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HSK 1

300 vocabulary items · 246 recognition characters

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ài

to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

ba

(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.

eight; 8

爸爸

bà ba

(coll.) father; dad

bǎi

hundred; numerous; all kinds of

白天

bái tiān

daytime; during the day; day

bàn

half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

包子

bāo zǐ

bao (steamed stuffed bun)

杯子

bēi zi

cup; glass

běn

(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc)

biān

side; edge; margin; border

bìng

illness; disease; to fall ill; defect

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

不客气

bú kè qì

you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude

不要

bú yào

don't!; must not

cài

vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type

chá

tea; tea plant

chàng

to sing; to call loudly; to chant

超市

chāo shì

supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1ji2 shi4chang3])

chē

car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe

chī

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb

穿
穿

chuān

to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through

出租车

chū zū chē

taxi; (Tw) rental car

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully

打电话

dǎ diàn huà

to make a telephone call

大家

dà jiā

everyone; influential family; great expert

dào

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)

大学

dà xué

university; college

大学生

dà xué shēng

university student; college student

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however

diàn

inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store

diǎn

point; dot; drop; speck

电话

diàn huà

telephone; phone call; phone number

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

电视

diàn shì

television; TV

电影

diàn yǐng

movie; film

电影院

diàn yǐng yuàn

cinema; movie theater

弟弟

dì di

younger brother

东西
西

dōng xī

east and west

dōu

all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all

to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce

duì

right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way)

对不起

duì bù qǐ

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

duō

many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2])

多少

duō shǎo

number; amount; somewhat

读书

dú shū

to read a book; to study; to attend school

èr

two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid

儿子

ér zi

son

fàn

cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee

饭店

fàn diàn

restaurant; hotel

房间

fáng jiān

room

非常

fēi cháng

very; really; unusual; extraordinary

飞机

fēi jī

airplane

fēn

to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2])

分钟

fēn zhōng

minute

高兴

gāo xìng

happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual

song; to sing

哥哥

gē ge

older brother

gěi

to; for; for the benefit of; to give

公司

gōng sī

company; firm; corporation

工作

gōng zuò

to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work

gǒu

dog

guì

expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your

guó

country; nation; state; (bound form) national

hái

still; still in progress; still more; yet

孩子

hái zi

child

汉语

hàn yǔ

Chinese language

汉字

hàn zì

Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự

hào

ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign

hǎo

good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to

好吃

hǎo chī

tasty; delicious

好看

hǎo kàn

good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed

好听

hǎo tīng

pleasant to hear

好玩儿

hǎo wán ér

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie

to drink; variant of 嗬[he1]

hěn

very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

hòu

back; behind; rear; afterwards

huí

to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer

huì

can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering

火车

huǒ chē

train

how much; how many; several; a few

jiā

home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses

jiàn

to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview

jiàn

item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc

jiào

to shout; to call; to order; to ask

饺子

jiǎo zǐ

dumpling; pot-sticker

家人

jiā rén

family member; (old) servant

鸡蛋

jī dàn

(chicken) egg; hen's egg

姐姐

jiě jie

older sister

今年

jīn nián

this year

今天

jīn tiān

today; the present time; now

jiǔ

nine; 9

觉得

jué de

to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil

开车

kāi chē

to drive a car

kàn

to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on

看病

kàn bìng

to visit a doctor; to see a patient

看见

kàn jiàn

to see; to catch sight of

subject; course; class; lesson

可以

kě yǐ

can; may; possible; able to

kǒu

mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

kuài

lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

lái

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])

老师

lǎo shī

teacher

liǎo

(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly

lěng

cold

lining; interior; inside; internal

liǎng

two; both; some; a few

líng

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional

liù

six; 6

ma

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

mài

to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt

mǎi

to buy; to purchase

妈妈

mā ma

mama; mommy; mother

máng

busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush

māo

cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem

没关系

méi guān xì

it doesn't matter