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

中餐zhōng cānlunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food 中级zhōng jímiddle level (in a hierarchy)中年zhōng niánmiddle age 重视zhòng shìto attach importance to sth; to value 中小学zhōng xiǎo xuémiddle and elementary school 中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core 中医zhōng yītraditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine 周zhōuweek; weekly 周末zhōu mòweekendIn context 周年zhōu niánanniversary; annual 住房zhù fánghousing 主人zhǔ rénmaster; host 主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary 住院zhù yuànto be in hospital; to be hospitalized 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn 准确zhǔn quèaccurate; exact; precise 字典zì diǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典 (cídiǎn), which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary 自己zì jǐoneself; one's own 自行车zì xíng chēbicycle; bike 自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted 走过zǒu guòto walk past; to pass by 走进zǒu jìnto enter 走开zǒu kāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside 租zūto hire; to rent 组zǔto form; to organize 组成zǔ chéngto form; to make up 组长zǔ zhǎnggroup leader 嘴zuǐmouth; beak 最近zuì jìnrecently; soon 座zuòseat; base 做到zuò dàoto accomplish; to achieve 做法zuò fǎway of handling sth; method for making 做饭zuò fànto prepare a meal; to cook 作家zuò jiāauthor 座位zuò wèiseat 作文zuò wénto write an essay; composition (student essay)作业zuò yèschool assignment; homework 作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity

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.