HSK 2 vocabulary list

The 738 words of new HSK band 2, the beginner stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.

738 words

Ordered by pinyin

啊amodal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent 爱情ài qíngromance; love (romantic)爱人ài renspouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC)安静ān jìngquiet; peacefulIn context 安全ān quánsafe; secure; safety; security 白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary 办bànto do; to manage 办法bàn fǎmeans; method 办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises 半夜bàn yèmidnight; in the middle of the night 班长bān zhǎngclass monitor; squad leader 帮助bāng zhùassistance; aid; to help; to assist 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied 报名bào míngto sign up; to enter one's name 报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back 北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country 笔bǐpen; pencil 笔记bǐ jìto take down (in writing); notes 笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery); notebook (computing)比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance 比如说bǐ rú shuōfor example 必须bì xūto have to; must 边biānside; edge 变biànto change; to become different 遍biàneverywhere; all over 变成biàn chéngto change into; to turn into 便宜pián yicheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females 表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show 不错bù cuòcorrect; right 不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)部分bù fenpart; share 不够bù gòunot enough; insufficient 不过bù guòonly; merely 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing 不久bù jiǔnot long (after); before too long 不满bù mǎnresentful; discontented 不如bù rúnot equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to 不少bù shǎomany; a lot 不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct 不行bù xíngwon't do; be out of the question 不要bù yàodon't!; must not 不一定bù yī dìngnot necessarily; maybe 才cáionly then; just now; only (before a quantity)菜单cài dānmenu 参观cān guānto look around; to tour 参加cān jiāto participate; to take part 草cǎograss; straw 草地cǎo dìlawn; meadow 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum 查cháto research; to check 差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage 长chánglength; long 常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common 常用cháng yòngin common usage 超过chāo guòto surpass; to exceed 超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāojíshìchǎng))车辆chē liàngvehicle 成chéngto succeed; to finish 成绩chéng jìachievement; performance records 成为chéng wéito become; to turn into 离líto leave; to part from 重点zhòng diǎnimportant point; main point; focus; key (project etc)重复chóng fùto repeat; to duplicate 重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-出发chū fāto set off; to start (on a journey)出国chū guóto go abroad; to leave the country 出口chū kǒuan exit; to speak 出门chū ménto go out; to leave home 出生chū shēngto be born 出现chū xiànto appear; to arise 出院chū yuànto leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital 出租chū zūto rent 出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car 船chuánboat; vessel 吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument 春节Chūn jiéSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)In context 春天chūn tiānspring (season)词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics 词典cí diǎndictionary 词语cí yǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term)从小cóng xiǎofrom childhood; from a young age 大部分dà bù fenin large part; the greater part 大大dà dàgreatly; enormously 大多数dà duō shù(great) majority 打工dǎ gōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 大海dà hǎisea; ocean 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family 大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity 大门dà ménentrance; door 大人dà renadult; grownup 大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice 打算dǎ suànto plan; to intendIn context 大小dà xiǎolarge and small; size 大衣dà yīovercoat; topcoat 打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal; to stamp 答应dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise 大自然dà zì ránnature (the natural world)

Practice HSK 2 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.