HSK Guide/HSK 1 Vocab
爱
ài |
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
八
bā |
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 |
本
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) |
不
bù |
not (negative prefix); no |
菜
cài |
dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4] |
茶
chá |
tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2] |
吃
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 |
大
dà |
big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
的
de |
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
点
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] |
都
dōu |
all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
读
dú |
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; |
多
duō |
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
多少
duō shǎo |
how much; how many |
儿子
ér zi |
son |
二
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 |
个
gè |
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] |
狗
gǒu |
dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2] |
汉语
hàn yǔ |
Chinese language |
好
hǎo |
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
号
hào |
day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number |
喝
hē |
to drink; to shout (a command) |
和
hé |
and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He |
很
hěn |
very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully |
后面
hòu miàn |
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
回
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) |
会
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) |
几
jǐ |
how much; how many; several; a few |
家
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] |
叫
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 |
九
jiǔ |
nine; 9 |
开
kāi |
to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle) |
看
kàn |
to look at |
看见
kàn jiàn |
to see; to catch sight of |
块
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 |
来
lái |
to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
老师
lǎo shī |
teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
了
le |
(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
冷
lěng |
cold |
里
lǐ |
inside; lining; interior; internal |
六
liù |
six; 6 |
吗
ma |
(question tag) |
妈妈
mā ma |
mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
买
mǎi |
to buy; to purchase |
猫
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 |
哪
nǎ |
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier); |
哪儿
nǎ er |
where?; wherever; anywhere |
那
nà |
that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing; |
呢
ne |
(question particle for subjects already mentioned) |
能
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 |
你
nǐ |
you (informal) |
年
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] |
七
qī |
seven; 7 |
前面
qián miàn |
ahead; in front; preceding; above |
钱
qián |
coin; money; CL:笔[bi3] |
请
qǐng |
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
去
qù |
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 |
热
rè |
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up |
人
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 |
三
sān |
three; 3 |
商店
shāng diàn |
store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4] |
上
shàng |
on |
上午
shàng wǔ |
morning; CL:个[ge4] |
少
shǎo |
few; little; lack |
谁
shéi |
who; also pronounced shui2 |
什么
shén me |
what?; who?; something; anything |
十
shí |
ten; 10 |
时候
shí hou |
time; length of time; moment; period |
是
shì |
to be; yes |
书
shū |
book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History |
水
shuǐ |
water; river; liquid; beverage |
水果
shuǐguǒ |
fruit |
睡觉
shuì jiào |
to go to bed; to go to sleep |
说
shuō |
to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory); |
四
sì |
four; 4 |
岁
suì |
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
他
tā |
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 |
她
tā |
she |
太
tài |
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
天气
tiān qì |
weather |
听
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] |
喂
wèi |
hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey |
我
wǒ |
I; me; my |
我们
wǒ men |
we; us; ourselves; our |
五
wǔ |
five; 5 |
喜欢
xǐ huan |
to like; to be fond of |
下
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 |
想
xiǎng |
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
小
xiǎo |
small; tiny; young |
小姐
xiǎo jie |
young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
些
xiē |
some; few; several; (a measure word) |
写
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] |
一
yī |
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] |
有
yǒu |
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
月
yuè |
month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2] |
再见
zài jiàn |
goodbye; see you again later |
在
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? |
这
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] |
住
zhù |
to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
桌子
zhuō zi |
table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4] |
字
zì |
letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4] |
昨天
zuó tiān |
yesterday |
做
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 |
坐
zuò |
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit |