HSK 1
HSK 1 Vocabulary — 150 essential Chinese words
The complete HSK 1 vocabulary list with pinyin and English translations. The 150 words every Mandarin learner needs first.
150 entries
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
| Personal Pronouns | |
| wǒ我 | I, me |
| wǒ我men们 | we, us (pl.) |
| nǐ你 | you |
| tā他 | he, him |
| tā她 | she, her |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | |
| zhè ( zhèr)这 (这儿) | this (here) |
| nà (nàr)那 (那儿) | that (there) |
| Interrogative Pronouns | |
| nǎ哪 | which |
| nǎ哪r儿 | where |
| shéi谁 | who |
| shén什me么 | what, why |
| duō多shǎo少 | how many, how much |
| jǐ几 | a few, how many |
| zěn怎me么 | how |
| zěn怎me么yàng样 | how about |
| Numberal | |
| yī一 | one |
| èr二 | two |
| sān三 | three |
| sì四 | four |
| wǔ五 | five |
| liù六 | six |
| qī七 | seven |
| bā八 | eight |
| jiǔ九 | nine |
| shí十 | ten |
| Quantifier | |
| gè个 | (for normal objects) |
| suì岁 | (for age) |
| běn本 | (for books) |
| xiē些 | some |
| kuài块 | piece, chunk |
| Adverb | |
| bù不 | no |
| méi没 | no |
| hěn很 | quite, very |
| tài太 | too |
| dōu都 | all |
| yī一diǎn点r儿 | a little bit |
| Conjunction | |
| hé和 | and |
| Preposition | |
| zài在 | in, at |
| Auxiliary | |
| de的 | (possessive/descriptive particle) |
| le了 | (completion/change particle) |
| ma吗 | (yes/no question particle) |
| ne呢 | (question particle, contrastive) |
| Interjection | |
| wèi喂 | hello |
| Noun | |
| jiā家 | home |
| xué学xiào校 | school |
| fàn饭diàn店 | restaurant |
| shāng商diàn店 | store |
| yī医yuàn院 | hospital |
| Zhōng中guó国 | China |
| Běi北jīng京 | Beijing |
| shàng上 | up |
| xià下 | down |
| qián前miàn面 | front |
| hòu后miàn面 | behind |
| lǐ里miàn面 | inside |
| jīn今tiān天 | today |
| míng明tiān天 | tomorrow |
| zuó昨tiān天 | yesterday |
| shàng上wǔ午 | morning |
| zhōng中wǔ午 | noon |
| xià下wǔ午 | afternoon |
| nián年 | year |
| yuè月 | month |
| hào号 | number/date |
| xīng星qī期 | week |
| diǎn点 | o’clock |
| fēn分zhōng钟 | minute |
| xiàn现zài在 | now |
| shí时hou候 | time |
| bà爸ba爸 | father |
| mā妈ma妈 | mother |
| ér儿zi子 | son |
| nǚé女r儿 | daughter |
| lǎo老shī师 | teacher |
| xué学shēng生 | student |
| tóng同xué学 | classmate |
| péng朋yǒu友 | friend |
| yī医shēng生 | doctor |
| xiān先sheng生 | sir |
| xiǎo小jiě姐 | Miss |
| yī衣fu服 | cloth |
| shuǐ水 | water |
| cài菜 | dish |
| mǐ米fàn饭 | rice |
| shuǐ水guǒ果 | fruit |
| píng苹guǒ果 | apple |
| chá茶 | tea |
| bēi杯zi子 | cup |
| qián钱 | money |
| fēi飞jī机 | airplane |
| chū出zū租chē车 | taxi |
| diàn电shì视 | television |
| diàn电nǎo脑 | computer |
| diàn电yǐng影 | movie |
| tiān天qì气 | weather |
| māo猫 | cat |
| gǒu狗 | dog |
| dōng东xi西 | thing |
| rén人 | person |
| míng名zi字 | name |
| shū书 | book |
| hàn汉yǔ语 | mandarin Chinese |
| zì字 | character |
| zhuō桌zi子 | desk |
| yǐ椅zi子 | chair |
| Verb | |
| xiè谢xie谢 | thank |
| bú不kè客qì气 | you are welcome |
| zài再jiàn见 | good-bye |
| qǐng请 | please |
| duì对bù不qǐ起 | sorry |
| méi没guān关xì系 | It doesn’t matter |
| shì是 | be (am, is, are) |
| yǒu有 | have |
| kàn看 | look |
| tīng听 | listen |
| shuō说 | speak |
| dú读 | read |
| xiě写 | write |
| kàn看jiàn见 | see |
| jiào叫 | call |
| lái来 | come |
| huí回 | return |
| qù去 | go |
| chī吃 | eat |
| hē喝 | drink |
| shuì睡jiào觉 | sleep |
| dǎ打diàn电huà话 | make phone call |
| zuò做 | do |
| mǎi买 | buy |
| kāi开 | open |
| zuò坐 | sit |
| zhù住 | live |
| xué学xí习 | study |
| gōng工zuò作 | work |
| xià下yǔ雨 | rain |
| ài爱 | love |
| xǐ喜huān欢 | love, like |
| xiǎng想 | want |
| rèn认shi识 | know |
| huì会 | can |
| néng能 | can, be able to |
| Adjective | |
| hǎo好 | good |
| dà大 | big |
| xiǎo小 | small |
| duō多 | many, much |
| shǎo少 | few, little |
| lěng冷 | cold |
| rè热 | hot |
| gāo高xìng兴 | happy |
| piào漂liang亮 | beautiful |
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