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

新年xīn niánNew Year 星期xīng qīweek; day of the week 星期日Xīng qī rìSunday 星期天Xīng qī tiānSunday 休息xiū xirest; to restIn context 学xuéto learn; to study 学生xué shengstudent; schoolchild 学习xué xíto learn; to study 学校xué xiàoschool 学院xué yuàncollege; educational institute 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to 也yě(adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 (a)爷爷yé ye(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather 一yīone; single 一半yī bànhalf 一边yī biānone side; either side 一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一点 (yīdiǎn)衣服yī fuclothes 一会儿yī huì ra moment; a while 一块儿yī kuài rerhua variant of 一块 (yīkuài)一起yī qǐin the same place; together 医生yī shēngdoctor 一下儿yī xià rerhua variant of 一下 (yīxià)一些yī xiēsome; a few 一样yī yàngsame; like 医院yī yuànhospital 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey 用yòngto use; to employ 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒuyì) intentional)右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center 右边yòu bianright side; right, to the right 有的yǒu de(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)有名yǒu míngfamous; well-known 有用yǒu yònguseful 雨yǔrain 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary 远yuǎnfar; distant 月yuèmoon; month 再zàiagain; once more; re-; second; another 在zàiat; in; to be (located) at; (marks an action in progress)在家zài jiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 (chūchāi))再见zài jiàngoodbye 早zǎoearly; morning 早饭zǎo fànbreakfast 早上zǎo shangearly morning 怎么zěn mehow?; what?站zhànstation; to stand 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state 找到zhǎo dàoto find 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)这边zhè biānthis side; here 这里zhè lǐhere 这儿zhè rhere 这些zhè xiēthese 真zhēnreally; truly 真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine 正zhèngstraight; upright 正在zhèng zàijust at (that time); right in (that place)知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of 知识zhī shiknowledge; intellectual 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center 中国Zhōng guóChina 中间zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among 中文Zhōng wénChinese language 中午zhōng wǔnoon; midday 中学zhōng xuémiddle school 中学生zhōng xué shēngmiddle-school student; high school student 重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major 住zhùto live; to dwell 准备zhǔn bèipreparation; to prepare 桌子zhuō zitable; desk 字zìletter; symbol 走zǒuto walk; to go 走路zǒu lùto walk; to go on foot 最zuìmost; the most 最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...最后zuì hòufinal; last 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics)坐zuòto sit; to take a seat 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose 左边zuǒ bianleft; the left side 昨天zuó tiānyesterday 坐下zuò xiato sit down

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.