HSK 2 word list — the new 3.0 standard

All 200 words of HSK 2 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	啊	a	ah
2	爱好	àihào	interests; hobbies
3	白色	báisè	white; the colour white
4	班	bān	class
5	帮	bāng	to help
6	帮忙	bāngmáng	lend a hand
7	包	bāo	a packet of; package
8	本子	běnzi	exercise book; notebook
9	比	bǐ	to compare
10	笔	bǐ	pen; pencil; writing brush
11	别	bié	separate
12	不好意思	bù hǎoyìsi	sorry; excuse me; to feel awkward
13	不错	búcuò	not bad; pretty good
14	长	cháng	long
15	车站	chēzhàn	station; bus stop
16	出	chū	to go out
17	床	chuáng	bed
18	出国	chūguó	to go abroad
19	出来	chūlái	to come out
20	出门	chūmén	to go out; to leave home
21	出去	chūqù	to go out
22	词	cí	word
23	次	cì	time
24	从	cóng	from; follow; comply with
25	从小	cóngxiǎo	from childhood
26	错	cuò	wrong
27	打	dǎ	to hit; to make (a phone call); to play (a ball game)
28	打车	dǎchē	to take a taxi
29	打开	dǎkāi	to open; to switch on
30	但	dàn	but
31	但是	dànshì	but; however
32	得	de	[particle to connect verb to adverb]
33	地	de	...ly [particle to connect adverb to verb]
34	等	děng	wait
35	点	diǎn	o’clock; spot; dot
36	地铁	dìtiě	underground train; tube; metro
37	动	dòng	to move
38	懂	dǒng	to understand
39	饭馆	fànguǎn	restaurant
40	飞	fēi	to fly
41	高	gāo	high; tall
42	告诉	gàosu	to tell
43	高中	gāozhōng	senior secondary school
44	跟	gēn	with
45	个子	gèzi	height; stature
46	公交车	gōngjiāochē	bus
47	过	guo	[marker after a verb to indicate experience]
48	过	guò	[marker after a verb to indicate experience]
49	过来	guòlái	to come over
50	过年	guònián	to celebrate the New Year
51	过去	guòqù	(in the) past
52	还是	háishi	...or...? [in a question]
53	黑色	hēisè	black; the colour black
54	红茶	hóngchá	black tea
55	红色	hóngsè	red; the colour red
56	后面	hòumiàn	at the back; behind; later
57	画	huà	to draw; paint (pictures)
58	花	huā	spend
59	花	huā	spend
60	坏	huài	bad
61	回来	huílái	to come back
62	回去	huíqù	to go back
63	间	jiān	room; [measure word for rooms]
64	教	jiāo	to teach
65	教室	jiàoshì	classroom
66	机场	jīchǎng	airport
67	记得	jìde	to remember
68	介绍	jièshào	introduce
69	进	jìn	to enter
70	近	jìn	near; close by
71	经常	jīngcháng	often; regularly
72	进来	jìnlái	to come in
73	进去	jìnqù	to go in
74	机票	jīpiào	air ticket
75	就	jiù	simply
76	酒店	jiǔdiàn	hotel
77	咖啡	kāfēi	coffee
78	开始	kāishǐ	to begin
79	开学	kāixué	the term begins; school starts
80	考	kǎo	to take an exam; to test
81	考试	kǎoshì	examination
82	可能	kěnéng	perhaps; possibly
83	快	kuài	fast; quick
84	快乐	kuàilè	happy
85	快要	kuàiyào	to be about to; soon
86	裤子	kùzi	trousers
87	篮球	lánqiú	basketball
88	累	lèi	tired
89	离	lí	to be distant from; to leave
90	里面	lǐmiàn	inside
91	楼	lóu	multi-storied building
92	路	lù	road; route; bus number
93	绿茶	lǜchá	green tea
94	绿色	lǜsè	green; the colour green
95	路上	lùshang	on the way; on the road
96	旅游	lǚyóu	tourism
97	慢	màn	slow
98	每	měi	every; each
99	没意思	méi yìsi	boring; dull
100	门	mén	door

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