🇨🇳 Chinese

HSK 2

Elementary — everyday life, travel, feelings.

761 words in 51 themed units. Tap any word for its stroke order, memory trick and example.

People

爱人spouse; husband or wife 太太wife; Mrs.大人adult; grown-up 主人host; owner 客人guest; visitor 好人good person 坏人bad person 老朋友old friend 交朋友to make friends 同事colleague 人们people 有人someone; somebody 大家everyone 自己oneself 咱we; us (incl. listener)咱们we; us (incl. listener)它it 它们they (things, animals)

Life stages

青年youth; young people 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 老年old age; elderly 中年middle age 年轻young 长大to grow up 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 一生all one's life 出生to be born 生to give birth; to be born; raw 日子day; life; days 生活life; to live 家庭family; household 家长parent; head of family 全家the whole family

Names & identity

姓surname; to be surnamed 姓名full name 名name; measure word for people 名称name (of a thing)名单list of names 称to call; to weigh 叫作to be called 来自to come from 爱情love; romance 可爱cute; lovely 漂亮pretty; beautiful 个子height; build 样子appearance; manner

Jobs

班长class monitor 队长team captain 组长group leader 市长mayor 校长headmaster; principal 院长dean; director (of an institute)经理manager 司机driver 画家painter; artist 作家writer; author 科学家scientist 明星star; celebrity 商人businessman; merchant 教师teacher 顾客customer

Body

头head 头发hair 脸face 眼eye 眼睛eye 嘴mouth 脚foot 腿leg 全身whole body 背to carry on the back 举手to raise one's hand 点头to nod 笑话joke; to laugh at 笑话儿joke 哭to cry

Health

健康health; healthy 疼to hurt; painful 舒服comfortable; well 难受to feel unwell; unbearable 药medicine 药店pharmacy 药片pill; tablet 药水liquid medicine 西医Western medicine 中医traditional Chinese medicine 住院to be in hospital 出院to leave hospital 检查to check; to examine 安全safe; safety 平安safe and sound

Colours

白色white 黑black; dark 黑色black 红red 红色red 黄yellow 黄色yellow 蓝blue 蓝色blue 绿green 绿色green 颜色colour 亮bright; light

Weather

多云cloudy 晴sunny; clear 晴天sunny day 阴overcast; cloudy 阴天overcast day 下雪to snow 雪snow 云cloud 气温air temperature 温度temperature 零下below zero 度degree 凉cool; cold 凉快nice and cool 空气air

Seasons & sky

春天spring 夏天summer 秋天autumn 冬天winter 春节Spring Festival 太阳sun 月亮moon 星星star 天上in the sky 地球the earth 大自然nature 吹to blow

Nature & animals

海sea 大海sea; ocean 海边seaside 河river 湖lake 草grass 草地lawn; meadow 花园garden 动物animal 动物园zoo 狗dog 猫cat 鸡chicken 鸟bird 鱼fish 养to raise; to keep (pets)

Food

蛋egg 饺子dumplings 方便面instant noodles 快餐fast food 面noodles; flour; face; side 米rice; meter 油oil 酒alcohol; wine 食物food 味道taste; flavour 饱full (after eating)熟cooked; ripe; familiar 碗bowl 筷子chopsticks 瓶bottle; measure word for bottles 瓶子bottle 闻to smell

Eating out

饭馆restaurant 菜单menu 中餐Chinese food 西餐Western food 早餐breakfast 午餐lunch 晚餐dinner 外卖takeaway; delivery food 请客to treat; to invite 干杯cheers; to drink a toast 做饭to cook 酒店hotel; restaurant 服务service; to serve

Times of day & week

半夜midnight 夜night 夜里at night 早晨early morning 晚安good night 午睡afternoon nap 周week 周末weekend 上周last week 下周next week 周年anniversary 月份month 前年the year before last 全年the whole year 分钟minute 刻quarter (of an hour)

Past & present

当时at that time 那时at that time 那时候at that time 那会儿at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 后来afterwards; later 以后after; later 以前before; formerly 今后from now on 过去the past; to go over 最近recently 原来originally; so it turns out 已经already 早就long ago; already

Soon & just now

刚just; just now 刚才just now 刚刚just; a moment ago 不久soon; not long after 不一会儿in a short while 就要to be about to 快要almost; about to 快点儿hurry up 随时at any time 同时at the same time 接下来next; following 接着to follow; then 然后then; after that 等到by the time; to wait until 多久how long 好久a long time

Frequency

经常often 平常usually; ordinary 平时usually; normally 老是always (complaining)一直always; straight 永远forever 又again; also 重新again; anew 重复to repeat 常见common; commonly seen 常用commonly used 一般ordinary; generally 正常normal 普通ordinary; common

School

教室classroom 课堂classroom; class 教学teaching 教育education; to educate 年级grade; year (in school)高中senior high school 中小学primary and secondary schools 开学school starts 校园campus 学期semester; term 小组group 黑板blackboard 留学生international student 考生examinee 科subject; department 组group

Studying

笔pen 笔记notes 笔记本notebook; laptop 作业homework 作文essay; composition 复习to review; to revise 练to practise 练习to practise; exercise 成绩grade; result 分数score; mark 题question; problem 难题difficult problem 听讲to attend a lecture 举to raise; to lift 水平level; standard 提高to raise; to improve

Language

词word 词典dictionary 词语words and expressions 生词new word 字典(character) dictionary 句sentence; measure word for sentences 句子sentence 读音pronunciation 音节syllable 普通话Mandarin 英文English (language)英语English (language)语言language 对话dialogue; conversation 流利fluent 意思meaning

Media

报纸newspaper 日报daily (newspaper)晚报evening paper 新闻news 小说novel 故事story 节目programme; show 广告advertisement 影片film; movie 图片picture; image 照片photo 相机camera 照相to take a photo 画to draw; to paint 画儿picture; painting

Communication

网net; internet 网站website 信息information; message 短信text message 信letter; to believe 信号signal 开机to turn on (a device)关机to turn off (a device)打印to print 计算机computer 通知to notify; notice 喂hey; hello; to feed 响to ring; loud 喊to shout; to call 大声loudly 小声in a low voice 声音sound; voice

Travel

旅行to travel; trip 旅游to travel; tourism 旅客traveller; passenger 游客tourist 出发to set off 出国to go abroad 回国to return to one's country 出门to go out 护照passport 起飞to take off 一路平安have a safe trip 一路顺风bon voyage 外地other places 休假to take a vacation 假期holiday; vacation

Transport

车辆vehicle 船boat; ship 地铁subway 地铁站subway station 公共汽车bus 公交车bus 出租to rent out 出租车taxi 自行车bicycle 骑to ride 骑车to ride a bike 停车to park; to stop 停车场parking lot 交通traffic; transport

Roads & streets

公路highway; road 道路road; path 路边roadside 行人pedestrian 街street 问路to ask the way 方向direction 对面opposite 边side; edge 面前in front of 里头inside 到处everywhere

Directions

北方north; the North 南方south; the South 东方east; the East 西方west; the West 东北northeast 东南southeast 西北northwest 西南southwest 离from; away from 近near 往towards 向towards; to face

Places in town

超市supermarket 银行bank 公园park 广场square; plaza 店shop; store 办公室office 单位work unit; unit 公司company 市city 省province; to save 中心centre 国际international 全国the whole country

Buildings

院courtyard; institution 院子courtyard; yard 大门main gate 入口entrance 出口exit; to export 墙wall 座位seat 住房housing 灯lamp; light 洗衣机washing machine 椅子chair 洗澡to take a bath

Sports

运动sports; to exercise 体育physical education; sports 体育场stadium 体育馆gym; arena 球场court; field 球队(ball) team 球鞋sneakers 篮球basketball 排球volleyball 网球tennis 队team; line 加油come on!; to refuel 爬山to climb a mountain 爬to climb; to crawl

Clothes & things

大衣overcoat 鞋shoe 手表wristwatch 表watch; form; table 纸paper 卡card 信用卡credit card 银行卡bank card 礼物gift; present 套set; measure word for sets 件measure word for clothes, matters 条measure word for long things 片slice; piece

Shopping & money

卖to sell 便宜cheap 收入income 角jiao (1/10 yuan); angle 千thousand 万ten thousand 亿hundred million 公斤kilogram 斤jin (half a kilogram)千克kilogram 克gram 公里kilometre 租to rent 打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time

Quantities

数to count 数字number; digit 一共altogether 部分part 大部分most; the greater part 一部分a part 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 少数minority 人数number of people 人口population 大量a large amount 许多many; a lot of 好多many; a lot 不少quite a lot

Amount & degree

全whole; all 全部all; whole 全体all; everyone 所有all 够enough 不够not enough 一点点a little bit 有点儿a little; somewhat 有一点儿a little; somewhat 满full 大小size 大大greatly 十分very; extremely 挺quite; very 挺好quite good

Measure words

位measure word for people (polite)段section; period 节festival; measure word for classes 级level; grade 道road; measure word for questions 只only; just 只能can only 只要as long as 层floor; layer 座measure word for buildings 辆measure word for vehicles 篇measure word for articles 封measure word for letters 场measure word for games, shows 份portion; copy 遍time (number of times through)

Feelings

开心happy 快乐happy; joyful 难过sad; upset 放心to be at ease; to relax 感动to move (emotionally); moved 满意satisfied 不满dissatisfied 可怕terrible; scary 怕to be afraid 急anxious; urgent 心情mood 心里in one's heart; in one's mind 心中in one's heart 感到to feel 感觉to feel; feeling 不好意思sorry; embarrassed 啊ah; oh (particle)

Attitudes

热情warm; enthusiastic 友好friendly 关心to care about 态度attitude 信心confidence 理想ideal; dream 努力to work hard; effort 小心careful; to be careful 故意on purpose 随便as you like; casual 愿意to be willing 欢迎to welcome 感谢to thank 照顾to take care of 帮助to help; help 重视to attach importance to

Opinions

认为to think; to believe 以为to think (wrongly)相信to believe 看法view; opinion 想法idea; opinion 观点point of view 意见opinion; complaint 角度angle; point of view 好像to seem; to look like 也许perhaps 可能possible; maybe 一定certainly; must 不一定not necessarily 差不多almost; about the same

Must & can

必须must; to have to 应该should 该should; to be one's turn 可以can; may 能够to be able to 不要don't 不行no way; won't do 得to get; to obtain 要求to require; requirement 请求to request; request 求to ask for; to seek 让to let; to make 答应to agree; to promise 商量to discuss; to consult 讨论to discuss

Thinking & knowing

懂to understand 懂得to understand; to know 清楚clear; to understand 听说to hear (it said)想到to think of 想起to recall; to remember 发现to discover; to find 得出to reach (a conclusion)找出to find out 说明to explain; explanation 讲to speak; to explain 讲话to speak; speech 打算to plan; plan 计划plan; to plan 习惯habit; to be used to

Questions & ways

问题question; problem 为什么why 怎么办what to do 怎么样how; how about 怎样how 什么样what kind of 这么so; like this 那么so; like that 这样like this 那样like that 多么how (very)办法way; method 方法method 做法way of doing 道理reason; sense

Linking words

但but 但是but 可是but 不过but; however 而且and also; moreover 不但not only 虽然although 因为because 所以so; therefore 如果if 的话if (at end of clause)或or 或者or 比如for example 比如说for example 例如for example

Reasons & results

原因reason; cause 结果result; as a result 目的purpose; aim 为for; for the sake of 作用effect; function 影响to influence; influence 好处advantage; benefit 坏处disadvantage; harm 条件condition 机会chance; opportunity 例子example 特点characteristic 重点key point 方面aspect; side 事情matter; thing 好事good thing

Comparing

更more; even more 越the more 越来越more and more 不如not as good as 同样same; equally 相同identical; the same 不同different 像to resemble; like 等于to equal 超过to exceed; to surpass 以上above; more than 以下below; less than 以外beyond; apart from 其他other 其中among them

Qualities

安静quiet 方便convenient 合适suitable 不错not bad; pretty good 难看ugly 难听unpleasant to hear 脏dirty 低low 短short 轻light (in weight)平flat; level 高级advanced; high-level 中级intermediate 有意思interesting 特别special; especially 假fake; false

Right & real

正确correct 准确accurate 真正real; genuine 实际actual; reality 实在really; honestly 完全completely 正好just right; happen to 正是exactly; precisely 直接direct; directly 主要main; mainly 公平fair 平等equal; equality 自由freedom; free 顺利smooth; successful 不太not very

Change

变to change; to become 变成to turn into 成to become; to succeed 成为to become 改to change; to correct 改变to change 换to change; to exchange 出现to appear 实现to achieve; to realise 完成to complete 完to finish; finished 做到to achieve; to manage to do 取得to obtain; to achieve 组成to form; to make up 忽然suddenly

Activities & events

活动activity; event 参加to take part in 参观to visit (a place)报名to sign up 举行to hold (an event)进行to carry out 晚会evening party 音乐music 音乐会concert 节日festival; holiday 过年to celebrate the New Year 实习internship; to intern 干活儿to work; to do manual labour 有空儿to be free 科学science 流行popular; fashionable

Giving & getting

送到to deliver to 送给to give (as a gift)交to hand in; to hand over 交给to give to; to hand to 收to receive; to accept 收到to receive 接to pick up; to receive 接到to receive 接受to accept 受到to receive; to be given 借to borrow; to lend 拿出to take out 拿到to get; to obtain 取to take; to fetch 带to bring; to take 带来to bring

Hands-on actions

拉to pull 推to push 提to carry; to lift; to mention 放下to put down 掉to fall; to drop 倒to pour 碰to touch; to bump 装to pack; to install 弄to do; to handle 办to do; to handle 使用to use 查to check; to look up 选to choose 加to add; plus 算to calculate; to count as 发to send; to issue

Coming & going

进入to enter 离开to leave 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 走开to go away 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 通to connect; to go through 站住to stop; halt 停to stop 排row; to line up 排队to queue 靠to lean on; to depend on 身边by one's side

Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

More words

丈夫husband 妻子wife 面条noodles 羊肉mutton; lamb 西瓜watermelon 踢足球to play football 打篮球to play basketball 玩to play; to have fun 宾馆hotel 一下a bit; once 第一first

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