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Chinese HSK 2 Vocabulary

Practice 258 HSK 2 Chinese words across 15 everyday topics, with pinyin and measure words. 108 cards cover every word of the classic 150-word HSK 2 list that the Chinese HSK 1 Vocabulary deck doesn't already teach, 115 are level-2 words from the 2025 HSK syllabus, and 35 more are level-2 words from the 2021 Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards. HSK 2-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 names

    位

    (polite measure word for people)

  • Travel and transport

    to take a taxi

    打车

  • When and how often

    小时候

    as a child / in childhood

  • Describing and comparing

    young

    年轻

  • Linking words

    虽然

    although

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

  1. Section 1: People and names

    Start here18 cards

  2. Section 2: Body and health

    15 cards

  3. Section 3: Food and shopping

    19 cards

  4. Section 4: Clothes and colours

    16 cards

  5. Section 5: Travel and transport

    21 cards

  6. Section 6: Where things are

    17 cards

  7. Section 7: Coming and going

    19 cards

  8. Section 8: When and how often

    19 cards

  9. Section 9: School and work

    18 cards

  10. Section 10: Getting things done

    16 cards

  11. Section 11: Talking and opinions

    15 cards

  12. Section 12: Describing and comparing

    16 cards

  13. Section 13: Sport and free time

    18 cards

  14. Section 14: Weather, seasons and holidays

    15 cards

  15. Section 15: Linking words

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

1People and names18 cards

大家
everyone / everybody
自己
oneself / (my)self, (your)self…
丈夫
husband
妻子
wife
爷爷
grandfather (father's father)
奶奶
grandmother (father's mother)
男人
man
女人
woman
男孩儿
boy
女孩儿
girl
小孩儿
child / kid
服务员
waiter / waitress / attendant
姓
surname / to be surnamed
姓名
full name
位
(polite measure word for people)
名
(measure word for people) / place in a ranking
个子
height / build (of a person)
外国
foreign country / foreign

2Body and health15 cards

身体
body / health
头
head
头发
hair (on the head)
脸
face
眼睛
eye / eyes
手
hand
疼
to hurt / sore / painful
舒服
comfortable / feeling well
累
tired
药
medicine / medication
药店
pharmacy / chemist's
笑
to laugh / to smile
洗
to wash
洗手间
toilet / restroom
床
bed

3Food and shopping19 cards

鱼
fish
肉
meat
羊肉
lamb / mutton
饺子
dumplings
西瓜
watermelon
咖啡
coffee
红茶
black tea
绿茶
green tea
奶茶
milk tea / bubble tea
筷子
chopsticks
饭馆
restaurant
超市
supermarket
商场
shopping centre / mall
卖
to sell
便宜
cheap / inexpensive
千
thousand
万
ten thousand
公斤
kilogram
银行
bank

4Clothes and colours16 cards

颜色
colour
红
red
白
white
黑
black / dark
红色
red (colour)
白色
white (colour)
黑色
black (colour)
绿色
green (colour)
蓝色
blue (colour)
黄色
yellow (colour)
裤子
trousers / pants
鞋
shoe / shoes
手表
watch (on the wrist)
包
bag / to wrap
件
(measure word for clothes and matters)
条
(measure word for long, thin things)

5Travel and transport21 cards

旅游
to travel (for pleasure) / tourism
机场
airport
机票
plane ticket
票
ticket
门票
entrance ticket
护照
passport
火车站
train station
车站
station / stop
站
station / stop
公交车
bus (city bus)
公共汽车
bus
地铁
underground / metro / subway
自行车
bicycle
打车
to take a taxi
飞
to fly
出国
to go abroad
宾馆
hotel
酒店
hotel
路
road / route
路上
on the way / on the road
走路
to walk / on foot

6Where things are17 cards

左边
left / on the left
右边
right / on the right
旁边
next to / beside
外面
outside / out
里面
inside / in
上面
on top / above
下面
under / below
外
outside / foreign / other
门
door / gate
门口
entrance / doorway
楼
building / floor
间
(measure word for rooms)
往
towards / in the direction of
离
(distance) from
远
far
近
near / close
从
from

