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HSK 3.0 Level 1 vocabulary with pinyin and meanings

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Word Pinyin Meaning
ài to love; to be fond of; to like
eight; 8
爸爸 bàba (informal) father
ba bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
白天 báitiān daytime
bǎi hundred
bàn half
包子 bāozi bao (steamed stuffed bun)
杯子 bēizi cup
本1 běn root
biān side
bìng illness
no; not so
不客气 búkèqi you're welcome
不要 búyào don't!
cài dish (type of food)
chá tea
chàng to sing
超市 chāoshì supermarket
chē car
chī to eat
出租车 chūzūchē taxi
穿 chuān to wear
打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a telephone call
big; large; great
大家 dàjiā everyone
大学 dàxué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[sì shū] in Confucianism
大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
dào to reach; to arrive
de of; ~'s (possessive particle)
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[dì liù] \sixth\)
弟弟 dìdi younger brother
点1 diǎn point
diàn (bound form) shop; store
电话 diànhuà telephone
电脑 diànnǎo computer
电视 diànshì television; TV
电影 diànyǐng movie; film
电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema; movie theater
东西 dōngxi east and west
dōu all; both; entirely
to read out; to read aloud
读书 dúshū to read a book
duì right; correct
对不起 duìbuqǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
duō many; much
多少 duōshao number
儿子 érzi son
èr two
fàn cooked rice
饭店 fàndiàn restaurant
房间 fángjiān room
非常 fēicháng very; really
飞机 fēijī airplane
fēn to divide; to separate
分钟 fēnzhōng minute
高兴 gāoxìng happy
song
哥哥 gēge older brother
(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
gěi to
公司 gōngsī company; firm; corporation
工作 gōngzuò to work
gǒu dog
guì expensive
guó country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
hái still
孩子 háizi child
汉语 Hànyǔ Chinese language
汉字 Hànzì Chinese character
hǎo good
好吃 hǎochī tasty
好看 hǎokàn good-looking
好听 hǎotīng pleasant to hear
好玩儿 hǎowánr amusing
hào roar
to shout
和1 (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn])
hěn (adverb of degree)
hòu empress
huí to circle
会1 huì can
火车 huǒchē train
鸡蛋 jīdàn (chicken) egg
small table
jiā home
家人 jiārén family member
jiàn to see
jiàn item
饺子 jiǎozi dumpling
jiào to shout
姐姐 jiějie older sister
今年 jīnnián this year
今天 jīntiān today
jiǔ nine
觉得 juéde to think that ...; to feel that ...
kāi to open
开车 kāichē to drive a car
kàn to look after
看病 kànbìng to visit a doctor
看见 kànjiàn to see
可以 kěyǐ can
subject
kǒu mouth
kuài lump (of earth)
lái to come
老师 lǎoshī teacher
le (completed action marker)
lěng cold
lining
两1 liǎng two
líng zero
liù six
妈妈 māma mama
ma (coll.) what?
mǎi to buy
mài to sell
máng busy
māo cat
没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter
没事 méishì it's not important
没有 méiyǒu haven't
妹妹 mèimei younger sister
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
米饭 mǐfàn (cooked) rice
面包 miànbāo bread
面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
明年 míngnián next year
明天 míngtiān tomorrow
名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)
how
哪个 nǎge which
哪里 nǎlǐ where?
哪儿 nǎr where?
哪些 nǎxiē which ones?
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi])
那边 nàbiān over there
那个 nàge that one
那里 nàlǐ there; that place
那儿 nàr there
那些 nàxiē those
nán male
男朋友 nánpéngyou boyfriend
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word (\What about ...?\, \And ...?\)
néng can
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín])
你好 nǐhǎo hello
你们 nǐmen you (plural)
nián year
nín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[nǐ])
牛奶 niúnǎi cow's milk
female
女儿 female
女朋友 nǚpéngyou girlfriend
女士 nǚshì lady
朋友 péngyou friend
便宜 piányi cheap
漂亮 piàoliang pretty
苹果 píngguǒ apple
seven
起床 qǐchuáng to get out of bed
qiān thousand
qián front
qián coin
qǐng to ask
请问 qǐngwèn Excuse me, may I ask...?
to go
去年 qùnián last year
to warm up
rén person; people
认识 rènshi to know
sun
sān three
商店 shāngdiàn store
shàng on top
上班 shàngbān to go to work
上课 shàngkè to go to class
上午 shàngwǔ morning
上学 shàngxué to go to school
shǎo few
shéi who
什么 shénme what?
生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
shí ten
时候 shíhou time
时间 shíjiān time
shì matter
shì to be (followed by substantives only)
手机 shǒujī cell phone
shū book
书店 shūdiàn bookstore
shuǐ water
水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
shuì to sleep
睡觉 shuìjiào to go to bed
shuō to speak; to talk; to say
说话 shuōhuà to speak
four
suì classifier for years (of age)
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)