HSK 3 Vocabulary List 词汇表
The complete official HSK 3 word list from the HSK exam syllabus (《HSK 考试大纲》, 2025-11): 500 words with tone-marked pinyin, part of speech, and English meanings, built on 284 characters. Every word links to its word page, and every character links to a stroke-order page.
500
Vocabulary words
284
Required characters
8.6
Average strokes
HSK 3.0
2025 syllabus
Stroke order
The 284 characters of HSK 3
Each character page has a stroke-order animation and a step-by-step breakdown.
Word list
All 500 HSK 3 words
# 9
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 阿姨 | āyí | n. | maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) |
| 矮 | ǎi | adj. | low; short (in length) |
| 爱人 | ài | n. | spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) |
| 安静 | ānjìng | adj. | quiet; peaceful; calm |
| 安全 | ān | adj. | safe; secure; safety; security |
| 饿 | è | adj. | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) |
| 而且 | ér | conj. | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 耳朵 | ěr | n. | ear; handle (on a cup) |
| 耳机 | ěrjī | n. | headphones; earphones; telephone receiver |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 把 | bǎ | mw. / prep. | 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}) |
| 搬 | bān | v. | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately |
| 班级 | bānjí | n. | class (group of students); grade (in school) |
| 搬家 | bān | v. | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) |
| 办 | bàn | v. | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with |
| 办法 | bànfǎ | n. | means; method; way (of doing sth) |
| 办公室 | bàngōngshì | n. | office; business premises; bureau |
| 半天 | bàn | num. | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair |
| 帮助 | bāngzhù | v. | assistance; aid; to help; to assist |
| 饱 | bǎo | adj. | to eat till full; satisfied |
| 报纸 | bàozhǐ | n. | newspaper; newsprint |
| 北 | běi | n. | north; (classical) to be defeated |
| 北方 | běifāng | n. | north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River |
| 被 | bèi | prep. | 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) |
| 笔记 | bǐjì | n. | to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches |
| 比较 | bǐ | v. / prep. / adv. | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison |
| 笔记本 | bǐjìběn | n. | notebook (stationery); notebook (computing) |
| 比如 | bǐrú | v. | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比赛 | bǐsài | v. / n. | competition (sports etc); match; to compete |
| 必须 | bìxū | adv. | to have to; must; compulsory; 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 |
| 变成 | biànchéng | v. | to change into; to turn into; to become |
| 变化 | biàn | v. / n. | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 表演 | biǎoyǎn | v. | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate |
| 别的 | bié | pron. | else; other |
| 别人 | biérén | pron. | other people; others; other person |
| 宾馆 | bīn | n. | guesthouse; lodge; hotel |
| 冰 | bīng | n. / v. | variant of 冰 |
| 冰激凌 | bīngjīlíng | n. | ice cream |
| 冰箱 | bīng | n. | icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigerator |
| 病人 | bìngrén | n. | sick person; patient; invalid |
| 不但 | búdàn | conj. | not only (... but also ...) |
| 不见 | bú | v. | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing |
| 不用 | búyòng | adv. | need not |
| 不同 | bù tóng | — | different; distinct; not the same; not alike |
| 不久 | bù | adj. | not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after |
| 不行 | bùxíng | v. / adj. | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 才 | cái | adv. | (variant of 才) just now; (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 菜单 | càidān | n. | menu |
| 参加 | cān | v. | to participate; to take part; to join |
| 草 | cǎo | n. | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough |
| 草地 | cǎodì | n. | lawn; meadow; sod; turf |
| 层 | céng | mw. | to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers |
| 查 | chá | v. | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) |
| 差 | chà | adj. / v. | different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [chā] |
| 差不多 | chà | adj. / adv. | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad |
| 尝 | cháng | v. | old variant of 尝 |
| 常 | cháng | adv. | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | — | commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently |
| 常用 | cháng yòng | — | in common usage |
