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

睡觉shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep 说话shuō huàto speak; to say 四sìfour; 4 岁suìclassifier for years (of age); year 他tāhe; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis)她tāshe 太tàihighest; greatest 天气tiān qìweather 同学tóng xuéto study at the same school; fellow student 喂wèihey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)我wǒI; me; my 我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our 五wǔfive; 5 喜欢xǐ huanto like; to be fond of 下xiàdown; downwards 下午xià wǔafternoon; p.m.下雨xià yǔto rain 先生xiān shengMr.; sir; gentleman; husband 现在xiàn zàinow; at present 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise 小xiǎosmall; tiny 小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss 些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several 写xiěto write 谢谢xiè xieto thank; thanks 星期xīng qīweek; day of the week 学生xué shengstudent; schoolchild 学习xué xíto learn; to study 学校xué xiàoschool 一yīone; single 衣服yī fuclothes 医生yī shēngdoctor 医院yī yuànhospital 椅子yǐ zichair 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒuyì) intentional)月yuèmoon; month 在zàiat; in; to be (located) at; (marks an action in progress)再见zài jiàngoodbye 怎么zěn mehow?; what?怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)中国Zhōng guóChina 中午zhōng wǔnoon; midday 住zhùto live; to dwell 桌子zhuō zitable; desk 字zìletter; symbol 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose 昨天zuó tiānyesterday

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.