啊a(exclamatory particle)
变biànto turn; to become
变得biàn deto become
变成biànchéngto become; to turn into
别的biédeanother
边biānside
表biǎotable; chart
半个小时bàn ge xiǎoshíhalf an hour
半年bàn niánhalf a year
办法bànfǎmethod; solution
办公室bàngōngshìoffice
半天bàntiāna long time
报名bàomíngto sign up
被bèi(passive marker)
并bìng(used with 不 for emphasis)
鼻子bízinose
步bù(part of 跑步: jog)
不好bù hǎonot good; badly
不舒服bù shūfuuncomfortable
不少bù shǎoquite a few
不想bù xiǎngdon't want to
不一定bù yídìngnot necessarily
不久bùjiǔnot long after
不到bú dàocannot find (unable to)
不见bú jiànhaven't seen (each other)
不见了bú jiàn legone missing
不再bú zàino longer
不错búcuòpretty good; not bad
不但búdànnot only
不但……还……búdàn... hái...not only... but also...
搬bānto move (house)
搬家bānjiāto move house
包bāobag
北方běifāngthe North
饱bǎofull (from eating)
保重bǎozhòngtake care
比分bǐfēnscore
笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook
比如bǐrúfor example
比赛bǐsàimatch; competition
床chuángbed
穿不上chuān bu shàngcannot put on (too small)
穿上chuānshàngto put on
差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly ready
差点儿chàdiǎnralmost
茶馆cháguǎnteahouse
常chángoften
衬衫chènshānshirt
成chéngto become
成绩chéngjìgrade; result
重新chóngxīnagain; anew
除了chúleexcept for
吃不下chībuxiàcan't eat any more
吃完chīwánto finish eating
充电器chōngdiànqìcharger
出chūto exit; out
出差chūchāito go on a business trip
春节ChūnjiéSpring Festival; Chinese New Year
炒chǎoto stir-fry
尺码chǐmǎsize
错误cuòwùmistake; error
才cáionly
参加cānjiāto attend
餐厅cāntīngrestaurant
草cǎograss
地de(adverbial particle)
电diànbattery; electricity
电话diànhuàphone call
电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
掉diàoto drop; to fall
丢diūto lose
锻炼duànliànto exercise
队duìteam
对方duìfāngthe other party
队员duìyuánteam member; player
多了duō lemuch (better)
倒dàoto pour
到了dàolearrived at
大人dàrenadult
大声dàshēngloudly
大象dàxiàngelephant
大衣dàyīcoat
大雨dàyǔheavy rain
第一dì yīfirst
第一天dì yī tiānthe first day
第二次dì èr cìthe second time
第二天dì'èrtiānthe next day
第一个dì-yī gethe first
地方dìfangplace
定dìngto set; to decide
地铁dìtiěsubway
地铁站dìtiězhànsubway station
地图dìtúmap
地址dìzhǐaddress
动物dòngwùanimal
动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
度dùdegree
当dāngto serve as; to be
当然dāngránof course
担心dānxīnto worry
灯dēnglight
等着děngzhewaiting (for)
冬天dōngtiānwinter
打dǎto make (a call)
打包dǎbāoto pack up (leftover food) to go
打开dǎkāito open
打算dǎsuànto plan
堵车dǔchētraffic jam
放心fàngxīnto rest assured; relax
房子fángzihouse
房租fángzūrent
复习fùxíto review
发fāto send
发给fāgěito give out; to hand out
方便fāngbiànconvenient
方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
发现fāxiànto discover
风fēngwind
分数fēnshùscore
挂号guàhàoto register (at hospital)
过了guò lepassed
过程guòchéngprocess
过去guòqùpast; by (direction)
国家guójiācountry
国外guówàiabroad
刮风guā fēngto be windy
关guānto turn off
关系guānxirelationship
规定guīdìngrule
果汁guǒzhīfruit juice
各自gèzìeach; respectively
够gòuenough
故事gùshistory
干杯gānbēicheers! (bottoms up)
