HSK Guide/HSK 1 Vocab

爱 ài	to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
八 bā	eight; 8
爸爸 bà ba	father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
杯子 bēi zi	cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]
北京 běi jīng	Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
本 běn	origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
不客气 bú kè qi	you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)
不 bù	not (negative prefix); no
菜 cài	dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]
茶 chá	tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]
吃 chī	to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
出租车 chū zū chē	taxi
打电话 dǎ diàn huà	to make a phone call
大 dà	big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
的 de	of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
点 diǎn	a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities
电脑 diàn nǎo	computer; CL:台[tai2]
电视 diàn shì	television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]
电影 diàn yǐng	movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]
东西 dōng xi	thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]
都 dōu	all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
读 dú	to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
对不起 duì bu qǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;
多 duō	many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
多少 duō shǎo	how much; how many
儿子 ér zi	son
二 èr	two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
饭店 fàn diàn	restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];
飞机 fēi jī	airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
分钟 fēn zhōng	minute
高兴 gāo xìng	happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
个 gè	classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
工作 gōng zuò	job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]
狗 gǒu	dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]
汉语 hàn yǔ	Chinese language
好 hǎo	good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
号 hào	day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number
喝 hē	to drink; to shout (a command)
和 hé	and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He
很 hěn	very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
后面 hòu miàn	rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
回 huí	to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
会 huì	can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
几 jǐ	how much; how many; several; a few
家 jiā	home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4]
叫 jiào	to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
今天 jīn tiān	today; at the present
九 jiǔ	nine; 9
开 kāi	to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)
看 kàn	to look at
看见 kàn jiàn	to see; to catch sight of
块 kuài	unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱
来 lái	to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
老师 lǎo shī	teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
了 le	(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
冷 lěng	cold
里 lǐ	inside; lining; interior; internal
六 liù	six; 6
吗 ma	(question tag)
妈妈 mā ma	mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
买 mǎi	to buy; to purchase
猫 māo	cat; CL:只[zhi1]
没关系 méi guān xi	it doesn't matter
没有 méi yǒu	haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;
米饭 mǐ fàn	(cooked) rice
名字 míng zi	name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]
明天 míng tiān	tomorrow
哪 nǎ	which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);
哪儿 nǎ er	where?; wherever; anywhere
那 nà	that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;
呢 ne	(question particle for subjects already mentioned)
能 néng	to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
你 nǐ	you (informal)
年 nián	year; CL:个[ge4]
女儿 nǚ ér	daughter
朋友 péng you	friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
漂亮 piào liang	pretty; beautiful
苹果 píng guǒ	apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]
七 qī	seven; 7
前面 qián miàn	ahead; in front; preceding; above
钱 qián	coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]
请 qǐng	to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
去 qù	to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
热 rè	heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
人 rén	man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
认识 rèn shi	to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
三 sān	three; 3
商店 shāng diàn	store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]
上 shàng	on
上午 shàng wǔ	morning; CL:个[ge4]
少 shǎo	few; little; lack
谁 shéi	who; also pronounced shui2
什么 shén me	what?; who?; something; anything
十 shí	ten; 10
时候 shí hou	time; length of time; moment; period
是 shì	to be; yes
书 shū	book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History
水 shuǐ	water; river; liquid; beverage
水果 shuǐguǒ	fruit
睡觉 shuì jiào	to go to bed; to go to sleep
说 shuō	to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);
四 sì	four; 4
岁 suì	classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
他 tā	he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another
她 tā	she
太 tài	too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
天气 tiān qì	weather
听 tīng	to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages
同学 tóng xué	(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]
喂 wèi	hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey
我 wǒ	I; me; my
我们 wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our
五 wǔ	five; 5
喜欢 xǐ huan	to like; to be fond of
下 xià	down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
下午 xià wǔ	afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]
下雨 xià yǔ	to rain; rainy
先生 xiān sheng	Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
现在 xiàn zài	now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
想 xiǎng	to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
小 xiǎo	small; tiny; young
小姐 xiǎo jie	young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
些 xiē	some; few; several; (a measure word)
写 xiě	to write
谢谢 xiè xie	to thank; thanks
星期 xīng qī	week; CL:个[ge4]
学生 xué sheng	student; school child
学习 xué xí	to learn; to study
学校 xué xiào	school; CL:所[suo3]
一 yī	one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
一点儿 yī diǎn er	a little (bit)
医生 yī shēng	doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]
医院 yī yuàn	hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]
衣服 yī fu	clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]
椅子 yǐ zi	chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]
有 yǒu	to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
月 yuè	month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]
再见 zài jiàn	goodbye; see you again later
在 zài	(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
怎么 zěn me	how?; what?; why?
怎么样 zěn me yàng	how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?
这 zhè	this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);
中国 zhōng guó	China; Middle Kingdom
中午 zhōng wǔ	noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]
住 zhù	to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
桌子 zhuō zi	table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]
字 zì	letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]
昨天 zuó tiān	yesterday
做 zuò	to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance
坐 zuò	to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit