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

设备shè bèiequipment; facilities; installations 社会shè huìsociety 设计shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan 设立shè lìto set up; to establish 深shēndeep (lit. and fig.)身份证shēn fèn zhèngidentity card; ID 深刻shēn kèprofound; deep 深入shēn rùto penetrate deeply; thorough 升shēngto ascend; to rise to the rank of 胜shèngvictory; success 生产shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child 生存shēng cúnto exist; to survive 生动shēng dòngvivid; lively 胜利shèng lìvictory 生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature 声明shēng míngto state; to declare 生意shēng yibusiness 生长shēng zhǎngto grow; to grow up 时shío'clock; time 使shǐto make; to cause 室shìroom; work unit 市场shì chǎngmarketplace; market (also in abstract)时代shí dàiage; era 事故shì gùaccident 适合shì héto fit; to suit 世纪shì jìcentury 实际上shí jì shàngin fact; in reality 事件shì jiànevent; happening 世界shì jièworld 世界杯Shì jiè bēiWorld Cup 时刻shí kètime; juncture 实力shí lìstrength 食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions 失去shī qùto lose 事实shì shífact 事实上shì shí shàngin fact; in reality 试题shì tíexam question; test topic 石头shí toustone 实行shí xíngto implement; to carry out 实验shí yànexperiment; test 试验shì yànexperiment; test 实验室shí yàn shìlaboratory 事业shì yèundertaking; project 适应shì yìngto adapt; to fit 适用shì yòngto be applicable 石油shí yóuoil; petroleum 始终shǐ zhōngfrom beginning to end; all along 受shòuto receive; to accept 首都shǒu dūcapital (city)收费shōu fèito charge a fee 收看shōu kànto watch (a TV program)受伤shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)收听shōu tīngto listen to (a radio broadcast)首先shǒu xiānfirst (of all); in the first place 手续shǒu xùprocedure; formalities 收音机shōu yīn jīradio 手指shǒu zhǐfinger 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy)束shùto bind; bunch 书架shū jiàbookshelf 数量shù liàngamount; quantity; quantitative 熟人shú rénacquaintance; friend 输入shū rùto import; to input 属于shǔ yúto be classified as; to belong to 双shuāngtwo; double 双方shuāng fāngbilateral; both sides 死sǐto die; impassable 思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking 速度sù dùspeed; rate 随suíto follow; to comply with 所suǒplace; measure word for houses, institutions etc 所长suǒ zhǎnghead of an institute etc 台táiplatform; stage 谈tánto speak; to talk 谈话tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation 谈判tán pànto negotiate; negotiation 糖tángsugar; sweets 特色tè sècharacteristic; distinguishing feature or quality 体会tǐ huìto know from experience; to learn through experience 题目tí mùsubject; title; topic; exercise or exam question 提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time 提问tí wènto question; to quiz; to grill 体现tǐ xiànto embody; to reflect 体验tǐ yànto experience for oneself 甜tiánsweet 天空tiān kōngsky 跳tiàoto jump; to hop 跳高tiào gāohigh jump (athletics)跳舞tiào wǔto dance 跳远tiào yuǎnlong jump (athletics)调整tiáo zhěngto adjust; adjustment 铁tiěiron (metal); arms 铁路tiě lùrailroad; railway 听力tīng lìhearing; listening ability 停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease 听众tīng zhòngaudience; listeners 痛tòngache; pain 通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally 痛苦tòng kǔpain; suffering

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.