HSK 2 Vocabulary
300 characters · 568 words · Elementary
Daily routines, shopping, weather and simple descriptions — enough for short, predictable exchanges.
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Characters (300)
啊ainterjection of surprise安āncalm; peaceful般bānsort板bǎnboard办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)饱bǎoto eat till full报bàoto report; to inform; to announce背bèito carry on one's back笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc)必bìcertainly变biànto change便biànplain遍biàneverywhere表biǎoexterior surface部bùministry才cáiability; talent参cānto take part in餐cānmeal草cǎograss层céngto pile on top of one another查cháto research长chánglong超chāoto exceed晨chénmorning称chēngto fit; to match; to suit成chéngshort name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]楚chǔabbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together处chùto reside船chuánboat吹chuīto blow春chūnspring (season)词cíword带dàiband单dānbill但dànbut; yet; however; still当dāngdong倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally灯dēnglamp低dīlow典diǎncanon
Words (568)
Single characters are listed under Characters above — this section lists multi-character words only.
一会儿yīhuìra moment爱情àiqíngromance; love (romantic)爱人àirenspouse (PRC)安静ānjìngquiet安全ānquánsafe; secure白色báisèwhite班长bānzhǎngclass monitor办法bànfǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem办公室bàngōngshìoffice; business premises半夜bànyèmidnight帮助bāngzhùassistance; aid报名bàomíngto sign up报纸bàozhǐnewspaper北方běifāngnorth比如bǐrúfor example; for instance; such as比如说bǐrú shuōfor example笔记bǐjìto take down (in writing)笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook (stationery)必须bìxūto have to变成biànchéngto change into表示biǎoshì(of sb) to express; to state; to show不错bùcuòcorrect不但bùdànnot only (... but also ...)不够bùgòunot enough不过bùguòonly不太bù tàinot very; not quite不要bùyàodon't!; must not不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed不久bùjiǔnot long (after)不满bùmǎndissatisfied; discontented; resentful不如bùrúnot equal to; not as good as; inferior to不少bù shǎomany; quite a few; a good number of不同bù tóngdifferent不行bùxíngwon't do不一定bùyīdìngnot necessarily不一会儿bù yīhuìrin a short while; soon; before long部分bùfenpart; portion; piece菜单càidānmenu参观cānguānto visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around参加cānjiāto participate