Old HSK 1 vocabulary list

The 150 words of level 1 in the 2010 six-level HSK, the version most textbooks still follow.

150 words

Ordered by pinyin

爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection 八bāeight; 8 爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad 北京Běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China 杯子bēi zicup; glass 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-不客气bù kè qiyou're welcome; don't mention it 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food)茶chátea; tea plant 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person)打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute)点diǎnpoint; dot 电脑diàn nǎocomputer 电视diàn shìtelevision; TV 电影diàn yǐngmovie; film 东西dōng xithing; stuff 都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read 对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint 多duōmany; much; too many; in excess 多少duō shaohow much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?二èrtwo; 2 儿子ér zison 饭馆fàn guǎnrestaurant 飞机fēi jīairplane 分钟fēn zhōngminute 高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual 工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operateIn context 狗gǒudog 汉语Hàn yǔChinese language 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper 喝hēto drink 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math.) sum 很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)后面hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back 回huíto circle; to go back 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to 火车站huǒ chē zhàntrain station 几jǐhow much; how many 家jiāhome; family 叫jiàoto shout; to call 今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now 九jiǔnine; 9 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 看kànto see; to look at; to read 看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)老师lǎo shīteacher 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)冷lěngcold 里lǐlining; interior 零língzero; nought 六liùsix; 6 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)妈妈mā mamama; mommy 买mǎito buy; to purchase 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself 没méi(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not 没关系méi guān xiit doesn't matter 米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice 明天míng tiāntomorrow 名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)哪nǎhow; which 那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")能néngcan; to be able to 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín))年niányear 女儿nǚ érdaughter 朋友péng youfriend 漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful 苹果píng guǒapple 七qīseven; 7 钱qiáncoin; money 前面qián miànahead; in front 请qǐngto ask; to invite 去qùto go; to go to (a place)热rèto warm up; to heat up 人rénperson; people 认识rèn shito know; to recognize 日rìsun; day 三sānthree; 3 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)商店shāng diànstore; shop 上午shàng wǔmorning 少shǎofew; less 谁shéiwho 什么shén mewhat?; something; anything 十shíten; 10 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true 时候shí houtime; length of time 书shūbook; letter 水shuǐwater; river 水果shuǐ guǒfruit

Practice Old HSK 1 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.