HSK Word List - Level 1

1 ài to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
2 eight; 8
3 爸爸 bàba (informal) father; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
4 杯子 bēizi cup; glass; CL:個|个[gè],支[zhī],枝[zhī]
5 北京 běijīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
6 běn roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
7 不客气 bùkèqi you're welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don't mention it
8 (negative prefix); not; no
9 cài dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盤|盘[pán],道[dào]
10 chá tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bēi],壺|壶[hú]
11 chī to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
12 出租车 chūzūchē taxi
13 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call
14 big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
15 de of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
16 diǎn 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; o’clock; 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
17 电脑 diànnǎo computer; CL:臺|台[tái]
18 电视 diànshì television; TV; CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
19 电影 diànyǐng movie; film; CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
20 东西 dōngxi thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[gè],件[jiàn]
21 dōu all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
22 to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pīn yīn]
23 对不起 duìbuqǐ unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat)
24 duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
25 多少 duōshǎo number; amount; somewhat
26 儿子 érzi son
27 èr two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
28 饭馆 fànguǎn restaurant; CL:家[jiā]
29 飞机 fēijī airplane; CL: 架[jià]
30 分钟 fēnzhōng minute
31 高兴 gāoxìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
32 individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general
33 工作 gōngzuò job; work; construction; task; CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
34 gǒu dog; CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]
35 汉语 hànyǔ Chinese language; CL:門|门[mén]
36 hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
37 to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness!
38 and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. hàn
39 hěn (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully
40 后面 hòumian rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
41 huí 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)
42 huì 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:個|个[gè]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is huǐ)
43 火车站 huǒchēzhàn train station
44 how much; how many; several; a few
45 jiā 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:個|个[gè]
46 jiào to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
47 今天 jīntiān today; at the present; now
48 jiǔ nine; 9
49 kāi to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin
50 kān to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
51 看见 kànjiàn to see; to catch sight of
52 kuài 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 塊錢|块钱
53 lái to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
54 老师 lǎoshī teacher; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
55 le (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
56 lěng cold
57 lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裡|里 [lǐ]
58 líng 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 liù six; 6
60 妈妈 māma mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
61 ma (question tag)
62 mǎi to buy; to purchase
63 māo cat; CL:隻|只[zhī]
64 méi (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
65 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter
66 米饭 mǐfàn (cooked) rice
67 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
68 名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[gè]
69 how; which
69 哪儿 nǎr where?; wherever; anywhere
70 that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nèi before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
70 那儿 nàr there
71 ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned)
72 néng to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
73 you (informal, as opposed to polite 您[nín])
74 nián year; CL:個|个[gè]
75 女儿 nǚér daughter
76 朋友 péngyou friend; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
77 漂亮 piàoliang pretty; beautiful
78 苹果 píngguǒ apple; CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]
79 seven; 7
80 qián coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
81 前面 qiánmiàn ahead; in front; preceding; above
82 qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
83 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
84 heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
85 rén man; person; people; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
86 认识 rènshi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
87 sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本|日本 Japan
88 sān three; 3
89 商店 shāngdiàn store; shop; CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
90 shàng 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)
91 上午 shàngwǔ morning; CL:個|个[gè]
92 shǎo few; little; lack
93 shéi who; also pronounced shuí
94 什么 shénme what?; who?; something; anything
95 shí ten; 1
96 时候 shíhou time; length of time; moment; period
97 shì is; are; am; yes; to be
98 shū book; letter; CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù]; see also 書經|书经 Book of History
99 shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
100 水果 shuǐguǒ fruit; CL:個|个[gè]
101 睡觉 shuìjiào to go to bed; to go to sleep
102 说话 shuōhuà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
103 four; 4
104 suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
105 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
106 she
107 tài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
108 天气 tiānqì weather
109 tīng to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages
110 同学 tóngxué (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
111 wèi hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)
112 I; me; my
113 我们 wǒmen we; us; ourselves; our
114 five; 5
115 喜欢 xǐhuan to like; to be fond of
116 xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
117 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon; p.m.; CL:個|个[gè]
118 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain; rainy
119 先生 xiānsheng teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
120 现在 xiànzài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
121 xiǎng to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
122 xiǎo small; tiny; few; young
123 小姐 xiǎojie young lady; miss; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
124 xiē some; few; several; (a measure word)
125 xiě to write
126 谢谢 xièxie to thank; thanks
127 星期 xīngqī week; CL:個|个[gè]
128 学生 xuésheng student; school child
129 学习 xuéxí to learn; to study
130 学校 xuéxiào school; CL:所[suǒ]
131 one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
132 衣服 yīfu clothes; CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
133 医生 yīshēng doctor; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
134 医院 yīyuàn hospital; CL:所[suǒ],家[jiā],座[zuò]
135 椅子 yǐzi chair; CL:把[bǎ],套[tào]
136 yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
137 yuè moon; month; CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
138 zài (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
139 再见 zàijiàn goodbye; see you again later
140 怎么 zěnme how?; what?; why?
141 怎么样 zěnmeyàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
142 zhè this; these; (commonly pr. zhèi before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
142 这儿 zhèr here
143 中国 zhōngguó China; Middle Kingdom
144 中午 zhōngwǔ noon; midday; CL:個|个[gè]
145 zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
146 桌子 zhuōzi table; desk; CL:張|张[zhāng],套[tào]
147 letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[gè]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 2 in dynastic China
148 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
149 zuò to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo
150 zuò 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