HSK 1 vocabulary
The starting level for beginner Mandarin: greetings, people, everyday places, and simple actions.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 房间 | fángjiān | a space in a building with walls, a door, and a floor |
| 房子 | fángzi | a house; a building where people live |
| 放 | fàng | to put something somewhere |
| 放假 | fàngjià | to have a holiday; to be off from school or work |
| 放学 | fàngxué | school ends; students finish classes and go home |
| 飞 | fēi | to fly (move through the air, like birds and planes do) |
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane; a big machine with wings that flies people through the air |
| 非常 | fēicháng | very; used before an adjective to say it is a lot |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate things into parts |
| 风 | fēng | wind; moving air that you can feel outside |
| 干 | gān | dry; not wet, with no water on it |
| 干净 | gānjìng | clean (not dirty) |
| 干 | gàn | tree trunk |
| 干什么 | gàn shénme | what are you doing? asks about someone's action |
| 高 | gāo | tall (for people); high (for buildings, mountains) |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; feeling pleased |
| 告诉 | gàosu | to tell someone something; to let someone know something |
| 哥哥 | gēge | older brother |
| 歌 | gē | a song; music with words that people sing |
| 个 | gè | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) |
| 给 | gěi | to give someone something |
| 跟 | gēn | with (a person); together with someone |
| 工人 | gōngrén | a person who does physical work, for example in a factory |
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; to do a job |
| 关 | guān | to close or shut something, like a door or window |
| 关上 | guānshang | to close something, such as a door or window |
| 贵 | guì | expensive; costing a lot of money |
| 国 | guó | country; nation |
| 国家 | guójiā | country; a land with its own people and government |
| 国外 | guó wài | abroad; overseas; outside your own country |
| 过 | guò | to cross |
| 还 | hái | still; an action or state continues |
| 还是 | háishi | still (something continues or stays the same) |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | also; in addition, used to add one more thing or person |
| 孩子 | háizi | a child; a young boy or girl; someone's son or daughter |
| 汉语 | Hànyǔ | the Chinese language, the main language of China |
| 汉字 | Hànzì | a written symbol used for writing Chinese |
| 好 | hǎo | good; fine; okay |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious (said about food and drinks) |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | beautiful or nice to look at |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | nice to listen to, such as music, songs, or a voice |
| 好玩儿 | hǎowánr | fun; enjoyable to do or watch |
| 号 | hào | (literary) to call out; to command |
| 喝 | hē | to drink (water, tea, or another drink) |
| 和 | hé | and; joins two nouns or short phrases, like bread and milk |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite (makes the meaning stronger, as in 很好 "very good") |
| 后 | hòu | after; later (as in 以后) |
| 后边 | hòubian | behind someone or something; at the back |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow |
| 花 | huā | a flower; the pretty colorful part of a plant |