HSK 1 Vocabulary

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Beginner · 500 words · HSK 3.0 (2026)

Basic vocabulary for everyday greetings, numbers, and simple conversations.

300 words total

Chinese	Pinyin	Type	English
爱愛	ài	v	love
八	bā	num	eight
爸爸	bàba	n	dad, father
吧	ba	part.	modal particle
白天	bái tiān	n.	daytime
百	bǎi	num.	hundred
半	bàn	num.	half
包子	bāo zi	n.	steamed bun
杯子	bēi zi	n.	cup, glass
本	běn	measure.	measure word for books
边邊	biān	n.	side, edge
病	bìng	n.	illness, disease
不	bù	adv.	not, no
不客气不客氣	bù kè qì	interj.	you're welcome
不要	bù yào	v.	do not want
菜	cài	n.	vegetable, dish
茶	chá	n.	tea
唱	chàng	v.	to sing
超市	chāo shì	n.	supermarket
车車	chē	n.	vehicle, car
吃	chī	v.	to eat
出租车出租車	chū zū chē	n.	taxi
穿	chuān	v.	to wear
打电话打電話	dǎ diàn huà	v.	to make a phone call
大	dà	adj.	big, large
大家	dà jiā	pron.	everyone
大学大學	dà xué	n.	university
大学生大學生	dà xué shēng	n.	college student
到	dào	v.	to arrive
的	de	part.	possessive particle
第	dì	pref.	prefix for ordinal numbers
弟弟	dì di	n.	younger brother
点點	diǎn	n.	point, dot
店	diàn	n.	shop, store
电话電話	diàn huà	n.	telephone
电脑電腦	diàn nǎo	n.	computer
电视電視	diàn shì	n.	television
电影電影	diàn yǐng	n.	movie
电影院電影院	diàn yǐng yuàn	n.	cinema
东西東西	dōng xi	n.	thing, stuff
都	dōu	adv.	all, both
读讀	dú	v.	read
读书讀書	dú shū	v.	study, read books
对對	duì	adj./prep.	correct, to
对不起對不起	duì bu qǐ	interj.	sorry
多	duō	adj./adv.	many, much
多少	duō shǎo	pron.	how many, how much
儿子兒子	ér zi	n.	son
二	èr	num.	two
饭飯	fàn	n.	meal, cooked rice