Chinese words · 490 words
HSK 3 words
Every HSK 3 word with its pinyin and meaning. Open one for how it sounds and the sentences that use it.
- 矮ǎishort (in height)
- 爱人àirenlover
- 安静ānjìngquiet
- 安全ānquánsafety
- 阿姨āyíaunt (term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation)
- 把bǎ(coll.) classifier for a go or a try (as in 体验一把, 玩一把)
- 办bànto run
- 搬bānto repost (others' content) (short for 搬运)
- 办法bànfǎway
- 办公室bàngōngshìoffice
- 帮助bāngzhùto help
- 班级bānjíclass (in school)
- 搬家bānjiāto move (house)
- 半天bàntiāna long time
- 饱bǎofull (after eating)
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 被bèipassive 被: "by" — the subject has something done to it
- 北běinorth
- 北方běifāngthe North (of China)
- 变biànto change
- 遍biànclassifier for times (a complete action from beginning to end)
- 变成biànchéngto change into
- 变化biànhuàchange
- 表演biáoyǎnperformance
- 别的biédeother
- 别人biérenother people
- 笔记bǐjìnotes
- 比较bǐjiàoto compare
- 笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook
- 冰bīngice
- 冰激凌bīngjīlíngice cream
- 病人bìngrénsick person
- 宾馆bīnguǎnhotel
- 冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator
- 比如bǐrúfor example
- 比赛bǐsàimatch
- 必须bìxūmust
- 不同bùtóngdifferent
- 不但búdànnot only
- 不见bújiànnot to see
- 不久bùjiǔsoon
- 不行bùxíngwon't do
- 不用búyòngneed not
- 才cáijust
- 菜单càidānmenu
- 参加cānjiāto take part in
- 草cǎograss
- 草地cǎodìlawn
- 层cénglayer
- 查chásurname Zha
- 差chàbad
- 差不多chàbuduōgood enough
- 尝chángto taste
- 常chángoften
- 常见chángjiàncommon
- 常用chángyòngcommonly used
- 常常chángchángoften
- 成绩chéngjìgrades
- 城市chéngshìcity
- 衬衫chènshānshirt
- 迟到chídàoto be late
- 船chuánboat
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 除了chúleexcept
- 春天chūntiānspring
- 出生chūshēngto be born
- 出院chūyuànto leave the hospital
- 初中chūzhōngjunior high school
- 词典cídiǎndictionary
- 聪明cōngmingclever
- 大概dàgàiprobably
- 带dàibelt
- 蛋糕dàngāocake
- 当然dāngránof course
- 担心dānxīnto worry
- 到处dàochùeverywhere
- 大人dàrén(polite) Your Excellency
- 打扫dásǎoto sweep
- 打算dǎsuànto plan
- 大小dàxiǎosize
- 大熊猫dàxióngmāogiant panda
- 大衣dàyīovercoat
- 得到dédàoto get
- 得分défēnscore
- 的话dehuàmarks a condition: "if …"
- 灯dēnglamp
- 电diànto get an electric shock
- 电梯diàntīelevator
- 电子书diànzǐshūe-book
- 地点dìdiǎnplace
- 地方dìfangplace
- 地图dìtúmap
- 丢diūto lose
- 东dōngeast
- 东北dōngběiNortheast China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning)
- 懂得dǒngdeto understand
- 东方dōngfāngeast
- 东南dōngnánsoutheast
- 冬天dōngtiānwinter
- 动物dòngwùanimal
- 动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
- 段duànsection
- 短duǎnshort
- 短裤duǎnkùshorts
- 锻炼duànliànto exercise
- 对话duìhuàdialogue
- 饿èhungry
- 耳朵ěrduoear
