HSK 1 Vocabulary List
To achieve this first level of Chinese language proficiency, you must master basic pronouns, classifiers, nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech. You must also know how to express time, age, money, and numbers using different sentence patterns such as questions, negatives, imperatives, and the like. HSK 1 vocabulary list includes 150 required vocabulary words and phrases. Once you can understand and use these, you will pass HSK level 1, which means you now meet the basic needs for communication and possess the ability to further your Chinese language studies.
Pro Tip
By the way, if you want to practice Chinese effectively and enjoy the process, my top recommendation is to dive into the HSK-based online graded readers.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Pron. | ||
| 我 | wǒ | I, me |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we, us (pl.) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 你们 | nǐmen | you (pl.) |
| 他 | tā | he, him |
| 她 | tā | she, her |
| 他们 | tāmen | they (male+female / male, pl.) |
| 她们 | tāmen | they (females, pl.) |
| Demonstrative Pron. | ||
| 这 (这儿) | zhè ( zhèr) | here, this |
| 那 (那儿) | nà (nàr) | there, that |
| Interrogative Pron. | ||
| 哪（哪儿） | nǎ (nǎr) | where |
| 谁 | shuí | who |
| 什么 | shén me | what, why |
| 多少 | duōshǎo | how many, how much |
| 几 | jǐ | a few, how many |
| 怎么 | zěnme | how |
| 怎么样 | zěnmeyàng | how about |
| Numberal | ||
| 一 | yī | one |
| 二 | èr | two |
| 三 | sān | three |
| 四 | sì | four |
| 五 | wǔ | five |
| 六 | liù | six |
| 七 | qī | seven |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine |
| 十 | shí | ten |
| 零 | líng | zero |
| Quantifier | ||
| 个 | gè | one, a, an |
| 岁 | suì | year |
| 本 | běn | volume |
| 些 | xiē | some |
| 块 | kuài | piece |
| Adverb | ||
| 不 | bù | no |
| 没 | méi | no |
| 很 | hěn | quite, very |
| 太 | tài | too |
| 都 | dōu | all |
| Conjunction | ||
| 和 | hé | and |
| Preposition | ||
| 在 | zài | in, at |
| Auxiliary | ||
| 的 | de | |
| 了 | le | |
| 吗 | ma | |
| 呢 | ne | |
| Interjection | ||
| 喂 | wèi | hello |
| Noun | ||
| 家 | jiā | home |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant |
| 商店 | shāngdiàn | store |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital |
| 火车站 | huǒchēzhàn | train station |
| 中国 | zhōng guó | China |
| 北京 | běijīng | Beijing |
| 上 | shàng | up |
| 下 | xià | down |
| 前面 | qiánmiàn | front |
| 后面 | hòumiàn | behind |
| 里 | lǐmiàn | inside |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 上午 | shàngwǔ | morning |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 月 | yuè | month |
| 日 | rì | day |
| 星期 | xīngqī | week |
| 点 | diǎn | dot, spot |
| 分钟 | fēnzhōng | minute |
| 现在 | xiànzài | now |
| 时候 | shíhou | time |
| 爸爸 | bàba | father |
| 妈妈 | māma | mother |
| 儿子 | érzi | son |
| 女儿 | nǚér | daughter |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student |
| 同学 | tóngxué | shoolmate |
| 朋友 | péngyou | friend |
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor |
| 先生 | xiānsheng | sir |
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | Miss |
| 衣服 | yīfu | cloth |
| 水 | shuǐ | water |
| 菜 | cài | vegetable |
| 米饭 | mǐfàn | rice |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 苹果 | píngguǒ | apple |
| 茶 | chá | tea |
| 杯子 | bēizi | cup |
| 钱 | qián | money |
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi |
| 电视 | diànshì | television |
| 电脑 | diànnǎo | computer |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 猫 | māo | cat |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 东西 | dōngxi | thing |
| 人 | rén | person |
| 名字 | míngzi | name |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 汉语 | hànyǔ | mandarin Chinese |
| 字 | zì | character |
| 桌子 | zhuōzi | desk |
| 椅子 | yǐzi | chair |
| Verb | ||
| 谢谢 | xièxie | thank |
| 不客气 | búkèqì | you are welcome |
| 再见 | zàijiàn | good-bye |
| 请 | qǐng | please |
| 对不起 | duìbùqǐ | sorry |
| 没关系 | méiguānxì | It doesn’t matter |
| 是 | shì | be (am, is, are) |
| 有 | yǒu | have |
| 看 | kàn | look |
| 听 | tīng | listen |
| 说话 | shuōhuà | speak |
| 读 | dú | read |
| 写 | xiě | write |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | see |
| 叫 | jiào | call |
| 来 | lái | come |
| 回 | huí | return |
| 去 | qù | go |
| 吃 | chī | eat |
| 喝 | hē | drink |
| 睡觉 | shuìjiào | sleep |
| 打电话 | dǎdiànhuà | call up |
| 做 | zuò | do |
| 买 | mǎi | buy |
| 开 | kāi | open |
| 坐 | zuò | sit |
| 住 | zhù | live |
| 学习 | xuéxí | study |
| 工作 | gōngzuò | work |
| 下雨 | xiàyǔ | rain |
| 爱 | ài | love |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuān | love, like |
| 想 | xiǎng | want |
| 认识 | rènshi | know |
| 会 | huì | can |
| 能 | néng | can, be able to |
| Adjective | ||
| 好 | hǎo | good |
| 大 | dà | big |
| 小 | xiǎo | small |
| 多 | duō | many, much |
| 少 | shǎo | few, little |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 热 | rè | hot |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy |
| 漂亮 | piàoliàng | beautiful |
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best vocabulary for hsk
very good
It’s have every thing about hsk
very useful. its time to start hsk2 now
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for this vocabulary very useful .
difficult is to pronounce roudly
it is good but too jumbled haha
Very Nice.
里 lǐmiàn inside
Isn’t the Pīnyīn for miàn missing here? For front and behind its there, but that should only be lǐ. But since i just started i could be wrong so please let me know. Thanks