HSK 2 (3.0): 500 words and 371 characters — 2026 syllabus
Everything HSK 2 requires under the syllabus in force since 1 July 2026. Figures are cumulative: the level is also tested on everything below it. Counted from the official syllabus rather than copied from summaries — why that distinction matters here.
Requirements in numbers
- Words
- 500
- +200 at this level
- Characters to read
- 371
- +125 at this level
- Of those, to write
- 100
- list shared with the next level
- Under HSK 2.0
- 300
- words at this level
HSK 2 characters: 125 new
Characters introduced at this level, with their stroke count underneath. The ones you also need to write by hand, rather than only recognise, are underlined in red — 5 of 125.
- 啊10
- 帮9
- 备8
- 比4
- 笔10
- 表8
- 别7
- 步7
- 场6
- 词7
- 次6
- 从4
- 错13
- 但7
- 地6
- 等12
- 店8
- 懂15
- 动6
- 啡11
- 夫4
- 告7
- 跟13
- 馆11
- 过6
- 黑12
- 红6
- 花7
- 画8
- 坏7
- 己3
- 记5
- 交6
- 教11
- 介4
- 进7
- 近7
- 经8
- 睛13
- 酒10
- 就12
- 咖8
- 考6
- 裤12
- 快7
- 篮16
- 乐5
- 累11
- 离10
- 留10
- 楼13
- 路13
- 旅10
- 绿11
- 慢14
- 每7
- 门3
- 拿10
- 鸟5
- 旁10
- 跑12
- 票11
- 妻8
- 情11
- 晴12
- 球11
- 然12
- 让5
- 肉6
- 色6
- 绍8
- 身7
- 始8
- 试8
- 室9
- 舒12
- 思9
- 送9
- 诉7
- 虽9
- 所8
- 疼10
- 踢15
- 体7
- 跳13
- 铁10
- 头5
- 完7
- 万3
- 网6
- 往8
- 忘7
- 望11
- 为4
- 位7
- 舞14
- 希7
- 洗9
- 笑10
- 姓8
- 颜15
- 眼11
- 药9
- 爷6
- 已3
- 意13
- 因6
- 阴6
- 泳8
- 游12
- 右5
- 鱼8
- 远7
- 运7
- 站10
- 长4
- 丈3
- 周8
- 着11
- 准10
- 自6
- 走7
- 足7
- 最12
- 左5
Levels 1 and 2 share a single handwriting list of 100 characters. Every character above links to its own page: stroke order, readings, and every word in the syllabus that uses it. Printable practice sheets take any characters you paste in.
HSK 2 vocabulary: 200 new words
The start of the level’s word list, in syllabus order, with official pinyin and a short gloss. 200 glosses on this level were written by hand for the list rather than taken from a dictionary entry.
- 啊asentence-final particle
- 爱好àihàoto like
- 白色báisèwhite
- 班bānclass; shift
- 帮bāngto help
- 帮忙bāngmángto help; to lend a hand
- 包bāoa bag; to wrap
- 本子běnzia notebook
- 比bǐthan; to compare
- 笔bǐa pen; measure word for sums of money
- 别biédon't; other
- 不错búcuònot bad; quite good; correct
- 不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel awkward; excuse me
- 长chángto grow
- 车站chēzhànstation; stop
- 出chūto go out
- 出国chūguóto go abroad
- 出来chūláito come out
- 出门chūménto go out; to leave home
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 床chuánga bed
- 词cíword
- 次cìtime (occurrence)
- 从cóngfrom
- 从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood
- 错cuòmistake; wrong
- 打dǎto hit; to make (a call)
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 打开dǎkāito open; to switch on
- 但dànbut
- 但是dànshìbut
- 得deto have to
- 地deadverbial suffix
- 等děngto wait
- 地铁dìtiěthe underground; the metro
- 点diǎno'clock
- 懂dǒngto understand
- 动dòngto move; to touch
- 饭馆fànguǎnrestaurant
- 飞fēito fly