HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Level 3 Vocabulary List

All 953 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 3 exam — the third band of the 2021 HSK standard — daily life, work, and travel vocabulary. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

WordTraditionalPinyinMeaning
后面後面hòu mianthe back
苹果蘋果píng guǒapple
前面qián miànahead
服务员服務員fú wù yuánwaiter
咖啡kā fēicoffee (loanword)
开始開始kāi shǐto begin
měieach
跑步pǎo bùto run
跳舞tiào wǔto dance
希望xī wàngto hope
游泳yóu yǒngswimming
zhāngto open up
to hold
bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)
bèiquilt
比较比較bǐ jiàoto compare
比赛比賽bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc)
变化變化biàn huà(intransitive) to change
表演biǎo yǎnplay
衬衫襯衫chèn shānshirt
城市chéng shìcity
除了chú lebesides
当然當然dāng ránonly natural
gǎnto dare
感冒gǎn màoto catch cold
关系關係guān xirelation
果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice
害怕hài pàto be afraid
环境環境huán jìngenvironment
会议會議huì yìmeeting
简单簡單jiǎn dānsimple
结婚結婚jié hūnto marry
结束結束jié shùtermination
解决解決jiě juéto solve
jiǔ(long) time
jiùold
决定決定jué dìngto decide (to do something)
空调空調kōng tiáoair conditioning
裤子袴子kù zivariant of 裤子, trousers
horse
pàngfat
啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)
其实其實qí shíactually
奇怪qí guàistrange
裙子qún ziskirt
容易róng yìeasy
使shǐto make
世界shì jièworld
shuāngtwo
tángsugar
tiánsweet
同意tóng yìto agree
突然tū ránsudden
为了為了wèi lefor
文化wén huàculture
香蕉xiāng jiāobanana
需要xū yàoto need
游戏遊戲yóu xìgame
终于終於zhōng yúat last
zhǒngseed
注意zhù yìto take note of
zhùto pray for
总是總是zǒng shìalways
安排ān páito arrange
按照àn zhàoaccording to
保护保護bǎo hùto protect
保证保證bǎo zhèngguarantee
报道報道bào dàoto report (news)
本来本來běn láioriginal
标准標準biāo zhǔnstandard
表达表達biǎo dáto express
表格biǎo géform
并且並且bìng qiěand
不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to
不仅不僅bù jǐnnot just
chǎoto quarrel
成功chéng gōngsuccess
成熟chéng shúmature
从来從來cóng láialways
大夫dài fudoctor
大概dà gàiroughly
大使馆大使館dà shǐ guǎnembassy
大约大約dà yuēapproximately
代表dài biǎorepresentative
当地當地dāng dìlocal
dāoknife
到底dào dǐfinally
调查調查diào cháinvestigation
duànto break
dùnto stop
发生發生fā shēngto happen
发展發展fā zhǎndevelopment
反对反對fǎn duìto oppose
范围範圍fàn wéirange
访问訪問fǎng wènto visit
丰富豐富fēng fùto enrich
父亲父親fù qīnfather
负责負責fù zéto be in charge of
复印複印fù yìnto photocopy
复杂複雜fù zácomplicated
rich
感情gǎn qíngemotion
each
工具gōng jùtool
工资工資gōng zīwages
共同gòng tóngcommon
guàto hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
观众觀眾guān zhòngspectators
管理guǎn lǐto supervise
guānglight
广播廣播guǎng bōbroadcast
规定規定guī dìngto stipulate
果然guǒ ránreally
过程過程guò chéngcourse of events
合格hé géto meet the standard required
互相hù xiāngeach other
huǒfire
积极積極jī jíactive
基础基礎jī chǔbase
及时及時jí shítimely
记者記者jì zhěreporter
技术技術jì shùtechnology
继续繼續jì xùto continue
家具jiā jùfurniture
价格價格jià géprice
坚持堅持jiān chíto persevere with
将来將來jiāng láiin the future
交流jiāo liúto exchange
节约節約jié yuēto economize
紧张緊張jǐn zhāngnervous
京剧京劇jīng jùBeijing opera
经济經濟jīng jìeconomy
经历經歷jīng lìexperience
经验經驗jīng yànexperience
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful
精神jīng shénspirit
警察jǐng chápolice
举办舉辦jǔ bànto conduct
恐怕kǒng pàfear
kùnto trap
困难困難kùn nandifficult
浪费浪費làng fèito waste
理发理髮lǐ fàto get a haircut
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend
liánto link
联系聯繫lián xìconnection
另外lìng wàiadditional
留学留學liú xuéto study abroad
luànin confusion or disorder
麻烦麻煩má fantrouble
美丽美麗měi lìbeautiful
民族mín zúnationality
母亲母親mǔ qīnmother
难道難道nán dàodon't tell me ...
nèiinside
内容內容nèi róngcontent
能力néng lìcapability
农村農村nóng cūnrural area
暖和nuǎn huowarm
判断判斷pàn duànto judge
批评批評pī píngto criticize
broken
普遍pǔ biànuniversal
其次qí cìnext
气候氣候qì hòu(meteorology) climate
千万千萬qiān wànten million
qiáobridge
情况情況qíng kuàngcircumstances
区别區別qū biédifference
缺点缺點quē diǎnweak point
缺少quē shǎolack
确实確實què shíindeed
qúngroup
人民币人民幣rén mín bìRenminbi (RMB)
任何rèn héany
任务任務rèn wumission
仍然réng ránstill
散步sàn bùto take a walk
沙发沙發shā fāsofa (loanword)
伤心傷心shāng xīnto grieve
社会社會shè huìsociety
shēndeep (lit. and fig.)
生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings)
食品shí pǐnfoodstuff
世纪世紀shì jìcentury
市场市場shì chǎngmarketplace
适合適合shì héto fit
适应適應shì yìngto adapt
首都shǒu dūcapital (city)
首先shǒu xiānfirst (of all)
shūto lose
数量數量shù liàngamount
to die
速度sù dùspeed
tái(classical) you (in letters)
tánto speak
tāngsoup
提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date
停止tíng zhǐto stop
往往wǎng wǎngusually

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