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HSK 3.0 Level 1 vocabulary with pinyin and meanings

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HSK 3.0 Level 1 vocabulary with pinyin and meanings
#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning
1	爱 ài	ài	to love; to be fond of; to like
2	八 bā	bā	eight; 8
3	爸爸 bà ba	bà ba	(informal) father
4	吧 ba	ba	(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
5	白天 bái tiān	bái tiān	daytime
6	百 bǎi	bǎi	hundred
7	半 bàn	bàn	half
8	包子 bāo zi	bāo zi	bao (steamed stuffed bun)
9	杯子 bēi zi	bēi zi	cup
10	本 běn	běn	root
11	边 biān	biān	side
12	病 bìng	bìng	illness
13	不 bù	bù	no; not so
14	不客气 bù kè qi	bù kè qi	you're welcome
15	不要 bù yào	bù yào	don't!
16	菜 cài	cài	dish (type of food)
17	茶 chá	chá	tea
18	唱 chàng	chàng	to sing
19	超市 chāo shì	chāo shì	supermarket
20	车 chē	chē	car
21	吃 chī	chī	to eat
22	出租车 chū zū chē	chū zū chē	taxi
23	穿 chuān	chuān	to wear
24	打电话 dǎ diàn huà	dǎ diàn huà	to make a telephone call
25	大 dà	dà	big; large; great
26	大家 dà jiā	dà jiā	everyone
27	大学 dà xué	dà xué	the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書\|四书[sì shū] in Confucianism
28	大学生 dà xué shēng	dà xué shēng	university student
29	到 dào	dào	to reach; to arrive
30	的 de	de	of; ~'s (possessive particle)
31	第 dì	dì	(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[dì liù] \sixth\)
32	弟弟 dì di	dì di	younger brother
33	点 diǎn	diǎn	point
34	店 diàn	diàn	(bound form) shop; store
35	电话 diàn huà	diàn huà	telephone
36	电脑 diàn nǎo	diàn nǎo	computer
37	电视 diàn shì	diàn shì	television; TV
38	电影 diàn yǐng	diàn yǐng	movie; film
39	电影院 diàn yǐng yuàn	diàn yǐng yuàn	cinema; movie theater
40	东西 dōng xi	dōng xi	thing
41	都 dōu	dōu	all; both; entirely
42	读 dú	dú	to read out; to read aloud
43	读书 dú shū	dú shū	to read a book
44	对 duì	duì	right; correct
45	对不起 duì bu qǐ	duì bu qǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
46	多 duō	duō	many; much
47	多少 duō shao	duō shao	how much?
48	儿子 ér zi	ér zi	son
49	二 èr	èr	two
50	饭 fàn	fàn	cooked rice
51	饭店 fàn diàn	fàn diàn	restaurant
52	房间 fáng jiān	fáng jiān	room
53	非常 fēi cháng	fēi cháng	very; really
54	飞机 fēi jī	fēi jī	airplane
55	分 fēn	fēn	to divide; to separate
56	分钟 fēn zhōng	fēn zhōng	minute
57	高兴 gāo xìng	gāo xìng	happy
58	歌 gē	gē	song
59	哥哥 gē ge	gē ge	older brother
60	个 gè	gè	(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
61	给 gěi	gěi	to
62	公司 gōng sī	gōng sī	company; firm; corporation
63	工作 gōng zuò	gōng zuò	to work
64	狗 gǒu	gǒu	dog
65	贵 guì	guì	expensive
66	国 guó	guó	country; nation; state (CL:個\|个[gè])
67	还 hái	hái	still
68	孩子 hái zi	hái zi	child
69	汉语 hàn yǔ	hàn yǔ	Chinese language
70	汉字 hàn zì	hàn zì	Chinese character
71	好 hǎo	hǎo	good
72	好吃 hǎo chī	hǎo chī	tasty
73	好看 hǎo kàn	hǎo kàn	good-looking
74	好听 hǎo tīng	hǎo tīng	pleasant to hear
75	好玩 hǎo wán	hǎo wán	amusing
76	号 hào	hào	ordinal number
77	喝 hē	hē	to drink
78	和 hé	hé	(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
79	很 hěn	hěn	(adverb of degree)
80	后 hòu	hòu	empress
81	回 huí	huí	to circle
82	会 huì	huì	can
83	火车 huǒ chē	huǒ chē	train
84	鸡蛋 jī dàn	jī dàn	(chicken) egg
85	几 jǐ	jǐ	how much
86	家 jiā	jiā	home
87	家人 jiā rén	jiā rén	family member
88	见 jiàn	jiàn	to see
89	件 jiàn	jiàn	item
90	饺子 jiǎo zi	jiǎo zi	dumpling
91	叫 jiào	jiào	to shout
92	姐姐 jiě jie	jiě jie	older sister
93	今年 jīn nián	jīn nián	this year
94	今天 jīn tiān	jīn tiān	today
95	九 jiǔ	jiǔ	nine
96	觉得 jué de	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...
