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

开学kāi xué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin 看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of 考生kǎo shēngexam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam 科kēbranch of study; administrative section 克kègram; to overcome; to subdue; to restrain 刻kèquarter (hour); moment 可爱kě àiadorable; cute 可能kě néngmight (happen); possible 可怕kě pàawful; dreadful 客人kè rénvisitor; guest 可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed 课堂kè tángclassroom 科学kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge 可以kě yǐcan; may 空气kōng qìair; atmosphere 哭kūto cry; to weep 快餐kuài cānfast food; snack 快点儿kuài diǎn rerhua variant of 快点 (kuàidiǎn)快乐kuài lèhappy; joyful 快要kuài yàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)筷子kuài zichopsticks 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument)来自lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)蓝lánblue; indigo plant 篮球lán qiúbasketball 蓝色lán sèblue (color)老年lǎo niánelderly; old age 老朋友lǎo péng youold friend; (slang) period 老是lǎo shialways 离开lí kāito depart; to leave 例如lì rúfor example; for instance; such as 里头lǐ touinside; interior 礼物lǐ wùgift; present 理想lǐ xiǎngan ideal; a dream 例子lì zicase; (for) instance 脸liǎnface 练liànto practice; to train 练习liàn xíto practice; exercise 凉liángcool; cold 亮liàngbright; light; to shine; to flash 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles 凉快liáng kuainice and cold; pleasantly cool 零下líng xiàbelow zero 流liúto flow; to disseminate 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain 流利liú lìfluent 留下liú xiàto leave behind; to stay behind 流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate 留学生liú xué shēngstudent studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student 弄nòngto do; to manage 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子 (lǜmàozi)) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)路边lù biāncurb; roadside; wayside 旅客lǚ kètraveler; tourist 绿色lǜ sègreen 旅行lǚ xíngto travel; journey; trip 旅游lǚ yóutrip; journey 卖màito sell; to betray 满mǎnto fill; full 满意mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself 米mǐrice; meter (classifier)面前miàn qiánin front of; facing 名míngname; noun (part of speech)名称míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)名单míng dānlist of names 明星míng xīngstar; celebrity 万wànten thousand; a great number 目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective 拿出ná chūto take out; to put out 拿到ná dàoto get; to obtain 那会儿nà huì rat that time (in the past or the future)那么nà melike that; in that way 那样nà yàngthat kind; that sort 南方nán fāngsouth; southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River)难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell 难看nán kànugly; unsightly 难受nán shòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain 难题nán tídifficult problem 难听nán tīngunpleasant to hear; coarse 能够néng gòuto be capable of; to be able to 年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)年轻nián qīngyoung 鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious 爬páto crawl; to climb 怕pàto be afraid; to fear 爬山pá shānto climb a mountain; to mountaineer 排páia row; a line 排队pái duìto line up 排球pái qiúvolleyball 碰pèngto touch; to meet with 碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into 碰见pèng jiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly)篇piānsheet; piece of writing 片piànthin piece; flake 漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful 平píngflat; level 瓶píngbottle; vase 平安píng ānsafe and sound; well

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.