HSK Guide/HSK 1 Vocab

爱 àito love; affection; to be fond of; to like八 bāeight; 8爸爸 bà bafather (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]杯子 bēi zicup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]北京 běi jīngBeijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government本 běnorigin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally不客气 bú kè qiyou're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)不 bùnot (negative prefix); no菜 càidish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]茶 chátea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]吃 chīto eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust出租车 chū zū chētaxi打电话 dǎ diàn huàto make a phone call大 dàbig; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest的 deof; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive点 diǎna little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities电脑 diàn nǎocomputer; CL:台[tai2]电视 diàn shìtelevision; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]电影 diàn yǐngmovie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]东西 dōng xithing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]都 dōuall, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already读 dúto read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]对不起 duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;多 duōmany; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-多少 duō shǎohow much; how many儿子 ér zison二 èrtwo; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)饭店 fàn diànrestaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];飞机 fēi jīairplane; CL: 架[jia4]分钟 fēn zhōngminute高兴 gāo xìnghappy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood个 gèclassifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size工作 gōng zuòjob; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]狗 gǒudog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]汉语 hàn yǔChinese language好 hǎogood; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)号 hàoday of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number喝 hēto drink; to shout (a command)和 héand; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He很 hěnvery; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully后面 hòu miànrear; back; behind; later; afterwards回 huíto go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)会 huìcan; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)几 jǐhow much; how many; several; a few家 jiāhome; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4]叫 jiàoto call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)今天 jīn tiāntoday; at the present九 jiǔnine; 9开 kāito open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)看 kànto look at看见 kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of块 kuàiunit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱来 láito come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next老师 lǎo shīteacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]了 le(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)冷 lěngcold里 lǐinside; lining; interior; internal六 liùsix; 6吗 ma(question tag)妈妈 mā mamum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]买 mǎito buy; to purchase猫 māocat; CL:只[zhi1]没关系 méi guān xiit doesn't matter没有 méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;米饭 mǐ fàn(cooked) rice名字 míng ziname (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]明天 míng tiāntomorrow哪 nǎwhich? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);哪儿 nǎ erwhere?; wherever; anywhere那 nàthat; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;呢 ne(question particle for subjects already mentioned)能 néngto be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of你 nǐyou (informal)年 niányear; CL:个[ge4]女儿 nǚ érdaughter朋友 péng youfriend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]漂亮 piào liangpretty; beautiful苹果 píng guǒapple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]七 qīseven; 7前面 qián miànahead; in front; preceding; above钱 qiáncoin; money; CL:笔[bi3]请 qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request去 qùto go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed热 rèheat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up人 rénman; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]认识 rèn shito know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition三 sānthree; 3商店 shāng diànstore; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]上 shàngon上午 shàng wǔmorning; CL:个[ge4]少 shǎofew; little; lack谁 shéiwho; also pronounced shui2什么 shén mewhat?; who?; something; anything十 shíten; 10时候 shí houtime; length of time; moment; period是 shìto be; yes书 shūbook; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History水 shuǐwater; river; liquid; beverage水果 shuǐguǒfruit睡觉 shuì jiàoto go to bed; to go to sleep说 shuōto speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);四 sìfour; 4岁 suìclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)他 tāhe or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another她 tāshe太 tàitoo (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest天气 tiān qìweather听 tīngto listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages同学 tóng xué(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]喂 wèihello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey我 wǒI; me; my我们 wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our五 wǔfive; 5喜欢 xǐ huanto like; to be fond of下 xiàdown; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down下午 xià wǔafternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]下雨 xià yǔto rain; rainy先生 xiān shengMister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]现在 xiàn zàinow; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays想 xiǎngto think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss小 xiǎosmall; tiny; young小姐 xiǎo jieyoung lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]些 xiēsome; few; several; (a measure word)写 xiěto write谢谢 xiè xieto thank; thanks星期 xīng qīweek; CL:个[ge4]学生 xué shengstudent; school child学习 xué xíto learn; to study学校 xué xiàoschool; CL:所[suo3]一 yīone; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)一点儿 yī diǎn era little (bit)医生 yī shēngdoctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]医院 yī yuànhospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]衣服 yī fuclothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]椅子 yǐ zichair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]有 yǒuto have; there is; there are; to exist; to be月 yuèmonth; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]再见 zài jiàngoodbye; see you again later在 zài(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)怎么 zěn mehow?; what?; why?怎么样 zěn me yànghow are things? how?; how about?; how was it?这 zhèthis; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);中国 zhōng guóChina; Middle Kingdom中午 zhōng wǔnoon; midday; CL:个[ge4]住 zhùto live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop桌子 zhuō zitable; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]字 zìletter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]昨天 zuó tiānyesterday做 zuòto do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance坐 zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit