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

许多xǔ duōmany; a lot of 选xuǎnto choose; to pick 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)学期xué qīterm; semester 眼yǎneye; small hole 眼睛yǎn jingeye 颜色yán sècolor; countenance 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children)样子yàng ziappearance; manner 药yàomedicine; drug 药店yào diànpharmacy 药片yào piàna (medicine) pill or tablet 要求yāo qiúto request; to require 药水yào shuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine 夜yènight 夜里yè liduring the night; at night 也许yě xǔperhaps; maybe 亿yì100 million 一般yī bānsame; ordinary 一部分yī bù fenportion; part of 一点点yī diǎn diǎna little bit 一定yī dìngsurely; certainly 一共yī gòngaltogether 以后yǐ hòuafter; later 意见yì jiànidea; opinion 已经yǐ jīngalready 一路平安yī lù píng ānto have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage!一路顺风yī lù shùn fēngto have a pleasant journey (idiom)以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly 以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more 一生yī shēngall one's life; throughout one's life 意思yì simeaning; idea; opinion 以外yǐ wàiapart from; other than 以为yǐ wéito think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower; that amount or less 一直yī zhíalways; continuously; all the way through; straight (in a straight line)椅子yǐ zichair 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy 银行yín hángbank 银行卡yín háng kǎbank card; ATM card 音节yīn jiésyllable 阴天yīn tiāncloudy day; overcast sky 因为yīn wèibecause; owing to 音乐yīn yuèmusic 音乐会yīn yuè huìconcert 应该yīng gāiought to; should 影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie 英文Yīng wénEnglish (language)影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect 英语Yīng yǔEnglish (language)永远yǒng yuǎnforever; eternal 油yóuoil; fat 又yòu(once) again; also 友好yǒu hǎofriendly; amicable; close friend 游客yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player 有空儿yǒu kòng rerhua variant of 有空 (yǒukòng)有人yǒu rénsomeone; people 有意思yǒu yì siinteresting; meaningful 鱼yúfish 语言yǔ yánlanguage 院yuàncourtyard; institution 原来yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at firstIn context 愿意yuàn yìto wish; to want 原因yuán yīncause; origin 院长yuàn zhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院 (yuàn); chair of a board 院子yuàn zicourtyard; garden 越yuèto exceed; to climb over 月份yuè fènmonth 越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more 月亮yuè liangthe moon 云yúncloud 运动yùn dòngto move; to exercise 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)咱们zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me 脏zāngdirty; filthy 早餐zǎo cānbreakfast 早晨zǎo chénearly morning 早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time 怎么办zěn me bànwhat's to be done 怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?怎样zěn yànghow; what kind 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy 站住zhàn zhùto stand 长大zhǎng dàto grow up 找出zhǎo chūto find; to search out 照顾zhào guto take care of; to show consideration 照片zhào piànphotograph; picture 照相zhào xiàngto take a photograph 这么zhè meso much; this much 这样zhè yàngthis kind of; so 真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed 正常zhèng chángregular; normal 正好zhèng hǎojust (in time); just right 正确zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper 正是zhèng shìis precisely 只zhǐonly; merely; just 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc 直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 间接 (jiànjiē)); immediate 只能zhǐ néngcan only; obliged to do sth 只要zhǐ yàoif only; so long as

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.