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HSK 3.0 Level 3 vocabulary with pinyin and meanings

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HSK 3.0 Level 3 vocabulary with pinyin and meanings
#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning
1	阿姨 ā yí	ā yí	maternal aunt
2	矮 ǎi	ǎi	low
3	爱人 ài ren	ài ren	spouse (PRC)
4	安静 ān jìng	ān jìng	quiet
5	安全 ān quán	ān quán	safe; secure
6	把 bǎ	bǎ	handlebar
7	搬 bān	bān	to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
8	班级 bān jí	bān jí	class (group of students)
9	搬家 bān jiā	bān jiā	to move house; to relocate
10	办 bàn	bàn	to do
11	办法 bàn fǎ	bàn fǎ	means
12	办公室 bàn gōng shì	bàn gōng shì	office
13	半天 bàn tiān	bàn tiān	half of the day
14	帮助 bāng zhù	bāng zhù	assistance
15	饱 bǎo	bǎo	to eat till full
16	报纸 bào zhǐ	bào zhǐ	newspaper
17	北 běi	běi	north
18	北方 běi fāng	běi fāng	north
19	被 bèi	bèi	quilt
20	笔记 bǐ jì	bǐ jì	to take down (in writing)
21	比较 bǐ jiào	bǐ jiào	to compare
22	笔记本 bǐ jì běn	bǐ jì běn	notebook (stationery)
23	比如 bǐ rú	bǐ rú	for example
24	比赛 bǐ sài	bǐ sài	competition (sports etc)
25	必须 bì xū	bì xū	to have to
26	变 biàn	biàn	to change
27	遍 biàn	biàn	everywhere
28	变成 biàn chéng	biàn chéng	to change into
29	变化 biàn huà	biàn huà	(intransitive) to change; to vary
30	表演 biǎo yǎn	biǎo yǎn	play
31	别的 bié de	bié de	else
32	别人 bié ren	bié ren	other people; others; other person
33	宾馆 bīn guǎn	bīn guǎn	guesthouse
34	冰 bīng	bīng	ice
35	冰激凌 bīng jī líng	bīng jī líng	ice cream
36	冰箱 bīng xiāng	bīng xiāng	icebox
37	病人 bìng rén	bìng rén	sick person
38	不但 bù dàn	bù dàn	not only (... but also ...)
39	不见 bù jiàn	bù jiàn	not to see
40	不用 bù yòng	bù yòng	need not
41	不同 bù tóng	bù tóng	different
42	不久 bù jiǔ	bù jiǔ	not long (after)
43	不行 bù xíng	bù xíng	won't do
44	才 cái	cái	ability
45	菜单 cài dān	cài dān	menu
46	参加 cān jiā	cān jiā	to participate
47	草 cǎo	cǎo	grass
48	草地 cǎo dì	cǎo dì	lawn
49	层 céng	céng	to pile on top of one another
50	查 chá	chá	to research
51	差 chà	chà	different
52	差不多 chà bu duō	chà bu duō	almost
53	尝 cháng	cháng	to taste; to try (food)
54	常 cháng	cháng	always
55	常见 cháng jiàn	cháng jiàn	commonly seen
56	常用 cháng yòng	cháng yòng	in common usage
57	常常 cháng cháng	cháng cháng	frequently
58	衬衫 chèn shān	chèn shān	shirt
59	成绩 chéng jì	chéng jì	achievement
60	城市 chéng shì	chéng shì	city; town
61	迟到 chí dào	chí dào	to arrive late
62	出发 chū fā	chū fā	to set off
63	出生 chū shēng	chū shēng	to be born
64	出院 chū yuàn	chū yuàn	to leave hospital
65	初中 chū zhōng	chū zhōng	junior high school
66	除了 chú le	chú le	besides
67	船 chuán	chuán	boat
68	春天 chūn tiān	chūn tiān	spring (season)
69	词典 cí diǎn	cí diǎn	dictionary
70	聪明 cōng ming	cōng ming	intelligent
71	打扫 dǎ sǎo	dǎ sǎo	to clean
72	打算 dǎ suàn	dǎ suàn	to plan
73	大概 dà gài	dà gài	roughly
74	大人 dà ren	dà ren	adult
75	大小 dà xiǎo	dà xiǎo	dimension
76	大熊猫 dà xióng māo	dà xióng māo	giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
77	大衣 dà yī	dà yī	overcoat
78	带 dài	dài	band
79	担心 dān xīn	dān xīn	anxious
80	蛋糕 dàn gāo	dàn gāo	cake
81	当然 dāng rán	dāng rán	only natural
82	到处 dào chù	dào chù	everywhere
83	得 dé	dé	to obtain
84	得到 dé dào	dé dào	to get; to obtain; to receive
85	得分 dé fēn	dé fēn	to score a point (in a competition, test etc)
86	的话 de huà	de huà	if (coming after a conditional clause)
87	得 děi	děi	to have to
88	灯 dēng	dēng	lamp
89	地 dì	dì	earth
90	地点 dì diǎn	dì diǎn	place
91	地方 dì fang	dì fang	area
92	地图 dì tú	dì tú	map
93	电 diàn	diàn	lightning
94	电梯 diàn tī	diàn tī	elevator
95	电子书 diàn zǐ shū	diàn zǐ shū	electronic book
96	丢 diū	diū	to lose
97	东 dōng	dōng	east
98	东北 dōng běi	dōng běi	Northeast China
99	东方 dōng fāng	dōng fāng	east
100	东南 dōng nán	dōng nán	southeast
