Chinese words · 305 words
HSK 1 words
Every HSK 1 word with its pinyin and meaning. Open one for how it sounds and the sentences that use it.
- 爱àito like
- 吧bachecking a guess: "…, right?", "I suppose", "surely not …?"
- 八bāeight
- 爸爸bàbadad
- 百bǎihundred
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 半bànhalf
- 包子bāozisteamed bun (with filling)
- 杯子bēizicup
- 本běnthis
- 边biānside
- 病bìngillness
- 不bùnot
- 不客气búkèqiyou're welcome
- 不要búyàodon't
- 菜càivegetable
- 茶chátea
- 唱chàngto sing
- 超市chāoshìsupermarket (short for 超级市场)
- 车chēcar
- 吃chīto eat
- 穿chuānto wear
- 出租车chūzūchētaxi
- 大dàbig
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 大家dàjiāeveryone
- 到dàoto arrive
- 大学dàxuéuniversity
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 的desentence-final 的: affirms the statement — "that is how it is"
- 第dì(prefix) marks an ordinal number (as in 第一)
- 店diànshop
- 点diǎnto click (点鼠标 “click the mouse”, 点链接 “click a link”)
- 电话diànhuàphone number
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电影diànyǐngmovie
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
- 弟弟dìdiyounger brother
- 东西dōngxīeast and west
- 都dōuall
- 读dúto read
- 对duìright
- 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
- 多duōmany
- 多少duōshaohow many
- 读书dúshūto read
- 二èr(coll.) stupid
- 儿子érzison
- 饭fàncooked rice
- 饭店fàndiànhotel
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 非常fēichángvery
- 飞机fēijīairplane
- 分fēnminute
- 分钟fēnzhōngminute
- 高兴gāoxìnghappy
- 个gèthe general measure word for people and things
- 歌gēsong
- 哥哥gēgeolder brother
- 给gěito give
- 公司gōngsīcompany
- 工作gōngzuòwork
- 狗gǒudog
- 贵guìexpensive
- 国guócountry
- 还háialso
- 孩子háizichild
- 汉语hànyǔChinese (language)
- 汉字hànzìChinese character
- 号hào(used after a name) ship's name (as in 辽宁号)
- 好hǎogood
- 好吃hǎochītasty
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 好玩hǎowánfun
- 和héand
- 喝hēto drink
- 很hěnvery
- 后hòuafter
- 回huíto return
- 会huìwill
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 几jǐhow many
- 家jiāhome
- 见jiànto see
- 件jiàn(bound form) item
- 叫jiàoto be called
- 饺子jiǎozidumpling (boiled, crescent-shaped)
- 家人jiārénfamily member
- 鸡蛋jīdànegg
- 姐姐jiějieolder sister
- 今年jīnniánthis year
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 九jiǔnine
- 觉得juédeto think
- 开kāito turn on
- 开车kāichēto drive a car
- 看kànto look at
- 看病kànbìngto see a doctor
- 看见kànjiànto see
- 课kèclass
- 可以kéyǐcan
- 口kǒumouth
- 块kuàilump
- 来láito come
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 了lesentence-final 了: change of state or new situation — "now", "already"
- 冷lěngcold
- 里lǐ(used after a noun) in
- 两liǎngtwo (of something)
- 零língzero
- 六liùsix
- 吗maquestion particle: turns a statement into a yes/no question
- 卖màito sell
- 买mǎito buy
- 妈妈māmamom
- 忙mángbusy
- 猫māocat
- 没关系méiguānxiit doesn't matter
- 妹妹mèimeiyounger sister
- 没事méishìit's nothing
- 没méidid not
- 没有méiyǒunot have
- 们menplural suffix for people: -s
- 面包miànbāobread
- 面条miàntiáonoodles
- 米饭mǐfàncooked rice
- 明年míngniánnext year
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 名字míngziname
- 那nàthen
- 哪nǎhow
- 那边nàbiānover there
- 那个nàgethat
- 哪个nǎgewhich
- 那里nàlǐthere
- 哪里nálǐwhere
- 男nánmale
- 男朋友nánpéngyǒuboyfriend
- 那儿nàrthere
- 哪儿nǎrwhere