97	开 kāi	kāi	to open
98	开车 kāi chē	kāi chē	to drive a car
99	看 kàn	kàn	to see
100	看病 kàn bìng	kàn bìng	to visit a doctor
101	看见 kàn jiàn	kàn jiàn	to see
102	可以 kě yǐ	kě yǐ	can
103	课 kè	kè	subject
104	口 kǒu	kǒu	mouth
105	块 kuài	kuài	lump (of earth)
106	来 lái	lái	to come
107	老师 lǎo shī	lǎo shī	teacher
108	了 le	le	(completed action marker)
109	冷 lěng	lěng	cold
110	里 lǐ	lǐ	lining
111	两 liǎng	liǎng	two
112	零 líng	líng	zero
113	六 liù	liù	six
114	妈妈 mā ma	mā ma	mama
115	吗 ma	ma	(question particle for \yes-no\ questions)
116	买 mǎi	mǎi	to buy
117	卖 mài	mài	to sell
118	忙 máng	máng	busy
119	猫 māo	māo	cat
120	没关系 méi guān xi	méi guān xi	it doesn't matter
121	没事 méi shì	méi shì	it's not important
122	没有 méi yǒu	méi yǒu	haven't
123	妹妹 mèi mei	mèi mei	younger sister
124	们 men	men	plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
125	米饭 mǐ fàn	mǐ fàn	(cooked) rice
126	面包 miàn bāo	miàn bāo	bread
127	面条 miàn tiáo	miàn tiáo	noodles
128	明年 míng nián	míng nián	next year
129	明天 míng tiān	míng tiān	tomorrow
130	名字 míng zi	míng zi	name (of a person or thing)
131	哪 nǎ	nǎ	how
132	哪个 nǎ ge	nǎ ge	which
133	哪里 nǎ lǐ	nǎ lǐ	where?
134	哪儿 nǎr	nǎr	where?
135	哪些 nǎ xiē	nǎ xiē	which ones?
136	那 nà	nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi])
137	那边 nà bian	nà bian	over there
138	那个 nà ge	nà ge	that one
139	那里 nà li	nà li	there; that place
140	那儿 nàr	nàr	there
141	那些 nà xiē	nà xiē	those
142	男 nán	nán	male
143	男朋友 nán péng you	nán péng you	boyfriend
144	呢 ne	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word (\What about ...?\, \And ...?\)
145	能 néng	néng	can
146	你 nǐ	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])
147	你好 nǐ hǎo	nǐ hǎo	hello
148	你们 nǐ men	nǐ men	you (plural)
149	年 nián	nián	year
150	您 nín	nín	you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[nǐ])
151	牛奶 niú nǎi	niú nǎi	cow's milk
152	女 nǚ	nǚ	female
153	女儿 nǚ ér	nǚ ér	daughter
154	女朋友 nǚ péng you	nǚ péng you	girlfriend
155	女士 nǚ shì	nǚ shì	lady
156	朋友 péng you	péng you	friend
157	便宜 pián yi	pián yi	cheap
158	漂亮 piào liang	piào liang	pretty
159	苹果 píng guǒ	píng guǒ	apple
160	七 qī	qī	seven
161	起床 qǐ chuáng	qǐ chuáng	to get out of bed
162	千 qiān	qiān	thousand
163	前 qián	qián	front
164	钱 qián	qián	coin
165	请 qǐng	qǐng	to ask
166	请问 qǐng wèn	qǐng wèn	Excuse me, may I ask...?
167	去 qù	qù	to go
168	去年 qù nián	qù nián	last year
169	热 rè	rè	to warm up
170	人 rén	rén	person; people
171	认识 rèn shi	rèn shi	to know
172	日 rì	rì	sun
173	三 sān	sān	three
174	商店 shāng diàn	shāng diàn	store
175	上 shàng	shàng	on top
176	上班 shàng bān	shàng bān	to go to work
177	上课 shàng kè	shàng kè	to go to class
178	上午 shàng wǔ	shàng wǔ	morning
179	上学 shàng xué	shàng xué	to go to school
180	少 shǎo	shǎo	few
181	谁 shéi	shéi	who
182	什么 shén me	shén me	what?
183	生病 shēng bìng	shēng bìng	to fall ill
184	十 shí	shí	ten
185	时候 shí hou	shí hou	time
186	时间 shí jiān	shí jiān	time
187	事 shì	shì	matter
188	是 shì	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)
189	手机 shǒu jī	shǒu jī	cell phone
190	书 shū	shū	book
191	书店 shū diàn	shū diàn	bookstore
192	水 shuǐ	shuǐ	water
193	水果 shuǐ guǒ	shuǐ guǒ	fruit
194	睡 shuì	shuì	to sleep
195	睡觉 shuì jiào	shuì jiào	to go to bed
196	说 shuō	shuō	to speak; to talk; to say
197	说话 shuō huà	shuō huà	to speak
198	四 sì	sì	four
199	岁 suì	suì	classifier for years (of age)
200	他 tā	tā	he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)

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