HSK 1, the classic cut

The 150 words of old level 1. Tap the speaker where recorded; open any word for strokes and sentences.

Words 1 to 50爱 … 块
  • ài to love
  • eight
  • 爸爸 bàba (coll.) father
  • 杯子 bēizi cup
  • běn (bound form) root
  • no
  • 不客气 bú kèqi you're welcome
  • cài vegetable
  • chá tea
  • chī to eat
  • 出租车 chūzūchē taxi
  • 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a telephone call
  • big
  • de of
  • diǎn to touch briefly
  • 电脑 diànnǎo computer
  • 电视 diànshì television
  • 电影 diànyǐng movie
  • 东西 dōngxi thing
  • dōu all
  • to read out
  • 对不起 duìbuqǐ I'm sorry
  • duō many
  • 多少 duōshao how much?
  • 儿子 érzi son
  • èr two
  • 饭店 fàndiàn restaurant
  • 飞机 fēijī airplane
  • 分钟 fēnzhōng minute
  • 高兴 gāoxìng happy
  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifi
  • 工作 gōngzuò to work
  • gǒu dog
  • 汉语 Hànyǔ Chinese language
  • hǎo good
  • hào (literary) to call out
  • to drink
  • old variant of 和
  • hěn very
  • huí Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  • huì can
  • how many
  • jiā used in 家伙 and 家俱
  • jiào to shout
  • 今天 jīntiān today
  • jiǔ nine
  • kāi to open (transitive or intransitive)
  • kàn to see
  • 看见 kànjiàn to see
  • kuài lump
Words 51 to 100来 … 岁
  • lái to come
  • 老师 lǎoshī teacher
  • le (completed action marker)
  • lěng surname Leng
  • variant of 里
  • liù six
  • 妈妈 māma mama
  • ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  • mǎi to buy
  • māo cat (CL:只)
  • 没关系 méi guānxi it doesn't matter
  • 没有 méiyǒu haven't
  • 米饭 mǐfàn (cooked) rice
  • 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
  • 名字 míngzi name (of a person or thing)
  • how
  • 哪儿 nǎr where?
  • (specifier) that
  • ne (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to
  • néng surname Neng
  • you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
  • nián surname Nian
  • 女儿 nǚ’ér daughter
  • 朋友 péngyou friend
  • 漂亮 piàoliang pretty
  • 苹果 píngguǒ Apple (American tech company)
  • seven
  • qián surname Qian
  • qǐng to ask
  • to go
  • to warm up
  • rén person
  • 认识 rènshi to know
  • sān surname San
  • 商店 shāngdiàn store
  • shàng (bound form) up
  • 上午 shàngwǔ morning
  • shǎo few
  • shéi/shuí who
  • 什么 shénme what?
  • shí ten
  • 时候 shíhou time
  • shì to be (followed by substantives only)
  • shū abbr. for 书经
  • shuǐ surname Shui
  • 水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
  • 睡觉 shuìjiào to go to bed
  • shuō to speak
  • four
  • suì years old
Words 101 to 150他 … 北京
  • (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu.
  • she
  • tài highest
  • 天气 tiānqì weather
  • tīng to listen to
  • 同学 tóngxué to study at the same school
  • wèi hey
  • I
  • 我们 wǒmen we
  • five
  • 喜欢 xǐhuan to like
  • xià down
  • 下雨 xià yǔ to rain
  • 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
  • 先生 xiānsheng teacher
  • 现在 xiànzài now
  • xiǎng to think (about)
  • xiǎo small
  • xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater
  • xiě to write
  • 谢谢 xièxie to thank
  • 星期 xīngqī week
  • 学生 xuéshēng student
  • 学习 xuéxí to learn
  • 学校 xuéxiào school
  • one
  • 衣服 yīfu clothes
  • 医生 yīshēng doctor
  • 医院 yīyuàn hospital
  • 椅子 yǐzi chair
  • 一点儿 yìdiǎnr erhua variant of 一点
  • yǒu to have
  • yuè moon
  • zài to exist
  • 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
  • 怎么 zěnme how?
  • 怎么样 zěnmeyàng how?
  • zhè (pronoun) this
  • 中国 Zhōngguó China
  • 中午 zhōngwǔ noon
  • zhù to live
  • 桌子 zhuōzi table
  • letter
  • 昨天 zuótiān yesterday
  • zuò surname Zuo
  • zuò to make
  • 后面 hòumiàn the back
  • 前面 qiánmiàn ahead
  • 小姐 xiǎojiě young lady
  • 北京 běijīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of Ch