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

房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story)飞fēito fly 非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary 飞机fēi jīairplane 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate 风fēngwind; news 干gànto do; to work; to manage; capable 干净gān jìngclean; neat 干什么gàn shén mewhat are you doing?; what's he up to?高gāohigh; tall 告诉gào suto tell; to inform; to let know 高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad 歌gēsong; to sing 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual 给gěito; for 跟gēnwith; and; to follow closely; to go with 工人gōng rénworker 工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operateIn context 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off 关上guān shàngto close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national 过guòto cross; to go over 国家guó jiācountry; nation; state 国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)还háistill; still in progress 还是hái shistill (as before); had better 还有hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition 孩子hái zichild 汉语Hàn yǔChinese language 汉字hàn zìChinese character; Japanese: kanji 行xíngto walk; to go 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper 号hàoordinal number; day of a month 好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious 好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking 好听hǎo tīngpleasant to hear 好玩儿hǎo wán rerhua variant of 好玩 (hǎowán)喝hēto drink 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math.) sum 很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)后hòuback; behind 后边hòu bianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back 后天hòu tiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天 (xiāntiān))花huāflower; blossom 话huàwords; speech; talk; what sb said; language; dialect 坏huàibad; spoiled 回huíto circle; to go back 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to 回答huí dáto reply; to answer; reply; answer 回到huí dàoto return to 回家huí jiāto return home 回来huí laito return; to come back 回去huí quto return; to go back 火车huǒ chētrain 几jǐhow much; how many 记jìto record; to note 机场jī chǎngairport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship 鸡蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg 记得jì deto remember 机票jī piàoair ticket; passenger ticket 记住jì zhuto remember; to bear in mind 家jiāhome; family 家里jiā lǐhome 家人jiā rénfamily member; (old) servant 间jiānbetween; among 见jiànto see; to meet 见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other 叫jiàoto shout; to call 教jiāoto teach 教学楼jiào xué lóuschool building; academic building 介绍jiè shàoto introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation 进jìnto go forward; to advance 进来jìn láito come in 今年jīn niánthis year 进去jìn qùto go in 今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now 九jiǔnine; 9 就jiùthen; in that case; just; only; exactly 觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)In context 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 开车kāi chēto drive a car 开会kāi huìto hold a meeting; to attend a meeting 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke 看kànto see; to look at; to read 看病kàn bìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient 看到kàn dàoto see 看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of 考kǎoto check; to verify 考试kǎo shìto take an exam; exam 渴kěthirsty 课kèsubject; course 课本kè běntextbook 课文kè wéntext 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc 快kuàirapid; quick 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)来到lái dàoto arrive; to come 老lǎoold (of people); venerable; always; very

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.