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HSK 3.0 Band 1 — vocabulary changes

Last updated: 2026-07-18

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Band 1 of HSK 3.0 contains 205 words that did not exist in any HSK 2.0 list, plus 159 words moved here from another HSK 2.0 level. Full lists with pinyin and meaning below.

New words in Band 1 (205)

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
常	Cháng	surname Chang
车	Chē	surname Che
大学	Dà xué	the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism
国	Guó	surname Guo
后	Hòu	surname Hou
山	Shān	surname Shan
星期日	Xīng qī rì	Sunday
星期天	Xīng qī tiān	Sunday
中	Zhōng	China; Chinese; surname Zhong
左	Zuǒ	surname Zuo
别的	bié de

Words moved to Band 1 from another 2.0 level (159)

Word	Pinyin	From HSK 2.0	Meaning
还	Huán	HSK 2	surname Huan
也	Yě	HSK 2	surname Ye
别	bié	HSK 2	surname Bie
白	bái	HSK 2	surname Bai
吧	bā	HSK 2	bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 贴吧
百	bǎi	HSK 2	surname Bai
比	bǐ	HSK 2	Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时
穿	chuān

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

起	qǐ	to 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

子	zǐ	son; 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-

出	chū	HSK 2	to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

次	cì	HSK 2	next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time

到	dào	HSK 2	to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough

就	jiù	HSK 2	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

分	fēn	HSK 3	to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 局); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

老	lǎo	HSK 3	prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

对	duì	HSK 4	right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair