HSK 2 Vocabulary (inclusive)

The HSK 2 covers 300 vocabulary words total. On this page we have included the 150 HSK 1 words and categorized all 300 by part of speech. Click on a section title to see information about that particular list and related Chinese Vocabulary Wiki pages.

HSK 1-2 Adjectives

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
大	dà	big	HSK 1
多	duō	many	HSK 1
高兴	gāoxìng	happy	HSK 1
好	hǎo	good	HSK 1
冷	lěng	cold	HSK 1
漂亮	piàoliang	pretty	HSK 1
热	rè	hot	HSK 1
少	shǎo	few	HSK 1
小	xiǎo	small	HSK 1
白	bái	white	HSK 2
长	cháng	long	HSK 2
对	duì	correct	HSK 2
高	gāo	tall, high	HSK 2
贵	guì	expensive; noble	HSK 2
好吃	hǎochī	tasty, delicious	HSK 2
黑	hēi	black; dark; shady, illegal	HSK 2
红	hóng	red; popular; revolutionary	HSK 2
近	jìn	nearby, close	HSK 2
快	kuài	quick	HSK 2
快乐	kuàilè	happy	HSK 2
累	lèi	tired	HSK 2
慢	màn	slow	HSK 2
忙	máng	busy	HSK 2
便宜	piányi	cheap, inexpensive	HSK 2
新	xīn	new	HSK 2
远	yuǎn	far	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Adverbs

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
不	bù	no, not	HSK 1
没有	méiyǒu	did not	HSK 1
很	hěn	very	HSK 1
太	tài	too	HSK 1
都	dōu	all	HSK 1
别	bié	do not (do something)	HSK 2
非常	fēicháng	very, extremely	HSK 2
还	hái	still; in addition; even	HSK 2
就	jiù	just (emphasis); only	HSK 2
也	yě	also	HSK 2
已经	yǐjīng	already	HSK 2
一起	yīqǐ	together	HSK 2
再	zài	again; another; then	HSK 2
真	zhēn	really, truly; real	HSK 2
正在	zhèngzài	in the process of (doing something)	HSK 2
最	zuì	most, -est	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Auxiliary Verbs

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
会	huì	can, know to	HSK 1
能	néng	can, be able to	HSK 1
想	xiǎng	would like to	HSK 1
可能	kěnéng	maybe, might; possible	HSK 2
可以	kěyǐ	may, can	HSK 2
要	yào	to want; to need; have to; want to; will	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Conjunctions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
和	hé	and	HSK 1
但是	dànshì	but	HSK 2
虽然	suīrán	although	HSK 2
所以	suǒyǐ	so, therefore	HSK 2
因为	yīnwèi	because	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Demonstrative Pronouns

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
这	zhè	this	HSK 1
那	nà	that	HSK 1
每	měi	every	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Interjections

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
喂	wèi	hey, hello	HSK 1

HSK 1-2 Interrogative Pronouns

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
多少	duōshǎo	how much	HSK 1
几	jǐ	how many, a few	HSK 1
哪	nǎ	which	HSK 1
哪儿	nǎr	where	HSK 1
什么	shénme	what, why	HSK 1
谁	shéi	who	HSK 1
怎么	zěnme	how	HSK 1
怎么样	zěnmeyàng	how about	HSK 1
为什么	wèishénme	why	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Measure Words

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
本	běn	[measure word for books]	HSK 1
个	gè	[measure word for people]	HSK 1
块	kuài	[measure word for pieces]	HSK 1
岁	suì	years old	HSK 1
些	xiē	some	HSK 1
一点儿	yīdiǎnr	a little	HSK 1
次	cì	[measure word for how many times something happens]	HSK 2
件	jiàn	[measure word]	HSK 2
一下	yīxià	[after a verb] quickly, briefly, casually	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Nouns

