HSK 1 (3.0) vocabulary list: 300 words with pinyin
The complete word list for this level, in the order of the official syllabus — the one in force since 1 July 2026. Numbering runs across the whole syllabus, so this level starts at 1. Counting everything below it, HSK 1 covers 300 words.
300 of these glosses were written by hand for this list rather than taken from a dictionary entry. We checked them against CC-CEDICT, but the choice of sense is ours: a dictionary entry does not start with the meaning this list needs.
- 爱àito love; love
- 八bāeight
- 爸爸bàbafather
- 吧baparticle: suggestion
- 白天báitiāndaytime; during the day
- 百bǎihundred
- 半bànhalf
- 包子bāozibaozi, steamed buns
- 杯子bēizia cup; a glass
- 本běnmeasure word for books
- 边biānside
- 病bìngillness; to fall ill
- 不bùno
- 不客气bú kèqiyou're welcome; not at all
- 不要búyàodon't; must not
- 菜càidish; vegetable
- 茶chátea
- 唱chàngto sing
- 超市chāoshìa supermarket
- 车chēcar
- 吃chīto eat
- 出租车chūzūchēa taxi
- 穿chuānto wear; to put on
- 打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a phone call
- 大dàbig
- 大家dàjiāeveryone
- 大学dàxuéa university
- 大学生dàxuéshēnga university student
- 到dàoto arrive; until
- 的depossessive particle
- 第dìprefix for ordinal numbers
- 弟弟dìdiyounger brother
- 点diǎno'clock
- 店diàna shop; a store
- 电话diànhuàa telephone; a phone call
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电影diànyǐngmovie
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàna cinema
- 东西dōngxithing
- 都dōuall
- 读dúto read
- 读书dúshūto read; to study
- 对duìcorrect; towards
- 对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry
- 多duōmany
- 多少duōshaohow much?
- 儿子érzison
- 二èrtwo
- 饭fànmeal; cooked rice
- 饭店fàndiàna restaurant; a hotel
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 非常fēichángextremely
- 飞机fēijīaeroplane
- 分fēna minute; to divide; a cent
- 分钟fēnzhōngminute
- 高兴gāoxìnghappy
- 歌gēsong
- 哥哥gēgeolder brother
- 个gègeneral measure word
- 给gěito give; for
- 公司gōngsīcompany
- 工作gōngzuòto work
- 狗gǒudog
- 贵guìexpensive
- 国guóa country; a state
- 还háistill
- 孩子háizichild
- 汉语HànyǔChinese language
- 汉字HànzìChinese character
- 好hǎogood
- 好吃hǎochītasty; delicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to listen to
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun; amusing
- 号hàothe date; a number
- 喝hēto drink
- 和héand
- 很hěnvery
- 后hòuafter; behind
- 回huíto return
- 会huìcan; will
- 火车huǒchētrain
- 鸡蛋jīdànan egg
- 几jǐhow many
- 家jiāhome
- 家人jiārénfamily members
- 见jiànto see
- 件jiànmeasure word: item, piece
- 饺子jiǎozijiaozi; dumplings
- 叫jiàoto be called; to call
- 姐姐jiějieolder sister
- 今年jīnniánthis year
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 九jiǔnine
- 觉得juédeto feel; to think
- 开kāito open; to drive
- 开车kāichēto drive a car
- 看kànto look; to read
- 看病kànbìngto see a doctor; to see a patient
- 看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
- 可以kěyǐcan
- 课kèa lesson; a class
- 口kǒumouth; measure word for family members
- 块kuàiyuan (colloquial)
- 来láito come
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 了lecompleted action marker
- 冷lěngcold
- 里lǐinside; in
- 两liǎngtwo
- 零língzero
- 六liùsix
- 妈妈māmamama
- 吗maquestion particle
- 买mǎito buy
- 卖màito sell
- 忙mángbusy
- 猫māocat
- 没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matter
- 没事méishìit's nothing; to be free
- 没有méiyǒuto not have
- 妹妹mèimeiyounger sister
- 们menplural suffix
- 米饭mǐfànrice
- 面包miànbāobread
- 面条儿miàntiáornoodles
- 明年míngniánnext year
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 名字míngziname
- 哪nǎwhich
- 哪个nǎgewhich one
- 哪里nǎlǐwhere; nowhere
- 哪儿nǎrwhere
- 哪些nǎxiēwhich ones
- 那nàthat
- 那边nàbiānover there
- 那个nàgethat one
- 那里nàlǐthere
- 那儿nàrthere
- 那些nàxiēthose
- 男nánmale
- 男朋友nánpéngyoua boyfriend
- 呢nequestion particle
- 能néngcan
- 你nǐyou
- 你好nǐ hǎohello
- 你们nǐmenyou
- 年niányear
- 您nínyou (polite)
- 牛奶niúnǎimilk
- 女nǚfemale
- 女儿nǚ’éra daughter
- 女朋友nǚpéngyoua girlfriend
- 女士nǚshìa lady; Ms
- 朋友péngyoufriend
- 便宜piányicheap
- 漂亮piàoliangbeautiful
- 苹果píngguǒapple
- 七qīseven
- 起床qǐchuángto get up
- 千qiānthousand
- 前qiánfront; before
- 钱qiánmoney
- 请qǐngto ask
- 请问qǐngwènexcuse me, may I ask
- 去qùto go
- 去年qùniánlast year
- 热rèhot
- 人rénperson
- 认识rènshito know
- 日rìthe sun; a day
- 三sānthree
- 商店shāngdiànshop
- 上shàngup; to go up; previous
- 上班shàngbānto go to work
- 上课shàngkèto have a lesson; to teach a class
- 上午shàngwǔmorning; before noon
- 上学shàngxuéto go to school
- 少shǎofew; little
- 谁shéi/shuíwho
- 什么shénmewhat?
