HSK 2 (3.0) vocabulary list: 200 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 301. Counting everything below it, HSK 2 covers 500 words.
200 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.
- 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
- 高gāotall
- 高中gāozhōngupper secondary school
- 告诉gàosuto tell; to inform
- 个子gèziheight; build
- 跟gēnwith; to follow
- 公交车gōngjiāochēa bus
- 过guòexperience marker; to pass
- 过来guòláito come over
- 过年guòniánto celebrate New Year
- 过去guòqùthe past; to pass by
- 过guoexperience marker; to pass
- 还是háishior; after all
- 黑色hēisèblack
- 红茶hóngcháblack tea
- 红色hóngsèred
- 后面hòumiànbehind; at the back
- 花huāflower; to spend
- 花huāflower; to spend
- 画huàto draw; picture
- 坏huàibad; to break down
- 回来huíláito come back
- 回去huíqùto go back
- 机场jīchǎngairport
- 机票jīpiàoa plane ticket
- 记得jìdeto remember
- 间jiānmeasure word for rooms
- 教jiāoto teach
- 教室jiàoshìa classroom
- 介绍jièshàoto introduce; to present
- 进jìnto enter; to go in
- 近jìnnear; close
- 进来jìnláito come in
- 进去jìnqùto go in
- 经常jīngchángoften; regularly
- 酒店jiǔdiàna hotel; a restaurant
- 就jiùthen; exactly
- 咖啡kāfēicoffee
- 开始kāishǐto begin
- 开学kāixuéto start the school term
- 考kǎoto sit an exam; to test
- 考试kǎoshìexam
- 可能kěnéngmaybe; possible
- 裤子kùzitrousers
- 快kuàifast; soon
- 快乐kuàilèhappy
- 快要kuàiyàoabout to; soon
- 篮球lánqiúbasketball
- 累lèitired
- 离lífrom; to leave
- 里面lǐmiàninside; within
- 楼lóua building; a floor
- 路lùroad
- 路上lùshangon the way; on the road
- 旅游lǚyóuto travel
- 绿茶lǜchágreen tea
- 绿色lǜsègreen
- 慢mànslow
- 没意思méi yìsiboring; pointless
- 每měieach
- 门méndoor
- 门口ménkǒua doorway; the entrance
- 门票ménpiàoan entrance ticket
- 面miànface; side; noodles
- 名míngname; measure word for people
- 拿náto take; to hold
- 那么nàmeso; in that case
- 那样nàyàngthat kind; like that
- 奶茶nǎichámilk tea
- 奶奶nǎinaipaternal grandmother
- 男孩儿nánháira boy
- 鸟niǎobird
- 女孩儿nǚháira girl
- 旁边pángbiānbeside
- 跑pǎoto run
- 跑步pǎobùto run; jogging
- 票piàoa ticket
- 妻子qīzia wife
- 起来qǐláito get up; to stand up
- 前面qiánmiànin front; ahead
- 晴qíngclear; fine
- 球qiúa ball
- 让ràngto let; to make
- 肉ròumeat
- 商场shāngchǎnga shopping centre
- 上来shàngláito come up
- 上面shàngmiànabove; on top
- 上去shàngqùto go up
- 上网shàngwǎngto go online
- 身体shēntǐbody; health
- 生日shēngrìbirthday
- 时shítime; an hour
- 事情shìqingmatter; affair
- 手shǒuhand
- 手表shǒubiǎoa wristwatch
- 书包shūbāoschoolbag
- 舒服shūfucomfortable
- 送sòngto send; to see off; to give
- 虽然suīránalthough
- 所以suǒyǐso; therefore
- 疼téngto hurt; to be fond of
- 踢tīto kick
- 题tíquestion; problem
- 条tiáomeasure word: long objects
- 跳舞tiàowǔto dance
- 头tóuhead
- 外国wàiguóa foreign country
- 外面wàimiànoutside
- 完wánto finish
- 万wànten thousand
- 往wǎngtowards; to go to
- 网上wǎngshangonline; on the internet
- 忘wàngto forget
- 位wèimeasure word for people (polite)
- 为什么wèi shénmewhy?
- 希望xīwàngto hope
- 洗xǐto wash
- 洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet
- 下来xiàláito come down
- 下面xiàmiànbelow; the following
- 下去xiàqùto go down
- 小孩儿xiǎoháira child
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
- 笑xiàoto laugh
- 姓xìnga surname; to be surnamed
- 姓名xìngmíngfull name
- 颜色yánsècolour
- 眼睛yǎnjingeyes
- 药yàomedicine
- 药店yàodiàna pharmacy; a chemist's
- 爷爷yéyegrandfather
- 一会儿yíhuìra moment
- 已经yǐjīngalready
- 一起yìqǐtogether
- 意思yìsimeaning
- 阴yīnovercast; yin
- 因为yīnwèibecause
- 游yóuto swim
- 游泳yóuyǒngto swim
- 有意思yǒu yìsiinteresting; fun
- 有时yǒushísometimes
- 右yòuright; the right side
- 右边yòubianthe right-hand side
- 鱼yúa fish
- 远yuǎnfar; distant
- 运动yùndòngsport; to exercise
- 站zhànto stand; a station
- 丈夫zhàngfuhusband
- 这么zhèmeso; this
- 这样zhèyànglike this; such
- 着zheongoing state marker
- 正zhèngjust; upright; principal
- 周zhōua week; a circuit
- 准备zhǔnbèito prepare
- 自己zìjǐoneself
- 走zǒuto walk
- 走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot
- 足球zúqiúfootball; soccer
- 最zuìmost
- 左zuǒleft
- 左边zuǒbianthe left-hand side
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.