HSK 1 Vocabulary List — 2.0 classic
All 150 words in HSK 2.0 (the classic 2010 standard) level 1, with pinyin, part of speech and English meaning. Words link to their character pages for stroke order and example words.
Word list: HSK 2.0 (the classic 2010 standard). Showing 1–20 of 150.
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| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 的 | de 5 | u,n | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs | |
| 2 | 了 | le 5 | y,u,v | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) | |
| 3 | 我 | wǒ 3 | r | I; me; my | |
| 4 | 是 | shì 4 | v | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) | |
| 5 | 你 | nǐ 3 | r | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) | |
| 6 | 在 | zài 4 | p,v,d | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | |
| 7 | 不 | bù 4 | d | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | |
| 8 | 有 | yǒu 3 | v | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) | |
| 9 | 他 | tā 1 | r | he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other | |
| 10 | 这 | zhè 4 | r | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) | |
| 11 | 个 | gè 4 | q,g | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual | |
| 12 | 人 | rén 2 | n | person; people | |
| 13 | 和 | hé 2 | cc,p,v,qv,g,n | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [hàn]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese | |
| 14 | 我们 | wǒ men 3–5 | r | we; us; ourselves; our | |
| 15 | 好 | hǎo 3 | a,d,v | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello | |
| 16 | 一 | yī 1 | m,d,t | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | |
| 17 | 会 | huì 4 | v,n | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ]) | |
| 18 | 都 | dōu 1 | d,g | all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all | |
| 19 | 上 | shàng 4 | f,v,g | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above | |
| 20 | 来 | lái 2 | v,f,m,u,y | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |
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