New HSK 1 Word List
The 300 words the new HSK 1 exam introduces, in syllabus order. A candidate at HSK 1 is expected to know 300 words, counting every level below it.
Source: CLEC, HSK Test Syllabus (中文水平考试 HSK 考试大纲), released 15 November 2025. The syllabus lists 300 entries at this level; a word listed once per sense appears here once. Coming from the old HSK? Convert your level
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 爸爸 | bàba | (informal) father; ,位[wei4] |
| 吧 | ba | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day; day |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred; numerous; all kinds of |
| 半 | bàn | half; semi-; incomplete |
| 包子 | bāozi | steamed stuffed bun |
| 杯子 | bēizi | cup; glass; ,支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] |
| 本 | běn | root; stem; origin |
| 边 | biān | side; edge; margin |
| 病 | bìng | illness; disease; to fall ill |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 不客气 | bú kèqi | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite |
| 不要 | búyào | don't!; must not |
| 菜 | cài | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine |
| 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant; ,壺|壶[hu2] |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing; to call loudly; to chant |
| 超市 | chāoshì | supermarket; abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场 |
| 车 | chē | car; vehicle; machine |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc) |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi; (Taiwan) rental car |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear; to put on; to dress |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 大 | dà | big; huge; large |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family; great expert |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 到 | dào | to (a place); until (a time); up to |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc); order; (old) rank in the imperial examinations |
| 弟弟 | dìdi | younger brother; ,位[wei4] |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; drop |
| 店 | diàn | inn; shop; store |
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call; phone number |
| 电脑 | diànnǎo | computer |
| 电视 | diànshì | television; TV; ,個|个[ge4] |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie; film; ,片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] |
| 电影院 | diànyǐngyuàn | cinema; movie theater; ,座[zuo4] |
| 东西 | dōngxi | east and west |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 读 | dú | comma; phrase marked by pause |
| 读书 | dúshū | to read a book; to study; to attend school |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; couple |
| 对不起 | duìbuqǐ | unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry |
| 多 | duō | many; much; often |
| 多少 | duōshao | number; amount; somewhat |
| 儿子 | érzi | son |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 饭 | fàn | food; cuisine; cooked rice |
| 饭店 | fàndiàn | restaurant; hotel; ,個|个[ge4] |
| 房间 | fángjiān | room; ,個|个[ge4] |
| 非常 | fēicháng | very; very much; unusual |
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate; to distribute |
| 分钟 | fēnzhōng | minute |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth) |
| 歌 | gē | song; ,首[shou3]; to sing |
| 哥哥 | gēge | older brother; ,位[wei4] |
| 个 | gè | individual; this; that |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of |
| 公司 | gōngsī | (business) company; company; firm |
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog; ,條|条[tiao2] |
| 贵 | guì | expensive; noble; precious |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state |
| 还 | hái | still; still in progress; still more |
| 孩子 | háizi | child |
| 汉语 | Hànyǔ | Chinese language |
| 汉字 | Hànzì | Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well; proper |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc) |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear |
| 好玩儿 | hǎowánr | interesting; delightful; amusing |
| 号 | hào | roar; cry |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; My goodness! |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2] |
| 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite; very |
| 后 | hòu | empress; queen |
| 回 | huí | to circle; to go back; to turn around |
| 会 | huì | can; to be possible; to be able to |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train; ,節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4] |
| 鸡蛋 | jīdàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg; ,打[da2] |
| 几 | jǐ | small table |
| 家 | jiā | see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] |
| 家人 | jiārén | household; (one's) family |
| 见 | jiàn | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth) |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 饺子 | jiǎozi | dumpling; pot-sticker; ,隻|只[zhi1] |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order |
| 姐姐 | jiějie | older sister |
| 今年 | jīnnián | this year |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; at the present; now |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 觉得 | juéde | to think; to feel |
| 开 | kāi | to open; to start; to turn on |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car |
| 看 | kàn | to look after; to take care of; to watch |
| 看病 | kànbìng | to visit a doctor; to see a patient |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 可以 | kěyǐ | can; may; possible |
| 课 | kè | subject; course; class |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 块 | kuài | lump (of earth); chunk; piece |
| 来 | lái | to come; to arrive; to come round |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher; ,位[wei4] |
| 了 | le | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3] |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some |
| 零 | líng | zero; nought; zero sign |
| 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 妈妈 | māma | mama; mommy; mother |
| 吗 | ma | see 嗎啡|吗啡, morphine |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 卖 | mài | to sell; to betray; to spare no effort |
| 忙 | máng | busy; hurriedly; to hurry |
| 猫 | māo | cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem |
| 没关系 | méi guānxi | it doesn't matter |
| 没事 | méishì | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind |
| 没有 | méiyǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist |
| 妹妹 | mèimei | younger sister; young woman |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 米饭 | mǐfàn | (cooked) rice |
| 面包 | miànbāo | bread; ,袋[dai4],塊|块[kuai4] |
| 面条儿 | miàntiáor | erhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2] |
| 明年 | míngnián | next year |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 名字 | míngzi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 哪个 | nǎge | which; who |
| 哪里 | nǎlǐ | where?; somewhere; anywhere |
| 哪儿 | nǎr | where?; wherever; anywhere |
| 哪些 | nǎxiē | which ones?; who?; what? |
| 那 | nà | variant of 哪[na3] |
| 那边 | nàbiān | over there; yonder |
| 那个 | nàge | that one; also pr. [nei4 ge5] |
| 那里 | nàlǐ | there; that place; also written 那裡|那里 |
| 那儿 | nàr | there |
| 那些 | nàxiē | those |
| 男 | nán | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] |
| 男朋友 | nánpéngyou | boyfriend |
