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HSK 1 Vocabulary — All 150 Words
The complete official HSK 1 word list: the absolute beginner level — greetings, numbers, family, and everyday basics. Every word links to its own page with pinyin, meanings, audio, and related words.
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Practice these 150 words free →| Hanzi | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爱 | ài | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | father |
| 杯子 | bēi zi | cup; glass |
| 北京 | běi jīng | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
| 本 | běn | roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; impolite; rude; blunt |
| 不 | bù | not; no |
| 菜 | cài | dish; vegetables; vegetable; cuisine |
| 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at; to eradicate |
| 出租车 | chū zū chē | taxi; rental car |
| 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; drop; speck |
| 电脑 | diàn nǎo | computer |
| 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie; film |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing; stuff; person |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely; even |
| 读 | dú | to read; to study; reading of word; similar to |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me |
| 多 | duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much; how many; which; as much as |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; stupid |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 飞机 | fēi jī | airplane |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing; in a cheerful mood |
| 个 | gè | general measure word; individual; measure word |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; to operate; job; work |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 汉语 | hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well; proper; good to |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; My goodness! |
| 和 | hé | and; together with; with; sum |
| 很 | hěn | quite; very; awfully |
| 后面 | hòu mian | rear; back; behind; later |
| 回 | huí | to curve; to return; to revolve |
| 会 | huì | can; be possible; be able to; will |
| 火车站 | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 几 | jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order; to ask |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; at the present; now |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 开 | kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to boil |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at; to read; to watch |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth |
| 来 | lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 了 | le | completed action particle; particle; le particle |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 里 | lǐ | li; 500 meters; home; hometown |
| 零 | líng | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional |
| 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother |
| 吗 | ma | question particle; yes-no question particle |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 猫 | māo | cat |
| 没 | méi | have not; not |
| 没关系 | méi guān xi | it doesn't matter |
| 米饭 | mǐ fàn | rice |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 名字 | míng zi | name |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 那 | nà | that; those; then; commonly pr. before a classifier |
| 呢 | ne | "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location; particle signaling a pause; "are you with me?") |
| 能 | néng | to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal; as opposed to courteous ) |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 钱 | qián | coin; money; unit of weight; one tenth of a tael |
| 前面 | qián miàn | ahead; in front; preceding; above |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please; to treat |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to; to cause to go or send; to remove |
| 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot; heat |
| 人 | rén | man; person; people |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb |
| 日 | rì | sun; day; date; day of the month |
| 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop |
| 上 | shàng | on top; upon; above; upper |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 少 | shǎo | few; little; lack |
| 谁 | shéi | who; also pr |
| 什么 | shén me | what?; who?; something; anything |
| 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 时候 | shí hou | time; length of time; moment; period |
| 是 | shì | is; are; am; yes |
| 书 | shū | book; letter; see also Book of History |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; river; liquid; beverage |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years; year |
| 他 | tā | he or him; other; another |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too; very |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 听 | tīng | to listen; to hear; to obey; a can |
| 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate |
| 喂 | wèi | to feed |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; p.m |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain; rainy |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; husband; doctor |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; at the moment; modern |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss; prostitute |
| 些 | xiē | some; few; several; measure word indicating a small amount or small number |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; day of the week; Sunday |
| 学生 | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 一 | yī | one; 1; single; a |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 椅子 | yǐ zi | chair |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month |
| 在 | zài | at; in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth |
| 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how; why; how come |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |
| 这 | zhè | this; these; (commonly pr. before a classifier; esp. in Beijing) |
| 中国 | zhōng guó | China; Middle Kingdom |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon; midday |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table; desk |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character; word |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus; airplane etc) |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to make; to produce; to write |