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HSK 1

Beginner — the first 500 words of the official HSK 3.0 standard.

508 words in 37 themed units. Tap any word for its stroke order, memory trick and example.

Greetings

好good; well 再见goodbye 谢谢thank you 不客气you're welcome 对不起sorry 没关系it doesn't matter; no problem 没什么it's nothing; never mind 没事儿it's OK; never mind 请please; to invite 请进please come in 请坐please sit down 请问excuse me, may I ask 早early 叫to be called; to call 名字name 认识to know (someone); to recognize 介绍to introduce

People & pronouns

我I; me 我们we; us 你you 你们you (plural)您you (polite)他he; him 他们they; them 她she; her 她们they (female)们(plural suffix)谁who 人person; people 别人other people 先生Mr.; sir 小姐Miss; young lady

Numbers

一one 二two 三three 四four 五five 六six 七seven 八eight 九nine 十ten 零zero 百hundred 两two (with measure words)半half 一半half 第(ordinal prefix)第二second

Family

爸dad 爸爸dad; father 妈mom 妈妈mom; mother 哥older brother 哥哥older brother 姐older sister 姐姐older sister 弟younger brother 弟弟younger brother 妹younger sister 妹妹younger sister 爷爷grandpa (paternal)奶奶grandma (paternal)奶milk; grandma 儿子son 女儿daughter 家人family members

Friends & people

朋友friend 男朋友boyfriend 女朋友girlfriend 孩子child 小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 男male; man 女female; woman 男人man 女人woman 男孩儿boy 女孩儿girl 老人old person 家home; family 子child; son

Question words

什么what 哪which 哪儿where 哪里where 哪些which (plural)多少how many; how much 几how many (small numbers); several 怎么how; why 吗question particle (yes/no)呢particle (and you? / what about?)干什么what to do; why 吧(suggestion particle)

This & that

这this 这儿here 这里here 这边this side; here 这些these 那that 那儿there 那里there 那边that side; there 那些those 别的other 有的some 一些some; a few 有些some; somewhat 有一些some; a little

Days & dates

今天today 明天tomorrow 昨天yesterday 后天day after tomorrow 前天day before yesterday 天day; sky 日day (of the month); sun 号day of month; number 月month; moon 年year 今年this year 明年next year 去年last year 星期week 星期日Sunday 星期天Sunday 新年New Year 生日birthday

Telling time

上午morning (before noon)下午afternoon 中午noon 早上early morning 晚上evening 白天daytime 点o'clock; a little 分fen (1/100 yuan); point 小时hour 时间time 时候time; moment (when...)现在now 半天half a day; a long time 半年half a year 日期date 一会儿a moment; a while

Food & drink

饭meal; cooked rice 米饭cooked rice 面条儿noodles 面包bread 包子steamed stuffed bun 菜dish (of food); vegetable 肉meat 鸡蛋egg 水果fruit 水water 茶tea 牛奶milk

Meals

吃to eat 喝to drink 吃饭to eat; to have a meal 早饭breakfast 午饭lunch 晚饭dinner 饭店restaurant; hotel 好吃tasty; delicious 饿hungry 渴thirsty 杯cup (measure word)杯子cup; glass

Shopping & money

买to buy 钱money 钱包wallet 块yuan (unit of money, spoken)毛ten cents (spoken)元yuan 贵expensive 商店shop; store 商场shopping mall 东西thing; stuff 票ticket 门票admission ticket 书店bookstore 包bag; to wrap

At home

房子house 房间room 门door; gate 门口doorway; entrance 床bed 桌子table; desk 家里at home; family 在家to be at home 回家to go home 楼building; floor 楼上upstairs 楼下downstairs 洗手间restroom; toilet

School

学校school 学生student 同学classmate 老师teacher 大学university 大学生college student 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 中学middle school 中学生middle school student 学院college; institute 教学楼classroom building 男生male student; boy 女生female student; girl 班class; team 上学to go to school 放学to finish school

Studying

学to learn 学习to study; to learn 课class; lesson 课本textbook 课文text (lesson)上课to attend class 下课class is over 考to take an exam 考试exam; to take an exam 读to read (aloud); to study 读书to read; to study 听写dictation; to write from dictation 书book 书包schoolbag 本子notebook 知识knowledge 教to teach

Language

汉语Chinese (language)汉字Chinese character 中文Chinese (language)外语foreign language 字character; word (written)话words; speech 说to speak; to say 说话to speak; to talk 写to write 问to ask 回答to answer 告诉to tell 明白to understand; clear

