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HSK_Vocabulary_Level-1
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Characters

PinYin

bi zi

ci

10

ch

ch z ch

d din hu

din no

22

23

dng x

2
3
4

5
6

11
12
13
14
15
16

17
18
19

20
21

b
b ba
bi jng

bn

b k qi

ch

di
de

d
din

din sh
din yng

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dng xi

26

27

28

du

38

39

40

gng zu

41

gu

ho

52

53

hu

25

29

30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37

42
43

44
45

46
47
48
49
50
51

du
du

du bu q

du sho
du shao

r zi
fn gun
fi j
fn zhng
go xng

hn y
ho

h
h
hn
hu mian
h
hu

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hu

jio

kn

kn jin

kui

lo sh

lng

74

75

76

77

lio

55
56
57
58
59
60

61
62
63
64

65
66

67
68

69
70
71
72
73

78
79

hu
hu ch zhn
j
j
j
ji

jn tin
ji
ki

kn

kui

li

le

lio
lio

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lng

mi

nr

99

100

ni

101

nng

112

113

114

115

rn

81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98

102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111

li
m
ma
m ma

mo
mi
mi gun xi
m fn
mng tin
mng zi
m
n
na

nr
ne

n
n
nin
n r
png you
pio liang
png gu
q
qin
qin min
qng

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rn shi

117

119

sn

120

shng din

129

130

shu

132
133

shu gu

134

142
143

tng

144

wi

118

121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128

131

135
136
137
138
139
140
141

145
146
147
148

shng

shng w
sho
sho
shi
shn me
sh
sh
sh hou
sh

shu jio
shu hu

su
t
t
ti
tin q
tng

tng xu
wi

w
w men
w
x huan

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xi

151
152

xi w

153

xin zi

154

xing

155

xio

y fu

173
174
175

zi jin

176

zhr

150

156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172

177
178
179
180
181

xi y
xin sheng

xio jie
xi
xi
xi xie
xng q
xu sheng
xu x
xu xio
y

y shng
y yun
y zi
yu
yu
zi

zn me
zn me yng
zh

zhng gu
zhng w
zh
zhu zi
z

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zu

183

zu

184

zu tin

English
to love/affection/to be fond of/to like
eight/8
(informal) father/CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
Beijing/capital of People's Republic of China/one of
the four municipalities |/fig. PRC
government
cup/glass/CL:|[ge4],[zhi1],[zhi1]
roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the
current/root/foundation/basis/(classifier for books,
periodicals, files etc)
(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
big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest
to make a telephone call
doctor
of/structural particle: used before a noun, linking it
to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
really and truly
aim/clear
point/dot/speck/drop/decimal point/point of a
scale/point in a theory or argument/downwardsright convex character stroke/a little (usually |
)/a jot/beat (of percussion instrument)/to draw a
dot/to touch slightly/to drip/classifier for
items/classifier for small indeterminate
quantities/to nod/to select item from a list/to order
(food in a restaurant)/to count/ o'clock /one fifth of
a two hour watch (old)/ hour /point of time/iron
bell(used to mark time)/pastry/dimsum |
/CL:|[ge4]
computer/CL:|[tai2]
television/TV/CL:|[tai2],|[ge4]
movie/film/CL:[pian4],[mu4],|[chang3]
east and west

thing/stuff/person/CL:|[ge4],[jian4]
comma/phrase marked by pause
all /both (if two things are involved) /entirely (due
to) each/ even/ already
to read/to study/reading of word (i.e.
pronunciation), similar to [pin1 yin1]
capital city/metropolis/surname Du
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
how much/how many/which (number)/as much as
two/2
son
restaurant/CL:[jia1]
airplane/CL: [jia4]
minute
happy/ glad/ willing (to do sth)/ in a cheerful mood
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 be fond of
and/together with/ with/sum/ union/peace/harmony/
surname He/Japanese related
cap (a poem)/to respond in singing
to drink/(interj.) My goodness!
shout applause
(adverb of degree)/quite/very/awfully
rear/back/behind/later/afterwards
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
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/to assemble/to
meet /to gather/to see/union/group /association /CL:
|[ge4]

soft/warm
to mix together/to blend
train station
stammer (RO: balbaiala, a (se) balbai)
almost/small table
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]
to call/to yell/to order/to ask/to be called
today/at the present/now
nine/9
to open/to start/to turn on/to write out (a medical
prescription)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for |
degrees Kelvin
to look after/to take care of/to watch/to guard
to see/to look at/to read/to watch/to consider/to
regard as/to view as/to treat as/to judge/(after
repeated verb) to give it a try/depending on (how
you're judging)/to visit/to call on/to treat (an
illness)/to look after/Watch out! (for a danger)
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 balance an account/accounting
to come /to arrive/ to come round/ ever since/ next
teacher/CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/
(completed action marker)
cold
inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of
city administration
inside/internal/interior/lining/village/basic unit of
city administration
Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km) /neighborhood
/hometown /surname Li
to know / to understand
clear
to look afar from a high place

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remnant/zero
six/6
see |, morphine
(question tag)
mama/mommy/mother/CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
buy
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]
drowned/to end/to die/to inundate
how/which
(particle equivalent to after noun ending in -n)
variant of /how/which
that / those / commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier,
esp. in Beijing
where?/ wherever/ anywhere
there
(question particle for subjects already mentioned)
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or
numeral-classifier)
can/may/capable/energy/able/surname Neng
you (informal, as opposed to polite [nin2])
woolen material
year/CL:|[ge4]
daughter
friend/CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
pretty/beautiful
apple/CL:|[ge4],|[ke1]
seven/7
coin/money/surname Qian/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 leave/to remove/fourth tone of putonghua
heat/to heat up/fervent/hot (of weather)/warm up
man/person/people/CL:|[ge4],[wei4]

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to know/to recognize/to be familiar with/acquainted

with sth/knowledge/understanding/awareness
/cognition
day/sun/date/day of the month/abbr. for Japan/CL:
|[ge4]
three/3
on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last
(week etc)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to
go into/to go up/to attend (class or university)/third
tone of putonghua
store/shop/CL:[jia1],|[ge4]
morning/CL:|[ge4]
few/little/lack
young
who/also pronounced shui2
what/what?/who?/something/anything
ten/10
is/are/am/yes/to be
time/length of time/moment/period
book/letter/same as | Book of History/CL:
[ben3],|[ce4],[bu4],|[cong2]
water/river/surname Shui/CL:[bei1],[tong3],
[ping2]
fruit/CL:|[ge4] / [ gu = fruit ]
to go to bed / to go to sleep
to speak /to say/ to talk/ to gossip/ to tell stories
/talk /word
four/4
year/years old/classifier for years old
he/him
she
highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely
weather
to listen/ to hear/ to obey/a can (loan from English
tin)/classifier for canned beverages
to let/ to allow
(fellow) classmate/CL:[wei4],|[ge4]
hello (interj., esp. on telephone)/hey/to feed (sb or
some animal)
to feed
I/me/my
we/us/ourselves/our
five/5
to like/to be fond of

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down/ downwards/ below/ lower / later /next (week

etc)/ second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down
afternoon/p.m./CL:|[ge4]
rainy
sir /mister/ teacher/(title of respect)/CL:|[ge4],
[wei4]
now/at present/modern/current/nowadays/at the
moment/as of now
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
clothes/CL:[jian4],[tao4]
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 pronounced 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]

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

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