HSK 1 word list

All 150 words of HSK level 1, with pinyin and English meanings. Characters are coloured by tone. This list follows the classic HSK 2.0 syllabus.

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The first level of the classic HSK syllabus: 150 words. The word, its reading and a short English meaning — the same data that fills the flashcards in the app.

#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning
1	爱	ài	to love
2	八	bā	eight
3	爸爸	bàba	father
4	杯子	bēizi	cup; glass; mug
5	北京	běijīng	Beijing
6	本	běn	root; [measure word for books]
7	不客气	búkèqi	you're welcome; impolite
8	不	bù	not; no
9	菜	cài	vegetable
10	茶	chá	tea
11	吃	chī	to eat
12	出租车	chūzūchē	taxi
13	打电话	dǎdiànhuà	to make a telephone call
14	大	dà	big
15	的	de	of
16	点	diǎn	o’clock; spot; dot
17	电脑	diànnǎo	computer
18	电视	diànshì	TV
19	电影	diànyǐng	film; movie
20	东西	dōngxi	thing
21	都	dōu	both; all
22	读	dú	read aloud
23	对不起	duìbuqǐ	sorry
24	多	duō	much/many; how [+adjective]
25	多少	duōshǎo	how much/many?
26	儿子	érzi	son
27	二	èr	two
28	饭店	fàndiàn	restaurant
29	飞机	fēijī	plane
30	分钟	fēnzhōng	minute
31	高兴	gāoxìng	pleased; happy
32	个	gè	individual; [general measure word]
33	工作	gōngzuò	job; work
34	狗	gǒu	dog
35	汉语	hànyǔ	Standard Chinese language
36	好	hǎo	good
37	号	hào	number; day of a month
38	喝	hē	to drink
39	和	hé	and
40	很	hěn	very
41	后面	hòumiàn	at the back; behind; later
42	回	huí	to return
43	会	huì	to know how to; can; meeting
44	几	jǐ	how much/many? [expecting a small number]
45	家	jiā	family; home
46	叫	jiào	to call; to be named
47	今天	jīntiān	today
48	九	jiǔ	nine
49	开	kāi	to switch on; open
50	看	kàn	to see; to read; to watch; to look at
51	看见	kànjiàn	see
52	块	kuài	lump; piece
53	来	lái	to come
54	老师	lǎoshī	teacher
55	了	le	[makes an exclamation]
56	冷	lěng	cold
57	里	lǐ	in
58	六	liù	six
59	妈妈	māma	mother
60	吗	ma	[makes a yes; no question]
61	买	mǎi	buy
62	猫	māo	cat
63	没关系	méiguānxi	no problem
64	没有	méiyǒu	don't have
65	米饭	mǐfàn	rice [cooked; boiled]
66	明天	míngtiān	tomorrow
67	名字	míngzi	given name
68	哪	nǎ	which?
69	哪儿	nǎer	where?
70	那	nà	that
71	呢	ne	[returns; forwards a question]
72	能	néng	to be able to; can
73	你	nǐ	you
74	年	nián	year
75	女儿	nǚér	daughter
76	朋友	péngyou	friend
77	漂亮	piàoliang	beautiful
78	苹果	píngguǒ	apple
79	七	qī	seven
80	钱	qián	money
81	前面	qiánmiàn	front
82	请	qǐng	to invite; please
83	去	qù	to go
84	热	rè	hot
85	人	rén	person; people
86	认识	rènshi	to know [be familiar with]
87	三	sān	three
88	商店	shāngdiàn	shop
89	上	shàng	up; above
90	上午	shàngwǔ	morning
91	少	shǎo	few
92	谁	shéi	who?
93	什么	shénme	what?
94	十	shí	ten
95	时候	shíhou	[duration of] time
96	是	shì	to be
97	书	shū	book
98	水	shuǐ	water
99	水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit
100	睡觉	shuìjiào	to go to bed; to sleep

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Character colour shows the tone: first red, second green, third blue, fourth purple, neutral grey. The reading is then remembered together with the character instead of separately.

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