- 那些nàxiēthose
- 哪些nǎxiēwhich (ones)
- 呢neasks "and…?" / "what about…?", or softens a question
- 能néngcan
- 你nǐyou
- 你好níhǎohello
- 年niányear
- 你们nǐmenyou (plural)
- 您nínyou (polite)
- 牛奶niúnǎimilk
- 女nǚwoman
- 女儿nǚ’érdaughter
- 女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriend
- 女士nǚshìlady
- 朋友péngyǒufriend
- 便宜piányicheap
- 漂亮piàoliangpretty
- 苹果píngguǒapple
- 七qīseven
- 前qián(before a number) the first …
- 钱qiánmoney
- 千qiānthousand
- 起床qǐchuángto get up
- 请qǐngplease
- 请问qǐngwènexcuse me
- 去qùto go
- 去年qùniánlast year
- 热rèhot
- 人rénperson
- 认识rènshito know
- 日rìday
- 三sānthree
- 上shàng(used in 上声) the third tone
- 上班shàngbānto go to work
- 商店shāngdiànstore
- 上课shàngkèto teach a class
- 上午shàngwǔmorning
- 上学shàngxuéto go to school
- 少shǎofew
- 谁shéiwho
- 生病shēngbìngto fall ill
- 什么shénmewhat
- 十shíten
- 事shìthing
- 是shìis
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime (a point in time or an amount of time)
- 手机shǒujīmobile phone
- 书shūbook
- 书店shūdiànbookstore
- 睡shuìto sleep
- 水shuǐwater
- 水果shuíguǒfruit
- 睡觉shuìjiàoto sleep
- 说shuōto speak
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
- 四sìfour
- 岁suìyear (as in 岁月)
- 他tāhe
- 它tāit
- 她tāshe
- 太tàitoo
- 他们tāmenthey
- 它们tāmenthey
- 她们tāmenthey
- 天tiānsky
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 听tīngto listen
- 听见tīngjiànto hear
- 同学tóngxuéclassmate
- 外wài(of relatives) on the mother's or daughter's side (as in 外婆)
- 外边wàibianoutside
- 玩wánto play
- 晚wǎnlate
- 晚饭wǎnfàndinner
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 喂wèihey (calling out)
- 问wènto ask
- 问题wèntíproblem
- 我wǒI
- 我们wǒmenwe
- 五wǔfive
- 午饭wǔfànlunch
- 下xiànext
- 下雨xiàyǔto rain
- 下班xiàbānto get off work
- 下课xiàkèto finish class
- 想xiǎngto think
- 先生xiānshengMr.
- 现在xiànzàinow
- 小xiǎosmall
- 小朋友xiǎopéngyouchild
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 小学xiǎoxuéelementary school
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngelementary school student
- 下午xiàwǔafternoon
- 写xiěto write
- 些xiēsome
- 谢谢xièxiethank you
- 喜欢xǐhuānto like
- 新xīnnew
- 星期xīngqīweek
- 星期日xīngqīrìSunday
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
- 休息xiūxito rest
- 学xuéto study
- 雪xuěsnow
- 学生xuéshēngstudent
- 学习xuéxíto learn
- 学校xuéxiàoschool
- 要yàoto want
- 也yěalso
- 一yīone
- 一半yíbànhalf
- 一点儿yìdiǎnra little
- 一点yìdiǎna little
- 衣服yīfuclothes
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 一下yíxiàall of a sudden
- 一些yìxiēsome
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 椅子yǐzichair
- 有yǒuto have
- 有的yǒudesome (of them)
- 有些yǒuxiēsomewhat
- 有点儿yóudiǎnra bit
- 有点yóudiǎna bit
- 有一点儿yǒuyìdiǎnra little
- 雨yǔrain
- 元yuányuan (unit of Chinese money)
- 月yuèmonth
- 再zàiagain (later)
- 在zàito be present
- 再见zàijiàngoodbye
- 早zǎoearly
- 早饭zǎofànbreakfast
- 早上zǎoshangmorning
- 怎么zěnmehow
- 怎么样zěnmeyànghow
- 找zhǎoto look for
- 这zhèthis
- 这边zhèbiānthis side
- 这个zhègethis
- 这里zhèlǐhere
- 真zhēnreally
- 正在zhèngzàiin the middle of (doing)
- 这儿zhèrhere
- 这些zhèxiēthese
- 只zhǐonly
- 知道zhīdàoto know
- 中国zhōngguóChina
- 中文zhōngwénChinese (language)
- 中午zhōngwǔnoon
- 中学zhōngxuémiddle school
- 中学生zhōngxuéshēngmiddle-school or high-school student
- 住zhùto live
- 桌子zhuōzitable
- 字zìcharacter
- 坐zuòto sit
- 做zuòto do
- 做饭zuòfànto cook
- 昨天zuótiānyesterday