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

活huóto live; alive 火huǒfire; urgent 基本jī běnbasic; fundamental 基本上jī běn shangbasically; on the whole 基础jī chǔbase; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental 积极jī jíactive; energetic 记录jì lùto record; record (written account)纪录jì lùvariant of 记录 (jìlù) (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")纪念jì niànto commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir 机器jī qìmachine 及时jí shítimely; at the right time; promptly; without delay 技术jì shùtechnology; technique; skill 计算jì suànto count; to calculate 集体jí tǐcollective (decision); joint (effort)继续jì xùto continue; to proceed with; to go on with 记者jì zhěreporter; journalist 集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize 架jiàto support; frame 价格jià géprice 加工jiā gōngto process; processing 家具jiā jùfurniture 加快jiā kuàito accelerate; to speed up 价钱jià qianprice 加强jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance 家属jiā shǔfamily member; (family) dependent 家乡jiā xiānghometown; native place 价值jià zhívalue; worth 建jiànto establish; to found 建成jiàn chéngto establish; to build 坚持jiān chíto persevere with; to persist inIn context 简单jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated 坚决jiān juéfirm; resolute; determined 建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up 坚强jiān qiángstaunch; strong 建设jiàn shèto build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute 建议jiàn yìto propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation 简直jiǎn zhísimply; really 强qiángstrong; powerful 将近jiāng jìnalmost; nearly 将来jiāng láiin the future; future 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute 教材jiào cáiteaching material 交费jiāo fèito pay a fee 交警jiāo jǐngtraffic police (abbr. for 交通警察 (jiāotōngjǐngchá))教练jiào liàninstructor; sports coach 交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange 交往jiāo wǎngto associate (with); to have contact (with)交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal 接待jiē dàito receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)结合jié héto combine; to link 结婚jié hūnto marry; to get married 接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to 解决jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)解开jiě kāito untie; to undo 结实jiē shirugged; sturdy 结束jié shùtermination; to finish 节约jié yuēto economize; to conserve (resources)金jīngold; chemical element Au 仅jǐnbarely; only 紧jǐntight; strict 进步jìn bùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress 紧急jǐn jíurgent; emergency 仅仅jǐn jǐnbarely; only 尽量jǐn liàngas much as possible; to the greatest extent 金牌jīn páigold medal 近期jìn qīnear in time; in the near future 进一步jìn yī bùto go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further 进展jìn zhǎnto make headway; to make progress 紧张jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up 静jìngstill; calm 精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous 警察jǐng chápolice; police officer 经济jīng jìeconomy; economic 京剧Jīng jùBeijing opera 经历jīng lìexperience; to experience 景色jǐng sèscenery; scene 精神jīng shénspirit; mind 经验jīng yànexperience; to experience 经营jīng yíngto engage in (business etc); to run; to operate 久jiǔ(long) time; (long) duration of time 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新救jiùto save; to assist 就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just 就业jiù yèto get a job; employment 举办jǔ bànto conduct; to hold 剧场jù chǎngtheater 据说jù shuōit is said that; reportedly 具体jù tǐconcrete; specific; detailed 具有jù yǒuto have; to possess 决定jué dìngto decide (to do something); to resolveIn context 绝对jué duìabsolute; unconditional 决赛jué sàifinals (of a competition)决心jué xīndetermination; resolution 咖啡kā fēicoffee (loanword)开发kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop 开放kāi fàngto bloom; to open 开始kāi shǐto begin; beginning 开业kāi yèto open a business; to open a practice 开展kāi zhǎnto launch; to develop 看起来kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be

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.