Complete HSK 1 Vocabulary List with Pinyin & Translations

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Hey Chinese learners, to help you better learn Chinese and pass HSK 1 successfully, we present you the full list of 150 must-know words to pass HSK 1.

HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, or Chinese Proficiency Test) is a standardized Chinese test administered by Confucius Institute Headquarters (also known as Hanban). And Among the 6 levels of HSK 1 is the easiest level among HSK 1 to 6.

The list below is summarized based on the International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education, a book published by Hanban for those who teach Chinese as a second language.

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150 Chinese Words Tested in HSK 1

Chinese	Pinyin	Role	English
爱	ài	verb	to love
八	bā	numeral	eight
爸爸	bà ba	noun	father
杯子	bēi zi	noun	cup
北京	běi jīng	noun	Beijing
本	běn	measure word	volume (of books）
不客气	bú kè qì	verb	you’re welcome
不	bù	adverb	no
菜	cài	noun	dish
茶	chá	noun	tea
吃	chī	verb	to eat
出租车	chū zū chē	noun	taxi
打电话	dǎ diàn huà	verb	to make a phone call
大	dà	adjective	big, large
的	de	auxiliary	a subordinating particle that can be used to indicate possession
点	diǎn	noun	o’clock
电脑	diàn nǎo	noun	computer
电视	diàn shì	noun	television
电影	diàn yǐng	noun	movie
东西	dōng xi	noun	thing, stuff
都	dōu	adverb	both, all
读	dú	verb	to read
对不起	duì bu qǐ	verb	sorry
多	duō	adjective	many, much
多少	duō shao	pronoun	how many, how much
儿子	ér zi	noun	son
二	èr	numeral	two
饭店	fàn diàn	noun	restaurant
飞机	fēi jī	noun	airplane
高兴	gāo xìng	adjective	happy
个	gè	measure word	measure word
工作	gōng zuò	verb & noun	to work, job
狗	gǒu	noun	dog
汉语	hàn yǔ	noun	Chinese language
好	hǎo	adjective	good, nice
喝	hē	verb	to drink
和	hé	conjunction	and
很	hěn	adverb	very
后面	hòu mian	noun	back
回	huí	verb	to return
会	huì	verb	can, know how to
火车站	huǒ chē zhàn	noun	railway station
几	jǐ	pronoun	how many
岁	suì	measure word	years, age
家	jiā	noun	home
叫	jiào	verb	to call
今天	jīn tiān	noun	today
九	jiǔ	numeral	nine
开	kāi	verb	to open
看	kān	verb	to look at
看见	kàn jiàn	verb	to see
块	kuài	measure word	piece
来	lái	verb	to come
老师	lǎo shī	noun	teacher
冷	lěng	adjective	cold
里	lǐ	noun	inside
零	líng	numeral	zero
六	liù	numeral	six
妈妈	mā ma	noun	mother
吗	ma	auxiliary	question marker
买	mǎi	verb	to buy
猫	māo	noun	cat
没	méi	adverb	not
没关系	méi guān xi	verb	it doesn’t matter
米饭	mǐ fàn	noun	rice
名字	míng zi	noun	name
明天	míng tiān	noun	tomorrow
哪儿	nǎ’er	pronoun	where
那	nà	pronoun	that
呢	ne	auxiliary	particle used for suggestion
能	néng	verb	to be able to
你	nǐ	pronoun	you (singular)
你们	nǐ men	pronoun	you (plural)
年	nián	noun	year
女儿	nǚ ‘ ér	noun	daughter
朋友	péng you	noun	friend
苹果	píng guǒ	noun	apple
七	qī	numeral	seven
钱	qián	noun	money
前面	qián mian	noun	front
请	qǐng	verb	please
去	qù	verb	to go
热	rè	adjective	hot
人	rén	noun	people
认识	rèn shi	verb	to know
日	rì	noun	day
三	sān	numeral	three
商店	shāng diàn	noun	shop
上	shàng	noun	above
上午	shàng wǔ	noun	morning
少	shǎo	adjective	few (not much/many)
什么	shén me	pronoun	what
十	shí	numeral	ten
时候	shí hou	noun	a point of time
是	shì	verb	to be
书	shū	noun	book
谁	shuí	pronoun	who
水	shuǐ	noun	water
水果	shuǐ guǒ	noun	fruit
睡觉	shuìjiào	verb	to sleep
说话	shuō huà	verb	to say, to speak
四	sì	numeral	four
他	tā	pronoun	he, him
她	tā	pronoun	she, her
他们	tā men	pronoun	they, them
她们	tā men	pronoun	they, them
太	tài	adverb	too
天气	tiān qì	noun	weather
听	tīng	verb	to listen
同学	tóng xué	noun	classmate
我	wǒ	pronoun	I, me
我们	wǒ men	pronoun	we, us
五	wǔ	numeral	five
喜欢	xǐ huan	verb	to like
下	xià	noun	below
下午	xià wǔ	noun	afternoon
下雨	xià yǔ	verb	to rain
先生	xiān sheng	noun	mister
现在	xiàn zài	noun	now
想	xiǎng	verb	to think
小	xiǎo	adjective	small, little
小姐	xiǎo jie	noun	miss
些	xiē	measure word	a few
写	xiě	verb	to write
谢谢	xiè xie	verb	thanks
星期	xīng qī	noun	week
学生	xué sheng	noun	student
学习	xué xí	verb	to study
学校	xué xiào	noun	school
一	yī	numeral	one
衣服	yī fu	noun	clothing
医生	yī shēng	noun	doctor
医院	yī yuàn	noun	hospital
椅子	yǐ zi	noun	chair
有	yǒu	verb	to have
月	yuè	noun	month
在	zài	preposition	at
再见	zài jiàn	verb	good-bye
怎么	zěn me	pronoun	how
怎么样	zěn me yàng	pronoun	how about
这	zhè	pronoun	this
中国	zhōng guó	noun	China
中午	zhōng wǔ	noun	noon
住	zhù	verb	to live
桌子	zhuō zi	noun	table
字	zì	noun	Chinese character
昨天	zuó tiān	noun	yesterday
做	zuò	verb	to do
坐	zuò	verb	to sit