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 2 Vocabulary

Browse the HSK 2 vocabulary list. Each word includes simplified characters, pinyin, and English meaning.

HSK 2 vocabulary

Character	Pinyin	Meaning	Link
爱愛	ài	to love	Dictionary
吧	ba	bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)	Dictionary
八	bā	eight	Dictionary
爸爸	bàba	(coll.) father	Dictionary
白	bái	surname Bai	Dictionary
百	bǎi	surname Bai	Dictionary
帮助幫助	bāngzhù	assistance	Dictionary
报纸報紙	bàozhǐ	newspaper	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
比	bǐ	Belgium	Dictionary
别別	bié	surname Bie	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
长長	cháng	long	Dictionary
唱歌	chànggē	to sing a song	Dictionary
吃	chī	to eat	Dictionary
出	chū	to go out	Dictionary
船	chuán	variant of 船[chuan2]	Dictionary
穿	chuān	to wear	Dictionary
出租车出租車	chūzūchē	taxi	Dictionary
次	cì	next in sequence	Dictionary
从從	cóng	variant of 從\|从[cong2]	Dictionary
错錯	cuò	surname Cuo	Dictionary
大	dà	big	Dictionary
打电话打電話	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call	Dictionary
打篮球打籃球	dǎ lánqiú	play basketball	Dictionary
大家	dàjiā	everyone	Dictionary
但是	dànshì	but	Dictionary
到	dào	to reach	Dictionary
得	de	to obtain	Dictionary
的	de	of	Dictionary
等	děng	to wait for	Dictionary
第一	dì-yī	first	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
弟弟	dìdi	younger brother	Dictionary
懂	dǒng	to understand	Dictionary
东西東西	dōngxi	east and west	Dictionary
都	dōu	all	Dictionary
读讀	dú	to read out	Dictionary
对對	duì	right	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
房间房間	fángjiān	room	Dictionary
饭馆飯館	fànguǎn	restaurant	Dictionary
非常	fēicháng	very	Dictionary
飞机飛機	fēijī	airplane	Dictionary
分钟分鐘	fēnzhōng	minute	Dictionary
服务员服務員	fúwùyuán	waiter	Dictionary
高	gāo	surname Gao	Dictionary
告诉告訴	gàosu	to press charges	Dictionary
高兴高興	gāoxìng	happy	Dictionary
个個	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]	Dictionary
哥哥	gēge	older brother	Dictionary
给給	gěi	to	Dictionary
公共汽车公共汽車	gōnggòngqìchē	bus	Dictionary
公斤	gōngjīn	kilogram (kg)	Dictionary
公司	gōngsī	company	Dictionary
工作	gōngzuò	to work	Dictionary
狗	gǒu	dog	Dictionary
贵貴	guì	abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州\|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]	Dictionary
过過	guo	surname Guo	Dictionary
还還	hái	still	Dictionary
孩子	háizi	child	Dictionary
汉语漢語	Hànyǔ	Chinese language	Dictionary
号號	hào	roar	Dictionary
好	hǎo	good	Dictionary
好吃	hǎochī	tasty	Dictionary
和	hé	old variant of 和[he2]	Dictionary
喝	hē	to drink	Dictionary
黑	hēi	abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江\|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]	Dictionary
很	hěn	very	Dictionary
红紅	hóng	surname Hong	Dictionary
后面後面	hòumiàn	the back	Dictionary
欢迎歡迎	huānyíng	to welcome	Dictionary
回	huí	to circle	Dictionary
会會	huì	can	Dictionary
回答	huídá	to reply	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
件	jiàn	item	Dictionary
叫	jiào	to shout	Dictionary
教室	jiàoshì	classroom	Dictionary
