HSK 1 Vocabulary Table

to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

eight; 8

father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

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

origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally

you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

not (negative prefix); no

dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]

tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust

taxi

to make a phone call

big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities

computer; CL:台[tai2]

television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]

thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

how much; how many

son

two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];

airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

minute

happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size

job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

Chinese language

good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number

to drink; to shout (a command)

and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)

how much; how many; several; a few

home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4]

to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

today; at the present

nine; 9

to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

to look at

to see; to catch sight of

unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱

to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

cold

inside; lining; interior; internal

six; 6

(question tag)

mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

to buy; to purchase

cat; CL:只[zhi1]

it doesn't matter

haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;

(cooked) rice

name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]

tomorrow

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);

where?; wherever; anywhere

that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;

(question particle for subjects already mentioned)

to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

you (informal)

year; CL:个[ge4]

daughter

friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

pretty; beautiful

apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

seven; 7

ahead; in front; preceding; above

coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up

man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

three; 3

store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

on

morning; CL:个[ge4]

few; little; lack

who; also pronounced shui2

what?; who?; something; anything

ten; 10

time; length of time; moment; period

to be; yes

book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History

water; river; liquid; beverage

fruit

to go to bed; to go to sleep

to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

four; 4

classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another

she

too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest

weather

to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages

(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]

hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey

I; me; my

we; us; ourselves; our

five; 5

to like; to be fond of

down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down

afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]

to rain; rainy

Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

small; tiny; young

young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

some; few; several; (a measure word)

to write

to thank; thanks

week; CL:个[ge4]

student; school child

to learn; to study

school; CL:所[suo3]

one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

a little (bit)

doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]

hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]

clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]

chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]

goodbye; see you again later

(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

how?; what?; why?

how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?

this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);

China; Middle Kingdom

noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop

table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]

yesterday

to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance

to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit