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

老人lǎo rénold man or woman; the elderly 老师lǎo shīteacher 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)累lèitired; weary 冷lěngcold 里lǐlining; interior 里边lǐ bianinside 两liǎngtwo; both 六liùsix; 6 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building 楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread 楼下lóu xiàdownstairs 路lùroad; journey 路口lù kǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)路上lù shangon the road; on the way; en route 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)马路mǎ lùstreet; road 马上mǎ shàngat once; right away 买mǎito buy; to purchase 慢mànslow 忙mángbusy; hurriedly 毛máohair; feather 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not 没关系méi guān xiit doesn't matter 没什么méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome 没事儿méi shì rto have spare time; free from work 没有méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't 门méngate; door 门口mén kǒudoorway; gate 门票mén piàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice 面包miàn bāobread 面条儿miàn tiáo rerhua variant of 面条 (miàntiáo)明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable 明年míng niánnext year 明天míng tiāntomorrow 名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)拿náto hold; to seize 哪nǎhow; which 那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)那边nà bianover there; yonder 哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere 那里nà lithere; that place 哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere 那儿nà rthere 哪些nǎ xiēwhich ones?; who?那些nà xiēthose 奶nǎibreast; milk 奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house 男nánmale; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔděngjuéwèi)南nánsouth 难nándifficult (to...); problem 南边nán biansouth; south side 男孩儿nán hái rerhua variant of 男孩 (nánhái)男朋友nán péng youboyfriend 男人nán réna man; a male 男生nán shēngschoolboy; male student 呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")能néngcan; to be able to 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín))你们nǐ menyou (plural)年niányear 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 (nǐ))牛奶niú nǎicow's milk 女nǚfemale; woman 女儿nǚ érdaughter 女孩儿nǚ hái rerhua variant of 女孩 (nǚhái)女朋友nǚ péng yougirlfriend 女人nǚ rénwoman 女生nǚ shēngschoolgirl; female student 旁边páng biānside; adjacent place 跑pǎoto run; to run away 朋友péng youfriend 票piàoticket; ballot 七qīseven; 7 起qǐto rise; to raise 汽车qì chēcar; automobile 起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up 起来qǐ laito stand up; to get up 前qiánfront; forward 钱qiáncoin; money 钱包qián bāopurse; wallet 前边qián bianfront; the front side 前天qián tiānthe day before yesterday 请qǐngto ask; to invite 请假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence 请进qǐng jìn"please come in"请问qǐng wènExcuse me, may I ask...?请坐qǐng zuòplease, have a seat 球qiúball; sphere 去qùto go; to go to (a place)去年qù niánlast year 热rèto warm up; to heat up 人rénperson; people 认识rèn shito know; to recognize 认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnestIn context 日rìsun; day 日期rì qīdate 肉ròumeat; flesh 三sānthree; 3

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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.