刚gāngjust; at first
刚才gāngcáijust now
高高兴兴地gāogāoxìngxìng dehappily
公斤gōngjīnkilogram
功能gōngnéngfunction
恭喜gōngxǐcongratulations
工资gōngzīsalary
改gǎito change
感冒gǎnmàoto catch a cold
坏huàibroken
换huànto change; to switch
换好huànhǎoexchanged (successfully)
换钱huànqiánto exchange money
还回来huán huílaito be returned
还给huángěito return to
环境huánjìngenvironment
还钱huánqiánto pay back money
会上huì shangin the meeting
会议huìyìmeeting
回到huídàoto return to
回答huídáto answer
回复huífùto reply
或者huòzhěor
活儿huórwork; job (colloquial)
花钱huā qiánto spend money
火车票huǒchēpiàotrain ticket
害怕hàipàafraid
号码hàomǎnumber
还要hái yàoeven more
盒hé(measure word for boxes)
合适héshìfitting; suitable
后hòuafter; later
红包hóngbāored envelope (gift money)
红茶hóngcháblack tea (lit. red tea)
互相hùxiāngeach other
护照hùzhàopassport
喝水hē shuǐto drink water
很久hěnjiǔa long time
婚礼hūnlǐwedding
婚宴hūnyànwedding banquet
好朋友hǎo péngyougood friend
好好hǎohǎoproperly; well
好久hǎojiǔa long time
好几次hǎojǐ cìseveral times
假jiàleave (from work)
见到jiàndàoto see; to meet
健康jiànkānghealthy
借到jièdàoto succeed in borrowing
借钱jièqiánto borrow money
借书jièshūto borrow books
借书卡jièshūkǎlibrary card
借走jièzǒuto borrow (and take away)
结婚jiéhūnto get married
结束jiéshùto end
节约jiéyuēto save (resources)
就要jiù yàoabout to; soon will
就是jiùshìsimply; just
加jiāto add (as a contact)
夹jiāto pick up (with chopsticks)
加班jiābānto work overtime
加油jiāyóucome on! go go go!
街道jiēdàostreet
接近jiējìnclose; near
解释jiěshìto explain
检查jiǎncháto have a check-up
减肥jiǎnféito lose weight
讲jiǎngto tell
讲讲jiǎngjiangto tell (a bit)
饺子jiǎozidumplings
久jiǔlong (time)
决定juédìngdecision
季节jìjiéseason
敬酒jìngjiǔto toast
进来jìnláito come in
进去jìnqùto go in
继续jìxùto continue
急jíanxious
极了jíleextremely
机会jīhuìopportunity
几乎jīhūalmost
经常jīngchángoften
经历jīnglìexperience
经理jīnglǐmanager
几次jǐ cìseveral times
几个jǐ gea few
几千年jǐ qiān niánseveral thousand years
警察jǐngchápolice officer
紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; tense
快要kuàiyàosoon; about to
筷子kuàizichopsticks
看病kànbìngto see a doctor
看起来kànqǐlaito look; to seem
客服kèfúcustomer service
客人kèrénguest
裤子kùzipants; trousers
开会kāihuìto have a meeting
开户kāihùto open an account
开门kāiménto open (for business)
开完会kāiwán huìto finish the meeting
渴kěthirsty
可爱kě'àicute
哭kūto cry
辆liàng(measure word for vehicles)
练习liànxíto practice
聊天liáotiānto chat
聊天儿liáotiānrto chat
六点半liù diǎn bànhalf past six
六点五十liù diǎn wǔshísix fifty
六十多岁liùshí duō suìover sixty years old
流liúto flow
留liúto leave (behind)
脸上liǎn shangon the face
两个liǎng gethe two (of us)
两个多liǎng ge duōmore than two
两年liǎng niántwo years
了解liǎojiěto understand
浪费làngfèito waste
来不及láibujínot enough time; too late
来得及láidejíthere's still time; not too late
蓝lánblue
离开líkāito leave
邻居línjūneighbor
楼lóubuilding; floor
楼下lóuxiàdownstairs
老lǎoold
老虎lǎohǔtiger
老人lǎorénelderly person
理解lǐjiěto understand
旅行lǚxíngto travel
绿茶lǜchágreen tea
面试miànshìinterview
麻烦máfantroublesome
