HSK 1 Vocabulary List

Official HSK 1 vocabulary with Chinese characters, pinyin, and English meanings.

150 words · Level: HSK 1 (Beginner)

Complete HSK 1 vocabulary list

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#	Chinese	Pinyin	English
1	我	wǒ	I, me
2	我们	wǒmen	we, us (plural)
3	你	nǐ	you
4	他	tā	he, him
5	她	tā	she, her
6	这	zhè	this (here)
7	那	nà	that (there)
8	哪	nǎ	which
9	哪儿	nǎr	where
10	谁	shéi	who
11	什么	shénme	what, why
12	多少	duōshao	how many, how much
13	几	jǐ	a few, how many
14	怎么	zěnme	how
15	怎么样	zěnmeyàng	how about, how is it
16	一	yī	one
17	二	èr	two
18	三	sān	three
19	四	sì	four
20	五	wǔ	five
21	六	liù	six
22	七	qī	seven
23	八	bā	eight
24	九	jiǔ	nine
25	十	shí	ten
26	个	gè	(measure word for general objects)
27	岁	suì	(measure word for age)
28	本	běn	(measure word for books)
29	些	xiē	some
30	块	kuài	piece, chunk
31	不	bù	no, not
32	没	méi	not, none
33	很	hěn	quite, very
34	太	tài	too, extremely
35	都	dōu	all, both
36	一点儿	yīdiǎnr	a little bit
37	和	hé	and
38	在	zài	at, in, on
39	的	de	(possessive/structural particle)
40	了	le	(aspect/modal particle)
41	吗	ma	(yes-no question particle)
42	呢	ne	(question particle)
43	喂	wèi	hello (on the phone)
44	家	jiā	home, family
45	学校	xuéxiào	school
46	饭店	fàndiàn	restaurant, hotel
47	商店	shāngdiàn	shop, store
48	医院	yīyuàn	hospital
49	中国	Zhōngguó	China
50	北京	Běijīng	Beijing
51	上	shàng	up, above
52	下	xià	down, below
53	前面	qiánmiàn	front
54	后面	hòumiàn	back, behind
55	里	lǐmiàn	inside
56	今天	jīntiān	today
57	明天	míngtiān	tomorrow
58	昨天	zuótiān	yesterday
59	上午	shàngwǔ	morning
60	中午	zhōngwǔ	noon
61	下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon
62	年	nián	year
63	月	yuè	month
64	号	hào	number, date (of month)
65	星期	xīngqī	week
66	点	diǎn	o'clock
67	分钟	fēnzhōng	minute
68	现在	xiànzài	now
69	时候	shíhou	time, moment
70	爸爸	bàba	father
71	妈妈	māma	mother
72	儿子	érzi	son
73	女儿	nǚ'ér	daughter
74	老师	lǎoshī	teacher
75	学生	xuésheng	student
76	同学	tóngxué	classmate
77	朋友	péngyou	friend
78	医生	yīshēng	doctor
79	先生	xiānsheng	Mr., sir
80	小姐	xiǎojiě	Miss
81	衣服	yīfu	clothes
82	水	shuǐ	water
83	菜	cài	dish, vegetable
84	米饭	mǐfàn	rice (cooked)
85	水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit
86	苹果	píngguǒ	apple
87	茶	chá	tea
88	杯子	bēizi	cup, glass
89	钱	qián	money
90	飞机	fēijī	airplane
91	出租车	chūzūchē	taxi
92	电视	diànshì	television
93	电脑	diànnǎo	computer
94	电影	diànyǐng	movie
95	天气	tiānqì	weather
96	猫	māo	cat
97	狗	gǒu	dog
98	东西	dōngxi	thing, stuff
99	人	rén	person, people
100	名字	míngzi	name
101	书	shū	book
102	汉语	hànyǔ	Mandarin Chinese
103	字	zì	character
104	桌子	zhuōzi	table, desk
105	椅子	yǐzi	chair
106	谢谢	xièxie	thank you
107	不客气	bú kèqi	you are welcome
108	再见	zàijiàn	goodbye
109	请	qǐng	please
110	对不起	duìbuqǐ	sorry
111	没关系	méiguānxi	it doesn't matter
112	是	shì	to be (am, is, are)
113	有	yǒu	to have
114	看	kàn	to look, to watch
115	听	tīng	to listen
116	说	shuō	to speak
117	读	dú	to read
118	写	xiě	to write
119	看见	kànjiàn	to see
120	叫	jiào	to be called, to call
121	来	lái	to come
122	回	huí	to return, to go back
123	去	qù	to go
124	吃	chī	to eat
125	喝	hē	to drink
126	睡觉	shuìjiào	to sleep
127	打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a phone call
128	做	zuò	to do, to make
129	买	mǎi	to buy
130	开	kāi	to open, to drive
131	坐	zuò	to sit
132	住	zhù	to live, to reside
133	学习	xuéxí	to study, to learn
134	工作	gōngzuò	to work; work, job
135	下雨	xià yǔ	to rain
136	爱	ài	to love
137	喜欢	xǐhuan	to like
138	想	xiǎng	to think, to want
139	认识	rènshi	to know (someone)
140	会	huì	can, to be able to (learned skill)
141	能	néng	can, to be able to (have ability/permission)
142	好	hǎo	good, fine
143	大	dà	big
144	小	xiǎo	small
145	多	duō	many, much
146	少	shǎo	few, little
147	冷	lěng	cold
148	热	rè	hot
149	高兴	gāoxìng	happy
150	漂亮	piàoliang	beautiful