网 | 網 | wǎng | net |
| 问路 | 問路 | wèn lù | to ask for directions |
| 午餐 | wǔ cān | lunch | |
| 午睡 | wǔ shuì | to take a nap | |
| 西北 | xī běi | northwest | |
| 西餐 | xī cān | Western-style food | |
| 西方 | xī fāng | the West | |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest | |
| 西医 | 西醫 | xī yī | Western medicine |
| 下雪 | xià xuě | to snow | |
| 下周 | 下週 | xià zhōu | next week |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer | |
| 相机 | 相機 | xiàng jī | camera (abbr. for 照相机) |
| 想到 | xiǎng dào | to think of | |
| 想法 | xiǎng fǎ | way of thinking | |
| 想起 | xiǎng qǐ | to recall | |
| 小声 | 小聲 | xiǎo shēng | in a low voice |
| 小时候 | 小時候 | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood |
| 小组 | 小組 | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 校园 | 校園 | xiào yuán | campus |
| 笑话儿 | 笑話兒 | xiàohuar | Joke |
| 心里 | 心裡 | xīn li | chest |
| 心中 | xīn zhōng | central point | |
| 星星 | xīng xing | (coll.) a star | |
| 姓名 | xìng míng | surname and given name | |
| 休假 | xiū jià | to go on vacation | |
| 选 | 選 | xuǎn | to choose |
| 眼 | yǎn | eye | |
| 养 | 養 | yǎng | to raise (animals) |
| 药店 | 藥店 | yào diàn | pharmacy |
| 药片 | 藥片 | yào piàn | a (medicine) pill or tablet |
| 药水 | 藥水 | yào shuǐ | medicine in liquid form |
| 夜里 | 夜裡 | yè li | during the night |
| 一部分 | yī bù fen | portion | |
| 一点点 | 一點點 | yī diǎn diǎn | a little bit |
| 一路平安 | yī lù píng ān | to have a pleasant journey | |
| 一路顺风 | 一路順風 | yī lù shùn fēng | to have a pleasant journey (idiom) |
| 一生 | yī shēng | all one's life | |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher | |
| 以外 | yǐ wài | apart from | |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower | |
| 阴天 | 陰天 | yīn tiān | cloudy day |
| 音节 | 音節 | yīn jié | syllable |
| 音乐会 | 音樂會 | yīn yuè huì | concert |
| 银行卡 | 銀行卡 | yín háng kǎ | bank card |
| 英文 | yīng wén | English (language) | |
| 英语 | 英語 | yīng yǔ | English (language) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film | |
| 油 | yóu | oil | |
| 游客 | 遊客 | yóu kè | traveler |
| 有点儿 | 有點兒 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly |
| 有空儿 | 有空兒 | yǒukòngr | available |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone | |
| 有一点儿 | 有一點兒 | yǒu yī diǎn r | a bit |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting | |
| 院 | yuàn | courtyard | |
| 院长 | 院長 | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院 |
| 院子 | yuàn zi | courtyard | |
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month | |
| 越来越 | 越來越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 咱 | zán | I or me | |
| 早餐 | zǎo cān | breakfast | |
| 早晨 | zǎo chén | early morning | |
| 早就 | zǎo jiù | already at an earlier time | |
| 怎么办 | 怎麼辦 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 怎样 | 怎樣 | zěn yàng | how |
| 占 | zhàn | to take possession of | |
| 站住 | zhàn zhù | to stand | |
| 长大 | 長大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 找出 | zhǎo chū | to find | |
| 照相 | zhào xiàng | to take a photograph | |
| 这么 | 這麼 | zhè me | so much |
| 这时 | 這時 | zhè shí | at this time |
| 这时候 | 這時候 | zhè shíhòu | At this moment |
| 这样 | 這樣 | zhè yàng | this kind of |
| 正是 | zhèng shì | is precisely | |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | can only | |
| 纸 | 紙 | zhǐ | paper |
| 中餐 | zhōng cān | lunch | |
| 中级 | 中級 | zhōng jí | middle level (in a hierarchy) |
| 中年 | zhōng nián | middle age | |
| 中小学 | 中小學 | zhōng xiǎo xué | middle and elementary school |
| 中医 | 中醫 | zhōng yī | traditional Chinese medical science |
| 周 | zhōu | to make a circuit | |
| 周年 | 週年 | zhōu nián | anniversary |
| 住房 | zhù fáng | housing | |
| 住院 | zhù yuàn | to be in hospital | |
| 走过 | 走過 | zǒu guò | to walk past |
| 走进 | 走進 | zǒu jìn | to enter |
| 走开 | 走開 | zǒu kāi | to leave |
| 组 | 組 | zǔ | to form |
| 组长 | 組長 | zǔ zhǎng | group leader |
| 作家 | zuò jiā | author | |
| 做到 | zuò dào | to accomplish | |
| 做法 | zuò fǎ | way of handling sth | |
| 做饭 | 做飯 | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal |
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