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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
I, me
menwe, us (pl.)
you
he, him
she, her
Demonstrative Pronouns
zhè ( zhèr)这 (这儿)this (here)
nà (nàr)那 (那儿)that (there)
Interrogative Pronouns
which
rwhere
shéiwho
shénmewhat, why
duōshǎohow many, how much
a few, how many
zěnmehow
zěnmeyànghow about
Numberal
one
èrtwo
sānthree
four
five
liùsix
seven
eight
jiǔnine
shíten
Quantifier
(for normal objects)
suì(for age)
běn(for books)
xiēsome
kuàipiece, chunk
Adverb
no
méino
hěnquite, very
tàitoo
dōuall
diǎnra little bit
Conjunction
and
Preposition
zàiin, at
Auxiliary
de(possessive/descriptive particle)
le(completion/change particle)
ma(yes/no question particle)
ne(question particle, contrastive)
Interjection
wèihello
Noun
jiāhome
xuéxiàoschool
fàndiànrestaurant
shāngdiànstore
yuànhospital
ZhōngguóChina
BěijīngBeijing
shàngup
xiàdown
qiánmiànfront
hòumiànbehind
miàninside
jīntiāntoday
míngtiāntomorrow
zuótiānyesterday
shàngmorning
zhōngnoon
xiàafternoon
niányear
yuèmonth
hàonumber/date
xīngweek
diǎno’clock
fēnzhōngminute
xiànzàinow
shíhoutime
bafather
mamother
érzison
nǚérdaughter
lǎoshīteacher
xuéshēngstudent
tóngxuéclassmate
péngyǒufriend
shēngdoctor
xiānshengsir
xiǎojiěMiss
fucloth
shuǐwater
càidish
fànrice
shuǐguǒfruit
píngguǒapple
chátea
bēizicup
qiánmoney
fēiairplane
chūchētaxi
diànshìtelevision
diànnǎocomputer
diànyǐngmovie
tiānweather
māocat
gǒudog
dōngxi西thing
rénperson
míngziname
shūbook
hànmandarin Chinese
character
zhuōzidesk
zichair
Verb
xièxiethank
you are welcome
zàijiàngood-bye
qǐngplease
duìsorry
méiguānIt doesn’t matter
shìbe (am, is, are)
yǒuhave
kànlook
tīnglisten
shuōspeak
read
xiěwrite
kànjiànsee
jiàocall
láicome
huíreturn
go
chīeat
drink
shuìjiàosleep
diànhuàmake phone call
zuòdo
mǎibuy
kāiopen
zuòsit
zhùlive
xuéstudy
gōngzuòwork
xiàrain
àilove
huānlove, like
xiǎngwant
rènshiknow
huìcan
néngcan, be able to
Adjective
hǎogood
big
xiǎosmall
duōmany, much
shǎofew, little
lěngcold
hot
gāoxìnghappy
piàoliangbeautiful

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