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

坏huàibad; spoiled 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc)环境huán jìngenvironment; circumstances 黄huángyellow; pornographic 会议huì yìmeeting; conference 或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics)骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc)记得jì deto remember 几乎jī hūalmost; nearly; practically 机会jī huìopportunity; chanceIn context 季节jì jiétime; season 检查jiǎn cháinspection; to examine 简单jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated 健康jiàn kānghealth; healthy 见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other 讲jiǎngto speak; to explain 角jiǎoangle; corner 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object)教jiāoto teach 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone)借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给 (gěi) or 出 (chū) etc) to lend 街道jiē dàostreet; subdistrict 结婚jié hūnto marry; to get married 解决jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)节目jié mùprogram; item (on a program)节日jié rìholiday; festival 结束jié shùtermination; to finish 经常jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily 经过jīng guòto pass; to go through 经理jīng lǐmanager; director 久jiǔ(long) time; (long) duration of time 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)句子jù zisentence 决定jué dìngto decide (to do something); to resolveIn context 渴kěthirsty 刻kèquarter (hour); moment 可爱kě àiadorable; cute 客人kè rénvisitor; guest 空调kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)哭kūto cry; to weep 裤子kù zitrousers; pants 筷子kuài zichopsticks 蓝lánblue; indigo plant 老lǎoold (of people); venerable; always; very 离开lí kāito depart; to leave 历史lì shǐhistory 礼物lǐ wùgift; present 脸liǎnface 练习liàn xíto practice; exercise 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles 了解liǎo jiěto understand; to realizeIn context 邻居lín jūneighbor; next door 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子 (lǜmàozi)) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess 马上mǎ shàngat once; right away 满意mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased 帽子mào zihat; cap 米mǐrice; meter (classifier)面包miàn bāobread 面条miàn tiáonoodles 明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable 万wànten thousand; a great number 拿náto hold; to seize 奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house 南nánsouth 难nándifficult (to...); problem 难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell 年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)年轻nián qīngyoung 鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious 爬山pá shānto climb a mountain; to mountaineer 胖pàngfat; plump 盘子pán zitray; plate 啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)葡萄pú taogrape 普通话pǔ tōng huàMandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)奇怪qí guàistrange; odd 其实qí shíactually; in fact; really 其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else 铅笔qiān bǐ(lead) pencil 清楚qīng chuclear; distinct 秋qiūautumn; fall 裙子qún ziskirt 然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic 认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel 认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnestIn context 容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to 如果rú guǒif; in case 伞sǎnumbrella; parasol 上网shàng wǎngto go online; to connect to the Internet 生气shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness 声音shēng yīnvoice; sound 使shǐto make; to cause 世界shì jièworld

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.