HSK1 Vocab

你好 (nǐ hǎo) - hello

你 (nǐ) - you

好 (hǎo) - good

吗 (ma) - (question particle)

我 (wǒ) - I, me

很 (hěn) - very

呢 (ne) - (particle for follow-up questions)

也 (yě) - also, too

谢谢 (xièxie) - to thank

不 (bù) - no, not

客气 (kèqi) - polite

对不起 (duìbuqǐ) - sorry

没关系 (méi guānxi) - it doesn't matter

再见 (zàijiàn) - goodbye

叫 (jiào) - to call, to be named

什么 (shénme) - what

名字 (míngzi) - name

是 (shì) - to be

老师 (lǎoshī) - teacher

人 (rén) - person

中国 (Zhōngguó) - China

的 (de) - (possessive particle)

谁 (shéi) - who

她 (tā) - she, her

同学 (tóngxué) - classmate

汉语 (Hànyǔ) - Chinese language

哪 (nǎ) - which

国 (guó) - country

法国 (Fàguó) - France

美国 (Měiguó) - America

英国 (Yīngguó) - Britain

和 (hé) - and

家 (jiā) - family, home

有 (yǒu) - to have

爸爸 (bàba) - dad

妈妈 (māma) - mom

儿子 (érzi) - son

女儿 (nǚ'ér) - daughter

个 (gè) - (general measure word)

今年 (jīnnián) - this year

岁 (suì) - years old

了 (le) - (particle indicating change/new situation)

两 (liǎng) - two (used with measure words)

会 (huì) - can, to know how to

说 (shuō) - to speak, to talk

读 (dú) - to read

写 (xiě) - to write

字 (zì) - character

看 (kàn) - to see, to read, to watch

书 (shū) - book

一点儿 (yìdiǎnr) - a little

听 (tīng) - to listen

打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) - to make a phone call

今天 (jīntiān) - today

号 (hào) - day of the month, number

几 (jǐ) - how many (for numbers less than 10)

明天 (míngtiān) - tomorrow

日 (rì) - day of the month

星期 (xīngqī) - week

月 (yuè) - month

年 (nián) - year

生日 (shēngrì) - birthday

吃 (chī) - to eat

菜 (cài) - dish, cuisine

怎么样 (zěnmeyàng) - how is it?

想 (xiǎng) - to want to, would like to

喝 (hē) - to drink

茶 (chá) - tea

牛奶 (niúnǎi) - milk

果汁 (guǒzhī) - juice

米饭 (mǐfàn) - cooked rice

面条 (miàntiáo) - noodles

水 (shuǐ) - water

钱 (qián) - money

块 (kuài) - (measure word for money, colloquial for yuan)

多少 (duōshǎo) - how much, how many

要 (yào) - to want

苹果 (píngguǒ) - apple

在 (zài) - at (a place), to be at/in

哪儿 (nǎr) - where

工作 (gōngzuò) - to work, job

医院 (yīyuàn) - hospital

医生 (yīshēng) - doctor

护士 (hùshi) - nurse

里 (lǐ) - inside

学校 (xuéxiào) - school

商店 (shāngdiàn) - shop, store

能 (néng) - can (permission/ability)

坐 (zuò) - to sit

这儿 (zhèr) - here

那儿 (nàr) - there

位子 (wèizi) - seat

请 (qǐng) - please

进 (jìn) - to enter

现在 (xiànzài) - now

点 (diǎn) - o'clock

分 (fēn) - minute

半 (bàn) - half

刻 (kè) - quarter (of an hour)

时候 (shíhou) - time (duration/point in time)

早上 (zǎoshang) - early morning

上午 (shàngwǔ) - morning

中午 (zhōngwǔ) - noon

下午 (xiàwǔ) - afternoon

晚上 (wǎnshang) - evening/night

睡觉 (shuìjiào) - to sleep

起床 (qǐchuáng) - to get up

天气 (tiānqì) - weather

冷 (lěng) - cold

热 (rè) - hot

多 (duō) - many, much

大 (dà) - big

风 (fēng) - wind

下雨 (xiàyǔ) - to rain

下雪 (xiàxuě) - to snow

可以 (kěyǐ) - can, may

在 (zài) - (indicates an action in progress)

学 (xué) - to learn, to study

做 (zuò) - to do, to make

好吃 (hǎochī) - delicious (for food)

吧 (ba) - (particle for suggestions)

喜欢 (xǐhuan) - to like

非常 (fēicháng) - very, extremely

猫 (māo) - cat

狗 (gǒu) - dog

东西 (dōngxi) - thing, stuff

买 (mǎi) - to buy

衣服 (yīfu) - clothes

件 (jiàn) - (measure word for clothes)

多少钱 (duōshǎo qián) - how much money

贵 (guì) - expensive

便宜 (piányi) - cheap

颜色 (yánsè) - color

红 (hóng) - red

白 (bái) - white

黑 (hēi) - black

漂亮 (piàoliang) - beautiful, pretty

来 (lái) - to come

回 (huí) - to return, to go back

去 (qù) - to go

怎么 (zěnme) - how (by what means)

坐 (zuò) - to travel by (plane, car, etc.)

飞机 (fēijī) - airplane

火车 (huǒchē) - train

车 (chē) - car, vehicle

地铁 (dìtiě) - subway

走路 (zǒulù) - to walk

饭店 (fàndiàn) - restaurant, hotel

北京 (Běijīng) - Beijing