HSK word lists
HSK 3 vocabulary list
The 942 words of new HSK band 3, the beginner stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.
942 words
Ordered by pinyin中华民族the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)终于at last; in the endIn context种子seed周围environs; surroundings; periphery猪hog; pig祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)主持to take charge of; to manage or direct主动to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord主任director; head主意plan; idea注意to take note of; to pay attention to主张to advocate; to stand for抓to grab; to catch抓住to grab hold of; to capture转to turn; to change direction转变to change; to transform专家expert; specialist专门specialist; specialized专题specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic专业specialty; specialized field状况condition; state; situation状态condition; state; state of affairs准accurate; standard自从since (a time); ever since自动automatic; voluntarily资格qualifications; seniority资金funds; capital自觉conscious; aware子女children; sons and daughters自然nature; natural自身itself; oneself自主independent; to act for oneself总general; overall; to sum up总结to sum up; to conclude总是always足够enough; sufficient组合to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation足球soccer ball; a football做客to be a guest or visitor作品work (of art); opus左右left and right; nearby作者author; writer
Practice HSK 3 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.
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