- 生病shēngbìngto fall ill
- 十shíten
- 时候shíhoutime; moment
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 事shìmatter; affair
- 是shìto be
- 手机shǒujīcell phone
- 书shūbook
- 书店shūdiànbookshop
- 水shuǐwater
- 水果shuǐguǒfruit
- 睡shuìto sleep
- 睡觉shuìjiàoto sleep
- 说shuōto speak
- 说话shuōhuàto speak
- 四sìfour
- 岁suìyears old
- 他tāhe
- 它tāit
- 她tāshe
- 他们tāmenthey
- 它们tāmenthey; them (things)
- 她们tāmenthey; them (female)
- 太tàitoo; excessively
- 天tiānday; sky
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 听tīngto listen
- 听见tīngjiànto hear
- 同学tóngxuéclassmate
- 外wàioutside
- 外边wàibianoutside
- 玩wánto play
- 晚wǎnlate
- 晚饭wǎnfàndinner; supper
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 喂wèito feed
- 问wènto ask
- 问题wèntíquestion; problem
- 我wǒI
- 我们wǒmenwe
- 五wǔfive
- 午饭wǔfànlunch
- 喜欢xǐhuanto like
- 下xiàdown; to go down; next
- 下雨xià yǔto rain
- 下班xiàbānto finish work
- 下课xiàkèto finish class
- 下午xiàwǔafternoon
- 先生xiānshengMr; sir
- 现在xiànzàinow
- 想xiǎngto want; to think
- 小xiǎosmall
- 小朋友xiǎopéngyǒua child; children
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 小学xiǎoxuéprimary school
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēnga primary school pupil
- 些xiēsome; a few
- 写xiěto write
- 谢谢xièxieto thank
- 新xīnnew
- 星期xīngqīweek
- 星期日xīngqīrìSunday
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
- 休息xiūxito rest
- 学xuéto learn
- 学生xuéshēngstudent
- 学习xuéxíto learn
- 学校xuéxiàoschool
- 雪xuěsnow
- 要yàoto want; must
- 也yěalso
- 一yīone
- 衣服yīfuclothes
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 一半yíbànhalf
- 一下yíxiàa bit; briefly
- 椅子yǐzia chair
- 一点儿yìdiǎnra little
- 一些yìxiēsome; a few
- 有yǒuto have
- 有的yǒudesome
- 有点儿yǒudiǎnra bit; slightly
- 有些yǒuxiēsome; somewhat
- 雨yǔrain
- 元yuányuan
- 月yuèmonth; moon
- 再zàiagain; once more
- 在zàito be at; in
- 再见zàijiàngoodbye
- 早zǎoearly; morning
- 早饭zǎofànbreakfast
- 早上zǎoshangmorning
- 怎么zěnmehow?
- 怎么样zěnmeyànghow about
- 找zhǎoto look for
- 这zhèthis
- 这边zhèbiānover here; this side
- 这个zhègethis one
- 这里zhèlǐhere
- 这儿zhèrhere
- 这些zhèxiēthese
- 真zhēnreally; genuine
- 正在zhèngzàiin the middle of doing
- 只zhīonly
- 知道zhīdàoto know
- 中国ZhōngguóChina
- 中文ZhōngwénChinese language
- 中午zhōngwǔnoon
- 中学zhōngxuésecondary school
- 中学生zhōngxuéshēngsecondary school pupil
- 住zhùto live; to stay
- 桌子zhuōzitable
- 字zìcharacter
- 昨天zuótiānyesterday
- 坐zuòto sit; to travel by
- 做zuòto do; to make
- 做饭zuò fànto cook a meal
Where these numbers come from
The list was parsed from the official syllabus PDF — 406 pages — rather than copied from another site. Two independently parsed parts of that document agree exactly: the set of characters used across all 11,000 words is precisely the syllabus’s own list of 3,088 characters to recognise, with none left over on either side.