HSK 3 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete HSK 3 vocabulary list from the 2025 HSK syllabus — 500 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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All 500 HSK 3 words
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 阿 | ā | — | prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity |
| 矮 | ǎi | adj. | low; short (in length) |
| 安 | ān | adj. / v. | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure |
| 把 | bǎ | mw. / prep. | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate |
| 般 | bān | — | sort |
| 搬 | bān | v. | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) |
| 板 | bǎn | — | board |
| 办 | bàn | v. | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with |
| 饱 | bǎo | adj. | to eat till full; satisfied |
| 报 | bào | v. | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge |
| 北 | běi | n. | north; (classical) to be defeated |
| 被 | bèi | prep. | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) |
| 必 | bì | adv. | certainly; must; will; necessarily |
| 变 | biàn | v. | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion |
| 遍 | biàn | mw. | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time |
| 宾 | bīn | — | visitor |
| 冰 | bīng | n. / v. | ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold |
| 才 | cái | adv. | (variant of 才) just now; (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 参 | cān | — | to take part in |
| 草 | cǎo | n. | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough |
| 层 | céng | mw. | to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story |
| 查 | chá | v. | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to |
| 差 | chà | adj. / v. | different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior |
| 尝 | cháng | v. | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once |
| 衬 | chèn | — | (of garments) against the skin |
| 成 | chéng | mw. | to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into |
| 城 | chéng | n. | city walls; city; town |
| 迟 | chí | adj. | late; delayed; slow |
| 持 | chí | v. | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage |
| 初 | chū | n. / adv. / pref. | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic |
| 除 | chú | v. / prep. | to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide |
| 楚 | chǔ | — | distinct |
| 处 | chù | v. / n. | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect |
| 船 | chuán | n. | boat; vessel; ship |
| 春 | chūn | — | spring (season) |
| 聪 | cōng | — | (literary) acute (of hearing) |
| 答 | dá | v. | to answer; to reply; to respond |
| 带 | dài | v. / n. | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry |
| 担 | dān | v. / n. / mw. | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility |
| 单 | dān | adj. / adv. / n. / mw. | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number |
| 当 | dāng | v. / prep. | to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally |
| 灯 | dēng | n. | lamp; light; lantern |
| 典 | diǎn | — | canon |
| 调 | tiáo | v. / n. | to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate |
| 定 | dìng | v. | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order |
| 丢 | diū | v. | to lose; to put aside; to throw |
| 冬 | dōng | — | winter |
| 短 | duǎn | adj. | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault |
| 段 | duàn | mw. | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process) |
| 锻 | duàn | — | to forge |
| 朵 | duǒ | mw. | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc |
| 饿 | è | adj. | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) |
| 而 | ér | conj. | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation) |
| 耳 | ěr | — | ear |
| 发 | fā | v. | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop |
| 法 | fǎ | n. | law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists |
| 方 | fāng | adj. / n. | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction |
| 放 | fàng | v. | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out |
| 风 | fēng | n. | wind; news; style; custom; manner |
| 封 | fēng | mw. / v. | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal |
| 附 | fù | v. | to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached |
| 复 | fù | — | to go and return |
| 该 | gāi | v. | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe |
| 概 | gài | adv. | (bound form) general |
| 感 | gǎn | suf. | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ |
| 干 | gàn | v. | tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre |
| 刚 | gāng | adv. | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |
| 糕 | gāo | — | cake |
| 根 | gēn | n. / mw. | root; basis |
| 更 | gèng | adv. | more; even more; further; still; still more |
| 共 | gòng | adv. | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether |
| 故 | gù | adv. / conj. | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore |
| 顾 | gù | v. | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |
| 瓜 | guā | — | melon |
| 刮 | guā | v. | to blow (of the wind) |
| 怪 | guài | adj. / v. / adv. | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame |
| 惯 | guàn | v. | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) |
| 海 | hǎi | n. | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous |
| 害 | hài | n. / v. | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity |
| 合 | hé | v. | to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle) |
| 河 | hé | n. | river |
| 乎 | hū | — | (classical particle similar to 于) in |
| 护 | hù | v. | to protect |
| 化 | huà | suf. / v. | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 |
| 环 | huán | n. / mw. / v. | ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc |
| 换 | huàn | v. | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch |
| 黄 | huáng | n. | yellow; pornographic; to fall through |
| 婚 | hūn | — | to marry |
| 活 | huó | v. / adj. / n. | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 或 | huò | conj. / adv. | maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or |
| 激 | jī | — | to arouse |
| 级 | jí | n. / mw. | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level |
| 极 | jí | adv. | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top |
| 急 | jí | adj. / v. | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious |
| 季 | jì | n. | season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers |
| 绩 | jì | — | to spin (hemp etc) |
| 加 | jiā | v. | to add; plus |
| 假 | jiǎ | adj. | fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose |
| 坚 | jiān | — | strong |
| 检 | jiǎn | — | to check |