7Coming and going19 cards

走
to walk / to leave
跑
to run
动
to move
进
to enter / to go in
出
to go out / to come out
出门
to go out / to leave the house
进来
to come in
进去
to go in
出来
to come out
出去
to go out
回来
to come back
回去
to go back
上来
to come up
上去
to go up
下来
to come down
下去
to go down
过来
to come over
过去
to go over / to pass
起来
to get up / to rise

8When and how often19 cards

已经
already
正在
(to be) in the middle of doing
正
just (at that moment) / right
着
(shows an ongoing state)
过
(have done before) / to pass, to spend
快要
about to / soon
一会儿
a moment / a little while
时
time / when
小时候
as a child / in childhood
从小
since childhood
周
week
经常
often
有时
sometimes
每
every / each
次
time (occurrence)
以后
after / later / in future
以前
before / ago / in the past
刚才
just now / a moment ago
然后
then / after that

9School and work18 cards

考试
exam / to take an exam
考
to take (an exam) / to test
题
question / problem (in a test)
问题
question / problem
教室
classroom
教
to teach
懂
to understand
意思
meaning
词
word
笔
pen / writing tool
铅笔
pencil
本子
notebook / exercise book
书包
schoolbag / backpack
班
class (group of students) / shift
开学
(school or term) to start
高中
senior high school
报纸
newspaper
公司
company / firm

10Getting things done16 cards

准备
to prepare / to plan to
开始
to begin / to start
完
to finish / to be over
等
to wait (for)
拿
to take / to hold / to carry
带
to bring / to take along
送
to give (as a gift) / to see off / to deliver
打开
to open / to turn on
换
to change / to exchange
借
to borrow / to lend
帮
to help
帮助
to help / help
帮忙
to help (out) / to do a favour
让
to let / to make (someone do something)
忘
to forget
记得
to remember

11Talking and opinions15 cards

告诉
to tell
说话
to speak / to talk
介绍
to introduce
可以
can / may
可能
maybe / possible / likely
希望
to hope / hope
欢迎
to welcome / welcome
不好意思
sorry / excuse me / embarrassed
为什么
why
对
right, correct / to, towards
错
wrong / mistake
不错
pretty good / not bad
别
don't
啊
(particle for surprise, agreement or warmth)
事情
matter / thing / business

12Describing and comparing16 cards

高
tall / high
长
long
快
fast / quick / soon
慢
slow
快乐
happy
坏
bad / broken
年轻
young
安静
quiet
方便
convenient
最
most / -est
更
even more / -er
特别
especially / special
这么
so / this (much)
那么
so / that (much) / then
这样
like this / this way
那样
like that / that way

13Sport and free time18 cards

爱好
hobby / to like doing
运动
sport / exercise / to exercise
跑步
to go running / jogging
游泳
to swim / swimming
踢足球
to play football
打篮球
to play basketball
足球
football / soccer
篮球
basketball
球
ball / ball game
打
to hit / to play (with the hands)
唱歌
to sing
跳舞
to dance
玩
to play / to have fun / to hang out
画
to draw / to paint / picture
上网
to go online
网上
online / on the internet
有意思
interesting / fun
没意思
boring / dull

14Weather, seasons and holidays15 cards

晴
sunny / clear
阴
overcast / cloudy
多云
cloudy (partly)
雪
snow
下雪
to snow
太阳
sun
春天
spring
夏天
summer
秋天
autumn / fall
冬天
winter
花
flower / to spend
鸟
bird
春节
Spring Festival / Chinese New Year
过年
to celebrate the New Year
生日
birthday

15Linking words16 cards

因为
because
所以
so / therefore
虽然
although
但是
but / however
如果
if
还是
or (in questions) / still / had better
或者
or (in statements)
比
than / compared with
跟
with / and
一起
together
一下
(for a moment, softens a request)
就
then / right away / just
得
(links a verb to how it's done)
地
(turns a word into an adverb)
它
it
第一
first / number one

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Body and health

洗

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Published September 28, 2026