Work

工作work; job; to work 工人worker 上班to go to work 下班to get off work 开会to have a meeting 请假to ask for leave 放假to have a holiday 事matter; thing 忙busy 准备to prepare; to plan 干to do 做to do; to make

Body & health

身体body; health 手hand 身上on the body; on (one)病illness; to be ill 病人patient 生病to get sick 看病to see a doctor 医生doctor 医院hospital 累tired 洗to wash

Daily routine

起床to get up 起to get up; to rise 起来to get up; to rise 睡to sleep 睡觉to sleep 穿to wear; to put on 衣服clothes 休息to rest 住to live (somewhere)放to put; to place 拿to take; to hold 找to look for 找到to find

Phones & media

电electricity 电话telephone 打电话to make a phone call 手机mobile phone 电脑computer 电视television 电视机TV set 上网to go online 网上online 网友online friend 电影movie; film 电影院cinema

Transport

车vehicle; car 汽车car 火车train 飞机airplane 飞to fly 开车to drive 打车to take a taxi 上车to get on (a vehicle)下车to get off (a vehicle)车票bus/train ticket 机票plane ticket 车站station; bus stop 站station; to stand 机场airport 坐to sit; to travel by 坐下to sit down 车上in the car; on the bus

Places

地方place 地点place; location 路road; way 马路road; street 路口intersection 路上on the way 北京Beijing 中国China 国家country; nation 国country 国外abroad 外国foreign country; foreign 图书馆library

Positions

上up; on; above 下down; under; below 前front; before 后back; after 左left 右right 里inside 外outside 中间middle; between 旁边beside; next to 上边above; top 下边below; bottom 前边in front 后边behind 左边left side 右边right side 里边inside 外边outside

Directions

东east 西west 南south 北north 东边east side 西边west side 南边south side 北边north side 中middle; China 远far 地图map 地上on the ground 一边at the same time; side

Weather & nature

天气weather 风wind 雨rain 下雨to rain 热hot 冷cold 山mountain 树tree 花flower; to spend 白white 晚late

Describing

大big; large 小small; little 多many; much 少few; little 高tall; high 新new 老old 快fast; quickly 慢slow 难difficult; hard 干净clean 坏bad; broken

Qualities

好看good-looking 好听pleasant to hear 好玩儿fun; interesting 有名famous 有用useful 重要important 认真serious; conscientious 一样the same; alike 真really; truly 真的really; truly 差poor; to lack; short of 重heavy

Feelings & thoughts

爱to love 喜欢to like 想to want; to think; to miss 觉得to think; to feel 高兴happy; glad 生气angry; to get angry 笑to laugh; to smile 知道to know 记to remember; to note down 记得to remember 记住to remember; to memorize 忘to forget 忘记to forget

Coming & going

来to come 去to go 回to return; to go back 出to go out; to exit 进to enter 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 出来to come out 出去to go out 进来to come in 进去to go in 回来to come back 回去to go back 走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

Seeing & hearing

看to look; to watch; to read 看见to see 看到to see 听to listen; to hear 听见to hear 听到to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 开to open; to drive 关to close; to turn off 关上to close; to turn off 打开to open; to turn on 等to wait 帮to help 帮忙to help; to do a favor

Fun & hobbies

玩儿to play; to have fun 爱好hobby; to like 唱to sing 唱歌to sing 歌song 打球to play ball 球ball 开玩笑to joke 动to move 动作movement; action 打to hit; to play (a sport)试to try

Core verbs

是to be (am / is / are)有to have; there is 在at; in; to be (located)要to want; will 会can; know how to; will 能can; be able to 给to give; for 送to give (as a gift); to see off 得到to get; to receive 行OK; to be all right 用to use

Yes & no

不not; no 没not (have); did not 没有not have; there is not; did not 别don't 不大not very; not often 不用no need 对right; correct; towards 不对incorrect 错wrong; mistake 是不是is it or not

How much & how often

很very 太too (much); extremely 非常very; extremely 最most 最好best; had better 一点儿a little 常often 常常often 有时sometimes 有时候sometimes 次time (occurrence)上次last time 下次next time 最后finally; last

Linking words

也also; too 都all; both 还still; also 还是or; still; had better 还有also; in addition 再again 就just; then 先first; in advance 马上immediately; right away 一起together 一块儿together 正在in the middle of (doing)正just; right; straight

Grammar words

的possessive / descriptive particle ('s)地adverbial particle 了particle for completed action / change 着(continuous aspect particle)过(past experience particle)和and; with 跟with; to follow 比than; compared to 从from 个general measure word 本measure word for books 口mouth; measure word for family members 岁years old 间room; measure word for rooms 页page 一下儿(once; a bit)

More words

火车站train station 些some; a few

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