HSK 1 Vocabulary List 词汇表

The complete HSK 1 vocabulary list from the 2025 HSK syllabus — 300 words with tone-marked pinyin, parts of speech, and English meanings. Browse the words below, or switch to characters. Every word links to its word page, while each character links to its stroke-order page.

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爱àiv.to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)
八bānum.eight; 8
爸爸bàban.(coll.) father; dad
吧bapart.(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
白天báitiānn.daytime; during the day; day
百bǎinum.hundred; numerous; all kinds of
半bànnum. / adv.half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
包子bāozin.bao (steamed stuffed bun)
杯子bēizin.cup; glass
本běnmw.root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally
边biānn. / suf.side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously
病bìngn. / v.illness; disease; to fall ill; defect
不bùadv.no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
不客气bú kèqi—you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt
不要búyàoadv.don't!; must not
菜càin.dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type
茶chán.tea; tea plant
唱chàngv.to sing; to call loudly; to chant
超市chāoshìn.supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)
车chēn.car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
吃chīv.to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
出租车chūzūchēn.taxi; (Tw) rental car
穿chuānv.to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate
打电话dǎ diànhuà—to make a telephone call
大dàadj.big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly
大家dàjiāpron.everyone; influential family; great expert
大学dàxuén.university; college
大学生dàxuéshēngn.university student; college student
到dàov.to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time)
的depart.of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute)
第dìpref.(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth")
弟弟dìdin.younger brother
点diǎnmw. / n.point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot
店diànn.inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
电话diànhuàn.telephone; phone call; phone number
电脑diànnǎon.computer
电视diànshìn.television; TV
电影diànyǐngn.movie; film
电影院diànyǐngyuànn.cinema; movie theater
东西dōngxin.thing; stuff; person
都dōuadv.all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
读dúv.to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school)
读书dúshūv.to read a book; to study; to attend school
对duìadj. / prep. / v. / mw.right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
对不起duìbuqǐv.I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
多duōadj. / v. / pron. / num. / adv.many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
多少duōshaopron.how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
儿子érzin.son
二èrnum.two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
饭fànn.cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee
饭店fàndiànn.restaurant; hotel
房间fángjiānn.room
非常fēichángadv.very; really; unusual; extraordinary
飞机fēijīn.airplane
分fēnmw. / v. / n.to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate
分钟fēnzhōngmw.minute
高兴gāoxìngadj.happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
歌gēn.song; to sing
哥哥gēgen.older brother
个gèmw.(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
给gěiv. / prep.to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb)
公司gōngsīn.company; firm; corporation
工作gōngzuòv. / n.to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task
狗gǒun.dog
贵guìadj.expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your
国guón.country; nation; state; (bound form) national
还háiadv.still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly
孩子háizin.child
汉语Hànyǔn.Chinese language
汉字Hànzìn.Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
好hǎoadj. / adv. / v.good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to
好吃hǎochīadj.tasty; delicious
好看hǎokànadj.good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed
好听hǎotīngadj.pleasant to hear
好玩儿hǎowánradj.erhua variant of 好玩; amusing; fun; interesting
号hàon. / mw.ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size
喝hēv.to drink; variant of 嗬
和héprep. / conj.(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum
很hěnadv.(adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully
后hòun.back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
回huív. / mw.to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve
会huìv.can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet
火车huǒchēn.train
鸡蛋jīdànn.(chicken) egg; hen's egg
几jǐpron. / num.how much; how many; several; a few
家jiān. / mw. / suf.home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
家人jiārénn.family member; (old) servant
见jiànv.to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
件jiànmw.item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
饺子jiǎozin.dumpling; pot-sticker
叫jiàov. / prep.to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called
姐姐jiějien.older sister
今年jīnniánn.this year
今天jīntiānn.today; at the present; now
九jiǔnum.nine; 9
觉得juédev.to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
开kāiv.to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
开车kāichēv.to drive a car
看kànv.to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider
看病kànbìngv.to visit a doctor; to see a patient