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
爸爸	bàba	dad	HSK 1
北京	Běijīng	Beijing	HSK 1
杯子	bēizi	cup	HSK 1
菜	cài	vegetable	HSK 1
茶	chá	tea	HSK 1
出租车	chūzūchē	taxi	HSK 1
点	diǎn	point, dot, spot	HSK 1
电脑	diànnǎo	computer	HSK 1
电视	diànshì	television	HSK 1
电影	diànyǐng	movie	HSK 1
东西	dōngxi	thing	HSK 1
儿子	érzi	son	HSK 1
饭店	fàndiàn	restaurant	HSK 1
飞机	fēijī	airplane	HSK 1
分钟	fēnzhōng	minute	HSK 1
狗	gǒu	dog	HSK 1
汉语	hànyǔ	mandarin Chinese	HSK 1
后面	hòumiàn	behind	HSK 1
家	jiā	home	HSK 1
今天	jīntiān	today	HSK 1
老师	lǎoshī	teacher	HSK 1
里面	lǐmiàn	inside	HSK 1
妈妈	māma	mom	HSK 1
猫	māo	cat	HSK 1
米饭	mǐfàn	rice	HSK 1
明天	míngtiān	tomorrow	HSK 1
名字	míngzi	name	HSK 1
年	nián	year	HSK 1
女儿	nǚ'ér	daughter	HSK 1
朋友	péngyou	friend	HSK 1
苹果	píngguǒ	apple	HSK 1
钱	qián	money	HSK 1
前面	qiánmiàn	front	HSK 1
人	rén	person	HSK 1
上	shàng	up	HSK 1
商店	shāngdiàn	store	HSK 1
上午	shàngwǔ	morning	HSK 1
时候	shíhou	time	HSK 1
书	shū	book	HSK 1
水	shuǐ	water	HSK 1
水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit	HSK 1
天气	tiānqì	weather	HSK 1
同学	tóngxué	shoolmate	HSK 1
下	xià	down	HSK 1
先生	xiānsheng	sir	HSK 1
现在	xiànzài	now	HSK 1
小姐	xiǎojiě	Miss	HSK 1
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon	HSK 1
星期	xīngqī	week	HSK 1
学生	xuéshēng	student	HSK 1
学校	xuéxiào	school	HSK 1
衣服	yīfu	cloth	HSK 1
医生	yīshēng	doctor	HSK 1
医院	yīyuàn	hospital	HSK 1
椅子	yǐzi	chair	HSK 1
月	yuè	month	HSK 1
中国	Zhōngguó	China	HSK 1
中午	zhōngwǔ	noon	HSK 1
桌子	zhuōzi	desk	HSK 1
字	zì	character	HSK 1
昨天	zuótiān	yesterday	HSK 1
报纸	bàozhǐ	newspaper	HSK 2
宾馆	bīnguǎn	hotel	HSK 2
错	cuò	mistake, fault; mistakenly	HSK 2
弟弟	dìdi	younger brother	HSK 2
房间	fángjiān	room	HSK 2
服务员	fúwùyuán	(food) server, waiter, waitress	HSK 2
哥哥	gēge	older brother	HSK 2
公共汽车	gōnggòng qìchē	public (city) bus	HSK 2
公司	gōngsī	company, corporation; office	HSK 2
孩子	háizi	child	HSK 2
火车站	huǒchēzhàn	train station	HSK 2
教室	jiàoshì	classroom	HSK 2
机场	jīchǎng	airport	HSK 2
鸡蛋	jīdàn	(chicken) egg	HSK 2
姐姐	jiějie	older sister	HSK 2
咖啡	kāfēi	coffee	HSK 2
考试	kǎoshì	test, exam	HSK 2
课	kè	lesson, class	HSK 2
路	lù	road, path, way	HSK 2
旅游	lǚyóu	travel	HSK 2
妹妹	mèimei	younger sister; young woman	HSK 2
门	mén	door, gate	HSK 2
面条	miàntiáo	noodles	HSK 2
男	nán	male	HSK 2
牛奶	niúnǎi	(cow) milk	HSK 2
女	nǚ	female	HSK 2
旁边	pángbiān	the side, next to	HSK 2
票	piào	ticket	HSK 2
铅笔	qiānbǐ	pencil	HSK 2
晴	qíng	clear, fine (weather)	HSK 2
妻子	qīzi	wife	HSK 2
去年	qùnián	last year	HSK 2
日	rì	day; Japan	HSK 2
生日	shēngrì	birthday	HSK 2
身体	shēntǐ	body; health	HSK 2
时间	shíjiān	time	HSK 2
事情	shìqing	affair, business, matter, thing	HSK 2
手表	shǒubiǎo	wristwatch	HSK 2
手机	shǒujī	cell phone, mobile phone	HSK 2
题	tí	(math) problem	HSK 2
外	wài	outside	HSK 2
问题	wèntí	question; problem, issue	HSK 2
洗	xǐ	to wash, to bathe	HSK 2
小时	xiǎoshí	hour	HSK 2
西瓜	xīguā	watermelon	HSK 2
姓	xìng	surname	HSK 2
希望	xīwàng	to hope, to wish	HSK 2
雪	xuě	snow	HSK 2
羊肉	yángròu	mutton, lamb (meat)	HSK 2
眼睛	yǎnjing	eye	HSK 2
颜色	yánsè	color	HSK 2
药	yào	medicine, drug	HSK 2
阴	yīn	overcast (in 阴天)	HSK 2
意思	yìsi	meaning	HSK 2
游泳	yóuyǒng	swimming	HSK 2
右边	yòubian	right side; to the right	HSK 2
鱼	yú	fish	HSK 2
运动	yùndòng	sports, exercise	HSK 2
早上	zǎoshang	morning	HSK 2
丈夫	zhàngfu	husband	HSK 2
准备	zhǔnbèi	preparation(s)	HSK 2
左边	zuǒbian	the left side; to the left of	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Numerals

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
一	yī	one	HSK 1
二	èr	two	HSK 1
三	sān	three	HSK 1
四	sì	four	HSK 1
五	wǔ	five	HSK 1
六	liù	six	HSK 1
七	qī	seven	HSK 1
八	bā	eight	HSK 1
九	jiǔ	nine	HSK 1
十	shí	ten	HSK 1
号	hào	[day number in a date], number (in a series)	HSK 1
百	bǎi	hundred	HSK 2
第一	dì-yī	number one, the first	HSK 2
两	liǎng	two (of something)	HSK 2
千	qiān	thousand	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Particles

