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

广告guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial 国际guó jìinternational 过来guò láito come over; to manage 过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year 过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by 海hǎiocean; sea 海边hǎi biāncoast; seaside 喊hǎnto yell; to shout 好处hǎo chubenefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit 好多hǎo duōmany; quite a lot 好久hǎo jiǔquite a while 好人hǎo réngood person; healthy person 好事hǎo shìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity 好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River 合适hé shìsuitable; fitting; appropriate 黑hēiblack; dark 黑板hēi bǎnblackboard 黑色hēi sèblack 红hóngred; popular 红色hóng sèred (color); revolutionary 后来hòu láiafterwards; later; newly arrived 湖húlake 忽然hū ránsuddenly; all of a sudden 护照hù zhàopassport 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting 画家huà jiāpainter 画儿huà rpicture; drawing 花园huā yuángarden 坏处huài chuharm; troubles 坏人huài rénbad person; villain 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc)欢迎huān yíngto welcome; welcome 黄huángyellow; pornographic 黄色huáng sèyellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic 回国huí guóto return to one's home country 或huòmaybe; perhaps 活动huó dòngto exercise; to move about 或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps 鸡jīfowl; chicken 级jílevel; grade 急jíurgent; pressing 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc)计划jì huàplan; project 机会jī huìopportunity; chanceIn context 计算机jì suàn jīcomputer; (Tw) calculator 加jiāto add; plus 假期jià qīvacation 家庭jiā tíngfamily; household 加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas 家长jiā zhǎnghead of a household; family head 件jiànitem; component 检查jiǎn cháinspection; to examine 见到jiàn dàoto see 健康jiàn kānghealth; healthy 讲jiǎngto speak; to explain 讲话jiǎng huàa speech; to speak 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends 角jiǎoangle; corner 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object)角度jiǎo dùangle; point of view 交给jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over 交朋友jiāo péng youto make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb 教师jiào shīteacher 教室jiào shìclassroom 交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic 教学jiào xuéteaching; instruction 教育jiào yùto educate; to teach 饺子jiǎo zidumpling; pot-sticker 叫作jiào zuòto call; to be called 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone)街jiēstreet 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给 (gěi) or 出 (chū) etc) to lend 接到jiē dàoto receive (letter etc)结果jié guǒoutcome; result 节目jié mùprogram; item (on a program)节日jié rìholiday; festival 接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce 接下来jiē xià láito accept; to take 接着jiē zheto catch and hold on; to continue 斤jīncatty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g 近jìnnear; close to 今后jīn hòuhereafter; henceforth 进入jìn rùto enter; to join 进行jìn xíngto advance; to conduct 经常jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily 经过jīng guòto pass; to go through 经理jīng lǐmanager; director 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor 酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)就要jiù yàowill; shall 举jǔto lift; to hold up 句jùsentence; clause 举手jǔ shǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)句子jù zisentence 卡kǎcard; to stop; to block 开机kāi jīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)开心kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice

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.