HSK 1 Vocabulary List with Pinyin and EnglishHSK 1 词汇表

ài

to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)

bā

eight; 8

bà ba

(informal) father

bēi zi

cup; glass

Běi jīng

Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

běn

root; stem; origin; source; this

bù

(negative prefix); not; no

bù kè qi

you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt

cài

dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak

chá

tea; tea plant

chī

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy

chū zū chē

taxi; (Taiwan) rental car

dǎ diàn huà

to make a telephone call

dà

big; huge; large; major; great

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

diǎn

point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock

diàn nǎo

computer

diàn shì

television; TV

diàn yǐng

movie; film

dōng xi

thing; object; stuff

dōu

all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already

dú

to read; to study

duì bu qǐ

I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me

duō

many; much; often; a lot of; numerous

duō shǎo

number; amount; somewhat

ér zi

son

èr

two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid

fàn diàn

restaurant; hotel

fēi jī

airplane

fēn zhōng

minute

gāo xìng

happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

gè

general measure word; individual

gōng zuò

to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task

gǒu

dog

Hàn yǔ

Chinese language

hǎo

good; well; proper; good to; easy to

hào

number; day of the month; date

hē

to drink; My goodness!

hé

and; together with; with; sum; union

hěn

(adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully

hòu miàn

rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

huí

to return; to go back; time (measure word)

huì

can; to be possible; to be able to; will; to be likely to

jǐ

how many; several; a few

jiā

home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China

jiào

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called

jīn tiān

today; at the present; now

jiǔ

nine; 9

kāi

to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)

kàn

to see; to look at; to watch

kàn jiàn

to see; to catch sight of

kuài

lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

lái

to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

lǎo shī

teacher

le

(modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)

lěng

cold

lǐ

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels

liù

six; 6

mā ma

mama; mommy; mother

ma

question particle

mǎi

to buy; to purchase

māo

cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem

méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

méi yǒu

haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

míng tiān

tomorrow

nǎ

how; which

nǎ r

where?; wherever; anywhere

nà

that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

ne

particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation

néng

can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy

nǐ

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])

nián

grain; harvest (old)

nǚ'ér

daughter

péng you

friend

piào liang

pretty; beautiful

píng guǒ

apple

qī

seven; 7

qián miàn

ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián​mian]

qián

coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liǎng]

qǐng

to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

qù

to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send

rè

to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent

rén

man; person; people

rèn shi

to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge

sān

three; 3

shāng diàn

store; shop

shàng

on; above; to go up

shàng wǔ

morning

shǎo

few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth)

shéi

who; also pr. [shuí]

shén me

what?; something; anything

shí

ten; 10

shí hou

time; length of time; moment; period

shì

is; are; am; yes; to be

shū

book

shuǐ

water

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

shuì jiào

to go to bed; to sleep

shuō

to speak; to say

sì

four; 4

suì

classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

tā

he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other

tā

she

tài

highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely

tiān qì

weather

tīng

to listen; to hear

tóng xué

to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate

wèi

hello (on the phone); hey

wǒ

I; me; my

wǒ men

we; us; ourselves; our

wǔ

five; 5

xǐ huan

to like; to be fond of

xià

down; downwards; below; lower; later

xià wǔ

afternoon; p.m.

xià yǔ

to rain

xiān sheng

Mr.; gentleman; husband

xiàn zài

now; at present; at the moment; modern; current

xiǎng

to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want

xiǎo

small; tiny; few; young

xiǎo jie

young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

xiē

classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

xiě

to write

xiè xie

to thank; thanks; thank you

xīng qī

week; day of the week; Sunday

xué sheng

student; schoolchild

xué xí

to learn; to study

xué xiào

school

yī

one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as

yì diǎnr

a little; a bit

yī fu

clothes

yī shēng

doctor

yī yuàn

hospital

yǐ zi

chair

yǒu

to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

yuè

moon; month; monthly

zài jiàn

goodbye; see you again later

zài

(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

zěn me

how?; what?; why?

zěn me yàng

how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?

zhè

this; these; (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

Zhōng guó

China

zhōng wǔ

noon; midday

zhù

to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop

zhuō zi

table; desk

zì

letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

zuó tiān

yesterday

zuò

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit