Chinese 3 Vocabulary
US college course · often numbered Chinese 201 / CHIN 201
This is the semester where you start expressing opinions instead of exchanging facts. Connectors and comparison structures appear, reading moves from dialogues to short passages, and writing starts to be graded on coherence.
At a glance
Typically maps to HSK 3 — 300 characters and 797 words in that band. See the full HSK 3 list →
What Chinese 3 usually covers
- ·Opinions, agreement and disagreement
- ·Cause and effect with connectors (因为…所以 / 虽然…但是)
- ·Comparisons and degrees (比 / 更 / 最)
- ·Experience and completion (过 / 了)
- ·Making plans, appointments and arrangements
- ·Health, the body and describing how you feel
Characters at this level (300)
按ànto press把bǎto hold; to grasp搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])被bèiquilt币bìmoney标biāomark并bìngand播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)补bǔto repair布bùto announce步bùa step材cáimaterial采cǎito pick彩cǎi(bright) color曾zēngonce察cháshort name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]产chǎnto give birth厂hǎn"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc朝cháoabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea吵chǎoto quarrel衬chèn(of garments) against the skin城chéngcity walls程chéngrule
Showing 24 of 300 — view all HSK 3 characters and words.
Words at this level (797)
过去guòqù(in the) past; former; previous爱心àixīncompassion安排ānpáito arrange安装ānzhuāngto install按照ànzhàoaccording to; in accordance with; on the basis of把握bǎwòto grasp (also fig.)白菜báicàiChinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)班级bānjíclass (group of students)搬家bānjiāto move house; to relocate办理bànlǐto handle; to transact; to conduct保安bǎo'ānBonan ethnic group保持bǎochíto keep保存bǎocúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)保护bǎohùto protect保留bǎoliúto keep保险bǎoxiǎninsurance保证bǎozhèngguarantee报到bàodàoto report for duty报道bàodàoto report (news)报告bàogàoto inform北部běibùnorthern part背后bèihòubehind被子bèiziblanket; quilt本来běnláioriginal
Showing 24 of 797 — view the full HSK 3 list.
How to use HanTrace alongside your course
- ✓Learning statistics matter here: the volume of HSK 3 is where learners quietly lose the words they learned in year one.
- ✓Use Due review daily — spacing is what keeps a 1,000-word base from decaying while you add new material.
- ✓Filter your notebook by tag for exam weeks so you review by topic, not by list order.
- ✓Quiz review on your own saved words is a faster check than re-reading the chapter.
Course numbering, pace and textbook choice vary by school, and HSK has no official mapping to college courses — treat the level above as a rough guide and check your own syllabus for what is examinable.