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

农村nóng cūnrural area; village 农民nóng mínpeasant; farmer 农业nóng yèagriculture; farming 女子nǚ zǐwoman; female 暖和nuǎn huowarm; nice and warm 派pàiclique; school 拍pāito pat; to clap 排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking 牌子pái zisign; trademark 胖pàngfat; plump 判断pàn duànto judge; to determine 跑步pǎo bùto run; to jog 配pèito join; to fit 配合pèi hématching; fitting in with 皮píleather; skin 皮包pí bāohandbag; briefcase 啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)批评pī píngto criticize; criticism 批准pī zhǔnto approve; to ratify 票价piào jiàticket price; fare; admission fee 苹果píng guǒapple 评价píng jiàto evaluate; to assess 破pòbroken; damaged 破坏pò huàidestruction; damage 普遍pǔ biànuniversal; general 普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize 期qīa period of time; phase 齐qíneat; even 其次qí cìnext; secondly 奇怪qí guàistrange; odd 气候qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)其实qí shíactually; in fact; really 前后qián hòuaround; from beginning to end 前进qián jìnto go forward; to forge ahead 前面qián miànahead; in front 千万qiān wànten million; countless 前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to 强大qiáng dàbig and strong; formidable; powerful 强调qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress 强烈qiáng lièstrong; intense 桥qiáobridge 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood)亲切qīn qièamiable; cordial 亲人qīn rénone's close relatives 亲自qīn zìpersonally; in person 情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion 请教qǐng jiàoto ask for guidance; to consult 情况qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation 庆祝qìng zhùto celebrate 球迷qiú mífan (ball sports)区qūarea; region 区别qū biédifference; to distinguish 去世qù shìto pass away; to die 取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; cancellation 全场quán chǎngeveryone present; the whole audience 全面quán miànall-around; comprehensive 全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global 缺quēdeficiency; lack 确保què bǎoto ensure; to guarantee 缺点quē diǎnweak point; fault 确定què dìngdefinite; certain 缺少quē shǎolack; shortage of 确实què shíindeed; really 群qúngroup; crowd 裙子qún ziskirt 热爱rè àito love ardently; to adore 热烈rè lièenthusiastic; ardent 任rènto assign; to appoint 人才rén cáitalent; talented person 认出rèn chūrecognition; to recognize 认得rèn deto recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it 人工rén gōngartificial; manpower 任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever 认可rèn kěto approve; approval 人类rén lèihumanity; human race 人民rén mínthe people 人民币rén mín bìRenminbi (RMB); Chinese Yuan (CNY)人群rén qúncrowd 人生rén shēnglife (one's time on earth)任务rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role 人员rén yuánstaff; crew 仍réngstill; yet; to remain 仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet 日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everydayIn context 容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to 如何rú héhow; what way 散步sàn bùto take a walk; to go for a walk 沙发shā fāsofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 沙子shā zisand; grit 伤shāngto injure; injury 汤tāngsoup; hot or boiling water 上来shàng láito come up; to approach 上面shàng miànon top of; above-mentioned 商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise 上去shàng qùto go up 上升shàng shēngto rise; to go up 伤心shāng xīnto grieve; to be broken-hearted 商业shāng yèbusiness; trade 上衣shàng yījacket; upper outer garment

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.