忙不忙máng bu mángbusy or not
没想到méi xiǎngdàounexpectedly; who knew
没意思méi yìsiboring
门méndoor
密码mìmǎpassword
迷路mílùto get lost
明白míngbaito understand
每个人měi ge réneveryone; each person
美国Měiguóthe United States
美元měiyuánUS dollar
买到mǎidàoto manage to buy
满mǎnfull
满意mǎnyìsatisfied
念niànto read aloud
年轻niánqīngyoung
那场nà chǎngthat (match)
那时候nà shíhouat that time
那条nà tiáothat (measure word for pants)
那里nàlǐthere
闹钟nàozhōngalarm clock
拿náto hold
拿到nádàoto get; to receive
难nándifficult
南方nánfāngthe South
难过nánguòsad
难忘nánwàngunforgettable
奶奶nǎinaigrandma
哪里nǎlǐwhere
你先nǐ xiānafter you; you go first
努力nǔlìhardworking; to work hard
派出所pàichūsuǒlocal police station
胖pàngfat; overweight
爬páto climb
排páito arrange; to line up
排队páiduìto line up
盘子pánziplate
爬山páshānto hike; to climb a mountain
啤酒píjiǔbeer
拍pāito take (a photo)
跑完pǎowánto finish running
前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
秋天qiūtiānautumn
抢qiǎngto rush to do something first
全场quánchǎngthe whole stadium
却quèhowever
汽车qìchēcar
气氛qìfēnatmosphere
齐qícomplete; all present
骑车qíchēto ride a bike
奇怪qíguàistrange
其实qíshíactually
七点半qī diǎn bànseven thirty
七百qībǎiseven hundred
轻松qīngsōngrelaxed; easy
起qǐto get up
请假qǐngjiàto ask for leave
请客qǐngkèto treat
然后ránhòuthen
热闹rènaolively; bustling
认真rènzhēnserious; earnest
热情rèqíngwarm; friendly
人们rénmenpeople
人民币rénmínbìRMB (Chinese yuan)
容易róngyìeasy
刷卡shuākǎto pay by card
刷牙shuāyáto brush teeth
上车shàng chēto board
上个星期shàng ge xīngqīlast week
上个周末shàng ge zhōumòlast weekend
上个shàng gèlast
剩shèngto have left over; remaining
什么时候shénme shíhouwhen
事shìmatter; thing
试shìto try
世界shìjièworld
室友shìyǒuroommate
十几shí jǐa dozen or so
十二点shí'èr diǎntwelve o'clock
瘦shòuthin
顺利shùnlìsmoothly; successfully
树叶shùyètree leaves
树枝shùzhītree branch; twig
山shānmountain
山顶shāndǐngthe top of the mountain
身边shēnbiānby one's side
声音shēngyīnvoice
申请shēnqǐngto apply for
师傅shīfumaster (polite address for a driver)
书架shūjiàbookshelf
手shǒuhand
手机卡shǒujī kǎSIM card
算了suànleforget it; never mind
随便suíbiàncasually; at will
四点半sì diǎn bànfour thirty
四季sìjìthe four seasons
送来sònglaito bring over
三个sān gethree (+ measure word)
三个月sān ge yuèthree months
三天sān tiānthree days
三月sānyuèMarch
甜tiánsweet
甜甜的tiántián desweet
天黑tiān hēiget dark; nightfall
天气预报tiānqì yùbàoweather forecast
天天tiāntiānevery day
团圆tuányuánfamily reunion
退tuìto return; to refund
退货tuìhuòto return goods
腿tuǐleg
谈tánto talk; to discuss
疼téngto hurt; painful
停tíngto stop
提前tíqiánin advance
同事们tóngshìmencolleagues
同意tóngyìto agree
头tóuhead
踢进tī jìnto kick in (score)
听起来tīng qǐlaito sound
突然tūránsuddenly
讨论tǎolùnto discuss
外卖wàimàifood delivery
忘了wàng leto forget
忘记wàngjìto forget
王WángWang (surname)
完全wánquáncompletely
味道wèidaotaste; flavor
为了wèilein order to
位置wèizhiposition
问问wènwento ask (casually)
文化wénhuàculture
无聊wúliáoboring; bored
微信WēixìnWeChat
晚饭wǎnfàndinner
网购wǎnggòuonline shopping
网上wǎngshàngonline
我的wǒ demy
五点wǔ diǎnfive o'clock
