HSK 2 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete official HSK 2 word list from the HSK exam syllabus (《HSK 考试大纲》, 2025-11): 200 words with tone-marked pinyin, part of speech, and English meanings, built on 125 characters. Every word links to its word page, and every character links to a stroke-order page.
200
Vocabulary words
125
Required characters
8.5
Average strokes
HSK 3.0
2025 syllabus
Stroke order
The 125 characters of HSK 2
Each character page has a stroke-order animation and a step-by-step breakdown.
Word list
All 200 HSK 2 words
# 1
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 爱好 | àihào | v. / n. | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
a 1
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 啊 | a | part. | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
b 11
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 白色 | báisè | n. | white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist |
| 班 | bān | n. / mw. | team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles |
| 帮 | bāng | v. | to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society |
| 帮忙 | bāngmáng | v. | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn |
| 包 | bāo | v. / n. / mw. | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet |
| 本子 | běn | n. | book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition |
| 比 | bǐ | v. / prep. | to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bì] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 笔 | bǐ | n. / mw. | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals |
| 别 | bié | adv. | to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) |
| 不错 | bú | adj. | correct; right; not bad; pretty good |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎoyì | — | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
c 13
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 长 | cháng | adj. | length; long; forever; always; constantly |
| 车站 | chēzhàn | n. | rail station; bus stop |
| 出 | chū | v. | variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 出国 | chū | v. | to go abroad; to leave the country |
| 出来 | chūlái | v. | to come out; to appear; to arise |
| 出门 | chūmén | v. | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married |
| 出去 | chūqù | v. | to go out |
| 床 | chuáng | n. | variant of 床 |
| 词 | cí | n. | word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 |
| 次 | cì | mw. / adj. | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 从 | cóng | prep. / adv. | from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 从小 | cóng | adv. | from childhood; from a young age |
| 错 | cuò | adj. | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver |
d 12
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打 | dǎ | v. | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from |
| 打车 | dǎchē | v. | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 打开 | dǎkāi | v. | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on |
| 但 | dàn | conj. / adv. | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just |
| 但是 | dànshì | conj. | but; however |
| 得 | de | part. | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 地 | de | part. | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 等 | děng | v. / prep. | class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once |
| 地铁 | dì | n. | underground railway; subway; subway train |
| 点 | diǎn | v. / n. / mw. | point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items |
| 懂 | dǒng | v. | to understand; to comprehend |
| 动 | dòng | v. | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb |
g 11
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 高 | gāo | adj. / n. | high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) |
| 高中 | gāozhōng | n. | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 |
| 告诉 | gào | v. | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 个子 | gè | n. | height; stature; build; size |
| 跟 | gēn | prep. / conj. / n. / v. | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) |
| 公交车 | gōng | n. | public transport vehicle; town bus |
| 过 | guò | v. | to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
| 过来 | guòlái | v. | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of |
| 过年 | guò | v. | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 过去 | guòqù | v. | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 过 | guo | part. | (experienced action marker) |
h 11
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 还是 | hái | adv. / conj. | still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or |
| 黑色 | hēisè | n. | black |
| 红茶 | hóngchá | n. | black tea |
| 红色 | hóngsè | n. | red (color); revolutionary |
| 后面 | hòu | n. | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards |
| 花 | huā | v. | variant of 花; flower; blossom; also pr. [wěi] |
| 花 | huā | n. / adj. | variant of 花; flower; blossom; also pr. [wěi] |
| 画 | huà | v. / n. | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) |
| 坏 | huài | adj. | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost |
| 回来 | huílái | v. | to return; to come back |
| 回去 | huíqù | v. | to return; to go back |
j 14
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 机场 | jīchǎng | n. | airport; airfield |
| 机票 | jī | n. | air ticket; passenger ticket |
| 记得 | jì | v. | to remember |
| 间 | jiān | mw. / n. | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms |
| 教 | jiāo | v. | to teach |
| 教室 | jiàoshì | n. | classroom |
| 介绍 | jièshào | v. | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction |
| 进 | jìn | v. | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound |
| 近 | jìn | adj. | near; close to; approximately |
| 进来 | jìnlái | v. | to come in |
| 进去 | jìnqù | v. | to go in |
| 经常 | jīngcháng | adv. | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily |
| 酒店 | jiǔ | n. | wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club |
| 就 | jiù | adv. / prep. | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... |
k 10
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 咖啡 | kāfēi | n. | coffee (loanword) |
| 开始 | kāishǐ | v. / n. | to begin; beginning; to start; initial |
| 开学 | kāi | v. | foundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term |
| 考 | kǎo | v. | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father |
| 考试 | kǎoshì | v. / n. | to take an exam; exam |
| 可能 | kěnéng | adj. / n. / v. | might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps |
| 裤子 | kù | n. | trousers; pants |
| 快 | kuài | adj. / adv. | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 快乐 | kuàilè | adj. | happy; joyful |
| 快要 | kuàiyào | adv. | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) |
l 10
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 篮球 | lán | n. | basketball |
| 累 | lèi | adj. / v. | tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard |
| 离 | lí | v. | to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲ |
| 里面 | lǐ | n. | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] |
| 楼 | lóu | n. | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor |
| 路 | lù | n. | road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind |
| 路上 | lù | n. | on the road; on a journey; road surface |
| 旅游 | lǚyóu | v. | trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel |
