How many words are in HSK 1?

HSK 1 covers about 150 words. HSK 2 adds about 150 more, and HSK 3 adds roughly 300.

HSK 1 Vocabulary

Browse the HSK 1 vocabulary list. Each word includes simplified characters, pinyin, and English meaning.

HSK 1 vocabulary

Character	Pinyin	Meaning	Link
爱愛	ài	to love	Dictionary
八	bā	eight	Dictionary
爸爸	bàba	(coll.) father	Dictionary
北京	Běijīng	Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1])	Dictionary
杯子	bēizi	cup	Dictionary
本	běn	(bound form) root	Dictionary
不	bù	no	Dictionary
不客气不客氣	bú kèqi	you're welcome	Dictionary
菜	cài	vegetable	Dictionary
茶	chá	tea	Dictionary
吃	chī	to eat	Dictionary
出租车出租車	chūzūchē	taxi	Dictionary
大	dà	big	Dictionary
打电话打電話	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call	Dictionary
的	de	of	Dictionary
点點	diǎn	to touch briefly	Dictionary
电脑電腦	diànnǎo	computer	Dictionary
电视電視	diànshì	television	Dictionary
电影電影	diànyǐng	movie	Dictionary
东西東西	dōngxi	east and west	Dictionary
都	dōu	all	Dictionary
读讀	dú	to read out	Dictionary
对不起對不起	duìbuqǐ	I'm sorry	Dictionary
多	duō	many	Dictionary
多少	duōshao	number	Dictionary
二	èr	two	Dictionary
儿子兒子	érzi	son	Dictionary
饭馆飯館	fànguǎn	restaurant	Dictionary
飞机飛機	fēijī	airplane	Dictionary
分钟分鐘	fēnzhōng	minute	Dictionary
高兴高興	gāoxìng	happy	Dictionary
个個	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]	Dictionary
工作	gōngzuò	to work	Dictionary
狗	gǒu	dog	Dictionary
汉语漢語	Hànyǔ	Chinese language	Dictionary
好	hǎo	good	Dictionary
和	hé	old variant of 和[he2]	Dictionary
喝	hē	to drink	Dictionary
很	hěn	very	Dictionary
后面後面	hòumiàn	the back	Dictionary
回	huí	to circle	Dictionary
会會	huì	can	Dictionary
火车站火車站	huǒchēzhàn	train station	Dictionary
几幾	jǐ	small table	Dictionary
家	jiā	used in 傢伙\|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱\|家俱[jia1 ju4]	Dictionary
叫	jiào	to shout	Dictionary
今天	jīntiān	today	Dictionary
九	jiǔ	nine	Dictionary
开開	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive)	Dictionary
看	kàn	to look after	Dictionary
看见看見	kànjiàn	to see	Dictionary
块塊	kuài	lump	Dictionary
来來	lái	to come	Dictionary
老师老師	lǎoshī	teacher	Dictionary
了	le	(completed action marker)	Dictionary
冷	lěng	surname Leng	Dictionary
里裡	lǐ	variant of 裡\|里[li3]	Dictionary
零	líng	zero	Dictionary
六	liù	six	Dictionary
吗嗎	ma	(coll.) what?	Dictionary
买買	mǎi	to buy	Dictionary
妈妈媽媽	māma	mama	Dictionary
猫貓	māo	cat (CL:隻\|只[zhi1])	Dictionary
没沒	méi	(negative prefix for verbs) have not	Dictionary
没关系沒關係	méi guānxi	it doesn't matter	Dictionary
米饭米飯	mǐfàn	(cooked) rice	Dictionary
明天	míngtiān	tomorrow	Dictionary
名字	míngzi	name (of a person or thing)	Dictionary
那（那儿）那（那兒）	nà (nàr)	there	Dictionary
哪（哪儿）哪（哪兒）	nǎ (nǎr)	where	Dictionary
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")	Dictionary
能	néng	surname Neng	Dictionary