机场機場	jīchǎng	airport	Dictionary
鸡蛋雞蛋	jīdàn	(chicken) egg	Dictionary
姐姐	jiějie	older sister	Dictionary
介绍介紹	jièshào	to introduce (sb to sb)	Dictionary
近	jìn	near	Dictionary
进進	jìn	to go forward	Dictionary
今天	jīntiān	today	Dictionary
就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case	Dictionary
九	jiǔ	nine	Dictionary
觉得覺得	juéde	to think that ...	Dictionary
咖啡	kāfēi	(loanword) coffee	Dictionary
开開	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive)	Dictionary
开始開始	kāishǐ	to begin	Dictionary
看	kàn	to look after	Dictionary
看见看見	kànjiàn	to see	Dictionary
考试考試	kǎoshì	to take an exam	Dictionary
课課	kè	subject	Dictionary
可能	kěnéng	might (happen)	Dictionary
可以	kěyǐ	can	Dictionary
块塊	kuài	lump	Dictionary
快	kuài	rapid	Dictionary
快乐快樂	kuàilè	happy	Dictionary
来來	lái	to come	Dictionary
老师老師	lǎoshī	teacher	Dictionary
了	le	(completed action marker)	Dictionary
累	lèi	to accumulate	Dictionary
冷	lěng	surname Leng	Dictionary
离離	lí	surname Li	Dictionary
里裡	lǐ	variant of 裡\|里[li3]	Dictionary
两兩	liǎng	two	Dictionary
零	líng	zero	Dictionary
六	liù	six	Dictionary
路	lù	surname Lu	Dictionary
旅游旅遊	lǚyóu	travel	Dictionary
吗嗎	ma	(coll.) what?	Dictionary
卖賣	mài	to sell	Dictionary
买買	mǎi	to buy	Dictionary
妈妈媽媽	māma	mama	Dictionary
慢	màn	slow	Dictionary
忙	máng	busy	Dictionary
猫貓	māo	cat (CL:隻\|只[zhi1])	Dictionary
没沒	méi	(negative prefix for verbs) have not	Dictionary
每	měi	each	Dictionary
没关系沒關係	méi guānxi	it doesn't matter	Dictionary
妹妹	mèimei	younger sister	Dictionary
门門	mén	surname Men	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
男人	nánrén	a man	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
您	nín	you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])	Dictionary
牛奶	niúnǎi	cow's milk	Dictionary
女儿女兒	nǚ'ér	daughter	Dictionary
女人	nǚrén	woman	Dictionary
旁边旁邊	pángbiān	side	Dictionary
跑步	pǎobù	to run	Dictionary
朋友	péngyou	friend	Dictionary
便宜	piányi	cheap	Dictionary
票	piào	ticket	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
千	qiān	thousand	Dictionary
前面	qiánmiàn	ahead	Dictionary
起床	qǐchuáng	to get out of bed	Dictionary
晴	qíng	clear	Dictionary
请請	qǐng	to ask	Dictionary
妻子	qīzi	wife and children	Dictionary
去	qù	to go	Dictionary
去年	qùnián	last year	Dictionary
让讓	ràng	to yield	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
上班	shàngbān	to go to work	Dictionary
商店	shāngdiàn	store	Dictionary
上午	shàngwǔ	morning	Dictionary
少	shǎo	few	Dictionary
谁誰	shéi	who	Dictionary
生病	shēngbìng	to fall ill	Dictionary
生日	shēngrì	birthday	Dictionary
什么什麼	shénme	what?	Dictionary
身体身體	shēntǐ	the body	Dictionary
十	shí	ten	Dictionary
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)	Dictionary
时候時候	shíhou	time	Dictionary
时间時間	shíjiān	(concept of) time	Dictionary
事情	shìqing	affair	Dictionary
手表手錶	shǒubiǎo	wristwatch	Dictionary
手机手機	shǒujī	cell phone	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
送	sòng	to send	Dictionary
岁歲	suì	variant of 歲\|岁[sui4], year	Dictionary
所以	suǒyǐ	therefore	Dictionary
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he	Dictionary
