VOCABULARY HSK LEVEL 1

No
1
2
3
4
5

Word

Pronunciation
i
b
bba
bizi
Bijng

bn

7
8

b
B kq

ci

10

ch

11

ch

12
13
14

15

chzch
Da dinhu
d
de

16

din

17
18
19
20
21

dinno
dinsh
dinyng
dngxi
du

22

23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

dubuq
du
dushao
rzi
r
fngun
fij
fnzhng
goxng

Definition
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
eight; 8
(informal) father; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
cup; glass; CL:|[ge4],[zhi1],[zhi1]
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation;
basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
(negative prefix); not; no
you're welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don't mention it
dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:|[pan2],
[dao4]
tea; tea plant; CL:[bei1],|[hu2]
to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to
exhaust
taxi
to make a telephone call
big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding
possessive or descriptive attributive
drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters);
decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain
characteristics); iron bell; oclock; a little; a bit; some; (point) unit of
measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to
ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to
dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities
computer; CL:|[tai2]
television; TV; CL:|[tai2],|[ge4]
movie; film; CL:[bu4],[pian4],[mu4],|[chang3]
thing; stuff; person; CL:|[ge4],[jian4]
all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to
[pin1 yin1]
unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please;
sorry? (please repeat)
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multinumber; amount; somewhat
son
two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
restaurant; CL:[jia1]
airplane; CL: [jia4]
minute
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

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33
34
35

g
gngzu
gu
Hny

36

ho

37

38

39
40

hn
humin

41

hu

42

hu

43
44

huchzhn
j

individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general

job; work; construction; task; CL:|[ge4],[fen4],|[xiang4]
dog; CL:|[zhi1],|[tiao2]
Chinese language; CL:|[men2]
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating
completion or readiness)
to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness!
and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He;
Japanese related; Taiwan pr. han4
(adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui
ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section
or chapter (of a classic book)
can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to
meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:|[ge4]; a
moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
train station
how much; how many; several; a few
home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the
philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in
some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English
-ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:|[ge4]

45

ji

46

jio

47
48

jntin
ji

49

ki

50
51

kn
knjin

52

kui

53
54

li
losh

to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard

to see; to catch sight of
lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc;
colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or
US dollar etc), usually as |
to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
teacher; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]

55

le

(modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)

56
57

lng
l

cold
lining; interior; inside; internal; also written | [li3]

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the

passive mood)
today; at the present; now
nine; 9
to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription);
to operate (vehicle); abbr. for | degrees Kelvin

58

lng

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers);

(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a
larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to
wither and fall; to wither

59

li

six; 6

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61

62

63

64

65
66
67
68
69

70

mma
ma
mi
mo
mi
mi gunxi
mfn
mngtin
mngzi
n
nr

71

72
73

nr
ne

74

nng

75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84

n
nin
n'r
pngyou
pioliang
pnggu
q
qin
qinmin
qng

85

86
87

r
rn

88

rnshi

89
90
91

r
sn
shngdin

92

shng

93
94
95
96

shngw
sho
shi
shnme

mama; mommy; mother; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]

(question tag)
to buy; to purchase
cat; CL:|[zhi1]
(negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
it doesn't matter
(cooked) rice
tomorrow
name (of a person or thing); CL:|[ge4]
how; which
where?; wherever; anywhere
that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier, esp.
in Beijing
there
(question particle for subjects already mentioned)
to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can
possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
you (informal, as opposed to polite [nin2])
year; CL:|[ge4]
daughter
friend; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
pretty; beautiful
apple; CL:|[ge4],|[ke1]
seven; 7
coin; money; CL:|[bi3]
ahead; in front; preceding; above
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid
of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be
apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement
away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment
or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
man; person; people; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth;
knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for | Japan
three; 3
store; shop; CL:[jia1],|[ge4]
on; on top; upon; first (of multiple parts); previous; last; upper; higher;
above; to climb; to go into; to go up; to attend (class or university)
morning; CL:|[ge4]
few; little; lack
who; also pronounced shui2
what?; who?; something; anything

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98
99

sh
shhou
sh

100

sh

101

shu

102
103
104
105
106

shugu
shujio
shuhu
s
su

107

108
109
110

t
ti
tinq

111

tng

112
113
114
115
116
117

tngxu
wi
w
wmen
w
xhuan

118

xi

119
120

xiw
#N/A

121

xinsheng

122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132

xinzi
xing
xio
xioji
xi
xi
xixie
xngq
xusheng
xux
xuxio

133

134

yfu

ten; 10
time; length of time; moment; period
is; are; am; yes; to be
book; letter; CL:[ben3],|[ce4],[bu4]; see also | Book
of History
water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes)
classifier for number of washes
fruit; CL:|[ge4]
to go to bed; to go to sleep
to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
four; 4
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
he or 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); other; another
she
highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
weather
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier
for canned beverages
(fellow) classmate; CL:[wei4],|[ge4]
hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)
I; me; my
we; us; ourselves; our
five; 5
to like; to be fond of
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two
parts); to decline; to go down
afternoon; p.m.; CL:|[ge4]
to rain; rainy
teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:|[ge4],
[wei4]
now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
small; tiny; few; young
young lady; miss; CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
some; few; several; (a measure word)
to write
to thank; thanks
week; CL:|[ge4]
student; school child
to learn; to study
school; CL:[suo3]
one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one"
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
clothes; CL:[jian4],[tao4]

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137
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139

yshng
yyun
yzi
yu
yu

140

zi

141
142
143
144

145
146
147
148

149

zijin
znme
znmeyng
zh
zhr
Zhnggu
zhngw
zh
zhuzi

150

151

zutin

doctor; CL:|[ge4],[wei4],[ming2]
hospital; CL:[suo3],[jia1],[zuo4]
chair; CL:[ba3],[tao4]
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
moon; month; CL:|[ge4],|[lun2]
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an
action in progress)
goodbye; see you again later
how?; what?; why?
how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
this; these; (commonly pr. zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
here
China; Middle Kingdom
noon; midday; CL:|[ge4]
to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
table; desk; CL:|[zhang1],[tao4]
letter; symbol; character; word; CL:|[ge4]; courtesy or style name
traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
yesterday

152

zu

to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in;

to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to
serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to
feign; to act a part; to put on appearance

153

zu

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname
Zuo