HSK 2 VOCABULARY LIST
HSK 2 Vocabulary List with Pinyin and EnglishHSK 2 词汇表
Study 151 searchable records assigned to this level with Hanzi, Pinyin, English meanings, pronunciation, examples, and Character Lab links.学习本级 151 条可搜索词汇记录,包含汉字、拼音、英文释义、发音、例句和汉字实验室链接。
suggestion or softening particle
ChineseAqua currently organises its verified local data with the classic HSK 1–5 learning framework. The counts above are unique searchable records assigned to each level; cumulative totals are shown separately. This library is not labelled as the newer nine-band HSK 3.0 list.
Classic HSK 2 cumulative benchmark: 300 words. ChineseAqua currently provides 300 unique searchable records through this level after documented duplicate and cross-level handling.
LEVEL-SPECIFIC RECORDS
HSK 2 Chinese words with Pinyin and English
additional daily-life vocabulary that expands the HSK 1 foundation toward a cumulative 300-record library.
suggestion or softening particle
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解white; snowy; pure; bright; empty
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解hundred; numerous; all kinds of
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解assistance; aid; to help; to assist
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解newspaper; newsprint
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解(particle used for comparison and "-er than"); to compare; to contrast; to gesture (with hands); ratio
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to leave; to depart; to separate; to distinguish; to classify
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解guesthouse; lodge; hotel
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解long; length
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to sing a song
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解from; through; via; to follow; to obey
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to play basketball
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解everyone; influential family; great expert
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解complement particle after a verb or adjective
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解class; rank; grade; equal to; same as
younger brother
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解first; number one; primary
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to understand; to comprehend
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解right; correct; couple; pair; towards
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解room
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解very; very much; unusual; extraordinary
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to tell; to inform; to let know
older brother
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解bus
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解(business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to pass; experiential aspect particle
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解still; also; in addition
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解child
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解tasty; delicious
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解black; dark; sinister; secret; shady
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解red; popular
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解train station
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解airport; airfield
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解(chicken) egg; hen's egg
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解classroom
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解older sister
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解near; close to; approximately
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解at once; right away; only; just (emphasis); as early as
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to think; to feel
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解coffee (loanword)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to begin; beginning; to start; initial
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to take an exam; exam
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解can; may; possible; able to; not bad
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解subject; course; class; lesson; to levy
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解happy; merry
tired; weary
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to leave; to be away from
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解road; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解slow
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解each; every
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解younger sister; young woman
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解noodles
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔděngjuéwèi]
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[nǐ])
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解cow's milk
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解female; woman; daughter
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解lateral; side; to the side; beside
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解cheap; inexpensive; small advantages; to let sb off lightly
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解wife
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to get out of bed; to get up
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解thousand
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解(lead) pencil
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解clear; fine (weather)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解last year
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解sun; day; date, day of the month
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解the body; one's health; in person
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to fall ill
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解birthday
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解time; period
affair; matter; thing; business
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解wrist watch
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解cell phone; mobile phone
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解although; even though; even if
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解but; however
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解it
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to play football / to play soccer
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to dance
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解outside; in addition; foreign; external
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解evening; night; in the evening
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解why?; for what reason?
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to ask
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解question; problem; issue; topic
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解watermelon
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to wish for; to desire; hope
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photo)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解hour
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解laugh; smile
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解family name; surname; to be surnamed
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解rest; to rest
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解snow; snowfall; to have the appearance of snow; to wipe away, off or out; to clean
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解eye
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解mutton; goat meat
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解important; vital; to want; to ask for; will
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
(used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time; once; in a while
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解already
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解because; owing to; on account of
therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解swimming; to swim
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解right side; right, to the right
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解fish
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解again; once more; re-; second; another
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解early morning
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解husband
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解aspect particle indicating an ongoing state
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解really; truly; indeed; real; true
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhīdao]
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解left; the left side; to the left of
Open Character Lab / 汉字详解Try another Hanzi character, Pinyin spelling, or English meaning.
How to study this HSK 2 vocabulary list
Mix new HSK 2 records with HSK 1 review. Build short phrases and compare words that share a topic or character.
Search by English to practise recall, by Pinyin to check spelling and tones, or by Hanzi to locate a character. Open difficult entries in Character Lab, then return later through a song lesson or Memory Studio activity.
What the HSK 2 count means on ChineseAqua
The familiar classic HSK 2 benchmark is 300 cumulative words. This page contains 151 unique searchable records assigned to HSK 2 in the site’s classic HSK-aligned dataset, and the cumulative ChineseAqua library through this level contains 300 records.
External PDFs may report counts differently when they include earlier levels, preserve duplicates, or follow a newer standard. ChineseAqua reports the records actually available on this page rather than changing the source data to match a marketing number.
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Is this the new HSK 3.0 vocabulary list?
No. ChineseAqua currently organises 2,500 verified records with the classic HSK 1–5 learning framework. It does not relabel this dataset as the newer nine-band list.
Why can word counts differ between HSK websites?
Some sites show cumulative totals, some show only additions at one level, and some use revised standards or different duplicate handling. ChineseAqua shows level-specific searchable records and cumulative totals separately.
How many words are in classic HSK 2?
The familiar classic HSK 2 cumulative benchmark is 300 words. ChineseAqua provides 151 unique searchable records assigned to this level and explains cumulative totals separately.
What information does each vocabulary card include?
Cards can include Hanzi, Pinyin, an English meaning, pronunciation, an example, and a link to a deeper Character Lab lesson when available.
Is memorising vocabulary enough for the HSK exam?
No. Exam preparation also requires listening, reading, grammar, timing, and the official format used for your test date.