HSK 1 vocabulary with pinyin and audio
300 words
- 杯子 bēizi — cup; glass (drinking vessel)
- 桌子 zhuōzi — table; desk
- 椅子 yǐzi — chair (a seat for one person)
- 歌 gē — song; CL: 首 (shǒu), 支 (zhī)
- 正在 zhèngzài — to be in the process of (doing something); currently ...-ing
- 水 shuǐ — water; liquid; body of water
- 水果 shuǐguǒ — fruit (edible plant parts, e.g., apples, bananas)
- 汉字 hànzì — Chinese character(s); the written symbols used in Chinese
- 汉语 hànyǔ — the Chinese language (Mandarin/standard or Chinese languages in general)
- 没事 méishì — it's nothing; never mind; don't worry about it
- 没关系 méiguānxi — It doesn't matter; no problem; that's OK
- 没有 méiyǒu — have not / hasn't (negation used before a verb; marks non‑occurrence or absence of action)
- 漂亮 piàoliang — pretty; beautiful
- 火车 huǒchē — train (railway vehicle)
- 点 diǎn — to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
- 热 rè — to warm up; to heat up
- 爱 ài — to love; to be fond of; to like
- 爸爸 bàba — father; dad
- 牛奶 niúnǎi — cow's milk; milk (drink)
- 狗 gǒu — dog (animal)
- 猫 māo — cat; domestic cat (CL: 隻|只[zhi1])
- 玩 wán — to play; to have fun
- 现在 xiànzài — now; at present; currently
- 生病 shēngbìng — to fall ill; to become sick
- 电影 diànyǐng — movie; film
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn — cinema; movie theater
- 电脑 diànnǎo — computer
- 电视 diànshì — television; TV
- 电话 diànhuà — telephone (device)
- 男 nán — male (bound form; appears only in compounds, e.g. 男孩)
- 男朋友 nánpéngyou — boyfriend (male romantic partner)
- 病 bìng — illness; disease
- 白天 báitiān — daytime; the period of daylight
- 百 bǎi — hundred (100)
- 的 de — possessive or associative particle '...'s' (marks possession or modifier → noun)
- 看 kān — to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- 看病 kànbìng — to visit a doctor; to see a doctor (for medical treatment); to see a patient
- 看见 kànjiàn — to see; to catch sight of
- 真 zhēn — really; truly; indeed; (also used as adjective) real; true; genuine
- 睡 shuì — to sleep; to lie down
- 睡觉 shuìjiào — to go to bed; to sleep
- 知道 zhīdào — to know (have knowledge of)
- 穿 chuān — to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes, accessories); to dress
- 第 dì — prefix placed before numerals to form ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.)
- 米饭 mǐfàn — (cooked) rice
- 给 gěi — to give; to hand to
- 老师 lǎoshī — teacher
- 能 néng — Can; to be able to (have the ability or possibility to do something)
- 苹果 píngguǒ — Apple Inc. (the American technology company)
- 茶 chá — tea; tea plant
- 菜 cài — vegetable; greens
- 衣服 yīfu — clothes; garment(s)
- 要 yāo — to demand; to coerce (bound form used in compounds, e.g., 要挟 yāoxié “to coerce”)
- 见 jiàn — to see; to meet
- 觉得 juéde — to think that; to believe; to be of the opinion that
- 认识 rènshi — to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with (somebody)
- 说 shuì — to persuade
- 说话 shuōhuà — to speak; to talk; to say
- 请 qǐng — please (do something); polite request marker
- 请问 qǐngwèn — Excuse me; may I ask... (polite phrase used to begin a question)
- 读 dòu — comma; (a) phrase marked by a pause
- 读书 dúshū — to read (books); to study; to attend school
- 课 kè — subject; (course of) study
- 谁 shéi — who
- 谢谢 xièxie — to thank; thanks; thank you
- 贵 guì — expensive; costly
- 起床 qǐchuáng — to get out of bed; to get up
- 超市 chāoshì — supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場/超级市场); classifier: 家
- 车 chē — car; vehicle; machine
- 边 biān — side; edge; margin; border; boundary (measure word: 個/个 ge4)
- 还 huán — to return; to give back; to repay
- 这 zhè — this; these (demonstrative pronoun)
- 这个 zhège — this (one)
- 这些 zhèxiē — these (demonstrative pronoun)
- 这儿 zhèr — here (at this place)
- 这边 zhèbiān — this side; here
- 这里 zhèlǐ — here (in this place)
- 那 nǎ — variant of 哪 (which/where) pronounced na (colloquial)
- 那个 nàge — that one; that thing (demonstrative referring to something further away or previously mentioned)
- 那些 nàxiē — those (demonstrative pronoun for people or things farther away or previously mentioned)
- 那儿 nàr — there (location)
- 那边 nàbian — over there; yonder (indicating a place away from speaker and listener)
- 那里 nàli — there; that place
- 都 dū — capital city; metropolis
- 里 lǐ — lining; interior; inside; internal
- 钱 qián — coin; money; cash
- 问 wèn — to ask; to inquire
- 问题 wèntí — question; topic; thing asked
- 雨 yǔ — rain (precipitation); showers
- 雪 xuě — snow
- 零 líng — zero; nought; the numeral 0
- 非常 fēicháng — very; really
- 面包 miànbāo — bread
- 面条儿 miàntiáor — noodles (erhua colloquial form of 面条)
- 飞机 fēijī — airplane; plane
- 饭 fàn — cooked rice
- 饭店 fàndiàn — restaurant; (also) hotel
- 饺子 jiǎozi — dumpling; pot-sticker
- 高兴 gāoxìng — happy; glad; in a cheerful mood
- 鸡蛋 jīdàn — (chicken) egg; hen's egg