HSK 1 vocabulary
The starting level for beginner Mandarin: greetings, people, everyday places, and simple actions.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 话 | huà | words; what someone says |
| 坏 | huài | bad; not good |
| 还 | huán | to give something back to someone |
| 回 | huí | to go back or return (as in 回家, to go home) |
| 回答 | huídá | to answer (a question) |
| 回到 | huídào | to go or come back to a place |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to go or come back home |
| 回来 | huílái | to come back; to return to a place |
| 回去 | huíqù | to go back to a place; to return |
| 会 | huì | can; know how to do something |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train; a big vehicle on rails that carries many people |
| 机场 | jīchǎng | airport, a place where planes take off and land |
| 机票 | jīpiào | a ticket for travelling on a plane |
| 鸡蛋 | jīdàn | an egg from a chicken, eaten as food |
| 几 | jǐ | how many; how much |
| 记 | jì | to remember; to memorize |
| 记得 | jìde | to remember; to keep in your mind |
| 记住 | jìzhù | to remember something and keep it in your mind |
| 家 | jiā | home; the place where you live |
| 家里 | jiā li | home; the place where you live with your family |
| 家人 | jiārén | family; the people in your family, like your mother and father |
| 间 | jiān | room (as in 房间) |
| 见 | jiàn | to see; to meet someone |
| 见面 | jiànmiàn | to meet someone; to see each other |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called; used to say a name |
| 教学楼 | jiàoxuélóu | classroom building; a building at a school where students have classes |
| 姐姐 | jiějie | older sister |
| 介绍 | jièshào | to introduce people to each other |
| 今年 | jīnnián | this year (the year we are in now) |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; this day |
| 进 | jìn | to go in; to enter a place |
| 进来 | jìnlái | to come in; to come inside (a room, house, etc.) |
| 进去 | jìnqù | to go in; to enter (a place) |
| 九 | jiǔ | the number nine (9) |
| 就 | jiù | then; in that case; showing the result of something |
| 觉得 | juéde | to think; to have an opinion about something |
| 开 | kāi | to open (a door, window, or book) |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car |
| 开会 | kāihuì | to have a meeting; people come together to talk about work |
| 开玩笑 | kāi wánxiào | to say something funny to make people laugh |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at |
| 看病 | kànbìng | to go to see a doctor because you feel ill |
| 看到 | kàndào | to see someone or something with your eyes |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see someone or something with your eyes |
| 考 | kǎo | to test someone, for example students, to see what they know |
| 考试 | kǎoshì | an exam; a test |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty; feeling that you need to drink water |
| 课 | kè | class; lesson (a time when a teacher teaches students) |
| 课本 | kèběn | a book students use in class to study a subject |