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

平常píng chángordinary; common 平等píng děngequal; equality 平时píng shíordinarily; in normal times 瓶子píng zibottle 普通pǔ tōngcommon; ordinary 普通话pǔ tōng huàMandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)气qìgas; air; smell 骑车qí chēto ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)起飞qǐ fēi(of an aircraft) to take off 其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else 气温qì wēnair temperature 其中qí zhōngamong; in 千qiānthousand 千克qiān kèkilogram 前年qián niánthe year before last 墙qiángwall; (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙 (bèiqiáng))轻qīnglight; easy 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)清楚qīng chuclear; distinct 请客qǐng kèto give a dinner party; to entertain guests 青年qīng niányouth; youthful years 请求qǐng qiúto request; to ask; request 青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth 晴天qíng tiānclear sky; sunny day 求qiúto seek; to look for 球场qiú chǎngstadium; sports ground 球队qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)秋天qiū tiānautumn 球鞋qiú xiéathletic shoes 取qǔto take; to get 取得qǔ déto acquire; to get; to obtain 全quánall; whole 全部quán bùwhole; all 全国quán guówhole nation; nationwide 全家quán jiāwhole family 全年quán niánthe whole year; all year long 全身quán shēnthe whole body; (typography) em 全体quán tǐall; entire 然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards 让ràngto yield; to permit 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic 人口rén kǒupopulation; people 人们rén menpeople 人数rén shùnumber of people 认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel 日报rì bàodaily newspaper 日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date 如果rú guǒif; in case 入口rù kǒuentrance; to import 商量shāng liangto consult; to talk over 商人shāng rénmerchant; businessman 上周shàng zhōulast week 少年shào niánearly youth; youngster 少数shǎo shùsmall number; few 身边shēn biānat one's side; on hand 什么样shén me yàngwhat kind?; what sort?生shēngto be born; to give birth 省shěngto save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out 生词shēng cínew word (in textbook); word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied 生活shēng huóto live; lifeIn context 声音shēng yīnvoice; sound 市shìmarket; city 十分shí fēnvery; completely 实际shí jìreality; practice 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business 食物shí wùfood 实习shí xíto practice; field work 实现shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about 使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ 实在shí zàireally; actually 市长shì zhǎngmayor 收shōuto receive; to accept 手表shǒu biǎowristwatch 收到shōu dàoto receive 受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)收入shōu rùto take in; income 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done 数shǔto count; to count as; to regard as 舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well 数字shù zìnumeral; digit 水平shuǐ pínglevel (of achievement etc); standard 顺利shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch 说明shuō míngto explain; to illustrate 司机sī jīchauffeur; driver 送给sòng gěito send; to give as a present 算suànto regard as; to figure 随便suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases 虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kěshì) or 但是 (dànshì) etc)随时suí shíat any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary 所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result 所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own 它tāit 它们tā menthey; them 态度tài dumanner; bearing 太太tài taimarried woman; Mrs.太阳tài yangsun 套tàoto cover; to encase 讨论tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over 特别tè biéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly 特点tè diǎncharacteristic (feature); trait

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.