| 常常 | chángcháng | adv. | frequently; often |
| 衬衫 | chènshān | n. | shirt; blouse |
| 成绩 | chéngjì | n. | achievement; performance records; grades |
| 城市 | chéngshì | n. | city; town |
| 迟到 | chídào | v. | to arrive late |
| 出发 | chūfā | v. | to set off; to start (on a journey) |
| 出生 | chūshēng | v. | to be born |
| 出院 | chū | v. | to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital |
| 初中 | chūzhōng | n. | junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) |
| 除了 | chú | prep. | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) |
| 船 | chuán | n. | boat; vessel; ship |
| 春天 | chūn | n. | spring (season) |
| 词典 | cí | n. | dictionary; also written 辞典 |
| 聪明 | cōngmíng | adj. | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打扫 | dǎsǎo | v. | to clean; to sweep |
| 打算 | dǎ | v. / n. | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation |
| 大概 | dàgài | adj. / adv. / n. | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea |
| 大人 | dà | n. | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors |
| 大小 | dà | n. | dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority |
| 大熊猫 | dà | n. | giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) |
| 大衣 | dàyī | n. | overcoat; topcoat; cloak |
| 带 | dài | v. / n. | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise |
| 担心 | dānxīn | v. | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious |
| 蛋糕 | dàngāo | n. | cake |
| 当然 | dāngrán | adv. | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt |
| 到处 | dàochù | adv. | everywhere |
| 得 | dé | v. | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished |
| 得到 | dédào | v. | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 得分 | défēn | v. / n. | to score |
| 的话 | dehuà | part. | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 得 | děi | v. | to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
| 灯 | dēng | n. | lamp; light; lantern |
| 地 | dì | n. | earth; ground; field; place; land |
| 地点 | dì | n. | place; site; location; venue |
| 地方 | dì | n. | area; place; space; room; territory |
| 地图 | dìtú | n. | map |
| 电 | diàn | n. / v. | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 电梯 | diàntī | n. | elevator; escalator |
| 电子书 | diànzǐshū | n. | electronic book |
| 丢 | diū | v. | to lose; to put aside; to throw |
| 东 | dōng | n. | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord |
| 东北 | dōngběi | n. | northeast |
| 东方 | dōngfāng | n. | east |
| 东南 | dōngnán | n. | southeast |
| 冬天 | dōng | n. | winter |
| 懂得 | dǒng | v. | to understand; to know; to comprehend |
| 动物 | dòngwù | n. | animal |
| 动物园 | dòngwù | n. | zoo |
| 短 | duǎn | adj. | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault |
| 短裤 | duǎnkù | n. | short pants; shorts |
| 段 | duàn | mw. | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 锻炼 | duàn | v. | to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself |
| 对话 | duì | v. | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 发 | fā | v. | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发烧 | fāshāo | v. | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever |
| 发生 | fāshēng | v. | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 发现 | fā | v. | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery |
| 发展 | fāzhǎn | v. | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand |
| 方便 | fāng | adj. | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself |
| 方便面 | fāng | n. | instant noodles |
| 方法 | fāngfǎ | n. | method; way; means |
| 方向 | fāng | n. | direction; orientation |
| 房子 | fáng | n. | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room |
| 放 | fàng | v. | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) |
| 放假 | fàng | v. | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 放心 | fàngxīn | v. | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease |
| 放学 | fàng | v. | to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 分开 | fēnkāi | v. | to separate; to part |
| 风 | fēng | n. | wind; news; style; custom; manner |
| 封 | fēng | mw. / v. | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters |
| 夫妻 | fūqī | n. | husband and wife; married couple |
| 服务 | fúwù | v. | to serve; service |
| 附近 | fùjìn | n. | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 复习 | fùxí | v. | variant of 复习 |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 该 | gāi | v. | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned |
| 干净 | gānjìng | adj. | clean; neat |
| 感兴趣 | gǎn xìngqù | — | to be interested |
| 感到 | gǎndào | v. | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 感冒 | gǎnmào | n. / v. | to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand |
| 干 | gàn | v. | tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed |
| 刚 | gāng | adv. | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly |
| 刚才 | gāngcái | n. | just now (variant of 刚才) |
| 刚刚 | gānggāng | adv. | just recently; just a moment ago |
| 高铁 | gāo | n. | high speed rail |
| 根据 | gēnjù | v. / prep. / n. | according to; based on; basis; foundation |
| 更 | gèng | adv. | more; even more; further; still; still more |
| 公斤 | gōngjīn | mw. | kilogram (kg) |
| 公园 | gōng | n. | park (for public recreation) |
| 工作日 | gōng | n. | workday; working day; weekday |
| 故事 | gù | n. | narrative; story; tale |
| 刮 | guā | v. | to blow (of the wind) |
| 关 | guān | v. / n. | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve |
| 关机 | guānjī | v. | to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film |
| 关系 | guānxì | n. / v. | variant of 关系 |
| 关心 | guānxīn | v. | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 关于 | guānyú | prep. | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of |
| 关注 | guānzhù | v. | to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention |
| 国家 | guó | n. | country; nation; state |
| 过节 | guò | v. | to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) |
| 过去 | guòqù | n. | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 海 | hǎi | n. | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous |
| 害怕 | hàipà | v. | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 好多 | hǎo | num. | many; quite a lot; much better |
| 好久 | hǎo | adj. | quite a while |
| 好像 | hǎo | v. / adv. | as if; to seem like |
| 号码 | hàomǎ | n. | number |
| 河 | hé | n. | river |
| 合适 | héshì | adj. | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 黑板 | hēibǎn | n. | blackboard |
| 红绿灯 | hóng-lǜdēng | n. | traffic light |
| 后来 | hòulái | n. | afterwards; later; newly arrived |
| 后年 | hòu | n. | the year after next |
| 后天 | hòu | n. | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori |
| 护照 | hùzhào | n. | passport |
| 花园 | huā | n. | garden |
| 画家 | huà | n. | painter |
| 欢迎 | huānyíng | v. | to welcome; welcome |
| 还 | huán | v. | to pay back; to return |
| 环境 | huánjìng | n. | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient |
| 换 | huàn | v. | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) |
| 黄色 | huángsè | n. | yellow (color); pornographic |
| 回答 | huídá | v. | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 会 | huì | n. | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) |
| 会议 | huìyì | n. | meeting; conference |
| 或 | huò | conj. / adv. | maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or |
| 或者 | huòzhě | conj. | or; possibly; maybe; perhaps |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 鸡 | jī | n. | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute |
| 几乎 | jīhū | adv. | almost; nearly; practically |
| 机会 | jī | n. | opportunity; chance; occasion |
| 极 | jí | adv. | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top |
| 急 | jí | adj. / v. | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious |
| 记 | jì | v. | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots |
| 季 | jì | n. | season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields |
| 季节 | jì | n. | time; season; period |
| 加 | jiā | v. | to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) |
| 假期 | jiàqī | n. | vacation |
| 坚持 | jiānchí | v. | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on |
| 检查 | jiǎnchá | v. | inspection; to examine; to inspect |
| 简单 | jiǎndān | adj. | simple; not complicated |
| 检票 | jiǎn | v. | to inspect a ticket |
| 健康 | jiànkāng | adj. | health; healthy |
| 见面 | jiàn | v. | to meet; to see each other |
| 讲 | jiǎng | v. | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture |
| 角 | jiǎo | mw. | angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) |
| 脚 | jiǎo | n. | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks |
| 接 | jiē | v. | to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb |
| 街 | jiē | n. | street |
| 节 | jié | mw. / n. / v. | joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour) |
| 结婚 | jiéhūn | v. | to marry; to get married |
| 节目 | jiémù | n. | program; item (on a program) |
| 节日 | jiérì | n. | holiday; festival |
