HSK 3 vocabulary
Handle more practical topics, connect ideas into longer sentences, and read common everyday text.
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 决定 | juédìng | to decide; to make up your mind |
| 决赛 | juésài | the last match of a competition, played to decide the winner |
| 决心 | juéxīn | a firm decision to do something; strong determination to do it |
| 绝对 | juéduì | absolute; complete, with no exceptions |
| 咖啡 | kāfēi | coffee, a hot brown drink made from beans |
| 开发 | kāifā | to develop land, an area, or resources, making them ready to use |
| 开放 | kāifàng | to open; when a flower opens |
| 开始 | kāishǐ | to begin; to start |
| 开业 | kāiyè | to open a new shop, company, or office and start doing business |
| 开展 | kāizhǎn | to start and carry out an activity, piece of work, or plan |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐlái | to seem; to look a certain way when you see something |
| 看上去 | kàn shàngqù | to look; to seem, judging only by what you can see |
| 考验 | kǎoyàn | a hard test of a person's ability or strength |
| 科技 | kējì | science and technology |
| 可靠 | kěkào | able to be trusted; always good, safe, or working well |
| 可乐 | kělè | cola; a sweet, brown, fizzy drink |
| 克服 | kèfú | to overcome a difficulty, problem, or fear |
| 客观 | kèguān | objective; based on facts, not on your feelings |
| 课程 | kèchéng | a subject you study at school, like Chinese or math |
| 空 | kōng | empty (with nothing inside, like a room or box) |
| 空调 | kōngtiáo | a machine that makes the air in a room cool or warm |
| 恐怕 | kǒngpà | I'm afraid...; a polite way to say something bad is true |
| 空儿 | kòngr | free time; time when you are not busy |
| 裤子 | kùzi | pants; trousers — clothes you wear on your legs |
| 快速 | kuàisù | fast; quick; happening or moving with high speed |
| 困 | kùn | sleepy; wanting to sleep |
| 困难 | kùnnan | difficult; not easy |
| 浪费 | làngfèi | to waste; to use time, money, or food in a bad way |
| 老百姓 | lǎobǎixìng | ordinary people; normal people in a country, not leaders |
| 老板 | lǎobǎn | boss; the person who tells workers what to do |
| 老太太 | lǎotàitai | an old woman (a polite way to talk about her) |
| 老头儿 | lǎotóur | an old man (casual spoken word) |
| 乐 | lè | happy; glad (as in 快乐, happy) |
| 乐观 | lèguān | thinking that good things will happen in life |
| 类 | lèi | a kind or type of thing; a group of similar things |
| 类似 | lèisì | similar; almost the same as something else |
| 离婚 | líhūn | to end a marriage; to get divorced |
| 里面 | lǐmiàn | inside; in (the inner part of a place or thing) |
| 理发 | lǐfà | to cut hair; to have your hair cut |
| 理解 | lǐjiě | to understand something; to know what it means |
| 理论 | lǐlùn | an idea or set of ideas that explains how something works |
| 理由 | lǐyóu | a reason why you do, say, or think something |
| 力 | lì | strength; power (as in 力气 'strength', 努力 'to work hard') |
| 力量 | lìliàng | strength or power; the energy to lift, move, or do things |
| 立刻 | lìkè | right now; at once, without waiting |
| 利用 | lìyòng | to use something for a purpose |
| 连 | lián | even (with 都 or 也, to say something is surprising) |
| 连忙 | liánmáng | at once; right away, quickly, because something just happened |
| 连续 | liánxù | happening again and again, one after another without stopping |
| 连续剧 | liánxùjù | a TV show with one story told in many parts |