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Chinese HSK 1 Vocabulary

Practice 248 HSK 1 Chinese words across 14 everyday topics, with pinyin and measure words. Covers all 150 words of the classic HSK 1 list, plus 98 more level-1 words from the 2021 Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards that the 2025 HSK syllabus also puts at level 1. HSK 1-oriented, not an official or complete exam list.

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HSK 1 and HSK 2: the format, every deck and its source

  • People and family

    爸爸

    father / dad

  • Days and dates

    yesterday

    昨天

  • Places and directions

    北京

    Beijing

  • Weather, health and free time

    nice to listen to

    好听

  • Small words and polite phrases

    没关系

    it's OK / never mind

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You start with People and family, and the next section opens as you learn the one before it.

  1. Section 1: People and family

    Start here19 cards

  2. Section 2: Pronouns and questions

    19 cards

  3. Section 3: Numbers and counting

    19 cards

  4. Section 4: Days and dates

    16 cards

  5. Section 5: Times of day

    15 cards

  6. Section 6: Food and drink

    20 cards

  7. Section 7: At home

    16 cards

  8. Section 8: Places and directions

    17 cards

  9. Section 9: Transport and money

    15 cards

  10. Section 10: School and work

    19 cards

  11. Section 11: Weather, health and free time

    15 cards

  12. Section 12: Everyday verbs

    19 cards

  13. Section 13: Describing and feelings

    18 cards

  14. Section 14: Small words and polite phrases

    21 cards
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All 248 cards

In the order you learn them, one section at a time.

1People and family19 cards

爸爸
father / dad
妈妈
mother / mum
哥哥
older brother
姐姐
older sister
弟弟
younger brother
妹妹
younger sister
儿子
son
女儿
daughter
孩子
child
朋友
friend
男朋友
boyfriend
女朋友
girlfriend
同学
classmate / fellow student
老师
teacher
学生
student / pupil
医生
doctor
先生
Mr / sir / husband
小姐
Miss / young lady
人
person / people

2Pronouns and questions19 cards

我
I / me
我们
we / us
你
you (one person)
你们
you (several people)
您
you (polite)
他
he / him
她
she / her
他们
they / them
这
this
那
that
谁
who
什么
what
名字
name
哪
which
哪儿
where
怎么
how / how come
怎么样
how is it / how about
几
how many (a few)
多少
how many / how much

3Numbers and counting19 cards

一
one
二
two
三
three
四
four
五
five
六
six
七
seven
八
eight
九
nine
十
ten
零
zero
两
two (of something)
百
hundred
半
half
第
(makes ordinal numbers: first, second…)
个
(general measure word, for people and many things)
本
(measure word for books)
岁
years old
些
some / a few

4Days and dates16 cards

今天
today
明天
tomorrow
昨天
yesterday
天
day / sky
今年
this year
明年
next year
去年
last year
年
year
月
month / moon
日
day of the month (written) / sun
号
day of the month / number
星期
week
星期天
Sunday
现在
now
时候
time, moment (when)
时间
time

5Times of day15 cards

早上
(early) morning
上午
morning (before noon) / a.m.
中午
noon / midday
下午
afternoon / p.m.
晚上
evening / night
白天
daytime
小时
hour
点
o'clock / point
分钟
minute
分
minute (on the clock) / fen (cent)
早
early / morning!
晚
late
起床
to get up
睡觉
to sleep / to go to bed
休息
to rest / to have time off

6Food and drink20 cards

饭
meal / cooked rice
米饭
(cooked) rice
早饭
breakfast
午饭
lunch
晚饭
dinner / supper
菜
dish / vegetables
面包
bread
面条儿
noodles
鸡蛋
egg
包子
steamed bun (with a filling)
牛奶
milk
茶
tea
水
water
水果
fruit
苹果
apple
杯子
cup / glass
吃
to eat
喝
to drink
好吃
tasty / delicious
饭店
restaurant / hotel

7At home16 cards

家
home / family
房间
room
桌子
table / desk
椅子
chair
衣服
clothes
东西
thing / stuff
电脑
computer
电视
TV
手机
mobile phone
电话
telephone / phone call
打电话
to make a phone call
猫
cat
狗
dog
住
to live / to stay
穿
to wear / to put on
开
to open / to turn on / to drive

8Places and directions17 cards

这儿
here
那儿
there
这里
here
那里
there
哪里
where
那边
over there / that side
上
on / up / above
下
under / down / below
里
in / inside
前面
in front / ahead
后面
behind / at the back
外边
outside
中国
China
北京
Beijing
商店
shop
书店
bookshop
医院
hospital

9Transport and money15 cards

车
vehicle / car
火车
train
出租车
taxi
飞机
plane
开车
to drive (a car)
坐
to sit / to travel by
去
to go
来
to come
回
to go back / to return
到
to arrive / to reach
钱
money
块
yuan (in speech) / piece
元
yuan
买
to buy
贵
expensive

10School and work19 cards

学校
school
大学
university
小学
primary school
大学生
university student
课
lesson / class
上课
to have class / class starts
上学
to go to school
上班
to go to work / to be at work
下班
to finish work
工作
work / job / to work
学习
to study / to learn
学
to learn
汉语
Chinese (language)
中文
Chinese (language)
汉字
Chinese character
字
character / written word
书
book
读
to read (aloud) / to study
写
to write

11Weather, health and free time15 cards

天气
weather
冷
cold
热
hot
下雨
to rain
雨
rain
病
illness / to be ill
生病
to get ill / to be ill
看病
to see a doctor
电影
film / movie
电影院
cinema
唱
to sing
歌
song
好看
good-looking / good to watch
好听
nice to listen to
好玩儿
fun

12Everyday verbs19 cards

是
to be (am, is, are)
有
to have / there is
没有
not to have / there isn't
看
to look / to watch / to read
看见
to see
听
to listen
说
to say / to speak
叫
to be called / to call
做
to do / to make
认识
to know (a person) / to get to know
知道
to know (a fact)
给
to give / for (someone)
问
to ask (a question)
找
to look for / to give change
见
to see / to meet
要
to want / to need / will
想
to want to / to think / to miss
会
can (a learned skill) / will (likely)
能
can (be able to, be allowed to)

13Describing and feelings18 cards

好
good / well / OK
大
big / old (of age)
小
small / young
多
many / much
少
few / little
新
new
忙
busy
高兴
glad / happy
漂亮
pretty / beautiful
男
male
女
female
喜欢
to like
爱
to love
觉得
to feel / to think
很
very
太
too / so
非常
extremely / very
真
really / real

14Small words and polite phrases21 cards

谢谢
thank you
不客气
you're welcome
对不起
sorry
没关系
it's OK / never mind
再见
goodbye
喂
hello (on the phone) / hey
请
please / to invite
请问
excuse me, may I ask
的
(links a describing word or owner to a noun: 's, of)
了
(shows a finished action or a change)
吗
(turns a statement into a yes/no question)
呢
(and…? / what about…?)
吧
(makes a suggestion or checks an assumption)
和
and / with
在
at, in / to be at / (in progress)
也
also / too
都
all / both
还
still / also
再
again
不
not / no
一点儿
a little / a bit

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Published September 27, 2026