| 结束 | jiéshù | v. | termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close |
| 解决 | jiě | v. | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 姐妹 | jiěmèi | n. | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) |
| 借 | jiè | v. | variant of 借 |
| 斤 | jīn | mw. | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g |
| 经过 | jīng | v. / n. | to pass; to go through; process; course |
| 经理 | jīnglǐ | n. | manager; director |
| 久 | jiǔ | adj. | (long) time; (long) duration of time |
| 酒 | jiǔ | n. | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage |
| 旧 | jiù | adj. | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) |
| 句 | jù | mw. | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse |
| 句子 | jù | n. | sentence |
| 决定 | juédìng | v. / n. | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 卡 | kǎ | n. | to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 里); cassette |
| 开花 | kāi | v. | to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish |
| 开会 | kāi | v. | to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting |
| 开机 | kāijī | v. | to start an engine; to boot up (a computer); to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete; to begin shooting a film or TV show |
| 开心 | kāixīn | adj. | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb |
| 看来 | kànlái | v. | apparently; it seems that |
| 可 | kě | conj. / adv. | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very |
| 渴 | kě | adj. | thirsty |
| 可爱 | kě’ài | adj. | adorable; cute; lovely |
| 可是 | kěshì | conj. | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 刻 | kè | mw. / v. | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals |
| 课本 | kèběn | n. | textbook |
| 客人 | kèrén | n. | visitor; guest; customer; client |
| 课文 | kèwén | n. | text |
| 空调 | kōng | n. | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 哭 | kū | v. | to cry; to weep |
| 筷子 | kuài | n. | chopsticks |
| 矿泉水 | kuàng | n. | mineral water |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 来自 | láizì | v. | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 蓝 | lán | adj. | blue; indigo plant |
| 老 | lǎo | adj. / pref. / adv. | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough |
| 老人 | lǎorén | n. | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents |
| 离开 | líkāi | v. | to depart; to leave |
| 礼物 | lǐwù | n. | gift; present |
| 历史 | lìshǐ | n. | history |
| 脸 | liǎn | n. | face |
| 练 | liàn | v. | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk |
| 练习 | liànxí | v. / n. | to practice; exercise; drill; practice |
| 凉快 | liáng | adj. | nice and cold; pleasantly cool |
| 辆 | liàng | mw. | classifier for vehicles |
| 聊 | liáo | v. | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly |
| 聊天儿 | liáo | v. | erhua variant of 聊天; to chat; to gossip |
| 了解 | liǎo | v. | to understand; to realize; to find out |
| 邻居 | línjū | n. | neighbor; next door |
| 留学 | liú | v. | to study abroad |
| 留学生 | liú | n. | student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student |
| 楼梯 | lóutī | n. | stair; staircase |
| 路边 | lù | n. | curb; roadside; wayside |
| 路口 | lùkǒu | n. | crossing; intersection (of roads) |
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| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 马 | mǎ | n. | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess |
| 马路 | mǎlù | n. | street; road |
| 马上 | mǎshàng | adv. | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) |
| 满意 | mǎnyì | v. | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction |
| 毛 | máo | mw. / n. | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) |
| 米 | mǐ | mw. | rice; meter (classifier) |
| 面前 | miàn | n. | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) |
| 明白 | míng | adj. / v. | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize |
| 名单 | míngdān | n. | list of names |
| 名人 | míngrén | n. | personage; celebrity |
n 15
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 南 | nán | n. | south |
| 难 | nán | adj. / v. | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 南方 | nánfāng | n. | south; the southern part of the country; the South |
| 难过 | nán | adj. | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult |
| 难看 | nánkàn | adj. | ugly; unsightly |
| 男人 | nánrén | n. | a man; a male; men |
| 男生 | nánshēng | n. | schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male) |
| 难题 | nántí | n. | difficult problem |
