HSK 1 Vocabulary List
All 506 words in HSK 3.0 (the current standard) level 1, with pinyin, part of speech and English meaning. Words link to their character pages for stroke order and example words.
Word list: HSK 3.0 (the current standard). Showing 1–20 of 506.
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| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 的 | de 5 | u,n | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs | |
| 2 | 了 | le 5 | y,u,v | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) | |
| 3 | 我 | wǒ 3 | r | I; me; my | |
| 4 | 是 | shì 4 | v | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) | |
| 5 | 你 | nǐ 3 | r | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | |
| 6 | 在 | zài 4 | p,v,d | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | |
| 7 | 不 | bù 4 | d | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | |
| 8 | 有 | yǒu 3 | v | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) | |
| 9 | 他 | tā 1 | r | he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other | |
| 10 | 这 | zhè 4 | r | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) | |
| 11 | 就 | jiù 4 | d,p,c,v | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... | |
| 12 | 个 | gè 4 | q,g | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual | |
| 13 | 人 | rén 2 | n | person; people | |
| 14 | 和 | hé 2 | cc,p,v,qv,g,n | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese | |
| 15 | 我们 | wǒ men 3–5 | r | we; us; ourselves; our | |
| 16 | 要 | yào 4 | v | to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 是); (bound form) important | |
| 17 | 说 | shuō 1 | v,g | to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine | |
| 18 | 好 | hǎo 3 | a,d,v | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello | |
| 19 | 一 | yī 1 | m,d,t | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | |
| 20 | 也 | yě 3 | d,y,u,b | (adverb) also; both ... and ... (before predicates only); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 |
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