HSK 1 vocabulary with pinyin and audio
300 words
- 哪儿 nǎr — where? (question word asking for location)
- 哪里 nǎlǐ — where?; someplace/anywhere/wherever (question or indefinite locative)
- 唱 chàng — to sing; to chant; to call out loudly
- 商店 shāngdiàn — store; shop
- 喂 wéi — hello (used when answering the phone)
- 喜欢 xǐhuan — to like; to be fond of
- 喝 hē — to drink
- 四 sì — four; the number 4
- 回 huí — to go back; to return; to turn around
- 国 guó — country; nation; state
- 在 zài — (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (progressive marker)
- 坐 zuò — to sit; to take a seat
- 块 kuài — lump; chunk; piece (of a solid substance)
- 外 wài — outside; the exterior or outdoors
- 外边 wàibian — the outside; the exterior (a place outside a building or room)
- 多 duō — many; much; a lot of (large quantity)
- 多少 duōshǎo — number; amount; quantity
- 大 dà — big; large; great
- 大学 dàxué — The Great Learning, one of the Four Books in Confucianism
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng — university student; college student
- 大家 dàjiā — everyone; everybody
- 天 tiān — day; the sky; heaven
- 天气 tiānqì — weather
- 太 tài — highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 女 nǚ — female; woman; daughter
- 女儿 nǚér — daughter
- 女士 nǚshì — lady; madam; Ms.; polite form of address for an adult woman
- 女朋友 nǚpéngyou — girlfriend (a woman's female romantic partner or a woman's romantic partner in general when spoken by a male)
- 她 tā — she; her (third-person singular feminine pronoun)
- 她们 tāmen — they; them (female people)
- 好 hǎo — good; suitable; proper; all right
- 好吃 hǎochī — tasty; delicious
- 好听 hǎotīng — pleasant to hear; melodious
- 好玩儿 hǎowánr — fun; amusing; entertaining
- 好看 hǎokàn — good-looking; attractive (of a person)
- 妈妈 māma — mama; mommy; mother
- 妹妹 mèimèi — younger sister
- 姐姐 jiějiě — older sister (your sister who is older than you)
- 字 zì — letter; symbol; (Chinese) character; word
- 学 xué — to learn; to study
- 学习 xuéxí — to learn; to study
- 学校 xuéxiào — school; educational institution or its buildings
- 学生 xuésheng — student; schoolchild
- 孩子 háizi — child; kid
- 它 tā — it (neuter third-person pronoun for things, objects, concepts)
- 它们 tāmen — they; them (for non-human or mixed-gender groups)
- 家 jiā — home; family; household
- 家人 jiārén — family member; household member
- 对 duì — right; correct
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ — I'm sorry (apology)
- 小 xiǎo — small; little in size
- 小学 xiǎoxué — elementary school; primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng — primary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner
- 小时 xiǎoshí — hour (unit of time)
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu — child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child; in Taiwan, can mean one's own child)
- 少 shǎo — few; not many; less (quantity)
- 岁 suì — classifier for years (of age) or harvest years; year (as a unit)
- 工作 gōngzuò — to work; (of a machine) to operate
- 年 nián — year; (classifier: 個|个 ge4)
- 店 diàn — inn; old-style hotel
- 开 kāi — to open; to unlock; to unseal
- 开车 kāichē — to drive a car (or train etc.)
- 弟弟 dìdi — younger brother
- 很 hěn — very; quite. (Also frequently used before adjectives as a largely meaningless syntactic element: e.g. in casual speech it may not add strong intensity.)
- 忙 máng — busy (having a lot to do)
- 怎么 zěnme — how?; what?; why? (question word used to ask manner, reason, or degree)
- 怎么样 zěnmeyàng — how? (asks about manner or quality)
- 您 nín — you (courteous; polite form as opposed to informal 你 ni3)
- 想 xiǎng — to think (about); to consider; to reflect
- 我 wǒ — I; me; my
- 我们 wǒmen — we; us; ourselves; our
- 房间 fángjiān — room (in a building); chamber; space within a house or other structure
- 手机 shǒujī — cell phone; mobile phone
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà — to make a telephone call
- 找 zhǎo — to try to find; to look for
- 新 xīn — New; newly — indicates recentness or novelty.
- 日 rì — the sun
- 早 zǎo — early (happening before the usual or expected time)
- 早上 zǎoshang — early morning; the morning (period after dawn)
- 早饭 zǎofàn — breakfast
- 时候 shíhou — time; length of time; moment; period
- 时间 shíjiān — time (the concept of time; a period or point in time; duration)
- 明天 míngtiān — tomorrow (the day after today)
- 明年 míngnián — next year
- 星期 xīngqī — week (seven-day period)
- 星期天 xīngqītiān — Sunday
- 星期日 xīngqīrì — Sunday (the day of the week)
- 昨天 zuótiān — yesterday
- 是 shì — to be (copula, used before nouns)
- 晚 wǎn — evening; night (the time of day after sunset)
- 晚上 wǎnshang — evening; night
- 晚饭 wǎnfàn — evening meal; dinner; supper
- 月 yuè — the moon; the natural satellite of Earth
- 有 yǒu — to have; there is (existential)
- 有一点儿 yǒuyīdiǎnr — a little; a bit; slightly
- 有些 yǒuxiē — some; a few (used before nouns)
- 有的 yǒude — some; there are some (who...); some (exist)
- 朋友 péngyou — friend
- 本 běn — capital; principal (as in funds or head office)
- 来 lái — to come; arrive