101	冬天 dōng tiān	dōng tiān	winter
102	懂得 dǒng de	dǒng de	to understand; to know; to comprehend
103	动物 dòng wù	dòng wù	animal
104	动物园 dòng wù yuán	dòng wù yuán	zoo
105	短 duǎn	duǎn	short
106	短裤 duǎn kù	duǎn kù	short pants
107	段 duàn	duàn	paragraph
108	锻炼 duàn liàn	duàn liàn	to toughen
109	对话 duì huà	duì huà	to talk (with sb)
110	饿 è	è	to be hungry
111	而且 ér qiě	ér qiě	(not only ...) but also
112	耳朵 ěr duo	ěr duo	ear
113	耳机 ěr jī	ěr jī	headphones
114	发 fā	fā	to send out
115	发烧 fā shāo	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness)
116	发生 fā shēng	fā shēng	to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
117	发现 fā xiàn	fā xiàn	to notice; to become aware of
118	发展 fā zhǎn	fā zhǎn	development
119	方便 fāng biàn	fāng biàn	convenient
120	方便面 fāng biàn miàn	fāng biàn miàn	instant noodles
121	方法 fāng fǎ	fāng fǎ	method
122	方向 fāng xiàng	fāng xiàng	direction; orientation
123	房子 fáng zi	fáng zi	house
124	放 fàng	fàng	to put
125	放假 fàng jià	fàng jià	to have a holiday or vacation
126	放心 fàng xīn	fàng xīn	to feel relieved
127	放学 fàng xué	fàng xué	to dismiss students at the end of the school day
128	分开 fēn kāi	fēn kāi	to separate
129	风 fēng	fēng	wind
130	封 fēng	fēng	to confer
131	夫妻 fū qī	fū qī	husband and wife; married couple
132	服务 fú wù	fú wù	to serve
133	附近 fù jìn	fù jìn	nearby; neighboring
134	复习 fù xí	fù xí	to review
135	该 gāi	gāi	should
136	干净 gān jìng	gān jìng	clean
137	感兴趣 gǎn xìng qù	gǎn xìng qù	to be interested
138	感到 gǎn dào	gǎn dào	to feel; to sense; to perceive
139	感冒 gǎn mào	gǎn mào	can't stand
140	干 gàn	gàn	tree trunk
141	刚 gāng	gāng	hard
142	刚才 gāng cái	gāng cái	just now
143	刚刚 gāng gang	gāng gang	just recently
144	高铁 gāo tiě	gāo tiě	high speed rail
145	根据 gēn jù	gēn jù	according to
146	更 gèng	gèng	more
147	公斤 gōng jīn	gōng jīn	kilogram (kg)
148	公园 gōng yuán	gōng yuán	park (for public recreation)
149	工作日 gōng zuò rì	gōng zuò rì	workday
150	故事 gù shi	gù shi	narrative; story; tale
151	刮 guā	guā	to scrape
152	关 guān	guān	mountain pass
153	关机 guān jī	guān jī	to turn off (a machine or device)
154	关系 guān xì	guān xì	variant of 關係\|关系[guān xì]
155	关心 guān xīn	guān xīn	to be concerned about
156	关于 guān yú	guān yú	pertaining to
157	关注 guān zhù	guān zhù	to pay attention to
158	国家 guó jiā	guó jiā	country; nation; state
159	过节 guò jié	guò jié	to celebrate a festival
160	过去 guò qù	guò qù	(in the) past
161	海 hǎi	hǎi	ocean
162	害怕 hài pà	hài pà	to be afraid
163	好多 hǎo duō	hǎo duō	many
164	好久 hǎo jiǔ	hǎo jiǔ	quite a while
165	好像 hǎo xiàng	hǎo xiàng	as if
166	号码 hào mǎ	hào mǎ	number
167	河 hé	hé	river
168	合适 hé shì	hé shì	suitable
169	黑板 hēi bǎn	hēi bǎn	blackboard
170	红绿灯 hóng lǜ dēng	hóng lǜ dēng	traffic light
171	后来 hòu lái	hòu lái	afterwards; later
172	后年 hòu nián	hòu nián	the year after next
173	后天 hòu tiān	hòu tiān	the day after tomorrow
174	护照 hù zhào	hù zhào	passport
175	花园 huā yuán	huā yuán	garden
176	画家 huà jiā	huà jiā	painter
177	欢迎 huān yíng	huān yíng	to welcome
178	还 huán	huán	to pay back
179	环境 huán jìng	huán jìng	environment
180	换 huàn	huàn	to exchange
181	黄色 huáng sè	huáng sè	yellow (color)
182	回答 huí dá	huí dá	to reply; to answer
183	会 huì	huì	can
184	会议 huì yì	huì yì	meeting
185	或 huò	huò	maybe
186	或者 huò zhě	huò zhě	or
187	鸡 jī	jī	fowl
188	几乎 jī hū	jī hū	almost; nearly; practically
189	机会 jī huì	jī huì	opportunity
190	极 jí	jí	extremely
191	急 jí	jí	urgent
192	记 jì	jì	to record
193	季 jì	jì	season
194	季节 jì jié	jì jié	time
195	加 jiā	jiā	to add
196	假期 jià qī	jià qī	vacation
197	坚持 jiān chí	jiān chí	to persevere with
198	检查 jiǎn chá	jiǎn chá	inspection
199	简单 jiǎn dān	jiǎn dān	simple
200	检票 jiǎn piào	jiǎn piào	to inspect a ticket

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