HSK 1 Vocabulary List

ài

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

bā

eight; 8

bà ba

father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

bēi zi

cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

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

bú kè qi

you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

bù

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

chū zū chē

taxi

dǎ diàn huà

to make a phone call

dà

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

diàn nǎo

computer; CL:台[tai2]

diàn shì

television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

diàn yǐng

movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]

dōng xi

thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

dōu

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

dú

to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

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-

duō shǎo

how much; how many

ér zi

son

èr

two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

fàn diàn

restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];

fēi jī

airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

fēn zhōng

minute

gāo xìng

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

gè

classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size

gōng zuò

job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

gǒu

dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

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

hē

to drink; to shout (a command)

hé

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

hěn

very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

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)

jǐ

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)

jīn tiān

today; at the present

jiǔ

nine; 9

kāi

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

kàn

to look at

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

lǎo shī

teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

le

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

lěng

cold

lǐ

inside; lining; interior; internal

liù

six; 6

ma

(question tag)

mā ma

mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

mǎi

to buy; to purchase

māo

cat; CL:只[zhi1]

méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

méi yǒu

haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

míng zi

name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]

míng tiān

tomorrow

ǎ

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);

nǎ er

where?; wherever; anywhere

nà

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

nǐ

you (informal)

nián

year; CL:个[ge4]

nǚ ér

daughter

péng you

friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

piào liang

pretty; beautiful

píng guǒ

apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

qī

seven; 7

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

qù

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

rè

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

rén

man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

rèn shi

to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

sān

three; 3

shāng diàn

store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

shàng

on

shàng wǔ

morning; CL:个[ge4]

shǎo

few; little; lack

shéi

who; also pronounced shui2

shén me

what?; who?; something; anything

shí

ten; 10

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

shuǐguǒ

fruit

shuì jiào

to go to bed; to go to sleep