chinese HSK 1 vocabulary

爱

ài - to love; affection; to be fond of

八

bā - eight

爸爸

bàba - dad, father

杯子

bēizi - cup, glass, mug

北京

Běijīng - Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

本

běn - measure word for books

不客气

bú kèqi - not at all, don't mention it, you're welcome

不

bù - not

茶

chá - tea

菜

cài - dishes; cuisine

肐

chī - to eat

出租车

chū zū chē - taxi

打电话

dǎ diàn huà - to make a telephone call

大

dà - big

的

de - a possessive particle used before a noun

点

diǎn - o'clock

电脑

diànnǎo - computer

电视

diànshì - TV

电影

diànyǐng - movie

东西

dōng xi - things, stuff

都

dōu - both; all

读

dú - to read

对不起

duìbuqǐ - I'm sorry

多

duō - many, much

多少

duō shǎo - how many, how much

儿子

érzi - son

二

èr - two

饭馆

fànguǎn - restaurant

飞机

fēi jī - airplane

分钟

fēn zhōng - minute

高兴

gāoxìng - happy; pleased

个

gè - measure word for people or objects

工作

gōngzuò - work; to work

狗

gǒu - dog

汉语

Hànyǔ - Chinese language

好

hǎo - good

喝

hē - to drink

和

hé - and

很

hěn - very

后面

hòu miàn - behind

回

huí - to return

会

huì - can, to be able to

火车站

huǒ chē zhàn - train station

几

jǐ - how many

家

jiā - family, home

叫

jiào - to be called, to call

今天

jīntiān - today

九

jiǔ - nine

开

kāi - to open

看

kàn - to read, to see, to watch, to look at

看见

kàn jiàn - to see, catch sight of

块

kuài - dollar (spoken)

来

lái - to come

老师

lǎoshī - teacher

了

le - indicates past tense

汵

lěng - cold

里

lǐ - inside

零

líng - zero

六

liù - six

妈妈

māma - mother

买

mǎi - to buy

描

māo - cat

没

méi - not (negative prefix for verbs)

没关系

méiguānxi - it doesn’t matter, its okay

米饭

mǐfàn - cooked rice

明天

míngtiān - tomorrow

名字

míngzi - name

哪

nǎ - how, which

哪儿

nǎr - where, wherever, anywhere

那

nà - that, those

那儿

nàr - there

呢

ne - (like asking what about it)

能

néng - to be able to

你

nǐ - you

年

nián - year

女儿

nǔér - daughter

朋友

péngyou - friend

漂亮

piàoliang - pretty

七

qī - seven

钱

qián - coin, money

前面

qiánmiàn - ahead, in front

请

qǐng - to ask, to invite

去

qù - to go

热

rè - heat, hot

人

rén - person

认识

rènshi - to know

日

rì - day, date; day of the month

三

sān - 3

商店

shāngdiàn - store

上

shàng - on top

上午

shàngwǔ - morning

少

shǎo - few

谁

shéi - who

什么

shénme - what

十

shí - ten

时候

shíhou - time

是

shì - is

书

shū - book

水果

shuǐguǒ - fruit

睡觉

shuìjiào - to go to sleep