HSK word lists
HSK 1 vocabulary list
The 484 words of new HSK band 1, the beginner stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.
484 words
Ordered by pinyin爱to love; to be fond of; to like; affection爱好to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby八eight; 8吧(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?白white; snowy百hundred; numerous白天daytime; during the day班team; class; grade; (military) squad半half; semi-半年half a year半天half of the day; a long time帮to help; to assist帮忙to help; to lend a hand包to cover; to wrap包子bao (steamed stuffed bun)杯cup; trophy cup北north; (classical) to be defeated北边north; north side北京Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China杯子cup; glass本(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source本子book; notebook比to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}别don't ...!; other; another; different别的else; other别人other people; others; other person病illness; disease病人sick person; patient不no; not so; (bound form) not; un-不大not very; not too不对incorrect; wrong不客气you're welcome; don't mention it不用need not菜vegetable; greens; dish (of food)茶tea; tea plant差different; wrong; mistaken常always; ever唱to sing; to call loudly常常frequently; often唱歌to sing a song车car; vehicle车票ticket (for a bus or train)车站rail station; bus stop吃to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)吃饭to have a meal; to eat重heavy; serious出to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur出来to come out; to appear出去to go out穿to wear; to put on床bed; couch次time (measure word for events); next in sequence; second从from; through; via; (bound form) to follow错mistake; wrong打to beat; to strike大big; large; great; older (than another person)打车to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift打电话to make a telephone call打开to open; to show (a ticket)打球to play ball; to play with a ball大学university; college大学生university student; college student到to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to地earth; ground的of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute)得到to get; to obtain; to receive等to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till地点place; site地方area; place地上on the ground; on the floor地图map点point; dot电lightning; electricity电话telephone; phone call电脑computer电视television; TV电视机television set电影movie; film电影院cinema; movie theater东east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)动(of sth) to move; to set in movement东边east; east side东西thing; stuff动作movement; motion; action; to act; to move都all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even读to read out; to read aloud; to read读书to read a book; to study对right; correct; towards; at; for对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint多many; much; too many; in excess多少how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?饿hungry; to starve (sb)二two; 2儿子son饭cooked rice; meal饭店restaurant; hotel放to put; to place放假to have a holiday or vacation房间room放学to dismiss students at the end of the school day
Practice HSK 1 with flashcards
Each list contains the words with an exact simplified-spelling match in our CC-CEDICT dictionary, ordered by pinyin. The official word lists are slightly larger; spellings outside the dictionary do not appear here. Read how the three HSK word lists compare.
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