HSK Guide/HSK 1 Vocab

ài

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

eight; 8
爸爸

bà ba

father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
杯子

bēi zi

cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]
北京

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
不客气

bú kè qi

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

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
出租车

chū zū chē

taxi
打电话

dǎ diàn huà

to make a phone call

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
电脑

diàn nǎo

computer; CL:台[tai2]
电视

diàn shì

television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]
电影

diàn yǐng

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

dōng xi

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

dōu

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

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

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-
多少

duō shǎo

how much; how many
儿子

ér zi

son

èr

two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
饭店

fàn diàn

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

fēi jī

airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
分钟

fēn zhōng

minute
高兴

gāo xìng

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

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

gōng zuò

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

gǒu

dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]
汉语

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

to drink; to shout (a command)

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

hěn

very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
后面

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)

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)
今天

jīn tiān

today; at the present

jiǔ

nine; 9

kāi

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

kàn

to look at
看见

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
老师

lǎo shī

teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

le

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

lěng

cold

inside; lining; interior; internal

liù

six; 6

ma

(question tag)
妈妈

mā ma

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

mǎi

to buy; to purchase

māo

cat; CL:只[zhi1]
没关系

méi guān xi

it doesn't matter
没有

méi yǒu

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

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice
名字

míng zi

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

míng tiān

tomorrow

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

nǎ er

where?; wherever; anywhere

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

you (informal)

nián

year; CL:个[ge4]
女儿

nǚ ér

daughter
朋友

péng you

friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
漂亮

piào liang

pretty; beautiful
苹果

píng guǒ

apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

seven; 7
前面

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

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

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

rén

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

rèn shi

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

sān

three; 3
商店

shāng diàn

store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

shàng

on
上午

shàng wǔ

morning; CL:个[ge4]

shǎo

few; little; lack

shéi

who; also pronounced shui2
什么

shén me

what?; who?; something; anything

shí

ten; 10
时候

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
水果

shuǐguǒ

fruit
睡觉

shuì jiào

to go to bed; to go to sleep

shuō

to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

four; 4

suì

classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

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

she

tài

too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
天气

tiān qì

weather

tīng

to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages
同学

tóng xué

(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]

wèi

hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey

I; me; my
我们

wǒ men

we; us; ourselves; our

five; 5
喜欢

xǐ huan

to like; to be fond of

xià

down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
下午

xià wǔ

afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]
下雨

xià yǔ

to rain; rainy
先生

xiān sheng

Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
现在

xiàn zài

now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

xiǎng

to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

xiǎo

small; tiny; young
小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

xiē

some; few; several; (a measure word)

xiě

to write
谢谢

xiè xie

to thank; thanks
星期

xīng qī

week; CL:个[ge4]
学生

xué sheng

student; school child
学习

xué xí

to learn; to study
学校

xué xiào

school; CL:所[suo3]

one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
一点儿

yī diǎn er

a little (bit)
医生

yī shēng

doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]
医院

yī yuàn

hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]
衣服

yī fu

clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]
椅子

yǐ zi

chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

yǒu

to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

yuè

month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]
再见

zài jiàn

goodbye; see you again later

zài

(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
怎么

zěn me

how?; what?; why?
怎么样

zěn me yàng

how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?

zhè

this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);
中国

zhōng guó

China; Middle Kingdom
中午

zhōng wǔ

noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

zhù

to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
桌子

zhuō zi

table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]
昨天

zuó tiān

yesterday

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

zuò

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit