Old HSK 3 vocabulary list

The 298 words of level 3 in the 2010 six-level HSK, the version most textbooks still follow.

298 words

Ordered by pinyin

啊amodal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent 阿姨ā yímaternal aunt; step-mother 矮ǎi(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low 爱好ài hàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby 安静ān jìngquiet; peacefulIn context 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)半bànhalf; semi-办法bàn fǎmeans; method 办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises 帮忙bāng mángto help; to lend a hand 包bāoto cover; to wrap 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied 被bèiby (marks the passive voice); quilt 北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country 比较bǐ jiàoto compare; to contrast 比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match 必须bì xūto have to; must 鼻子bí zinose 变化biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation 表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show 表演biǎo yǎnplay; show 别人bié renother people; others; other person 宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse; lodge 冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox 才cáionly then; just now; only (before a quantity)菜单cài dānmenu 参加cān jiāto participate; to take part 草cǎograss; straw 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken 超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāojíshìchǎng))衬衫chèn shānshirt; blouse 成绩chéng jìachievement; performance records 城市chéng shìcity; townIn context 迟到chí dàoto arrive late 厨房chú fángkitchen 除了chú lebesides; apart from (... also...)出现chū xiànto appear; to arise 春chūnspring (season); gay 词语cí yǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term)聪明cōng mingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)打扫dǎ sǎoto clean; to sweep 打算dǎ suànto plan; to intendIn context 带dàito bring; to take along; to carry; to lead; to look after 蛋糕dàn gāocake 担心dān xīnanxious; worried 当然dāng ránonly natural; as it should be 地dìearth; ground 灯dēnglamp; light 低dīlow; beneath 地方dì fangarea; place 地铁dì tiěunderground railway; subway; subway train 地图dì túmap 电梯diàn tīelevator; escalator 电子diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)冬dōngwinter 动物dòng wùanimal 短duǎnshort; brief 段duànparagraph; section 锻炼duàn liànto toughen; to temper 多么duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)饿èhungry; to starve (sb)耳朵ěr duoear; handle (on a cup)而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover 发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever 发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detectIn context 放fàngto put; to place 方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easyIn context 放心fàng xīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate 附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhoodIn context 复习fù xíto review; revision 敢gǎnto dare; daring 干净gān jìngclean; neat 感冒gǎn màoto catch cold; (common) cold 刚才gāng cáijust now; a moment ago 跟gēnwith; and; to follow closely; to go with 根据gēn jùaccording to; based on 更gèngmore; even more 公园gōng yuánpark (for public recreation)故事gù shinarrative; story; taleIn context 刮guāto scrape; to blow 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off 关系guān xirelation; relationshipIn context 关心guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about 关于guān yúpertaining to; concerning 国家guó jiācountry; nation; state 过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by 果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice 害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared 还是hái shistill (as before); had better 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River 黑板hēi bǎnblackboard 护照hù zhàopassport 花huāflower; blossom 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting 花园huā yuángarden

Practice Old 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.