HSK 1 vocabulary list: the official HSK1 word list

The HSK 1 test corresponds to the first level of the hanyu shuiping kaoshi, the official examination of oral and written proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. The HSK 1 vocabulary list is made of 150 chinese words. These HSK 1 words are listed below with their writing in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin (Mandarin), and translation. To learn them quicker, you can also use our HSK 1 Chinese flashcards to practice the simplified, traditional, and pinyin forms, and also access our HSK1 phrases, quizzes and practice test of the same exam level. All of theses resources are available on this page, just check the tabs above to access what you need. You can also purchase our HSK books with the official lists, a must have to get properly prepared, and download in addition the characters of the HSK vocabulary list PDF for free (from the first level to the fourth). Once you complete the level one, you will be able to understand and know how to use very simple words and phrases, meet specific communication needs, and have the ability to learn more. For your information, the oral andreading skills are assessed in two dedicated sections of the test. 120 points out of 200 in total are required to pass the HSK1 test. It lasts 35 minutes and the price (registration fee) is 15 euros. Hanban is the official Chinese entity that administers the exam and the registration is done on its official website. HSK Academy offers a content 100%% dedicated to the exam, offering all the resources to learn and master the Chinese vocabulary required to succeed, through this website, its HSK books, and social networks (links at the bottom of the page).

HSK 1 word list


ài
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

eight; 8
爸爸
bà ba
father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
杯子
bēi zi
cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]
北京
běi jīng
Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

běn
origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
不客气
bú kè qi
you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

not (negative prefix); no

cài
dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]

chá
tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

chī
to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
出租车
chū zū chē
taxi
打电话
dǎ diàn huà
to make a phone call

big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

de
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

diǎn
a little; a bit; 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; 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
电脑
diàn nǎo
computer; CL:台[tai2]
电视
diàn shì
television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]
电影
diàn yǐng
movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]
东西
dōng xi
thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

dōu
all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
对不起
duì bu qǐ
I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

duō
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
多少
duō shǎo
how much; how many
儿子
ér zi
son

èr
two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
饭店
fàn diàn
restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];
飞机
fēi jī
airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
分钟
fēn zhōng
minute
高兴
gāo xìng
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
工作
gōng zuò
job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

gǒu
dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]
汉语
hàn yǔ
Chinese language

hǎo
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

hào
day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number

to drink; to shout (a command)

and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

hěn
very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
后面
hòu miàn
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

huí
to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

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; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)

how much; how many; several; a few

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:个[ge4]

jiào
to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
今天
jīn tiān
today; at the present

jiǔ
nine; 9

kāi
to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

kàn
to look at
看见
kàn jiàn
to see; to catch sight of

kuài
unit of currency; 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 块钱

lái
to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
老师
lǎo shī
teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

le
(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

lěng
cold

inside; lining; interior; internal

liù
six; 6

ma
(question tag)
妈妈
mā ma
mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

mǎi
to buy; to purchase

māo
cat; CL:只[zhi1]
没关系
méi guān xi
it doesn't matter
没有
méi yǒu
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;
米饭
mǐ fàn
(cooked) rice
名字
míng zi
name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]
明天
míng tiān
tomorrow

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);
哪儿
nǎ er
where?; wherever; anywhere

that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;

ne
(question particle for subjects already mentioned)

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

you (informal)

nián
year; CL:个[ge4]
女儿
nǚ ér
daughter
朋友
péng you
friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
漂亮
piào liang
pretty; beautiful
苹果
píng guǒ
apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

seven; 7
前面
qián miàn
ahead; in front; preceding; above

qián
coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

qǐng
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

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

heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up

rén
man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
认识
rèn shi
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

sān
three; 3
商店
shāng diàn
store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

shàng
on
上午
shàng wǔ
morning; CL:个[ge4]

shǎo
few; little; lack

shéi
who; also pronounced shui2
什么
shén me
what?; who?; something; anything

shí
ten; 10
时候
shí hou
time; length of time; moment; period

shì
to be; yes

shū
book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History

shuǐ
water; river; liquid; beverage
水果
shuǐguǒ
fruit
睡觉
shuì jiào
to go to bed; to go to sleep

shuō
to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

four; 4

suì
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

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

she

tài
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
天气
tiān qì
weather

tīng
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages
同学
tóng xué
(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]

wèi
hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey

I; me; my
我们
wǒ men
we; us; ourselves; our

five; 5
喜欢
xǐ huan
to like; to be fond of

xià
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
下午
xià wǔ
afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]
下雨
xià yǔ
to rain; rainy
先生
xiān sheng
Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
现在
xiàn zài
now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

xiǎng
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

xiǎo
small; tiny; young
小姐
xiǎo jie
young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

xiē
some; few; several; (a measure word)

xiě
to write
谢谢
xiè xie
to thank; thanks
星期
xīng qī
week; CL:个[ge4]
学生
xué sheng
student; school child
学习
xué xí
to learn; to study
学校
xué xiào
school; CL:所[suo3]

one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
一点儿
yī diǎn er
a little (bit)
医生
yī shēng
doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]
医院
yī yuàn
hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]
衣服
yī fu
clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]
椅子
yǐ zi
chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

yǒu
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

yuè
month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]
再见
zài jiàn
goodbye; see you again later

zài
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
怎么
zěn me
how?; what?; why?
怎么样
zěn me yàng
how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?

zhè
this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);
中国
zhōng guó
China; Middle Kingdom
中午
zhōng wǔ
noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

zhù
to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
桌子
zhuō zi
table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]
昨天
zuó tiān
yesterday

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

zuò
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit

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