HSK 3 Vocabulary
300 characters · 797 words · Intermediate
Travel, study, work and opinions: the level where you start holding a conversation instead of trading set phrases.
The stage name is our plain-language description of difficulty, not an official HSK band title.
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Characters (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持chíto hold充chōngsufficient; full初chūat first; initially除chúto get rid of础chǔfoundation传chuánto pass on创chuànga wound; to wound此cǐthis; these村cūnvillage存cúnto exist达dáto attain代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute待dāito stay; to remain刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass导dǎoto transmit底de(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
Words (797)
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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本领běnlǐngskill本事běnshisource material比较bǐjiàoto compare比例bǐlìproportion比赛bǐsàicompetition (sports etc)必然bìráninevitable必要bìyàonecessary变化biànhuà(intransitive) to change; to vary变为biànwéito change into标题biāotítitle标准biāozhǔnstandard; norm; criterion表达biǎodáto express; to convey表格biǎogéform; table表面biǎomiànsurface表明biǎomíngto make clear表现biǎoxiànto show