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

瘦shòuthin; to lose weight 树shùtree; to cultivate 舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well 叔叔shū shufather's younger brother; uncle 数学shù xuémathematics 刷shuāa brush; to paint; to daub 双shuāngtwo; double 水平shuǐ pínglevel (of achievement etc); standard 司机sī jīchauffeur; driver 虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kěshì) or 但是 (dànshì) etc)太阳tài yangsun 糖tángsugar; sweets 特别tè biéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly 疼téng(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly 提高tí gāoto raise; to increase 体育tǐ yùsports; physical education 甜tiánsweet 条tiáostrip; item 同事tóng shìcolleague; co-workerIn context 同意tóng yìto agree; to consent 头发tóu fahair (on the head)突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected 图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary 腿tuǐleg 碗wǎnbowl; cup 完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish 忘记wàng jìto forget 位wèiposition; location 为了wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to 为什么wèi shén mewhy?; for what reason?文化wén huàculture; civilizationIn context 西xīwest 习惯xí guànhabit; customIn context 洗手间xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet; lavatory 洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe; to take a shower 夏xiàsummer 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally 像xiàngto resemble; to be like 香蕉xiāng jiāobanana 相同xiāng tóngidentical; same 相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true 小心xiǎo xīnto be careful; to take care 校长xiào zhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster 鞋xiéshoe 信xìnletter; mail 新闻xīn wénnews 新鲜xīn xiānfresh (experience, food etc); freshness 行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase; baggage compartment 兴趣xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby 熊猫xióng māopanda 需要xū yàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs 选择xuǎn zéto select; to pick; choice; option; alternativeIn context 眼镜yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses 要求yāo qiúto request; to require 爷爷yé ye(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather 一般yī bānsame; ordinary 一边yī biānone side; either side 一定yī dìngsurely; certainly 一共yī gòngaltogether 以后yǐ hòuafter; later 一会儿yī huì ra moment; a while 以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly 以为yǐ wéito think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)一样yī yàngsame; like 一直yī zhíalways; continuously; all the way through; straight (in a straight line)银行yín hángbank 音乐yīn yuèmusic 应该yīng gāiought to; should 影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect 用yòngto use; to employ 又yòu(once) again; also 有名yǒu míngfamous; well-known 游戏yóu xìgame; to play 遇到yù dàoto meet; to run into; to come across 愿意yuàn yìto wish; to want 越yuèto exceed; to climb over 月亮yuè liangthe moon 云yúncloud 站zhànstation; to stand 照顾zhào guto take care of; to show consideration 着急zháo jíto worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry 照片zhào piànphotograph; picture 照相机zhào xiàng jīcamera 只zhǐonly; merely; just 种zhǒngseed; species 中间zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among 重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major 终于zhōng yúat last; in the endIn context 周末zhōu mòweekendIn context 祝zhùto pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary 注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to 字典zì diǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典 (cídiǎn), which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary 自己zì jǐoneself; one's own 总是zǒng shìalways 最近zuì jìnrecently; soon 作业zuò yèschool assignment; homework 作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity

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.