HSK 3 Chinese Flashcards

Cut-out cards made from the HSK 3 vocabulary list — the official HSK 3.0 (2025 syllabus) list, one card per table row: 500 printable words.

HSK 3.0 (2025 syllabus) · 500 words500 words2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 cards per pageOpens on part 1 · cards 1-50 ≈ 10 pagesdeck hsk:3
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Deck contentsCards 1–50 of 500
01阿姨āyí — maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)details
02矮ǎi — low; short (in length)details
03爱人àiren — spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC)details
04安静ānjìng — quiet; peaceful; calmdetails
05安全ānquán — safe; secure; safety; securitydetails
06把bǎ — to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb})details
07搬bān — to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminatelydetails
08班级bānjí — class (group of students); grade (in school)details
09搬家bānjiā — to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)details
10办bàn — to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal withdetails
11办法bànfǎ — means; method; way (of doing sth)details
12办公室bàngōngshì — office; business premises; bureaudetails
13半天bàntiān — half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midairdetails
14帮助bāngzhù — assistance; aid; to help; to assistdetails
15饱bǎo — to eat till full; satisfieddetails
16报纸bàozhǐ — newspaper; newsprintdetails
17北běi — north; (classical) to be defeateddetails
18北方běifāng — north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow Riverdetails
19被bèi — quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example)details
20笔记bǐjì — to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketchesdetails
21比较bǐjiào — to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparisondetails
22笔记本bǐjìběn — notebook (stationery); notebook (computing)details
23比如bǐrú — for example; for instance; such asdetails
24比赛bǐsài — competition (sports etc); match; to competedetails
25必须bìxū — to have to; must; compulsory; necessarilydetails
26变biàn — to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebelliondetails
27遍biàn — everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one timedetails
28变成biànchéng — to change into; to turn into; to becomedetails
29变化biànhuà — (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variationdetails
30表演biǎoyǎn — play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstratedetails
31别的biéde — else; otherdetails
32别人biérén — other people; others; other persondetails
33宾馆bīnguǎn — guesthouse; lodge; hoteldetails
34冰bīng — variant of 冰details
35冰激凌bīngjīlíng — ice creamdetails
36冰箱bīngxiāng — icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigeratordetails
37病人bìngrén — sick person; patient; invaliddetails
38不但búdàn — not only (... but also ...)details
39不见bújiàn — not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missingdetails
40不用búyòng — need notdetails
41不同bù tóng — different; distinct; not the same; not alikedetails
42不久bùjiǔ — not long (after); before too long; soon; soon afterdetails
43不行bùxíng — won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capabledetails
44才cái — (variant of 才) just now; (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) onlydetails
45菜单càidān — menudetails
46参加cānjiā — to participate; to take part; to joindetails
47草cǎo — grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; roughdetails
48草地cǎodì — lawn; meadow; sod; turfdetails
49层céng — to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layersdetails
50查chá — to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)details
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