| 呢 | ne | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") |
| 能 | néng | can; to be able to; might possibly |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]) |
| 你好 | nǐ hǎo | Hello!; Hi!; How are you? |
| 你们 | nǐmen | you (plural) |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 牛奶 | niúnǎi | cow's milk; ,杯[bei1] |
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman; daughter |
| 女儿 | nǚ’ér | daughter |
| 女朋友 | nǚpéngyou | girlfriend |
| 女士 | nǚshì | lady; madam; ,位[wei4] |
| 朋友 | péngyou | friend; ,位[wei4] |
| 便宜 | piányi | convenient |
| 漂亮 | piàoliang | pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 | píngguǒ | apple; ,顆|颗[ke1] |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 起床 | qǐchuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 前 | qián | front; forward; ahead |
| 钱 | qián | coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth) |
| 请问 | qǐngwèn | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last |
| 去年 | qùnián | last year |
| 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather) |
| 人 | rén | man; person; people |
| 认识 | rènshi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with |
| 日 | rì | sun; day; date, day of the month |
| 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 商店 | shāngdiàn | store; shop; ,個|个[ge4] |
| 上 | shàng | see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work |
| 上课 | shàngkè | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class |
| 上午 | shàngwǔ | morning |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 少 | shǎo | few; less; to lack |
| 谁 | shéi/shuí | who; also pr. [shui2] |
| 什么 | shénme | what?; who?; something |
| 生病 | shēngbìng | to fall ill |
| 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 时候 | shíhou | time; length of time; moment |
| 时间 | shíjiān | time; period |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item |
| 是 | shì | is; are; am |
| 手机 | shǒujī | cell phone; mobile phone; ,支[zhi1] |
| 书 | shū | book; letter; document |
| 书店 | shūdiàn | bookstore |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; river; liquid |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep; to lie down |
| 睡觉 | shuìjiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 说 | shuō | to persuade |
| 说话 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say; to talk |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 岁 | suì | variant of 歲|岁[sui4], year; years old |
| 他 | tā | he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis) |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 他们 | tāmen | they |
| 它们 | tāmen | they (for inanimate objects) |
| 她们 | tāmen | they; them (for females) |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much) |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 听 | tīng | smile (archaic) |
| 听见 | tīngjiàn | to hear |
| 同学 | tóngxué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign |
| 外边 | wàibian | outside; outer surface; abroad |
| 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun; to trifle with |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night; late |
| 晚饭 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner; supper |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night; in the evening |
| 喂 | wèi | hello (when answering the phone) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 问题 | wèntí | question; problem; issue |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we; us; ourselves |
| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 午饭 | wǔfàn | lunch; ,頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuan | to like; to be fond of |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 先生 | xiānsheng | teacher; husband; doctor (dialect) |
| 现在 | xiànzài | now; at present; at the moment |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think; to believe; to suppose |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few |
| 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | child |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小学生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | primary school student; schoolchild; ,名[ming2] |
| 些 | xiē | some; few; several |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 谢谢 | xièxie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly; meso- (chemistry) |
| 星期 | xīngqī | week; day of the week; Sunday |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì | Sunday |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 休息 | xiūxi | rest; to rest |
| 学 | xué | to learn; to study; to imitate |
| 学生 | xuéshēng | student; schoolchild |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to learn; to study |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 雪 | xuě | snow; snowfall; to have the appearance of snow |
| 要 | yào | to demand; to request; to coerce |
| 也 | yě | also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation |
| 一 | yī | one; 1; single |
| 衣服 | yīfu | clothes; ,套[tao4] |
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor; ,位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital; ,家[jia1],座[zuo4] |
| 一半 | yíbàn | half |
| 一下 | yíxià | (used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time |
| 椅子 | yǐzi | chair; ,套[tao4] |
| 一点儿 | yìdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一些 | yìxiē | some; a few; a little |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are |
| 有的 | yǒude | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) |
| 有点儿 | yǒudiǎnr | slightly; a little; somewhat |
| 有些 | yǒuxiē | some; somewhat |
| 雨 | yǔ | rain; ,場|场[chang2] |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month; monthly |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 在 | zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist |
| 再见 | zàijiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 早 | zǎo | early; morning; Good morning! |
| 早饭 | zǎofàn | breakfast; ,頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 怎么 | zěnme | how?; what?; why? |
| 怎么样 | zěnmeyàng | how?; how about?; how was it? |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find; to look for; to call on sb |
| 这 | zhè | this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) |
| 这边 | zhèbiān | this side; here |
| 这个 | zhège | this; this one |
| 这里 | zhèlǐ | variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3] |
| 这儿 | zhèr | here |
| 这些 | zhèxiē | these |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed |
| 正在 | zhèngzài | just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth) |
| 只 | zhī | only; merely; just |
| 知道 | zhīdào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1 dao5] |
| 中国 | Zhōngguó | China |
| 中文 | Zhōngwén | Chinese language |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon; midday |
| 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school |
| 中学生 | zhōngxuéshēng | middle-school student; high school student |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay |
| 桌子 | zhuōzi | table; desk; ,套[tao4] |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc) |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to make; to produce |
| 做饭 | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal; to cook |
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