你	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])	Dictionary
年	nián	surname Nian	Dictionary
女儿女兒	nǚ'ér	daughter	Dictionary
朋友	péngyou	friend	Dictionary
漂亮	piàoliang	pretty	Dictionary
苹果蘋果	píngguǒ	Apple (American tech company)	Dictionary
七	qī	seven	Dictionary
钱錢	qián	surname Qian	Dictionary
前面	qiánmiàn	ahead	Dictionary
请請	qǐng	to ask	Dictionary
去	qù	to go	Dictionary
热熱	rè	to warm up	Dictionary
人	rén	person	Dictionary
认识認識	rènshi	to know	Dictionary
日	rì	abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan	Dictionary
三	sān	surname San	Dictionary
上	shàng	used in 上聲\|上声[shang3 sheng1]	Dictionary
商店	shāngdiàn	store	Dictionary
上午	shàngwǔ	morning	Dictionary
少	shǎo	few	Dictionary
谁誰	shéi	who	Dictionary
什么什麼	shénme	what?	Dictionary
十	shí	ten	Dictionary
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)	Dictionary
时候時候	shíhou	time	Dictionary
书書	shū	abbr. for 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1]	Dictionary
水	shuǐ	surname Shui	Dictionary
水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit	Dictionary
睡觉睡覺	shuìjiào	to go to bed	Dictionary
说话說話	shuōhuà	to speak	Dictionary
四	sì	four	Dictionary
岁歲	suì	variant of 歲\|岁[sui4], year	Dictionary
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he	Dictionary
她	tā	she	Dictionary
太	tài	highest	Dictionary
天气天氣	tiānqì	weather	Dictionary
听聽	tīng	to listen to	Dictionary
同学同學	tóngxué	to study at the same school	Dictionary
喂	wèi	hello (when answering the phone)	Dictionary
我	wǒ	I	Dictionary
我们我們	wǒmen	we	Dictionary
五	wǔ	five	Dictionary
下	xià	down	Dictionary
下雨	xià yǔ	to rain	Dictionary
想	xiǎng	to think (about)	Dictionary
先生	xiānsheng	teacher	Dictionary
现在現在	xiànzài	now	Dictionary
小	xiǎo	small	Dictionary
小姐	xiǎojiě	young lady	Dictionary
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon	Dictionary
写寫	xiě	to write	Dictionary
些	xiē	classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several	Dictionary
谢谢謝謝	xièxie	to thank	Dictionary
喜欢喜歡	xǐhuan	to like	Dictionary
星期	xīngqī	week	Dictionary
学生學生	xuésheng	student	Dictionary
学习學習	xuéxí	to learn	Dictionary
学校學校	xuéxiào	school	Dictionary
一	yī	one	Dictionary
衣服	yīfu	clothes	Dictionary
医生醫生	yīshēng	doctor	Dictionary
医院醫院	yīyuàn	hospital	Dictionary
椅子	yǐzi	chair	Dictionary
有	yǒu	to have	Dictionary
月	yuè	moon	Dictionary
在	zài	to exist	Dictionary
再见再見	zàijiàn	goodbye	Dictionary
怎么怎麼	zěnme	how?	Dictionary
怎么样怎麼樣	zěnmeyàng	how?	Dictionary
这（这儿）這（這兒）	zhè (zhèr)	here	Dictionary
中国中國	Zhōngguó	China	Dictionary
中午	zhōngwǔ	noon	Dictionary
住	zhù	to live	Dictionary
桌子	zhuōzi	table	Dictionary
字	zì	letter	Dictionary
坐	zuò	surname Zuo	Dictionary
做	zuò	to make	Dictionary
昨天	zuótiān	yesterday	Dictionary

FAQ

How many words are in HSK 1?
HSK 1 covers about 150 words. HSK 2 adds about 150 more, and HSK 3 adds roughly 300.