| 难听 | nántīng | adj. | unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful |
| 年级 | niánjí | n. | grade; year (in school, college etc) |
| 年轻 | niánqīng | adj. | young |
| 牛 | niú | n. / adj. | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome |
| 努力 | nǔlì | v. / adj. | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
| 女人 | nǚrén | n. | woman |
| 女生 | nǚshēng | n. | schoolgirl; female student; girl |
p 8
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 爬 | pá | v. | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up |
| 怕 | pà | v. / adv. | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps |
| 拍照 | pāizhào | v. | to take a picture |
| 盘子 | pán | n. | tray; plate; dish |
| 胖 | pàng | adj. | fat; plump |
| 啤酒 | pí | n. | beer (loanword) |
| 平时 | píngshí | n. | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime |
| 瓶子 | píng | n. | bottle |
q 16
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 骑 | qí | v. | to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses |
| 奇怪 | qí | adj. | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled |
| 其实 | qíshí | adv. | actually; in fact; really |
| 其他 | qítā | pron. | other; (sth or sb) else; the rest |
| 起 | qǐ | v. / mw. | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 起飞 | qǐfēi | v. | (of an aircraft) to take off |
| 汽车 | qìchē | n. | car; automobile; bus |
| 铅笔 | qiānbǐ | n. | (lead) pencil |
| 前年 | qián | n. | the year before last |
| 前天 | qián | n. | the day before yesterday |
| 清楚 | qīng | adj. / v. | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about |
| 请假 | qǐng | v. | to request leave of absence |
| 请客 | qǐngkè | v. | to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner |
| 秋天 | qiū | n. | autumn |
| 球场 | qiúchǎng | n. | stadium; sports ground; court; pitch; field; golf course |
| 裙子 | qún | n. | skirt |
r 7
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 然后 | ránhòu | conj. | then; after that; afterwards |
| 热情 | rèqíng | adj. | cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately |
| 认得 | rèn | v. | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know |
| 认为 | rènwéi | v. | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 认真 | rènzhēn | adj. | conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart |
| 容易 | róngyì | adj. | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to |
| 如果 | rú | conj. | if; in case; in the event that |
s 29
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 伞 | sǎn | n. | damask silk; variant of 伞 |
| 扫 | sǎo | v. | to sweep |
| 沙发 | shāfā | n. | sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post |
| 山 | shān | n. | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 上衣 | shàngyī | n. | jacket; upper outer garment |
| 勺子 | sháo | n. | scoop; ladle |
| 身边 | shēn | n. | at one's side; on hand |
| 身高 | shēngāo | n. | (a person's) height |
| 声 | shēng | n. / mw. | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds |
| 生活 | shēng | n. / v. | to live; life; livelihood |
| 生气 | shēngqì | v. | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness |
| 声音 | shēngyīn | n. | voice; sound |
| 市 | shì | n. | market; city |
| 试 | shì | v. | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test |
| 室 | shì | n. | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy |
| 世界 | shì | n. | world |
| 收 | shōu | v. | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 收到 | shōudào | v. | to receive |
| 受 | shòu | v. | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) |
| 瘦 | shòu | adj. | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive |
| 受到 | shòudào | v. | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 叔叔 | shū | n. | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] |
| 树 | shù | n. | tree; to cultivate; to set up |
| 数学 | shù | n. | mathematics; mathematical |
| 刷 | shuā | v. | to brush; to paint; to daub; to paste up; to skip class (of students); to fire from a job |
| 双 | shuāng | mw. | two; double; pair; both; even (number) |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | n. | level (of achievement etc); standard; horizontal |
| 司机 | sījī | n. | chauffeur; driver |
| 四季 | sìjì | n. | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 |
t 16
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 太阳 | tàiyáng | n. | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 |
| 糖 | táng | n. | old variant of 糖 |