它	tā	it	Dictionary
她	tā	she	Dictionary
太	tài	highest	Dictionary
题題	tí	surname Ti	Dictionary
踢足球	tī zúqiú	play football	Dictionary
天气天氣	tiānqì	weather	Dictionary
跳舞	tiàowǔ	to dance	Dictionary
听聽	tīng	to listen to	Dictionary
同学同學	tóngxué	to study at the same school	Dictionary
外	wài	outside	Dictionary
完	wán	to finish	Dictionary
玩	wán	to play	Dictionary
晚上	wǎnshang	evening	Dictionary
喂	wèi	hello (when answering the phone)	Dictionary
为什么為什麼	wèi shénme	why?	Dictionary
问問	wèn	to ask	Dictionary
问题問題	wèntí	question	Dictionary
我	wǒ	I	Dictionary
我们我們	wǒmen	we	Dictionary
五	wǔ	five	Dictionary
洗	xǐ	to wash	Dictionary
下	xià	down	Dictionary
下雨	xià yǔ	to rain	Dictionary
向	xiàng	surname Xiang	Dictionary
想	xiǎng	to think (about)	Dictionary
先生	xiānsheng	teacher	Dictionary
现在現在	xiànzài	now	Dictionary
笑	xiào	old variant of 笑[xiao4]	Dictionary
小	xiǎo	small	Dictionary
小姐	xiǎojiě	young lady	Dictionary
小时小時	xiǎoshí	hour	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
西瓜	xīguā	watermelon	Dictionary
喜欢喜歡	xǐhuan	to like	Dictionary
新	xīn	abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]	Dictionary
姓	xìng	family name	Dictionary
星期	xīngqī	week	Dictionary
休息	xiūxi	rest	Dictionary
希望	xīwàng	to hope	Dictionary
雪	xuě	surname Xue	Dictionary
学生學生	xuésheng	student	Dictionary
学习學習	xuéxí	to learn	Dictionary
学校學校	xuéxiào	school	Dictionary
羊肉	yángròu	mutton	Dictionary
眼睛	yǎnjing	eye	Dictionary
颜色顏色	yánsè	color	Dictionary
药藥	yào	leaf of the iris	Dictionary
要	yào	(bound form) to demand	Dictionary
也	yě	surname Ye	Dictionary
一	yī	one	Dictionary
衣服	yīfu	clothes	Dictionary
已经已經	yǐjīng	already	Dictionary
阴陰	yīn	surname Yin	Dictionary
因为因為	yīnwèi	because	Dictionary
一起	yìqǐ	(in) the same place	Dictionary
医生醫生	yīshēng	doctor	Dictionary
意思	yìsi	idea	Dictionary
医院醫院	yīyuàn	hospital	Dictionary
椅子	yǐzi	chair	Dictionary
有	yǒu	to have	Dictionary
右边右邊	yòubian	right side	Dictionary
游泳	yóuyǒng	swimming	Dictionary
鱼魚	yú	surname Yu	Dictionary
元	yuán	surname Yuan	Dictionary
远遠	yuǎn	far	Dictionary
月	yuè	moon	Dictionary
运动運動	yùndòng	to move	Dictionary
再	zài	again	Dictionary
在	zài	to exist	Dictionary
再见再見	zàijiàn	goodbye	Dictionary
早上	zǎoshang	early morning	Dictionary
怎么怎麼	zěnme	how?	Dictionary
怎么样怎麼樣	zěnmeyàng	how?	Dictionary
张張	zhāng	surname Zhang	Dictionary
丈夫	zhàngfu	husband	Dictionary
找	zhǎo	to try to find	Dictionary
着著	zhe	aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state	Dictionary
这（这儿）這（這兒）	zhè (zhèr)	here	Dictionary
真	zhēn	really	Dictionary
正在	zhèngzài	to be in the process of (doing sth)	Dictionary
知道	zhīdào	to know	Dictionary
中国中國	Zhōngguó	China	Dictionary
中午	zhōngwǔ	noon	Dictionary
住	zhù	to live	Dictionary
准备準備	zhǔnbèi	preparation	Dictionary
桌子	zhuōzi	table	Dictionary
字	zì	letter	Dictionary
自行车自行車	zìxíngchē	bicycle	Dictionary
走	zǒu	to walk	Dictionary
最	zuì	variant of 最[zui4]	Dictionary
坐	zuò	surname Zuo	Dictionary
做	zuò	to make	Dictionary
左边左邊	zuǒbian	left	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.