HSK 1 Word List / YCT 1 & 2
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The HSK 1 Vocabulary List has 150 words. The links in the table will bring you to the word’s Vocabulary Page where you can explore the word further.
Please Note: The Youth Chinese Test (YCT) Levels 1 and 2 combined are equivalent to HSK Level 1.
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| HANZI | PINYIN | TRADITIONAL | ENGLISH & CLASSIFIERS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 爱 | ài | 愛 | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
| 八 | bā | 八 | eight; 8 |
| 爸爸 | bàba | 爸爸 | father (informal); CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 北京 | běijīnɡ | 北京 | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
| 杯子 | bēizi | 杯子 | cup; glass; CL: 個|个(gè), 支(zhī) |
| 本 | běn | 本 | origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally |
| 不 | bú | 不 | not (negative prefix); no |
| 不客气 | búkèqi | 不客氣 | you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks) |
| 菜 | cài | 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL: 盘 (pán), 道(dào) |
| 茶 | chá | 茶 | tea; tea plant; CL:杯(bēi) ,壶(hú) |
| 吃 | chī | 吃 | to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | 出租車 | taxi |
| 大 | dà | 大 | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 打电话 | dǎdiànhuà | 打電話 | to make a phone call |
| 的 | de | 的 | of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 点 | diǎn | 點 | o’clock; 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; 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 | diànnǎo | 電腦 | computer; CL: 台(tái) |
| 电视 | diànshì | 電視 | television; TV; CL: 台(tái), 個|个(gè) |
| 电影 | diànyǐnɡ | 電影 | movie; film; CL: 部(bù), 幕(mù), 场(chǎng) |
| 东西 | dōnɡxi | 東西 | thing; stuff; person; CL: 個|个(gè), 件(jiàn) |
| 都 | dōu | 都 | all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already |
| 读 | dú | 讀 | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音 (pīnyīn) |
| 对不起 | duìbùqǐ | 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down |
| 多 | duō | 多 | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
| 多少 | duōshǎo | 多少 | how much; how many |
| 二 | èr | 二 | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
| 儿子 | érzi | 兒子 | son |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | 飯店 | restaurant; hotel; CL:家(jiā), 個|个(gè) |
| 飞机 | fēijī | 飛機 | airplane; CL: 架(jià) |
| 分钟 | fēnzhōnɡ | 分鐘 | minute |
| 高兴 | ɡāoxìnɡ | 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do something); in a cheerful mood |
| 个 | ɡè | 個 | classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size |
| 工作 | ɡōnɡzuò | 工作 | job; work; construction; task; CL: 個|个(gè), 份(fèn), 项(xiàng) |
| 狗 | ɡǒu | 狗 | dog; CL: 只(zhī), 条(tiáo) |
| 汉语 | hànyǔ | 漢語 | Chinese language |
| 好 | hǎo | 好 | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness) |
| 号 | hào | 號 | day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number |
| 喝 | hē | 喝 | to drink; to shout (a command) |
| 和 | hé | 和 | and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He |
| 很 | hěn | 很 | very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully |
| 后面 | hòumiɑn | 後面 | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
| 回 | huí | 回 | 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 | 會 | 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 pronounced for this sense is huǐ) |
| 几 | jǐ | 幾 | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 家 | jiā | 家 | 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: 個|个(gè) |
| 叫 | jiào | 叫 | to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) |
| 今天 | jīntiān | 今天 | today; at the present |
| 九 | jiǔ | 九 | nine; 9 |
| 开 | kāi | 開 | to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle) |
| 看 | kàn | 看 | to look at |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | 看見 | to see; to catch sight of |
| 块 | kuài | 塊 | 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 | 來 | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | 老師 | teacher; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 了 | le | 了 | (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 冷 | lěnɡ | 冷 | cold |
| 里 | lǐ | 裡 | inside; lining; interior; internal |
| 六 | liù | 六 | six; 6 |
| 吗 | ma | 嗎 | (question tag) |
| 妈妈 | māma | 媽媽 | mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 买 | mǎi | 買 | to buy; to purchase |
| 猫 | māo | 貓 | cat; CL:只(zhī) |
| 没关系 | méiɡuānxi | 沒關係 | it doesn't matter |
| 没有 | méiyǒu | 沒有 | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be; |
| 米饭 | mǐ fàn | 米飯 | (cooked) rice |
| 明天 | mínɡtiān | 明天 | tomorrow |
| 名字 | mínɡzi | 名字 | name (of a person or thing); CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 哪 | nǎ | 哪 | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) |
| 那 | nà | 那 | that; those; then (in that case); commonly pronounced (nèi) before a classifier, especially in Beijing |
| 哪儿 | nǎér | 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere |
| 呢 | ne | 呢 | (question particle for subjects already mentioned) |
| 能 | nénɡ | 能 | 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 | 你 | you (informal) |
| 年 | nián | 年 | year; CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 女儿 | nǚér | 女兒 | daughter |
| 朋友 | pénɡyou | 朋友 | friend; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 漂亮 | piàoliɑnɡ | 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 | pínɡɡuǒ | 蘋果 | apple; CL: 個|个(gè), 颗(kē) |
| 七 | qī | 七 | seven; 7 |
| 钱 | qián | 錢 | coin; money; CL:笔(bǐ) |
| 前面 | qiánmiɑn | 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above |
| 请 | qǐnɡ | 請 | to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request |
| 去 | qù | 去 | to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (somebody); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something; 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 | 熱 | heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up |
| 人 | rén | 人 | man; person; people; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 认识 | rènshí | 認識 | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with something; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
| 三 | sān | 三 | three; 3 |
| 上 | shànɡ | 上 | on |
| 商店 | shānɡdiàn | 商店 | store; shop; CL: 家(jiā), 個|个(gè) |
| 上午 | shànɡwǔ | 上午 | morning; CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 少 | shǎo | 少 | few; little; lack |
| 谁 | sheí | 誰 | who; also pronounced shuí |
| 什么 | shénme | 什麼 | what?; who?; something; anything |
| 十 | shí | 十 | ten; 10 |
| 是 | shì | 是 | to be; yes |
| 时候 | shíhou | 時候 | time; length of time; moment; period |
| 书 | shū | 書 | book; letter; CL: 本(běn), 册(cè) , 部(bù) ; see also Book of History |
| 水 | shuǐ | 水 | water; river; liquid; beverage |
| 水果 | shuíɡuǒ | 水果 | fruit |
| 睡觉 | shuìjiào | 睡覺 | to go to bed; to go to sleep |
| 说 | shuō | 說 | 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 | 四 | four; 4 |
| 岁 | suì | 歲 | classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
| 他 | tā | 他 | he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before somebody's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another |
| 她 | tā | 她 | she |
| 太 | tài | 太 | too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
| 天气 | tiānqì | 天氣 | weather |
| 听 | tīnɡ | 聽 | to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages |
| 同学 | tónɡxué | 同學 | (fellow) classmate; CL: 位(wèi), 個|个(gè) |
| 喂 | wèi | 餵 | hello (interj., especially on telephone); hey |
| 我 | wǒ | 我 | I; me; my |
| 我们 | wǒmen | 我們 | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 五 | wǔ | 五 | five; 5 |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuɑn | 喜歡 | to like; to be fond of |
| 下 | xià | 下 | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | 下午 | afternoon; p.m.; CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 下雨 | xiàyǔ | 下雨 | to rain; rainy |
| 先生 | xiānshenɡ | 先生 | Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 现在 | xiànzài | 現在 | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays |
| 想 | xiǎnɡ | 想 | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
| 小 | xiǎo | 小 | small; tiny; young |
| 小姐 | xiáojiě | 小姐 | young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi) |
| 些 | xiē | 些 | some; few; several; (a measure word) |
| 写 | xiě | 寫 | to write |
| 谢谢 | xièxiè | 謝謝 | to thank; thanks |
| 星期 | xīnɡqī | 星期 | week; CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 学生 | xuéshenɡ | 學生 | student; school child |
| 学习 | xuéxí | 學習 | to learn; to study |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | 學校 | school; CL: 所(suǒ) |
| 一 | yī | 一 | one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
| 一点儿 | yìdiánér | 一點兒 | a little (bit) |
| 衣服 | yīfu | 衣服 | clothes; CL: 件(jiàn), 套(tào) |
| 医生 | yīshenɡ | 醫生 | doctor; CL: 個|个(gè), 位(wèi), 名(míng) |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | 醫院 | hospital; CL: 所(suǒ), 家(jiā), 座(zuò) |
| 椅子 | yǐzi | 椅子 | chair; CL: 把(bǎ), 套(tào) |
| 有 | yǒu | 有 | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
| 月 | yuè | 月 | month; moon; CL: 個|个(gè), 轮(lún) |
| 在 | zài | 在 | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing something; (indicating an action in progress) |
| 再见 | zàijiàn | 再見 | goodbye; see you again later |
| 怎么 | zěnme | 怎麼 | how?; what?; why? |
| 怎么样 | zěnmeyànɡ | 怎麼樣 | how are things? how?; how about?; how was it? |
| 这 | zhè | 這 | this; these; (commonly pronounced "zhèi" before a classifier, especially in Beijing) |
| 中国 | zhōnɡɡuó | 中國 | China; Middle Kingdom |
| 中午 | zhōnɡwǔ | 中午 | noon; midday; CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 住 | zhù | 住 | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
| 桌子 | zhuōzi | 桌子 | table; desk; CL: 张(zhāng) ,套(tào) |
| 字 | zì | 字 | letter; character; word; symbol; CL: 個|个(gè) |
| 坐 | zuò | 坐 | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit |
| 做 | zuò | 做 | 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 |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | 昨天 | yesterday |
