HSK Level 1 Vocabulary

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# Character Pinyin English # Character Pinyin English

1 i to love / 76 pngyou friend

affection / to
be fond of /
to like

2 b eight/ 8 77 pioliang pretty/

beautiful

3 bba (informal) 78 pnggu apple

father

4 bizi cup / glass 79 q seven/ 7

5 Bijng Beijing, 80 qin coin/ money

capital of
People's
Republic of
China /
Peking / PRC
government

6 bn roots or 81 qinmin ahead / in

stems of front /
plants / preceding /
origin / above
source / this
/ the current
/ root /
foundation /
basis /
classifier for
books,
periodicals,
files etc /
originally
7 bkqi you're 82 qng to ask / to
welcome / invite / please
don't (do sth) / to
mention it / treat (to a
impolite / meal etc) / to
rude / blunt request

8 b not 83 q to go / to go
(negative to (a place) /
prefix)/ no 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

9 ci dish (type of 84 r to warm up /

food) / to heat up /
vegetable / hot (of
cuisine weather) /
heat / fervent

10 ch tea / tea 85 rn man / person

plant / / people

11 ch to eat / to 86 rnshi to know / to

consume / recognize / to
to eat at (a be familiar
cafeteria with / to get
etc) / to acquainted
eradicate / with sb /
to destroy / knowledge /
to absorb / understandin
to suffer / to g / awareness
stammer / cognition

12 chzch taxi 87 r japan / sun /

day / date,
day of the
 month

13 ddinhu to make a 88 sn three/ 3

telephone
call

14 d big / huge / 89 shngdin store/ shop

large / major
/ great /
wide / deep
/ older
(than) /
oldest /
eldest /
greatly

15 de of / ~'s 90 shng on
(possessive
particle) /
(used after
an attribute)
/ (used to
form a
nominal
expression) /
(used at the
end of a
declarative
sentence for
emphasis)

16 din point / dot / 91 shngw morning

drop / speck
/ o'clock /
point (in
space or
time) / to
draw a dot /
to check on
a list / to
choose / to
order (food
in a
restaurant) /
to touch
 briefly / to
hint / to light
/ to ignite /
to pour a
liquid drop
by drop /
(old) one
fifth of a
two-hour
watch

17 dinno computer 92 sho few/ little/

lack

18 dinsh television/ 93 shi who / also pr.

TV [shui2]

19 dinyng movie/ film 94 shnme what?/ who?/

something/
anything

20 dngxi thing/ stuff/ 95 sh ten/ 10

person

21 du all / both / 96 shhou time / length

entirely / of time /
(used for moment /
emphasis) period
even /
already /
(not) at all

22 d to read / to 97 sh to be/ yes

study /
reading of
word (i.e.
pronunciatio
n)

23 dubuq Unworthy/to 98 sh book / letter

let down/I'm / document
sorry/excuse
me/pardon
me/if you
please/sorry
 ? (please
repeat)

24 du many / 99 shu surname shui

much / often / water / river
/ a lot of / / liquid /
numerous / beverage /
more / in additional
excess / how charges or
(to what income / (of
extent) / clothes)
multi- classifier for
number of
washes

25 dusho how much / 100 shuguo fruit

how many /
which
(number) /
as much as

26 rzi son 101 shujio to go to bed /

to sleep

27 r two/ 2/ 102 shuhu to speak / to

stupid say / to talk /
(Beijing to gossip / to
dialect) tell stories /
talk / word

28 fngun restaurant 103 s four/ 4

29 fij airplane 104 su classifier for

years (of age)
/ year / year
(of crop
harvests)

30 fnzhng minute 105 t she

31 goxng happy / glad 106 t he or him /

/ willing (to (used for
do sth) / in a either sex
 cheerful when the sex
mood is unknown or
unimportant)
/ (used before
sb's name for
emphasis) /
(used as a
meaningless
mock object)
/ other /
another

32 g individual / 107 ti highest /

this / that / greatest / too
size / (much) / very
classifier for / extremely
people or
objects in
general

33 gngzu to work / (of 108 tinq weather

a machine)
to operate /
job / work /
task

34 gu dog 109 tng to listen / to

hear / to obey
/ a can
(loanword
from English
"tin") /
classifier for
canned
beverages

35 hny Chinese 110 tngxu (fellow)

language classmate

36 ho good / well / 111 wi hey / to feed

proper / (an animal,
good to / baby, invalid
easy to / etc)
very / so /
(suffix
 indicating
completion
or readiness)
/ (of an
unmarried
couple) to
be close / to
be keen on
each other

37 h To drink / 112 w I/ me/ my

My
goodness!