五分钟wǔ fēnzhōngfive minutes
五千wǔqiānfive thousand
下个星期xià ge xīngqīnext week
下来xiàlái(result: down; settle)
现场xiànchǎngthe scene; on site
像xiàngto be like
向xiàngtoward
笑着xiàozhesmiling
下去xiàquto go down
咸xiánsalty
谢xièto thank
熊猫xióngmāopanda
虾xiāshrimp
箱子xiāngzibox
消息xiāoximessage
响xiǎngto ring
想家xiǎng jiāto be homesick
想到xiǎngdàoto think of
想法xiǎngfǎidea; thought
小孩子xiǎo háizismall child
小李Xiǎo LǐXiao Li (name)
小龙XiǎolóngXiaolong (a name)
小时候xiǎoshíhouin childhood
小树xiǎoshùsmall tree; sapling
小心xiǎoxīnwatch out; be careful
小雨xiǎoyǔlight rain
小张XiǎozhāngXiaozhang
学到xuédàoto learn (and get)
选择xuǎnzéto choose
姓xìngto be surnamed
习不习惯xí bu xíguànused to it or not
行xíngto be all right
行李箱xínglixiāngsuitcase
习俗xísúcustom
西红柿xīhóngshìtomato
兴奋xīngfènexcited
星期四xīngqīsìThursday
星期五xīngqīwǔFriday
星期一xīngqīyīMonday
新家xīnjiānew home
心里xīnliin one's heart
新郎xīnlánggroom
新娘xīnniángbride
新闻xīnwénnews
需要xūyàoto need
洗脸xǐliǎnto wash one's face
洗手间xǐshǒujiānbathroom
洗澡xǐzǎoto take a shower
圆yuánround
原来yuánláioriginal
越yuèthe more (越…越…)
越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more
月饼yuèbingmooncake
月亮yuèliangmoon
药店yàodiànpharmacy
盐yánsalt
一场yì chǎngone (match)
一家yì jiāone (shop)
一开始yì kāishǐat first
一口yì kǒuone bite
一年yì niánone year
一条yì tiáoone (message)
一碗yì wǎna bowl of
一桌yì zhuōa table of
一张yì zhāngone (measure word)
一种yì zhǒnga kind of
一点儿也不yìdiǎnr yě bùnot … at all
一千yìqiānone thousand
一直yìzhíalways; continuously
一遍yí biànonce through
一个人yí gè rénalone; by oneself
一位yí wèione (polite measure)
一定yídìngdefinitely
一刻yíkèmoment
银行yínhángbank
银行卡yínhángkǎbank card
用水yòng shuǐwater use
用来yòngláito use for
于是yúshìso; therefore
幺yāoone (spoken form used in phone numbers)
一楼yī lóufirst floor
音乐yīnyuèmusic
养成yǎngchéngto develop (a habit)
眼泪yǎnlèitears
有一天yǒu yì tiānone day
有意义yǒu yìyìmeaningful
有用yǒuyònguseful
账户zhànghùaccount
照顾zhàogùto look after
照片zhàopiànphoto
照相机zhàoxiàngjīcamera
这里zhèlǐhere
这么zhèmeso
正常zhèngchángnormal
正好zhènghǎojust right; perfectly timed
这样zhèyàngthis way
志愿者zhìyuànzhěvolunteer
重要zhòngyàoimportant
注意zhùyìto pay attention to
竹子zhúzibamboo
整个zhěngewhole; entire
中国菜Zhōngguó càiChinese food
中间zhōngjiānin the middle; during
中秋节ZhōngqiūjiéMid-Autumn Festival
中山路Zhōngshān LùZhongshan Road
终于zhōngyúfinally
周zhōuweek
周六zhōuliùSaturday
只好zhǐhǎohave no choice but to
种zhǒngkind; type
最后zuìhòuin the end; finally
最好zuìhǎohad better
最近zuìjìnrecently
做好zuòhǎoto finish making
昨天晚上zuótiān wǎnshanglast night
再也zàiyěnever again
怎么办zěnme bànwhat should I do
总是zǒngshìalways
按照ànzhàoaccording to
二十分钟èrshí fēnzhōngtwenty minutes
而且érqiěmoreover
安静ānjìngquiet
安排ānpáito arrange
安慰ānwèito comfort
阿姨āyíauntie (friendly address)
About this list
These 528 words are the ones that first appear at HSK 3 in our readings. Each row plays audio on 🔊, expands to show a real sentence from one of the texts, and saves to your wordbook on ☆.
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