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HSK Level 1 Words

# simplified traditional pīnyīn definition
1 " one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; \"one\" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
2 " seven; 7
3 " sān three; 3
4 " 上午 shàng wǔ morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
5 " xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
6 " 下午 xià wǔ afternoon; p.m.; CL:個|个[ge4]
7 " 下雨 xià yǔ to rain; rainy
8 " (negative prefix); not; no
9 " 中午 zhōng wǔ noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]
10 " jiǔ nine; 9
11 " le (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
12 " èr two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
13 " five; 5
14 " xiē some; few; several; (a measure word)
15 " rén man; person; people; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
16 " 今天 jīn tiān today; at the present; now
17 " 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
18 " zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
19 " you (informal/ as opposed to polite 您[nin2])
20 " 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
21 " 先生 xiān sheng teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
22 " eight; 8
23 " liù six; 6
24 " lěng cold
25 " 前面 qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above
26 " 北京 Běi jīng Beijing/ capital of People\'s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
27 " shí ten; 10
28 " 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
29 " jiào to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
30 " chī to eat; to have one\'s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
31 " 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
32 " ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned)
33 " and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related; Taiwan pr. han4
34 " how; which
35 " 商店 shāng diàn store; shop; CL:家[jia1]/個|个[ge4]
36 " wèi hello (interj./ esp. on telephone); hey; to feed (sb or some animal)
37 " to drink; to shout (a command); My goodness!
38 " four; 4
39 " huí to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
40 " zài (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
41 " zuò to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus/ airplane etc); to bear fruit; surname Zuo
42 " duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
43 " 多少 duō shǎo number; amount; somewhat
44 " big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
45 " tài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
46 " she
47 " hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
48 " letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
49 " 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:個|个[ge4]
50 " xiǎo small; tiny; few; young
51 " 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
52 " shǎo few; little; lack
53 " 工作 gōng zuò job; work; construction; task; CL:個|个[ge4]/份[fen4]/項|项[xiang4]
54 " nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
55 " hěn (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully
56 " xiǎng to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
57 " I; me; my
58 " sun; day; date/ day of the month; abbr. for 日本|日本 Japan
59 " 明天 míng tiān tomorrow
60 " 星期 xīng qī week; CL:個|个[ge4]
61 " 昨天 zuó tiān yesterday
62 " shì is; are; am; yes; to be
63 " yuè moon; month; CL:個|个[ge4]/輪|轮[lun2]
64 " yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
65 " 朋友 péng you friend; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
66 " běn roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books/ periodicals/ files etc; originally
67 " 杯子 bēi zi cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4]/支[zhi1]/枝[zhi1]
68 " 桌子 zhuō zi table; desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]/套[tao4]
69 " 椅子 yǐ zi chair; CL:把[ba3]/套[tao4]
70 " shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
71 " 漂亮 piào liang pretty; beautiful
72 " 爸爸 bà ba (informal) father; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
73 " gǒu dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1]/條|条[tiao2]
74 " de of; structural particle: used before a noun/ linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
75 " 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
76 " chá tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1]/壺|壶[hu2]
77 " cài dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盤|盘[pan2]/道[dao4]
78 " 衣服 yī fu clothes; CL:件[jian4]/套[tao4]
79 " that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier/ esp. in Beijing
80 " dōu all/ both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
81 " líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
82 不客气 不客氣 bù kè qi you\'re welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don\'t mention it
83 中国 中國 Zhōng guó China; Middle Kingdom
84 什么 什麼 shén me what?; who?; something; anything
85 lái to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
86 individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general
87 儿子 兒子 ér zi son
88 再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later
89 出租车 出租車 chū zū chē taxi
90 分钟 分鐘 fēn zhōng minute
91 同学 同學 tóng xué (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4]/個|个[ge4]
92 哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere
93 喜欢 喜歡 xǐ huan to like; to be fond of
94 ma (question tag)
95 kuài 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 塊錢|块钱
96 天气 天氣 tiān qì weather
97 女儿 女兒 nǚ ér daughter
98 妈妈 媽媽 mā ma mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
99 学校 學校 xué xiào school; CL:所[suo3]
100 学生 學生 xué sheng student; school child
101 学习 學習 xué xí to learn; to study
102 xiě to write
103 对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ unworthy; to let down; I\'m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat)
104 怎么 怎麼 zěn me how?; what?; why?
105 怎么样 怎麼樣 zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
106 ài to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
107 我们 我們 wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our
108 打电话 打電話 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call
109 时候 時候 shí hou time; length of time; moment; period
110 shū book; letter; CL:本[ben3]/冊|册[ce4]/部[bu4]; see also 書經|书经 Book of History
111 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; CL:個|个[ge4]; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
112 东西 東西 dōng xi thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4]/件[jian4]
113 suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
114 méi (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
115 没关系 沒關系 méi guān xi it doesn\'t matter
116 汉语 漢語 Hàn yǔ Chinese language; CL:門|门[men2]
117 火车站 火車站 huǒ chē zhàn train station
118 heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
119 现在 現在 xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
120 看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of
121 睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed; to go to sleep
122 米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice
123 老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]
124 tīng to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English \"tin\"); classifier for canned beverages
125 苹果 蘋果 píng guǒ apple; CL:個|个[ge4]/顆|颗[ke1]
126 lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裡|里 [li3]
127 认识 認識 rèn shi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
128 说话 說話 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
129 shéi who; also pronounced shui2
130 qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
131 谢谢 謝謝 xiè xie to thank; thanks
132 to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation)/ similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
133 māo cat; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
134 mǎi to buy; to purchase
135 zhè this; these; (commonly pr. zhei4 before a classifier/ esp. in Beijing)
136 这儿 這兒 zhè r here
137 那儿 那兒 nà r there
138 医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor; CL:個|个[ge4]/位[wei4]/名[ming2]
139 医院 醫院 yī yuàn hospital; CL:所[suo3]/家[jia1]/座[zuo4]
140 qián coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
141 kāi to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin
142 电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie; film; CL:部[bu4]/片[pian4]/幕[mu4]/場|场[chang3]
143 电脑 電腦 diàn nǎo computer; CL:臺|台[tai2]
144 电视 電視 diàn shì television; TV; CL:臺|台[tai2]/個|个[ge4]
145 飞机 飛機 fēi jī airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
146 饭馆 飯館 fàn guǎn restaurant; CL:家[jia1]
147 高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
148 diǎn 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