| 特别 | tè | adj. / adv. | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular |
| 提高 | tígāo | v. | to raise; to increase; to improve |
| 体育 | tǐyù | n. | sports; physical education |
| 体育馆 | tǐyù | n. | gym; gymnasium; stadium |
| 甜 | tián | adj. | sweet |
| 跳 | tiào | v. | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate |
| 听说 | tīng | v. | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking |
| 挺 | tǐng | adv. / v. | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns |
| 同事 | tóngshì | n. | colleague; co-worker |
| 同意 | tóngyì | v. | to agree; to consent; to approve |
| 头发 | tóu | n. | hair (on the head) |
| 突然 | tūrán | adj. | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 图书馆 | túshū | n. | library |
| 腿 | tuǐ | n. | hip bone; old variant of 腿 |
w 15
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 外地 | wàidì | n. | parts of the country other than where one is |
| 外卖 | wàimài | v. / n. | (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) |
| 外语 | wàiyǔ | n. | foreign language |
| 完成 | wánchéng | v. | to complete; to accomplish |
| 碗 | wǎn | n. | bowl; cup |
| 晚点 | wǎn | v. | (of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner |
| 晚会 | wǎn | n. | evening party |
| 网球 | wǎng | n. | tennis; tennis ball |
| 网站 | wǎngzhàn | n. | website; network station; node |
| 忘记 | wàngjì | v. | to forget |
| 为 | wèi | prep. | variant of 为 |
| 为了 | wèi | prep. | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 卫生间 | wèishēng | n. | bathroom; toilet; WC |
| 文化 | wén | n. | culture; civilization; cultural |
| 屋子 | wū | n. | house; room |
x 36
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 西 | xī | n. | west |
| 西北 | xīběi | n. | northwest |
| 西方 | xīfāng | n. | the West; the Occident; Western countries |
| 西瓜 | xī | n. | watermelon |
| 西南 | xīnán | n. | southwest |
| 习惯 | xí | v. / n. | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to |
| 喜爱 | xǐ’ài | v. | to like; to love; to be fond of; favorite |
| 洗衣机 | xǐyījī | n. | washing machine; washer |
| 洗澡 | xǐzǎo | v. | to bathe; to take a shower |
| 夏天 | xià | n. | summer |
| 先 | xiān | adv. | early; prior; former; in advance; first |
| 香蕉 | xiāng | n. | banana |
| 相信 | xiāngxìn | v. | to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true |
| 箱子 | xiāng | n. | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk |
| 向 | xiàng | v. / prep. | variant of 向; direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly |
| 像 | xiàng | v. / adv. / n. | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) |
| 相机 | xiàngjī | n. | camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow |
| 小区 | xiǎoqū | n. | neighborhood; district |
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | v. / adj. | to be careful; to take care |
| 校园 | xiào | n. | campus |
| 校长 | xiàozhǎng | n. | (college, university) president; headmaster |
| 鞋 | xié | n. | variant of 鞋 |
| 心里 | xīnlǐ | n. | chest; heart; mind |
| 新年 | xīn | n. | New Year |
| 新闻 | xīnwén | n. | news |
| 新鲜 | xīn | adj. | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon |
| 信 | xìn | v. / n. | letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random |
| 信用卡 | xìnyòngkǎ | n. | credit card |
| 行 | xíng | v. / adj. | to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xìng] for the behavior-conduct sense |
| 行李 | xíng | n. | luggage |
| 兴趣 | xìngqù | n. | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 休假 | xiū | v. | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 需要 | xūyào | v. / n. | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 选 | xuǎn | v. | to choose; to pick; to select; to elect |
| 选择 | xuǎnzé | v. | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative |
| 学期 | xuéqī | n. | term; semester |
y 46
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 牙 | yá | n. | tooth; ivory |
| 牙刷 | yá | n. | toothbrush |
| 羊 | yáng | n. | sheep; goat |
| 养 | yǎng | v. | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth |
| 要求 | yāo | v. / n. | to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand |
| 页 | yè | mw. | page; leaf |
| 一定 | yídìng | adj. / adv. | surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must |
| 一共 | yígòng | adv. | altogether |
| 一块儿 | yí | n. / adv. | erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar |
| 一样 | yíyàng | adj. | same; like; equal to; the same as; just like |
| 以后 | yǐhòu | n. | after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future |
| 以前 | yǐ | n. | before; formerly; previous; ago |
