# HSK Guide/HSK 1 Vocab

| 爱 ài | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
| 八 bā | eight; 8 |
| 爸爸 bà ba | father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 杯子 bēi zi | cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1] |
| 北京 běi jīng | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
| 本 běn | origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally |
| 不客气 bú kè qi | you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks) |
| 不 bù | not (negative prefix); no |
| 菜 cài | dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4] |
| 茶 chá | tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2] |
| 吃 chī | to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
| 出租车 chū zū chē | taxi |
| 打电话 dǎ diàn huà | to make a phone call |
| 大 dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 的 de | of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 点 diǎn | a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities |
| 电脑 diàn nǎo | computer; CL:台[tai2] |
| 电视 diàn shì | television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4] |
| 电影 diàn yǐng | movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3] |
| 东西 dōng xi | thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4] |
| 都 dōu | all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
| 读 dú | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1] |
| 对不起 duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down; |
| 多 duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
| 多少 duō shǎo | how much; how many |
| 儿子 ér zi | son |
| 二 èr | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
| 饭店 fàn diàn | restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]; |
| 飞机 fēi jī | airplane; CL: 架[jia4] |
| 分钟 fēn zhōng | minute |
| 高兴 gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
| 个 gè | classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size |
| 工作 gōng zuò | job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4] |
| 狗 gǒu | dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2] |
| 汉语 hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 好 hǎo | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
| 号 hào | day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number |
| 喝 hē | to drink; to shout (a command) |
| 和 hé | and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He |
| 很 hěn | very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully |
| 后面 hòu miàn | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
| 回 huí | to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 会 huì | can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3) |
| 几 jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 家 jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4] |
| 叫 jiào | to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
| 今天 jīn tiān | today; at the present |
| 九 jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 开 kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle) |
| 看 kàn | to look at |
| 看见 kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 块 kuài | unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱 |
| 来 lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
| 老师 lǎo shī | teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 了 le | (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 冷 lěng | cold |
| 里 lǐ | inside; lining; interior; internal |
| 六 liù | six; 6 |
| 吗 ma | (question tag) |
| 妈妈 mā ma | mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 买 mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 猫 māo | cat; CL:只[zhi1] |
| 没关系 méi guān xi | it doesn't matter |
| 没有 méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be; |
| 米饭 mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 名字 míng zi | name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4] |
| 明天 míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 哪 nǎ | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier); |
| 哪儿 nǎ er | where?; wherever; anywhere |
| 那 nà | that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing; |
| 呢 ne | (question particle for subjects already mentioned) |
| 能 néng | to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of |
| 你 nǐ | you (informal) |
| 年 nián | year; CL:个[ge4] |
| 女儿 nǚ ér | daughter |
| 朋友 péng you | friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 漂亮 piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 píng guǒ | apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1] |
| 七 qī | seven; 7 |
| 前面 qián miàn | ahead; in front; preceding; above |
| 钱 qián | coin; money; CL:笔[bi3] |
| 请 qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
| 去 qù | to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed |
| 热 rè | heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up |
| 人 rén | man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 认识 rèn shi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
| 三 sān | three; 3 |
| 商店 shāng diàn | store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4] |
| 上 shàng | on |
| 上午 shàng wǔ | morning; CL:个[ge4] |
| 少 shǎo | few; little; lack |
| 谁 shéi | who; also pronounced shui2 |
| 什么 shén me | what?; who?; something; anything |
| 十 shí | ten; 10 |
| 时候 shí hou | time; length of time; moment; period |
| 是 shì | to be; yes |
| 书 shū | book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History |
| 水 shuǐ | water; river; liquid; beverage |
| 水果 shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 睡觉 shuì jiào | to go to bed; to go to sleep |
| 说 shuō | to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory); |
| 四 sì | four; 4 |
| 岁 suì | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
| 他 tā | he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another |
| 她 tā | she |
| 太 tài | too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
| 天气 tiān qì | weather |
| 听 tīng | to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages |
| 同学 tóng xué | (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4] |
| 喂 wèi | hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey |
| 我 wǒ | I; me; my |
| 我们 wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 五 wǔ | five; 5 |
| 喜欢 xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 下 xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
| 下午 xià wǔ | afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4] |
| 下雨 xià yǔ | to rain; rainy |
| 先生 xiān sheng | Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 现在 xiàn zài | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays |
| 想 xiǎng | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
| 小 xiǎo | small; tiny; young |
| 小姐 xiǎo jie | young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] |
| 些 xiē | some; few; several; (a measure word) |
| 写 xiě | to write |
| 谢谢 xiè xie | to thank; thanks |
| 星期 xīng qī | week; CL:个[ge4] |
| 学生 xué sheng | student; school child |
| 学习 xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 学校 xué xiào | school; CL:所[suo3] |
| 一 yī | one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
| 一点儿 yī diǎn er | a little (bit) |
| 医生 yī shēng | doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2] |
| 医院 yī yuàn | hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4] |
| 衣服 yī fu | clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4] |
| 椅子 yǐ zi | chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4] |
| 有 yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
| 月 yuè | month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2] |
| 再见 zài jiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 在 zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) |
| 怎么 zěn me | how?; what?; why? |
| 怎么样 zěn me yàng | how are things? how?; how about?; how was it? |
| 这 zhè | this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing); |
| 中国 zhōng guó | China; Middle Kingdom |
| 中午 zhōng wǔ | noon; midday; CL:个[ge4] |
| 住 zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
| 桌子 zhuō zi | table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4] |
| 字 zì | letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4] |
| 昨天 zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 做 zuò | to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance |
| 坐 zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit |