Old HSK 2 vocabulary list

The 146 words of level 2 in the 2010 six-level HSK, the version most textbooks still follow.

146 words

Ordered by pinyin

吧ba(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?白báiwhite; snowy 百bǎihundred; numerous 帮助bāng zhùassistance; aid; to help; to assist 报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}便宜pián yicheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage 别biédon't ...!; other; another; different 长chánglength; long 唱歌chàng gēto sing a song 离líto leave; to part from 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur 穿chuānto wear; to put on 船chuánboat; vessel 次cìtime (measure word for events); next in sequence; second 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow 错cuòmistake; wrong 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family 但是dàn shìbut; however 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to 得déto obtain; to get 弟弟dì diyounger brother 第一dì yīfirst; number one 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend 房间fáng jiānroom 非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary 服务员fú wù yuánwaiter; waitress 高gāohigh; tall 告诉gào suto tell; to inform; to let know 哥哥gē geolder brother 给gěito; for 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus 公斤gōng jīnkilogram (kg)公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious 还háistill; still in progress 孩子hái zichild 号hàoordinal number; day of a month 好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious 黑hēiblack; dark 红hóngred; popular 欢迎huān yíngto welcome; welcome 回答huí dáto reply; to answer; reply; answer 机场jī chǎngairport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship 鸡蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg 件jiànitem; component 教室jiào shìclassroom 姐姐jiě jieolder sister 介绍jiè shàoto introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation 近jìnnear; close to 进jìnto go forward; to advance 就jiùthen; in that case; just; only; exactly 觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)In context 咖啡kā fēicoffee (loanword)开始kāi shǐto begin; beginning 考试kǎo shìto take an exam; exam 课kèsubject; course 可能kě néngmight (happen); possible 可以kě yǐcan; may 快kuàirapid; quick 快乐kuài lèhappy; joyful 累lèitired; weary 两liǎngtwo; both 路lùroad; journey 旅游lǚ yóutrip; journey 卖màito sell; to betray 慢mànslow 忙mángbusy; hurriedly 每měieach; every 妹妹mèi meiyounger sister; young woman 门méngate; door 男人nán réna man; a male 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 (nǐ))牛奶niú nǎicow's milk 女人nǚ rénwoman 旁边páng biānside; adjacent place 跑步pǎo bùto run; to jog 票piàoticket; ballot 起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up 妻子qī ziwife 千qiānthousand 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)去年qù niánlast year 让ràngto yield; to permit 上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty 身体shēn tǐthe body; one's health 生病shēng bìngto fall ill 生日shēng rìbirthday 时间shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business 手表shǒu biǎowristwatch 手机shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present)所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result 它tāit 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer)题títopic; problem for discussion 跳舞tiào wǔto dance 外wàioutside; in addition 完wánto finish; to be over

Practice Old HSK 2 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.