| 绿茶 | lǜchá | n. | green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities |
| 绿色 | lǜsè | n. / adj. | green |
m 8
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 慢 | màn | adj. | slow |
| 没意思 | méi yì | — | boring; of no interest |
| 每 | měi | pron. / adv. | each; every |
| 门 | mén | n. | gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | n. | doorway; gate |
| 门票 | mén | n. | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 面 | miàn | suf. / v. / n. / mw. | flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless |
| 名 | míng | n. / mw. | name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people |
n 8
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 拿 | ná | v. | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) |
| 那么 | nà | pron. / conj. | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case |
| 那样 | nàyàng | pron. | that kind; that sort |
| 奶茶 | nǎichá | n. | milk tea |
| 奶奶 | nǎi | n. | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts |
| 男孩儿 | nánháir | n. | erhua variant of 男孩; boy |
| 鸟 | niǎo | n. | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn |
| 女孩儿 | nǚháir | n. | erhua variant of 女孩; girl |
p 4
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 旁边 | páng | n. | side; adjacent place |
| 跑 | pǎo | v. | to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off |
| 跑步 | pǎobù | v. | to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double |
| 票 | piào | n. | ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions |
q 5
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 妻子 | qī | n. | wife |
| 起来 | qǐlái | v. | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] |
| 前面 | qián | n. | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] |
| 晴 | qíng | adj. | clear; fine (weather) |
| 球 | qiú | n. | ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match |
r 2
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 让 | ràng | v. / prep. | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) |
| 肉 | ròu | n. | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 |
s 16
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 商场 | shāngchǎng | n. | shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world |
| 上来 | shànglái | v. | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) |
| 上面 | shàng | n. | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] |
| 上去 | shàngqù | v. | to go up |
| 上网 | shàngwǎng | v. | to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet; (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net |
| 身体 | shēntǐ | n. | the body; one's health; in person |
| 生日 | shēngrì | n. | birthday |
| 时 | shí | n. / mw. | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period |
| 事情 | shì | n. | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 手 | shǒu | n. | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill |
| 手表 | shǒu | n. | wristwatch |
| 书包 | shūbāo | n. | schoolbag; satchel; bookbag |
| 舒服 | shū | adj. | comfortable; feeling well |
| 送 | sòng | v. | to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with |
| 虽然 | suīrán | conj. | although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) |
| 所以 | suǒyǐ | conj. | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why |
t 6
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 疼 | téng | adj. / v. | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |
| 踢 | tī | v. | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) |
| 题 | tí | n. | topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention |
| 条 | tiáo | mw. / n. | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 跳舞 | tiàowǔ | v. | to dance |
| 头 | tóu | n. / mw. / adj. | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock |
w 9
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 外国 | wài | n. | foreign (country) |
| 外面 | wài | n. | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance |
| 完 | wán | v. | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire |
| 万 | wàn | num. | ten thousand; a great number |
| 往 | wǎng | v. / prep. | old variant of 往 |
| 网上 | wǎng | n. | online |
| 忘 | wàng | v. | to forget; to overlook; to neglect |
| 位 | wèi | mw. | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential |
| 为什么 | wèi shén | — | why?; for what reason? |
x 11
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 希望 | xīwàng | v. | to hope; a hope; a wish |
| 洗 | xǐ | v. | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) |
| 洗手间 | xǐshǒu | n. | toilet; lavatory; washroom |
| 下来 | xiàlái | v. | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) |
| 下面 | xià | n. | to boil noodles |
| 下去 | xiàqù | v. | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎoháir | n. | erhua variant of 小孩; child |
| 小时候 | xiǎoshí | n. | in one's childhood |
| 笑 | xiào | v. | to laugh; to smile; to laugh at |
| 姓 | xìng | n. / v. | family name; surname; to be surnamed |
| 姓名 | xìngmíng | n. | surname and given name; full name |
y 20
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 颜色 | yánsè | n. | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff |
| 眼睛 | yǎn | n. | eye |
| 药 | yào | n. | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison |
| 药店 | yào | n. | pharmacy |
| 爷爷 | yé | n. | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather |
| 一会儿 | yí | num. / adv. | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] |
| 已经 | yǐjīng | adv. | already |
| 一起 | yìqǐ | adv. | in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) |
| 意思 | yì | n. | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc |
| 阴 | yīn | adj. | variant of 阴 |
| 因为 | yīnwèi | prep. / conj. | because; owing to; on account of |
| 游 | yóu | v. | to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel |
| 游泳 | yóuyǒng | v. | swimming; to swim |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì | — | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun |
| 有时 | yǒushí | adv. | sometimes; now and then |
| 右 | yòu | n. | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence |
| 右边 | yòu | n. | right side; right, to the right |
| 鱼 | yú | n. | fish |
| 远 | yuǎn | adj. | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) |
| 运动 | yùndòng | v. / n. | to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign |
z 15
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 站 | zhàn | n. | station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website |
| 丈夫 | zhàng | n. | husband |
| 这么 | zhè | pron. | so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this |
| 这样 | zhèyàng | pron. | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such |
| 着 | zhe | part. | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 正 | zhèng | adv. / adj. | straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive |
| 周 | zhōu | n. / mw. | week; weekly; variant of 周 |
| 准备 | zhǔnbèi | v. | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) |
| 自己 | zìjǐ | pron. | oneself; one's own |
| 走 | zǒu | v. | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 走路 | zǒulù | v. | to walk; to go on foot |
| 足球 | zú | n. | soccer ball; a football; soccer; football |
| 最 | zuì | adv. | most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) |
| 左 | zuǒ | n. | left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐 |
| 左边 | zuǒ | n. | left; the left side; to the left of |