38 h surname he 113 wmen we / us /

/ japanese ourselves /
(food, our
clothes etc) /
and /
together
with / with /
sum / union
/ peace /
harmony /

39 hn (adverb of 114 w five/ 5

degree) /
quite / very /
awfully

40 humin rear / back / 115 xhuan to like / to be

behind / fond of
later /
afterwards

41 hu to circle / to 116 xi down /

go back / to downwards /
turn around below / lower
/ to answer / / later / next
to return / (week etc) /
to revolve / second (of
Hui ethnic two parts) /
group to decline / to
(Chinese go down / to
Muslims) / arrive at (a
 time / decision,
classifier for conclusion
acts of a play etc) /
/ section or measure
chapter (of a word to show
classic book) the frequency
of an action

42 hu can / to be 117 xiw afternoon/

possible / to p.m.
be able to /
will / to be
likely to / to
be sure to /
to assemble
/ to meet /
to gather /
to see /
union /
group /
association

43 huchzhn train station 118 xiy to rain / rainy

44 j how much / 119 xinsheng teacher/

how many / Mister (Mr.)/
several / a husband
few

45 ji surname jia / 120 xinzi now / at

home / present / at
family / the moment /
(polite) my modern /
(sister, uncle current /
etc) / nowadays
classifier for
families or
businesses /
refers to the
philosophica
l schools of
pre-han
china / noun
suffix for a
 specialist in
some
activity, such
as a
musician or
revolutionar
y,
correspondi
ng to english
-ist, -er, -ary
or -ian

46 jio to shout / to 121 xing to think / to

call / to believe / to
order / to suppose / to
ask / to be wish / to
called / by want / to miss
(indicates (feel wistful
agent in the about the
passive absence of sb
mood) or sth)

47 jntin today / at 122 xio small / tiny /

the present / few / young
now

48 ji nine/ 9 123 xiojie young lady /

miss

49 ki to open / to 124 xi some / few /

start / to several /
turn on / to measure
boil / to word
write out (a indicating a
prescription, small amount
check, or small
invoice etc) / number
to operate (greater than
(vehicle) 1)

50 kn To see / to 125 xi to write

look at / to
read / to
watch / to
visit / to call
 on / to
consider / to
regard as /
to look after
/ to treat (an
illness) / to
depend on /
to feel (that)
/ (after verb)
to give it a
try / Watch
out! (for a
danger)

51 knjin to see / to 126 xixie to thank/

catch sight thanks
of

52 kui lump (of 127 xngq week

earth) /
chunk /
piece /
classifier for
pieces of
cloth, cake,
soap etc /
(coll.)
classifier for
money and
currency
units

53 li to come / to 128 xusheng student/

arrive / to school child
come round
/ ever since /
next

54 losh teacher 129 xux to learn/ to

study

55 le (modal 130 xuxio school

particle
intensifying
preceding
 clause) /
(completed
action
marker)

56 lng cold 131 y one / 1 /

single / a
(article) / as
soon as /
entire / whole
/ all /
throughout /
"one" radical
in chinese
characters
(kangxi radical
1)

57 l lining / 132 yfu clothes

interior /
inside /
internal

58 lng zero / 133 yshng doctor

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

59 li six/ 6 134 yyun hospital

60 ma (question 135 yzi chair

particle for
"yes-no"
questions)

61 mma mama/ 136 yu to have /

mommy/ there is /
mother there are / to
exist / to be

62 mi to buy/ to 137 yu moon /

purchase month /
monthly

63 mo cat 138 zi (located) at /

(to be) in / to
exist / in the
middle of
doing sth /
(indicating an
action in
progress)

64 mi (negative 139 zijin goodbye / see

prefix for you again
verbs) / have later
not / not

65 migunxi it doesn't 140 znme how?/ what?/

matter why?

66 mfn (cooked) rice 141 znmeyng How?/how

about?/how
was it?/how
are things?

67 mngtin tomorrow 142 zhr here

68 mngzi name (of a 143 Zhnggu China; Middle
person or Kingdom
thing)

69 nr where?/ 144 zhngw noon/

wherever/ midday
anywhere

70 nr there 145 zh to live / to

dwell / to stay
/ to reside /
to stop /
(suffix
indicating
firmness,
steadiness, or
coming to a
halt)

71 ne (question 146 zhuzi table/ desk

particle for
subjects
already
mentioned)

72 nng surname 147 z letter /

neng / can / symbol /
to be able to character /
/ might word
possibly /
ability /
(physics)
energy

73 n you 148 zutin yesterday

(informal, as
opposed to
polite
[nin2])

74 nin year 149 zu 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

75 nr daughter 150 zu to sit / to take

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