HSK 1 vocabulary — printable word list

All 150 new words for HSK 1, alphabetical by pinyin. Cumulative total at this level: 150 words.

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Word	Pinyin	English
爸爸	bà ba	(coll.) father; dad
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
不客气	bù kè qi	you're welcome; don't mention it
八	bā	eight; 8
杯子	bēi zi	cup; glass
北京	Běi jīng	Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
本	běn	root; stem
茶	chá	tea; tea plant
吃	chī	to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
出租车	chū zū chē	taxi; (Tw) rental car
菜	cài	dish (type of food); vegetable
的	de	of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute)
电脑	diàn nǎo	computer
电视	diàn shì	television; TV
电影	diàn yǐng	movie; film
点	diǎn	point; dot
对不起	duì bu qǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down;
多	duō	many; much; too many; in excess
多少	duō shǎo	number; amount
大	dà	big; large; great; older (than another person)
读	dú	to read; to read aloud; to study (a subject in school); to
东西	dōng xī	east and west; thing
都	Dū	surname Du; all; both; entirely
打电话	dǎ diàn huà	to make a telephone call
饭馆	fàn guǎn	restaurant
飞机	fēi jī	airplane
分钟	fēn zhōng	minute
个	gè	(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classi
高兴	gāo xìng	happy; glad
工作	gōng zuò	to work; (of a machine) to operate
狗	gǒu	dog
会	huì	can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; t
回	huí	to circle; to go back
火车站	huǒ chē zhàn	train station
汉语	Hàn yǔ	Chinese language
和	hé	old variant of 和; surname He
后面	hòu mian	the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at
喝	hē	to drink; variant of 嗬
很	hěn	(adverb of degree); quite
好	hǎo	good; appropriate; proper
叫	jiào	to shout; to call
家	jiā	used in 家伙 and 家俱; home
九	jiǔ	nine; 9
今天	jīn tiān	today; at the present
几	jǐ	how many; several
块	kuài	lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake,
看	kàn	to see; to look at; to read
看见	kàn jiàn	to see; to catch sight of
开	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles,
了	le	(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating chan
六	liù	six; 6
来	lái	to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
零	líng	zero; nought
冷	Lěng	surname Leng; cold
老师	lǎo shī	teacher
里	lǐ	variant of 里; lining
吗	ma	(question particle for "yes-no" questions); (coll.) what?
没	méi	(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not; drowned
没关系	méi guān xi	it doesn't matter
明天	míng tiān	tomorrow
名字	míng zi	name (of a person or thing)
妈妈	mā ma	mama; mommy
猫	māo	cat; (dialect) to hide oneself
买	mǎi	to buy; to purchase
米饭	mǐ fàn	(cooked) rice
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to
年	Nián	surname Nian; year
能	Néng	surname Neng; can
那	Nā	surname Na; surname Nuo
哪	nǎ	how; which
你	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您); you (Note: In T
女儿	nǚ ér	daughter
漂亮	piào liang	pretty; beautiful
朋友	péng you	friend
苹果	píng guǒ	apple
钱	Qián	surname Qian; coin
前面	qián miàn	ahead; in front
去	qù	to go; to go to (a place)
七	qī	seven; 7
请	qǐng	to ask; to invite
热	rè	to warm up; to heat up
认识	rèn shi	to know; to recognize
人	rén	person; people
日	Rì	abbr. for 本, Japan; sun
睡觉	shuì jiào	to go to bed; to sleep
说话	shuō huà	to speak; to say
水	Shuǐ	surname Shui; water
水果	shuǐ guǒ	fruit
上	shàng	up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)
上午	shàng wǔ	morning
谁	shéi	who; also pr. [shuí]
什么	shén me	what?; something
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; tru
十	shí	ten; 10
时候	shí hou	time; length of time
商店	shāng diàn	store; shop
书	Shū	abbr. for 书经; book
少	shǎo	few; less
岁	suì	variant of 岁, year; years old
四	sì	four; 4
三	Sān	surname San; three
天气	tiān qì	weather
太	tài	highest; greatest
同学	tóng xué	to study at the same school; fellow student
他	tā	he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or un
她	tā	she
听	tīng	to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey
喂	wéi	hello (when answering the phone); hey
我	wǒ	I; me; my
我们	wǒ men	we; us
五	wǔ	five; 5
下	xià	down; downwards
下午	xià wǔ	afternoon; p.m.
下雨	xià yǔ	to rain
现在	xiàn zài	now; at present
谢谢	xiè xie	to thank; thanks
先生	xiān sheng	teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
些	xiē	classifier indicating a small amount or small number great
写	xiě	to write
想	xiǎng	to think (about); to think of; to devise
小	xiǎo	small; tiny
小姐	xiǎo jie	young lady; miss
学生	xué sheng	student; schoolchild
学校	xué xiào	school
学习	xué xí	to learn; to study
星期	xīng qī	week; day of the week
喜欢	xǐ huan	to like; to be fond of
月	yuè	moon; month
一	yī	one; single
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; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -
桌子	zhuō zi	table; desk
这	zhè	(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by
住	zhù	to live; to dwell
中国	Zhōng guó	China
中午	zhōng wǔ	noon; midday
坐	Zuò	surname Zuo; to sit
做	zuò	to make; to produce; to write; to compose
昨天	zuó tiān	yesterday
在	zài	to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
再见	zài jiàn	goodbye; see you again later
字	zì	letter; symbol
怎么	zěn me	how?; what?
怎么样	zěn me yàng	how?; how about?
爱	ài	to love; to be fond of; to like; affection
二	èr	two; 2
儿子	ér zi	son

What is on the HSK 1 sheet

150 words, the ones HSK 1 adds, sorted alphabetically by pinyin so a word is easy to find by sound. Each row has the character, its pinyin and a short English gloss. The cumulative total through HSK 1 is 150 words, so this sheet is the new part of that list.

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Print it (it lays out in 2 columns) or save it as a PDF from the print dialog. Cover the English column and read down the characters, then cover the characters and say them from the gloss. When you can do that, read a passage at the same level: there are HSK 1 readings, and the HSK 1 grammar and HSK 1 vocabulary page cover the rest. Look up any word in the dictionary.

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