HSK 1 vocabulary list

爱ài动

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

八bā数

eight

爸爸bàba名

(coll.) father; dad

吧ba助

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?

白天báitiān名

daytime; during the day; day

百bǎi数

hundred; numerous; all kinds of

半bàn数、（副）

half; semi-; incomplete

包子bāozi名

baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)

杯子bēizi名

cup; glass

本běn量

classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source

边biān名、后缀

side; edge; margin

病bìng名、动

illness; disease; defect

不bù副

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

不客气bú kèqi

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

不要búyào副

don't!; must not

菜cài名

vegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor

茶chá名

tea; tea plant

唱chàng动

to sing; to call loudly; to chant

超市chāoshì名

supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)

车chē名

car; vehicle; machine

吃chī动

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

出租车chūzūchē名

taxi; (Tw) rental car

穿chuān动

to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street); to thread; to stri…

打电话dǎ diànhuà

to make a telephone call

大dà形

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐)

大家dàjiā代

everyone; influential family; great expert

大学dàxué名

university; college

大学生dàxuéshēng名

university student; college student

到dào动

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)

的de助

of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative s…

第dì前缀

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperia…

弟弟dìdi名

younger brother

点diǎn量、（名）

classifier for small amounts; to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)

店diàn名

inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store

电话diànhuà名

telephone; phone call; phone number

电脑diànnǎo名

computer

电视diànshì名

television; TV

电影diànyǐng名

movie; film

电影院diànyǐngyuàn名

cinema; movie theater

东西dōngxi名

thing; stuff; person

都dōu副

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

读dú动

to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)

读书dúshū动

to read a book; to study; to attend school

对duì形、介、（动、量）

right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding

对不起duìbuqǐ动

to let (sb) down; to disappoint; I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon

多duō形、动、代、（数、副）

many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd

多少duōshao代

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

儿子érzi名

son

二èr数

two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid

饭fàn名

cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan

饭店fàndiàn名

restaurant; hotel

房间fángjiān名

room

非常fēicháng副

very; really; unusual; extraordinary

飞机fēijī名

airplane

分fēn量、（动、名）

to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)

分钟fēnzhōng量

minute

高兴gāoxìng形

happy; glad; willing (to do sth)

歌gē名

song; (bound form) to sing

哥哥gēge名

older brother

个gè量

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual

给gěi动、（介）

to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb)

公司gōngsī名

company; firm; corporation

工作gōngzuò动、名

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

狗gǒu名

dog

贵guì形

expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank

国guó名

country; nation; state; (bound form) national

还hái副

still; still in progress; still more

孩子háizi名

child

汉语Hànyǔ名

Chinese language

汉字Hànzì名

Chinese character(s)

好hǎo形、（副）、（动）

good; appropriate; proper; all right!

好吃hǎochī形

tasty; delicious

好看hǎokàn形

good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation

好听hǎotīng形

pleasant to hear

好玩儿hǎowánr形

amusing; fun; interesting

号hào名、量

(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号)

喝hē动

to drink; variant of 嗬

和hé介、连

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr.); (math.) sum; to make peace

很hěn副

very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic…

后hòu名

behind; back; after; afterwards; later

回huí动、（量）

to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of…

会huì动

to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; can; to have the skill; to know how to

火车huǒchē名

train

鸡蛋jīdàn名

(chicken) egg; hen's egg

几jǐ代、数

how many; how much; several; a few

家jiā名、量、（后缀）

home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)

家人jiārén名

family member; (old) servant

见jiàn动

to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)

件jiàn量

classifier for events, things, clothes etc; item; component

饺子jiǎozi名

dumpling; pot-sticker

叫jiào动、（介）

to shout; to call; to order

姐姐jiějie名

older sister

今年jīnnián名

this year

今天jīntiān名

today; the present time; now

九jiǔ数

nine; 9

觉得juéde动

to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

开kāi动

to open (transitive or intransitive); to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil

开车kāichē动

to drive a car (or train etc)

看kàn动

to see; to look at; to read; to watch

看病kànbìng动

to visit a doctor; to see a patient