HSK 1 vocabulary list

• 上午shàng wǔmorning
• 少shǎofew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
• 谁shéiwho; also pr. [shuí]
• 十shíten; 10
• 时候shí houtime; length of time; moment; period
• 书shūabbr. for 书经
• 水shuǐsurname Shui
• 水果shuǐ guǒfruit
• 睡觉shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep
• 四sìfour; 4
• 岁suìvariant of 岁, year; years old
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
• 天气tiān qìweather
• 听tīngsmile (archaic)
• 同学tóng xuéto study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
• 喂wéihello (when answering the phone)
• 五wǔfive; 5
• 事shìmatter; thing; item; work; affair
• 喜欢xǐ huanto like; to be fond of
• 后hòusurname Hou
• 下午xià wǔafternoon; p.m.
• 下雨xià yǔto rain
• 先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor
• 现在xiàn zàinow; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few; young
• 小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
• 些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
• 写xiěto write
• 星期xīng qīweek; day of the week; Sunday
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
• 你们nǐ menyou (plural)
• 学习xué xíto learn; to study
• 学校xué xiàoschool
• 一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more
• 衣服yī fuclothes
• 这些zhè xiēthese
• 医生yī shēngdoctor
• 医院yī yuànhospital
• 椅子yǐ zichair
• 月yuèmoon; month; monthly
• 再见zài jiàngoodbye; see you again later
• 怎么zěn mehow?; what?; why?
• 怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
• 中午zhōng wǔnoon; midday
• 住zhùto live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
• 桌子zhuō zitable; desk
• 字zìletter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
• 昨天zuó tiānyesterday
• 坐zuòsurname Zuo
• 打dǎdozen (loanword)
• 还有hái yǒufurthermore; in addition; still; also
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said
• 看到kàn dàoto see
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
• 车chēsurname Che
• 一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
• 找到zhǎo dàoto find
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill
• 这里zhè lǐvariant of 这里

Frequently asked questions

How many words do you need for HSK 1?

On the current exam (HSK 2.0), HSK 1 requires 150 words in total. Under the new HSK 3.0 standard, level 1 covers 500 words in total.

What is in this HSK 1 vocabulary list?

369 Chinese words that the HSK Ace dictionary places at HSK 1, sorted by frequency. Each one has pinyin, an English meaning, audio and a stroke-order animation. The set draws on both HSK 2.0 and HSK 3.0, so its size differs from the official counts.

Practice HSK 1

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