HSK Level 1 Vocabulary

• All words listed are HSK Level 1 vocabulary.

Adjectives

• 大 (dà): big
• 多 (duō): many
• 高兴 (gāoxìng): happy
• 好 (hǎo): good
• 冷 (lěng): cold
• 漂亮 (piàoliang): pretty
• 热 (rè): hot
• 少 (shǎo): few
• 小 (xiǎo): small

Adverbs

• 不 (bù): no, not
• 没有 (méiyǒu): did not
• 很 (hěn): very
• 太 (tài): too
• 都 (dōu): all

Auxiliary Verbs

• 会 (huì): can, know how to
• 能 (néng): can, be able to
• 想 (xiǎng): would like to

Conjunctions

• 和 (hé): and

Pronouns

• 这 (zhè): this
• 那 (nà): that
• 喂 (wèi): hey, hello
• 多少 (duōshǎo): how much
• 几 (jǐ): how many, a few
• 哪 (nǎ): which
• 哪儿 (nǎr): where
• 什么 (shénme): what, why
• 谁 (shéi): who
• 怎么 (zěnme): how
• 怎么样 (zěnmeyàng): how about

Measure Words

• 本 (běn): measure word for books
• 个 (gè): measure word for people
• 块 (kuài): measure word for pieces
• 岁 (suì): years old
• 些 (xiē): some
• 一点儿 (yīdiǎnr): a little

Nouns

• 爸爸 (bàba): dad
• 北京 (Běijīng): Beijing
• 杯子 (bēizi): cup
• 菜 (cài): vegetable, dish
• 茶 (chá): tea
• 出租车 (chūzūchē): taxi
• 点 (diǎn): point, dot, spot
• 电脑 (diànnǎo): computer
• 电视 (diànshì): television
• 电影 (diànyǐng): movie
• 东西 (dōngxi): thing
• 儿子 (érzi): son
• 饭店 (fàndiàn): restaurant
• 飞机 (fēijī): airplane
• 分钟 (fēnzhōng): minute
• 狗 (gǒu): dog
• 汉语 (hànyǔ): Mandarin Chinese
• 后面 (hòumiàn): behind
• 家 (jiā): home
• 今天 (jīntiān): today
• 老师 (lǎoshī): teacher
• 里面 (lǐmiàn): inside
• 妈妈 (māma): mom
• 猫 (māo): cat
• 米饭 (mǐfàn): rice
• 明天 (míngtiān): tomorrow
• 名字 (míngzi): name
• 年 (nián): year
• 女儿 (nǚ'ér): daughter
• 朋友 (péngyou): friend
• 苹果 (píngguǒ): apple
• 钱 (qián): money
• 前面 (qiánmiàn): front
• 人 (rén): person
• 上 (shàng): up
• 商店 (shāngdiàn): store
• 上午 (shàngwǔ): morning
• 时候 (shíhou): time
• 书 (shū): book
• 水 (shuǐ): water
• 水果 (shuǐguǒ): fruit
• 天气 (tiānqì): weather
• 同学 (tóngxué): classmate
• 下 (xià): down
• 先生 (xiānsheng): sir
• 现在 (xiànzài): now
• 小姐 (xiǎojiě): Miss
• 下午 (xiàwǔ): afternoon
• 星期 (xīngqī): week
• 学生 (xuéshēng): student
• 学校 (xuéxiào): school
• 衣服 (yīfu): clothes
• 医生 (yīshēng): doctor
• 医院 (yīyuàn): hospital
• 椅子 (yǐzi): chair
• 月 (yuè): month
• 中国 (Zhōngguó): China
• 中午 (zhōngwǔ): noon
• 桌子 (zhuōzi): desk
• 字 (zì): character, word
• 昨天 (zuótiān): yesterday

Numbers

• 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
• 号 (hào): day number in a date, number (in a series)

Particles

• 的 (de): structural particle
• 了 (le): aspectual particle
• 吗 (ma): question particle
• 呢 (ne): question particle

Pronouns

• 你 (nǐ): you
• 他 (tā): he, him
• 她 (tā): she, her
• 我 (wǒ): I, me
• 我们 (wǒmen): we, us

Phrases

• 不客气 (búkèqì): you are welcome
• 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà): to call on the phone
• 没关系 (méi guānxì): it doesn’t matter

Verbs

• 在 (zài): in, at
• 爱 (ài): to love
• 吃 (chī): to eat
• 读 (dú): to read
• 对不起 (duìbùqǐ): sorry
• 工作 (gōngzuò): to work
• 喝 (hē): to drink
• 回 (huí): to return
• 叫 (jiào): to call, to be called
• 开 (kāi): to open
• 看 (kàn): to look (at)
• 看见 (kànjiàn): to see
• 来 (lái): to come
• 没有 (méiyǒu): to not have
• 买 (mǎi): to buy
• 请 (qǐng): please
• 去 (qù): to go
• 认识 (rènshi): to be familiar with
• 是 (shì): to be (am, is, are)
• 睡觉 (shuìjiào): to sleep
• 说 (shuō): to say, to speak
• 听 (tīng): to listen (to)
• 下雨 (xiàyǔ): to rain
• 写 (xiě): to write
• 谢谢 (xièxie): thank you; to thank
• 喜欢 (xǐhuān): to like
• 学习 (xuéxí): to study
• 有 (yǒu): to have
• 再见 (zàijiàn): good-bye
• 住 (zhù): to live (in/at)
• 做 (zuò): to do
• 坐 (zuò): to sit