HSK 1 word list — the new 3.0 standard

All 300 words of HSK 1 under the new HSK 3.0 standard, in force since July 2026. With pinyin, English meanings and characters coloured by tone.

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Words and readings come from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus. English meanings: the official HSK word lists where a word also appears in the older syllabus, and our own translation for the rest.

#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning
1	爱	ài	to love
2	吧	ba	[makes a suggestion, eg. "Let's …")]
3	八	bā	eight
4	爸爸	bàba	father
5	百	bǎi	hundred
6	白天	báitiān	daytime; during the day
7	半	bàn	half
8	包子	bāozi	bao zi [steamed stuffed bun]
9	杯子	bēizi	cup; glass; mug
10	本	běn	root; [measure word for books]
11	边	biān	side; edge
12	病	bìng	illness; to fall ill
13	不	bù	not; no
14	不客气	bú kèqi	you're welcome; impolite
15	不要	bú yào	don't; must not
16	菜	cài	vegetable
17	茶	chá	tea
18	唱	chàng	to sing
19	超市	chāoshì	supermarket
20	车	chē	vehicle; car
21	吃	chī	to eat
22	穿	chuān	to wear; to put on
23	出租车	chūzūchē	taxi
24	大	dà	big
25	打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call
26	大家	dàjiā	everybody
27	到	dào	to arrive; to get to
28	大学	dàxué	university
29	大学生	dàxuéshēng	university student
30	的	de	of
31	第	dì	[prefix for ordinal numbers]
32	店	diàn	shop; store
33	点	diǎn	o’clock; spot; dot
34	电话	diànhuà	telephone; phone call
35	电脑	diànnǎo	computer
36	电视	diànshì	TV
37	电影	diànyǐng	film; movie
38	电影院	diànyǐngyuàn	cinema; movie theatre
39	弟弟	dìdi	younger brother
40	东西	dōngxi	thing
41	都	dōu	both; all
42	读	dú	read aloud
43	对	duì	correct; right
44	对不起	duìbuqǐ	sorry
45	多	duō	much/many; how [+adjective]
46	多少	duōshao	how much/many?
47	读书	dúshū	to read; to study
48	二	èr	two
49	儿子	érzi	son
50	饭	fàn	cooked rice; meal
51	饭店	fàndiàn	restaurant
52	房间	fángjiān	room
53	非常	fēicháng	extremely
54	飞机	fēijī	plane
55	分	fēn	minute
56	分钟	fēnzhōng	minute
57	高兴	gāoxìng	pleased; happy
58	个	gè	individual; [general measure word]
59	歌	gē	song
60	哥哥	gēge	elder brother
61	给	gěi	to give
62	公司	gōngsī	company; office
63	工作	gōngzuò	job; work
64	狗	gǒu	dog
65	贵	guì	expensive
66	国	guó	country; state
67	还	hái	even
68	孩子	háizi	child; children
69	汉语	Hànyǔ	Standard Chinese language
70	汉字	Hànzì	Chinese character
71	号	hào	number; day of a month
72	好	hǎo	good
73	好吃	hǎochī	delicious
74	好看	hǎokàn	good-looking; nice to read or watch
75	好听	hǎotīng	pleasant to listen to
76	好玩儿	hǎowánr	fun; amusing
77	和	hé	and
78	喝	hē	to drink
79	很	hěn	very
80	后	hòu	back; after
81	回	huí	to return
82	会	huì	to know how to; can; meeting
83	火车	huǒchē	train
84	几	jǐ	how much/many? [expecting a small number]
85	家	jiā	family; home
86	见	jiàn	to see; to meet
87	件	jiàn	item; [measure word for items of clothing]
88	叫	jiào	to call; to be named
89	饺子	jiǎozi	dumpling
90	家人	jiārén	family members
91	鸡蛋	jīdàn	(chicken) egg
92	姐姐	jiějie	elder sister
93	今年	jīnnián	this year
94	今天	jīntiān	today
95	九	jiǔ	nine
96	觉得	juéde	to think; feel
97	开	kāi	to switch on; open
98	开车	kāichē	to drive (a car)
99	看	kàn	to see; to read; to watch; to look at
100	看病	kànbìng	to see a doctor

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