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HSK 1 Vocabulary List — 2.0 classic

All 150 words in HSK 2.0 (the classic 2010 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 2.0 (the classic 2010 standard). Showing 1–20 of 150.

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1的de 5u,nof; ~'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 5y,u,v(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
3我wǒ 3rI; me; my
4是shì 4vto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
5你nǐ 3ryou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
6在zài 4p,v,dto 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 4dno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
8有yǒu 3vto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional)
9他tā 1rhe; 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 4r(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个gè 4q,g(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
12人rén 2nperson; people
13和hé 2cc,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
14我们wǒ men 3–5rwe; us; ourselves; our
15好hǎo 3a,d,vgood; 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
16一yī 1m,d,tone; 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
17会huì 4v,ncan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])
18都dōu 1d,gall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
19上shàng 4f,v,g(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
20来lái 2v,f,m,u,yto come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)

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