| 以上 | yǐshàng | n. | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. |
| 以外 | yǐwài | n. | apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond |
| 以为 | yǐwéi | v. | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) |
| 以下 | yǐ | n. | that level or lower; that amount or less; the following |
| 一般 | yìbān | adj. | same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general |
| 一边 | yì | adv. | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while |
| 一直 | yìzhí | adv. | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 音乐 | yīn | n. | music |
| 银行 | yínháng | n. | bank |
| 银行卡 | yínhángkǎ | n. | bank card; ATM card |
| 饮料 | yǐn | n. | drink; beverage |
| 应该 | yīnggāi | v. | ought to; should; must |
| 影响 | yǐng | v. / n. | influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb |
| 用 | yòng | v. | to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore |
| 邮件 | yóu | n. | mail; post; email |
| 游客 | yóukè | n. | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 游戏 | yóuxì | n. | game; to play |
| 邮箱 | yóu | n. | mailbox; post office box; email; email inbox |
| 有关 | yǒu | v. / prep. | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning |
| 有名 | yǒumíng | adj. | famous; well-known |
| 有用 | yǒuyòng | adj. | useful |
| 又 | yòu | adv. | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway |
| 羽毛球 | yǔmáo | n. | shuttlecock; badminton |
| 语言 | yǔyán | n. | language |
| 雨衣 | yǔyī | n. | raincoat |
| 遇到 | yùdào | v. | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 遇见 | yù | v. | to meet |
| 园 | yuán | n. | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc |
| 员 | yuán | suf. | person; employee; member |
| 愿意 | yuànyì | v. | to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) |
| 越 | yuè | adv. | to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more |
| 月亮 | yuè | n. | the moon |
| 运动会 | yùndòng | n. | sports competition |
| 运动员 | yùndòng | n. | athlete |
z 39
| Word | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 咱们 | zán | pron. | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] |
| 脏 | zāng | adj. | dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty |
| 怎么办 | zěn | — | what's to be done |
| 怎样 | zěnyàng | pron. | how; what kind |
| 站 | zhàn | v. | station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website |
| 张 | zhāng | v. / mw. | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes |
| 长 | zhǎng | v. / suf. | chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance |
| 着急 | zháojí | adj. | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] |
| 照 | zhào | v. | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before |
| 照顾 | zhàogù | v. | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after |
| 照片 | zhào | n. | photograph; picture |
| 照相 | zhào | v. | to take a photograph |
| 直到 | zhídào | v. | until |
| 只 | zhǐ | adv. | variant of 只 |
| 纸 | zhǐ | n. | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | — | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice |
| 只是 | zhǐshì | adv. / conj. | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however |
| 只要 | zhǐyào | conj. | if only; so long as |
| 只有 | zhǐyǒu | conj. | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") |
| 中 | zhōng | n. | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中间 | zhōng | n. | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime |
| 终于 | zhōngyú | adv. | at last; in the end; finally; eventually |
| 种 | zhǒng | mw. | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 重要 | zhòngyào | adj. | important; significant; major |
| 周末 | zhōumò | n. | weekend |
| 主要 | zhǔyào | adj. | main; principal; major; primary |
| 注意 | zhùyì | v. | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 住院 | zhù | v. | to be in hospital; to be hospitalized |
| 字典 | zì | n. | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | n. | bicycle; bike |
| 子 | zi | suf. | (noun suffix) |
| 总 | zǒng | adv. / v. / adj. | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc |
| 总是 | zǒngshì | adv. | always |
| 嘴 | zuǐ | n. | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) |
| 最好 | zuìhǎo | adv. | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) |
| 最后 | zuìhòu | n. | final; last; finally; ultimate |
| 最近 | zuìjìn | n. | recently; soon; nearest |
| 做客 | zuòkè | v. | to be a guest or visitor |
| 作业 | zuòyè | n. | school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate |