HSK 2 word list

All 150 words of HSK level 2, with pinyin and English meanings. Characters are coloured by tone. This list follows the classic HSK 2.0 syllabus.

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The second 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	吧	ba	[makes a suggestion, eg. "Let's …")]
2	白	bái	white
3	百	bǎi	hundred
4	帮助	bāngzhù	to help
5	报纸	bàozhǐ	newspaper
6	比	bǐ	to compare
7	别	bié	separate
8	宾馆	bīnguǎn	guesthouse
9	长	cháng	long
10	唱歌	chànggē	to sing; singing
11	出	chū	to go out
12	穿	chuān	to wear; to put on
13	次	cì	time
14	从	cóng	from; follow; comply with
15	错	cuò	wrong
16	打篮球	dǎlánqiú	play basketball
17	大家	dàjiā	everybody
18	到	dào	to arrive; to get to
19	得	de	[particle to connect verb to adverb]
20	等	děng	wait
21	弟弟	dìdi	younger brother
22	第一	dìyī	firstly
23	懂	dǒng	to understand
24	对	duì	correct; right
25	房间	fángjiān	room
26	非常	fēicháng	extremely
27	服务员	fúwùyuán	waiter/waitress; attendant
28	高	gāo	high; tall
29	告诉	gàosu	to tell
30	哥哥	gēge	elder brother
31	给	gěi	to give
32	公共汽车	gōnggòngqìchē	bus
33	公司	gōngsī	company; office
34	贵	guì	expensive
35	过	guò	[marker after a verb to indicate experience]
36	还	hái	even
37	孩子	háizi	child; children
38	好吃	hǎochī	delicious
39	黑	hēi	black
40	红	hóng	red
41	火车站	huǒchēzhàn	railway station
42	机场	jīchǎng	airport
43	鸡蛋	jīdàn	(chicken) egg
44	件	jiàn	item; [measure word for items of clothing]
45	教室	jiàoshì	classroom
46	姐姐	jiějie	elder sister
47	介绍	jièshào	introduce
48	近	jìn	near; close by
49	进	jìn	to enter
50	就	jiù	simply
51	觉得	juéde	to think; feel
52	咖啡	kāfēi	coffee
53	开始	kāishǐ	to begin
54	考试	kǎoshì	examination
55	可能	kěnéng	perhaps; possibly
56	可以	kěyǐ	can; may
57	课	kè	lesson
58	快	kuài	fast; quick
59	快乐	kuàilè	happy
60	累	lèi	tired
61	离	lí	to be distant from; to leave
62	两	liǎng	two (of something)
63	零	líng	zero
64	路	lù	road; route; bus number
65	旅游	lǚyóu	tourism
66	卖	mài	to sell
67	慢	màn	slow
68	忙	máng	busy
69	每	měi	every; each
70	妹妹	mèimei	younger sister
71	门	mén	door
72	面条	miàntiáo	noodles
73	男	nán	male
74	您	nín	you [polite form]
75	牛奶	niúnǎi	milk
76	女	nǚ	female
77	旁边	pángbiān	next to
78	跑步	pǎobù	running; jogging
79	便宜	piányi	cheap
80	票	piào	ticket
81	妻子	qīzi	wife
82	起床	qǐchuáng	get up (out of bed)
83	千	qiān	thousand
84	铅笔	qiānbǐ	pencil
85	晴	qíng	fine; sunny
86	去年	qùnián	last year
87	让	ràng	to let; allow
88	日	rì	day [date]; sun
89	上班	shàngbān	start work
90	身体	shēntǐ	body; health
91	生病	shēngbìng	ill; sick; unwell
92	生日	shēngrì	birthday
93	时间	shíjiān	time
94	事情	shìqing	matter; affair; thing
95	手表	shǒubiǎo	watch
96	手机	shǒujī	mobile phone
97	说话	shuōhuà	speak
98	送	sòng	to give (present); deliver; see someone off
99	虽然……但是……	suīrán……dànshì……	although
100	它	tā	it

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