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
的	de	[structural particle]	HSK 1
了	le	[aspectual particle]	HSK 1
吗	ma	[question particle]	HSK 1
呢	ne	[question particle]	HSK 1
吧	ba	[modal particle for suggestions]	HSK 2
得	de	[structural particle used after a verb]	HSK 2
过	guo	[aspectual particle to indicate experience]	HSK 2
着	zhe	[aspectual particle indicating a continuous state]	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Personal Pronouns

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
你	nǐ	you	HSK 1
他	tā	he, him	HSK 1
她	tā	she, her	HSK 1
我	wǒ	I, me	HSK 1
我们	wǒmen	we, us	HSK 1
大家	dàjiā	everyone	HSK 2
您	nín	you (polite form)	HSK 2
它	tā	it	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Phrases

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
不客气	búkèqì	you are welcome	HSK 1
打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to call on the phone	HSK 1
没关系	méi guānxì	it doesn’t matter	HSK 1
打篮球	dǎ lánqiú	to play basketball	HSK 2
踢足球	tī zúqiú	to play soccer	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Prepositions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
在	zài	in, at	HSK 1
比	bǐ	to compare, to compete; [particle for comparisons]	HSK 2
从	cóng	from; via	HSK 2
对	duì	toward	HSK 2
给	gěi	to, for	HSK 2
往	wǎng	towards	HSK 2

HSK 1-2 Verbs

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
爱	ài	to love	HSK 1
吃	chī	to eat	HSK 1
读	dú	to read	HSK 1
对不起	duìbùqǐ	sorry	HSK 1
工作	gōngzuò	to work	HSK 1
喝	hē	to drink	HSK 1
回	huí	to return	HSK 1
叫	jiào	to call, to be called	HSK 1
开	kāi	to open	HSK 1
看	kàn	to look (at)	HSK 1
看见	kànjiàn	to see	HSK 1
来	lái	to come	HSK 1
没有	méiyǒu	to not have	HSK 1
买	mǎi	to buy	HSK 1
请	qǐng	please	HSK 1
去	qù	to go	HSK 1
认识	rènshi	to be familiar with	HSK 1
是	shì	to be (am, is, are)	HSK 1
睡觉	shuìjiào	to sleep	HSK 1
说	shuō	to say. to speak	HSK 1
听	tīng	to listen (to)	HSK 1
下雨	xiàyǔ	to rain	HSK 1
写	xiě	to write	HSK 1
谢谢	xièxie	thank you; to thank	HSK 1
喜欢	xǐhuān	to like	HSK 1
学习	xuéxí	to study	HSK 1
有	yǒu	to have	HSK 1
再见	zàijiàn	good-bye	HSK 1
住	zhù	to live (in/at)	HSK 1
做	zuò	to do	HSK 1
坐	zuò	to sit	HSK 1
帮助	bāngzhù	help; to help	HSK 2
唱歌	chànggē	to sing a song	HSK 2
出	chū	to go out; to happen	HSK 2
穿	chuān	to wear, to put on; to pierce	HSK 2
到	dào	to arrive; to (a place), until (a time)	HSK 2
等	děng	to wait (for)	HSK 2
懂	dǒng	to understand	HSK 2
告诉	gàosu	to tell, to inform	HSK 2
给	gěi	to give	HSK 2
介绍	jièshào	to introduce	HSK 2
进	jìn	to enter, to go in	HSK 2
觉得	juéde	to think; to feel	HSK 2
开始	kāishǐ	to start; beginning	HSK 2
离	lí	to be distanced from	HSK 2
旅游	lǚyóu	to travel	HSK 2
卖	mài	to sell	HSK 2
跑步	pǎobù	to jog, to go running	HSK 2
起床	qǐchuáng	to get up (out of bed)	HSK 2
让	ràng	to let, to make, to have (someone do something)	HSK 2
上班	shàngbān	to go to work	HSK 2
生病	shēngbìng	to fall ill, to get sick	HSK 2
说话	shuōhuà	to speak (words), to talk	HSK 2
送	sòng	to give (a gift); to deliver, to send; to see off (a person)	HSK 2
跳舞	tiàowǔ	to dance (a dance)	HSK 2
完	wán	to finish	HSK 2
玩	wán	to play (with); to have fun	HSK 2
晚上	wǎnshang	evening	HSK 2
问	wèn	to ask	HSK 2
笑	xiào	to laugh, to smile	HSK 2
姓	xìng	to be surnamed	HSK 2
休息	xiūxi	to rest, to sleep	HSK 2
游泳	yóuyǒng	to swim	HSK 2
运动	yùndòng	to exercise, to play sports	HSK 2
找	zhǎo	to look for; to call on someone	HSK 2
知道	zhīdào	to know	HSK 2
准备	zhǔnbèi	to prepare	HSK 2
走	zǒu	to walk, to go, to leave	HSK 2

See also: HSK 2 Vocabulary (exclusive)

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