HSK 1 Vocabulary
300 characters · 289 words · Beginner
Greetings, numbers, time and the everyday nouns you need to introduce yourself and handle simple needs.
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Characters (300)
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like八bāeight爸bàfather吧bābar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)白báiBai ethnic group百bǎihundred班bānteam; class; grade半bànhalf帮bāngto help包bāoto cover杯bēicup北běinorth备bèito prepare; to equip本běnroot; stem比bǐBelgium边biānside别biéto leave; to part (from)病bìngillness不bùno; not so菜càivegetable; greens茶chátea差chādifference; discrepancy常chángalways场chángthreshing floor唱chàngto sing车chēcar吃chīto eat; to consume出chūto go out; to come out穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforate床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on)次cìnext in sequence从cóngfrom; through; via错cuòmistake答dābound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc打dá(loanword) dozen大dàbig; large; great蛋dànegg到dàoto reach; to arrive道dàoroad; path得déto obtain
Words (289)
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爱好àihàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on爸爸bàba(coll.) father; dad白天báitiāndaytime半年bàn niánhalf a year半天bàntiānhalf of the day帮忙bāngmángto help包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)杯子bēizicup北边běibiannorth北京BěijīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])本子běnzibook别的biédeelse别人biérénother people; others; other person病人bìngrénsick person不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too不对bùduìincorrect不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome不用bùyòngneed not常常chángchángfrequently; often唱歌chànggēto sing a song车票chēpiàoticket (for a bus or train)车上chē shangon the bus; on the train; in the car车站chēzhànrail station吃饭chīfànto have a meal出来chūláito come out出去chūqùto go out打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town)打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call打开dǎkāito open打球dǎ qiúto play ball大学dàxuéthe Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive地点dìdiǎnplace地上dìshangon the ground地图dìtúmap弟弟dìdiyounger brother电话diànhuàtelephone电脑diànnǎocomputer电视diànshìtelevision; TV