All HSK vocabulary词汇 HSK 2.0 Level 1
HSK 2.0 Level 1 vocabulary list.
The starter level: very simple phrases for concrete, everyday needs. 150 words below, each with its pinyin and English meaning.
HSK 2.0 Level 1 is built around 150 words. The characters here are the ones those words use: numbers, pronouns, family, time and the most common verbs. They are among the most frequent characters in the language.
This page lists all 150 new words at this level, bringing the HSK 2.0 total to 150. Use your browser’s find (⌘F / Ctrl‑F) to search the list or print the page for offline review. The 178 new characters these words introduce have their own stroke order chart.
| # | Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) |
| 2 | 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 3 | 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 4 | 杯子 | bēi zi | cup; glass |
| 5 | 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 6 | 本 | běn | root; stem; origin |
| 7 | 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 8 | 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite |
| 9 | 菜 | cài | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine |
| 10 | 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant |
| 11 | 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy |
| 12 | 出租车 | chū zū chē | taxi |
| 13 | 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 14 | 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐) |
| 15 | 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression) |
| 16 | 点 | diǎn | point; dot; drop |
| 17 | 电脑 | diàn nǎo | computer |
| 18 | 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 19 | 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie; film |
| 20 | 东西 | dōng xī | east and west |
| 21 | 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already |
| 22 | 读 | dú | to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) |
| 23 | 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 24 | 多 | duō | many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 25 | 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 26 | 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 27 | 二 | èr | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 28 | 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 29 | 飞机 | fēi jī | airplane |
| 30 | 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 31 | 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth) |
| 32 | 个 | gè | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual |
| 33 | 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job |
| 34 | 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 35 | 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 36 | 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right! |
| 37 | 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 38 | 和 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace |
| 39 | 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite; very |
| 40 | 后面 | hòu mian | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards |
| 41 | 回 | huí | to circle; to go back; to turn around |
| 42 | 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together |
| 43 | 火车站 | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 44 | 几 | jǐ | how much; how many; several |
| 45 | 家 | jiā | home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 46 | 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order |
| 47 | 今天 | jīn tiān | today; at the present; now |
| 48 | 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 49 | 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 50 | 看 | kàn | to see; to look at; to read; to watch |
| 51 | 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 52 | 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 53 | 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) |
| 54 | 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 55 | 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 56 | 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 57 | 里 | lǐ | lining; interior; inside |
| 58 | 零 | líng | zero; nought; zero sign |
| 59 | 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 60 | 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother |
| 61 | 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 62 | 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 63 | 猫 | māo | cat; (coll.) modem |
| 64 | 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 65 | 没关系 | méi guān xi | it doesn't matter |
| 66 | 米饭 | mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 67 | 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 68 | 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 69 | 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 70 | 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) |
| 71 | 呢 | 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?") |
| 72 | 能 | néng | can; to be able to; might possibly |
| 73 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) |
| 74 | 年 | nián | year |
| 75 | 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 76 | 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 77 | 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 78 | 苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 79 | 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 80 | 前面 | qián miàn | ahead; in front; preceding |
| 81 | 钱 | qián | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 |
| 82 | 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth) |
| 83 | 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last |
| 84 | 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather) |
| 85 | 人 | rén | person; people |
| 86 | 认识 | rèn shi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with |
| 87 | 日 | rì | sun; day; date, day of the month |
| 88 | 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 89 | 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop |
| 90 | 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up |
| 91 | 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 92 | 少 | shǎo | few; less; to lack |
| 93 | 什么 | shén me | what?; something; anything |
| 94 | 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 95 | 时候 | shí hou | time; length of time; moment |
| 96 | 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well |
| 97 | 书 | shū | book; letter; document |
| 98 | 谁 | shéi | who; also pr. [shuí] |
| 99 | 水 | shuǐ | water; river; liquid |
| 100 | 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 101 | 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 102 | 说话 | shuō huà | to speak; to say; to talk |
| 103 | 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 104 | 岁 | suì | years old |
| 105 | 他 | tā | he; 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) |
| 106 | 她 | tā | she |
| 107 | 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much) |
| 108 | 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 109 | 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin") |
| 110 | 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate |
| 111 | 喂 | wèi | hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc) |
| 112 | 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 113 | 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves |
| 114 | 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 115 | 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 116 | 下 | xià | down; downwards; below |
| 117 | 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 118 | 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 119 | 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband |
| 120 | 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; at the moment |
| 121 | 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 122 | 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few |
| 123 | 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute |
| 124 | 些 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 125 | 写 | xiě | to write |
| 126 | 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 127 | 星期 | xīng qī | week; day of the week; Sunday |
| 128 | 学生 | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 129 | 学习 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 130 | 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 131 | 一 | yī | one; single; a (article) |
| 132 | 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 133 | 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 134 | 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 135 | 椅子 | yǐ zi | chair |
| 136 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) |
| 137 | 月 | yuè | moon; month; monthly |
| 138 | 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye |
| 139 | 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 140 | 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what?; why? |
| 141 | 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about?; how was it? |
| 142 | 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) |
| 143 | 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 144 | 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon; midday |
| 145 | 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay |
| 146 | 桌子 | zhuō zi | table; desk |
| 147 | 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character |
| 148 | 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 149 | 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc) |
| 150 | 做 | zuò | to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
Words follow the HSK 2.0 syllabus (2010–2021). Pinyin and meanings come from CC-CEDICT via the complete-hsk-vocabulary project. Word counts: HSK 1 150 · HSK 2 147 · HSK 3 298 · HSK 4 598 · HSK 5 1,298 · HSK 6 2,500. See also the HSK 3.0 lists.