HSK vocabulary lists

Choose your level, then study core characters, useful words, and complete sentences in one path.

HSK 1

The starting level for beginner Mandarin: greetings, people, everyday places, and simple actions.

Build daily conversations around routines, time, family, shopping, and simple descriptions.

Handle more practical topics, connect ideas into longer sentences, and read common everyday text.

Discuss opinions, plans, work, travel, and social situations with greater precision.

Understand newspapers, films, and fuller arguments, with a broader range of formal vocabulary.

Understand and express nuanced ideas in writing and speech, including abstract and cultural topics.

The advanced band for academic, professional, and sophisticated real-world Mandarin.