- 耳机ěrjīearphones
- 而且érqiěand also
- 发fāto become
- 放fàngto put
- 方便fāngbiànconvenient
- 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
- 方法fāngfǎmethod
- 放假fàngjiàto have a holiday
- 方向fāngxiàngdirection
- 放心fàngxīnto be at ease
- 放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day
- 房子fángzihouse
- 发烧fāshāoto have a fever
- 发生fāshēngto happen
- 发现fāxiànto discover
- 发展fāzhǎndevelopment
- 风fēngwind
- 封fēngclassifier for letters
- 分开fēnkāito separate
- 附近fùjìnnearby
- 夫妻fūqīhusband and wife
- 服务fúwùservice
- 复习fùxíto review
- 该gāithat
- 干gānto do
- 感兴趣gǎnxìngqùto be interested (in)
- 感到gǎndàoto feel
- 刚gāngjust (a moment ago)
- 刚才gāngcáijust now
- 刚刚gānggāngjust now
- 干净gānjìngclean
- 感冒gǎnmàoto catch a cold
- 高铁gāotiěhigh-speed rail
- 更gèngeven more
- 根据gēnjùaccording to
- 公斤gōngjīnkilogram
- 公园gōngyuánpark
- 工作日gōngzuòrìworkday
- 刮guāto scrape
- 关guānlevel
- 关机guānjīto shut down
- 关系guānxìrelation
- 关心guānxīnto care about
- 关于guānyúabout
- 关注guānzhùto pay close attention to
- 国家guójiācountry
- 过节guòjiéto celebrate a festival
- 故事gùshistory
- 海hǎisea
- 害怕hàipàto be afraid
- 好多hǎoduōmany
- 好久háojiǔa long time
- 号码hàomǎnumber
- 好像hǎoxiàngseem
- 河hériver
- 黑板hēibǎnblackboard
- 合适héshìsuitable
- 红绿灯hónglǜdēngtraffic lights
- 后来hòuláiafterwards
- 后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow
- 画家huàjiāpainter
- 换huànto change
- 黄色huángsèyellow
- 环境huánjìngenvironment
- 欢迎huānyíngto welcome
- 花园huāyuángarden
- 回答huídáto answer
- 会议huìyìmeeting
- 或huòor
- 或者huòzhěor
- 护照hùzhàopassport
- 极jípole (as in 北极)
- 急jíurgent
- 记jìto remember
- 季jìseason (as in 季节, TV)
- 鸡jīchicken
- 加jiāto add
- 检查jiǎncháinspection
- 坚持jiānchíto persist
- 简单jiǎndānsimple
- 讲jiǎngto speak
- 健康jiànkānghealth
- 见面jiànmiànto meet
- 检票jiǎnpiàoto check tickets
- 角jiǎoto compete
- 脚jiǎofoot
- 假期jiàqīvacation
- 节jiéfestival
- 借jièto borrow
- 接jiēto answer (the phone)
- 街jiēstreet
- 结婚jiéhūnto marry
- 解决jiějuéto solve
- 姐妹jiěmèisisters
- 节目jiémùprogram
- 节日jiérìfestival
- 结束jiéshùto end
- 几乎jīhūalmost
- 机会jīhuìopportunity
- 季节jìjiéseason
- 斤jīnclassifier for jin, a unit of weight (half a kilogram)
- 经过jīngguòto pass
- 经理jīnglǐmanager
- 旧jiùold
- 久jiǔlong (time)
- 酒jiǔalcohol
- 句jùclassifier for phrases and lines of speech or verse
- 决定juédìngto decide
- 句子jùzisentence
- 卡kǎcard
- 开花kāihuāto bloom
- 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
- 开机kāijīto turn on (a device)
- 开心kāixīnhappy
- 看来kànláiit seems
- 刻kèto carve
- 可kěbut
- 渴kěthirsty
- 可爱kě’àicute
- 课本kèběntextbook
- 客人kèrenguest
- 可是kěshìbut
- 课文kèwéntext
- 空调kōngtiáoair conditioner
- 哭kūto cry
- 筷子kuàizichopsticks
- 矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
- 来自láizìto come from
- 蓝lánblue
- 老lǎoold
- 老人lǎorénold person
- 练liànto practice
- 脸liǎnface
- 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
- 凉快liángkuainice and cool
- 练习liànxíto practice
- 聊liáoto chat
- 了解liáojiěto understand
- 聊天liáotiānto chat
- 离开líkāito leave
- 邻居línjūneighbor
- 历史lìshǐhistory
- 留学liúxuéto study abroad
- 留学生liúxuéshēngoverseas student
- 礼物lǐwùgift
- 楼梯lóutīstairs
- 路边lùbiānroadside
- 路口lùkǒuintersection
- 马mǎ(vulgar) mother (used in curses as a stand-in for 妈)
- 马路mǎlùroad
- 满意mǎnyìsatisfied
- 毛máo(slang) nothing at all
- 马上mǎshàngright away
- 米mǐrice
- 面前miànqiánin front of
- 明白míngbaito understand
- 名单míngdānlist of names
- 名人míngréncelebrity
- 南nánsouth
- 难nándifficult
- 南方nánfāngsouth
- 难过nánguòsad
- 难看nánkànugly
- 男人nánrénman
- 男生nánshēngguy
- 难题nántídifficult problem
- 难听nántīngdisgraceful
- 年级niánjígrade
- 年轻niánqīngyoung
- 牛niúcow
- 努力nǔlìto work hard
- 女人nǚrénwoman
- 女生nǚshēnggirl
- 爬páto climb
- 怕pàto be afraid that
- 拍照pāizhàoto take a photo
- 胖pàngfat
- 盘子pánziplate
- 啤酒píjiǔbeer
- 平时píngshíusually
- 瓶子píngzibottle
- 骑qíto ride (a horse, bike, etc.)
- 起qǐclassifier for cases and incidents
- 铅笔qiānbǐpencil
- 前天qiántiānday before yesterday
- 汽车qìchēcar
- 起飞qǐfēito take off (of an aircraft)
- 奇怪qíguàistrange
- 清楚qīngchuclear
- 请假qǐngjiàto ask for leave
- 请客qǐngkèto host guests for a meal
- 其实qíshíactually
- 其他qítāother
- 球场qiúchǎngstadium
- 秋天qiūtiānautumn
- 裙子qúnziskirt
- 然后ránhòuthen
- 认得rèndeto recognize
- 认为rènwéito think
- 认真rènzhēnconscientious
- 热情rèqíngenthusiastic
- 容易róngyìeasy
- 如果rúguǒif
- 伞sǎnumbrella
- 扫sǎoto scan (as in 扫码)
- 沙发shāfāsofa
- 山shānmountain
- 上衣shàngyītop
- 勺子sháozispoon
- 身边shēnbiānat one's side
- 声shēngsound
- 身高shēngāoheight (of a person)
- 生活shēnghuólife
- 生气shēngqìto get angry
- 声音shēngyīnsound
- 市shìcity
- 试shìto try
- 室shìroom
- 世界shìjièworld
- 受shòu(slang) bottom
- 瘦shòuthin
- 收shōuto hold back
- 受到shòudàoto receive
- 收到shōudàoto receive
- 树shùtree
- 刷shuā(gaming) to grind
- 双shuāngtwo
- 水平shuǐpínghorizontal
- 叔叔shūshu(polite) uncle
- 数学shùxuémathematics
- 四季sìjìthe four seasons
- 司机sījīdriver
- 太阳tàiyángsun
- 糖tángcandy
- 特别tèbiéspecial
- 甜tiánsweet
- 跳tiàoto jump
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 挺tǐngto hold out
- 听说tīngshuōto hear (it said)
- 体育tǐyùsports
- 体育馆tǐyùguǎngymnasium
- 同事tóngshìcolleague
- 同意tóngyìto agree
- 头发tóufahair (on the head)
- 腿tuǐleg (of furniture)
- 突然tūránsuddenly
- 图书馆túshūguǎnlibrary
- 外地wàidìother places
- 外卖wàimàitakeout
- 外语wàiyǔforeign language
- 碗wǎnbowl
- 完成wánchéngto complete
- 晚点wándiǎnlate
- 忘记wàngjìto forget
- 网球wǎngqiútennis ball
- 网站wǎngzhànwebsite
- 晚会wǎnhuìevening party
- 为wèito act as
- 为了wèilefor
- 卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom
- 文化wénhuàculture
- 屋子wūziroom
- 西xīwest
- 喜爱xǐ’àito like
- 先xiānfirst
- 向xiàngtoward
- 像xiàngto look like
- 相机xiàngjīcamera
- 香蕉xiāngjiāobanana
- 相信xiāngxìnto believe
- 箱子xiāngzibox
- 小区xiǎoqūresidential compound
- 小心xiǎoxīnto be careful
- 校园xiàoyuáncampus
- 校长xiàozhǎngprincipal
- 夏天xiàtiānsummer
- 西北xīběinorthwest
- 鞋xiéshoe
- 西方xīfāngthe West
- 西瓜xīguāwatermelon
- 习惯xíguànhabit
- 信xìnto believe
- 西南xīnánsouthwest
- 行xíngOK
- 行李xíngliluggage
- 兴趣xìngqùinterest
- 心里xīnliin one's heart
- 新年xīnniánNew Year
- 新闻xīnwénnews
- 新鲜xīnxiānfresh
- 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
- 休假xiūjiàto take a vacation
- 洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine
- 洗澡xízǎoto bathe
- 选xuǎnto choose
- 选择xuǎnzéto choose
- 学期xuéqīsemester
- 需要xūyàoto need
- 牙yátooth
- 羊yángsheep
- 养yǎngto raise (animals)
- 要求yāoqiúrequirement
- 牙刷yáshuātoothbrush
- 页yèpage
- 一般yìbānordinary
- 一边yìbiān(used in pairs) at the same time
- 一定yídìngsurely
- 一共yígòngaltogether
- 以后yǐhòulater
- 一块儿yíkuàirtogether
- 一块yíkuàia piece
- 应该yīnggāishould
- 影响yíngxiǎnginfluence
- 银行yínhángbank
- 银行卡yínhángkǎbank card
- 饮料yǐnliàobeverage
- 音乐yīnyuèmusic
- 以前yǐqiánbefore
- 以上yǐshàngthe above
- 以外yǐwàiapart from
- 以为yǐwéito think (mistakenly)
- 以下yǐxiàthe following
- 一样yíyàngsame
- 一直yìzhíalways
- 用yòngto use
- 又yòuagain (it already happened again)
- 有关yǒuguānrelated
- 邮件yóujiànemail
- 游客yóukètourist
- 有名yǒumíngfamous
- 游戏yóuxìgame
- 邮箱yóuxiāngemail inbox
- 有用yǒuyònguseful
- 园yuángarden
- 员yuán(suffix) person working in a role (as in 服务员)
- 愿意yuànyìto be willing (to)
- 遇到yùdàoto meet
- 越yuèVietnam (short for 越南)
- 月亮yuèliangthe moon
- 遇见yùjiànto meet
- 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúshuttlecock
- 运动会yùndònghuìsports meet
- 运动员yùndòngyuánathlete
- 语言yǔyánlanguage
- 雨衣yǔyīraincoat
- 脏zāngdirty
- 咱们zánmenwe
- 怎么办zěnmebànwhat to do
- 怎样zěnyànghow
- 张zhāngsurname Zhang
- 照zhàoto photograph
- 照顾zhàoguto take care of
- 着急zháojíin a hurry
- 照片zhàopiànphoto
- 照相zhàoxiàngto take a photograph
- 纸zhǐpaper
- 只能zhǐnéngcan only
- 直到zhídàountil
- 只是zhǐshìmerely
- 只要zhǐyàoas long as
- 只有zhíyǒuonly
- 种zhòngto plant
- 中zhōngto hit (a target)
- 中间zhōngjiānintermediate
- 重要zhòngyàoimportant
- 终于zhōngyúfinally
- 周末zhōumòweekend
- 主要zhǔyàomain
- 注意zhùyìto pay attention to
- 住院zhùyuànto be hospitalized
- 子ziMaster (title of ancient thinkers) (as in 孔子)
- 字典zìdiǎndictionary (of characters)
- 自行车zìxíngchēbicycle
- 总zǒngalways
- 总是zǒngshìalways
- 嘴zuǐmouth
- 最好zuìhǎohad better
- 最后zuìhòufinally
- 最近zuìjìnrecently
- 做客zuòkèto be a guest
- 作业zuòyèwork