HSK 2 vocabulary list

• 接到jiē dàoto receive (letter etc)
• 大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous
• 黄huángsurname Huang or Hwang
• 好多hǎo duōmany; quite a lot; much better
• 大部分dà bù fenin large part; the greater part; the majority
• 什么样shén me yàngwhat kind?; what sort?
• 那时nà shíthen; at that time; in those days
• 心中xīn zhōngcentral point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
• 爬páto crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
• 高中gāo zhōngsenior high school; abbr. for 高级中学
• 英语yīng yǔEnglish (language)
• 以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower; that amount or less; the following
• 讲话jiǎng huàa speech; to speak; to talk; to address
• 大多数dà duō shù(great) majority
• 以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
• 名单míng dānlist of names
• 红色hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
• 放下fàng xiàto lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
• 早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
• 的话de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
• 河hériver
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
• 多久duō jiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
• 球队qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
• 上周shàng zhōulast week
• 黑色hēi sèblack
• 道路dào lùroad; path; way
• 大人dà renadult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
• 绿色lǜ sègreen
• 公路gōng lùhighway; road
• 湖húlake
• 院yuàncourtyard; institution
• 家长jiā zhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
• 教师jiào shīteacher
• 白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
• 好事hǎo shìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
• 提到tí dàoto mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
• 送给sòng gěito send; to give as a present
• 不久bù jiǔnot long (after); before too long; soon; soon after
• 比如说bǐ rú shuōfor example
• 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
• 碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into; to meet; to hit
• 蓝色lán sèblue (color)
• 懂得dǒng deto understand; to know; to comprehend
• 好久hǎo jiǔquite a while
• 夏天xià tiānsummer
• 接下来jiē xià láito accept; to take; next; following
• 早餐zǎo cānbreakfast
• 图片tú piànpicture; photograph
• 车辆chē liàngvehicle
• 有意思yǒu yì siinteresting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
• 早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. [zǎo chen]
• 出门chū ménto go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
• 以外yǐ wàiapart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
• 做法zuò fǎway of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice
• 全体quán tǐall; entire
• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu]
• 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
• 全身quán shēnthe whole body; (typography) em
• 咱zánvariant of 咱

Frequently asked questions

How many words do you need for HSK 2?

On the current exam (HSK 2.0), HSK 2 requires 300 words in total, counted from HSK 1. Under the new HSK 3.0 standard, level 2 covers 1,272 words in total.

What is in this HSK 2 vocabulary list?

481 Chinese words that the HSK Ace dictionary places at HSK 2, 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.

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