HSK 1 vocabulary list

• 出来chū láito come out; to appear; to arise
• 得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receive
• 那些nà xiēthose
• 电话diàn huàtelephone; phone call; phone number
• 女人nǚ rénwoman
• 有些yǒu xiēsome; somewhat
• 帮bāngold variant of 帮
• 男人nán réna man; a male; men
• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
• 们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
• 身上shēn shangon the body; at hand; among
• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
• 回来huí laito return; to come back
• 妈māma; mom; mother
• 球qiúball; sphere; globe; ball game; match
• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
• 第二dì èrsecond; number two; next; secondary
• 别的bié deelse; other
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
• 跑pǎo(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
• 回家huí jiāto return home
• 晚wǎnevening; night; late
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb
• 真的zhēn dereally, truly, indeed
• 子zǐson; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub-
• 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 歌gēsong; to sing
• 哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里
• 那里nà lithere; that place
• 飞fēito fly
• 出去chū qùto go out
• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 大学dà xuéthe Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill; defect
• 她们tā menthey; them (for females)
• 今年jīn niánthis year
• 听到tīng dàoto hear
• 汽车qì chēcar; automobile; bus
• 来到lái dàoto arrive; to come
• 床chuángbed; couch; classifier for beds
• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
• 回到huí dàoto return to
• 家里jiā lǐhome
• 不用bù yòngneed not
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
• 房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
• 山shānsurname Shan
• 常chángsurname Chang
• 记jìto record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
• 哥gēelder brother
• 爸bàfather; dad; pa; papa
• 风fēngwind; news; style; custom; manner
• 回去huí quto return; to go back
• 打开dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
• 病人bìng rénsick person; patient; invalid
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
• 有的yǒu de(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
• 左zuǒsurname Zuo
• 吃饭chī fànto have a meal; to eat; to make a living

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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