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HSK 2 Vocabulary

HSK 2 is the 2nd level of the HSK 3.0 system and belongs to the Beginner band. Learners at this level can communicate about daily routines, shopping, and simple personal topics.. The official word list adds 772 new words at this level, for a cumulative total of 1,272 words.

HSK 2 Word List

Showing all 764 words for HSK 2, including official variant forms.

  • 啊a

    interjection of surprise

  • 爱情ài qíng

    romance; love (romantic)

  • 爱人ài ren

    spouse (PRC)

  • 安静ān jìng

    quiet

  • 安全ān quán

    safe; secure

  • 白色bái sè

    white

  • 班长bān zhǎng

    class monitor

  • 办bàn

    to do

  • 办法bàn fǎ

    means

  • 办公室bàn gōng shì

    office

  • 半夜bàn yè

    midnight

  • 帮助bāng zhù

    assistance; aid

  • 饱bǎo

    to eat till full

  • 报名bào míng

    to sign up

  • 报纸bào zhǐ

    newspaper

  • 北方běi fāng

    north

  • 背bèi

    variant of 背

  • 比如bǐ rú

    for example

  • 比如说bǐ rú shuō

    for example

  • 笔bǐ

    pen

  • 笔记bǐ jì

    to take down (in writing)

  • 笔记本bǐ jì běn

    notebook (stationery)

  • 必须bì xū

    to have to

  • 边biān

    side

  • 变biàn

    to change

  • 变成biàn chéng

    to change into

  • 遍biàn

    variant of 遍

  • 表biǎo

    exterior surface

  • 表示biǎo shì

    to express

  • 不错bù cuò

    correct

  • 不但bù dàn

    not only (... but also ...)

  • 不够bù gòu

    not enough

  • 不过bù guò

    only

  • 不太bù tài

    Not too

  • 不要bù yào

    don't!

  • 不好意思bù hǎo yì si

    to feel embarrassed

  • 不久bù jiǔ

    not long (after)

  • 不满bù mǎn

    resentful

  • 不如bù rú

    not equal to

  • 不少bù shǎo

    many

  • 不同bù tóng

    different

  • 不行bù xíng

    won't do

  • 不一定bù yī dìng

    not necessarily

  • 不一会儿bù yī huì r

    Take a short while

  • 部分bù fen

    part

  • 才cái

    ability; talent

  • 菜单cài dān

    menu

  • 参观cān guān

    to look around

  • 参加cān jiā

    to participate

  • 草cǎo

    variant of 草

  • 草地cǎo dì

    lawn

  • 层céng

    to pile on top of one another

  • 查chá

    surname Zha

  • 差不多chà bu duō

    almost

  • 长cháng

    length

  • 常见cháng jiàn

    commonly seen

  • 常用cháng yòng

    in common usage

  • 场chǎng

    threshing floor

  • 超过chāo guò

    to surpass

  • 超市chāo shì

    supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)

  • 车辆chē liàng

    vehicle

  • 成chéng

    surname Cheng

  • 成绩chéng jì

    achievement

  • 成为chéng wéi

    to become; to turn into

  • 重复chóng fù

    to repeat

  • 重新chóng xīn

    again; once more; re-

  • 出发chū fā

    to set off

  • 出国chū guó

    to go abroad; to leave the country

  • 出口chū kǒu

    an exit

  • 出门chū mén

    to go out

  • 出生chū shēng

    to be born

  • 出现chū xiàn

    to appear

  • 出院chū yuàn

    to leave hospital

  • 出租chū zū

    to rent

  • 出租车chū zū chē

    taxi

  • 船chuán

    variant of 船

  • 吹chuī

    to blow

  • 春节chūn jié

    Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)

  • 春天chūn tiān

    spring (season)

  • 词cí

    old variant of 词

  • 词典cí diǎn

    dictionary

  • 词语cí yǔ

    word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)

  • 从小cóng xiǎo

    from childhood

  • 答应dā ying

    to answer; to respond

  • 打工dǎ gōng

    to work a temporary or casual job

  • 打算dǎ suàn

    to plan

  • 打印dǎ yìn

    to affix a seal

  • 大部分dà bù fen

    in large part

  • 大大dà dà

    greatly

  • 大多数dà duō shù

    (great) majority

  • 大海dà hǎi

    sea

  • 大家dà jiā

    everyone

  • 大量dà liàng

    great amount

  • 大门dà mén

    the Doors, US rock band

  • 大人dà ren

    adult

  • 大声dà shēng

    loud voice

  • 大小dà xiǎo

    dimension

  • 大衣dà yī

    overcoat

  • 大自然dà zì rán

    nature (the natural world)

  • 带dài

    band

  • 带来dài lái

    to bring

  • 单位dān wèi

    unit (of measure)

  • 但dàn

    but; yet; however; still

  • 但是dàn shì

    but; however

  • 蛋dàn

    variant of 蜑

  • 当dāng

    (onom.) dong

  • 当时dāng shí

    then

  • 倒dǎo

    to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

  • 到处dào chù

    everywhere

  • 道dào

    road

  • 道理dào lǐ

    reason

  • 道路dào lù

    road

  • 得dé

    to obtain

  • 得出dé chū

    to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)

  • 的话de huà

    if (coming after a conditional clause)

  • 灯dēng

    lamp

  • 等děng

    class

  • 等到děng dào

    to wait until

  • 等于děng yú

    to equal

  • 低dī

    low

  • 地球dì qiú

    the earth

  • 地铁dì tiě

    underground railway; subway

  • 地铁站dì tiě zhàn

    subway station

  • 点头diǎn tóu

    to nod

  • 店diàn

    inn; old-style hotel

  • 掉diào

    to fall

  • 东北dōng běi

    Northeast China

  • 东方dōng fāng

    the East

  • 东南dōng nán

    southeast

  • 冬天dōng tiān

    winter

  • 懂dǒng

    to understand

  • 懂得dǒng de

    to understand; to know; to comprehend

  • 动物dòng wù

    animal

  • 动物园dòng wù yuán

    zoo

  • 读音dú yīn

    pronunciation

  • 度dù

    to pass

  • 短duǎn

    short

  • 短信duǎn xìn

    text message

  • 段duàn

    surname Duan

  • 队duì

    squadron

  • 队长duì zhǎng

    captain

  • 对duì

    right; correct

  • 对话duì huà

    to talk (with sb)

  • 对面duì miàn

    (sitting) opposite

  • 多duō

    many; much

  • 多久duō jiǔ

    (of time) how long?

  • 多么duō me

    how (wonderful etc)

  • 多数duō shù

    majority; most

  • 多云duō yún

    cloudy (meteorology)

  • 而且ér qiě

    (not only ...) but also

  • 发fā

    to send out

  • 发现fā xiàn

    to notice; to become aware of

  • 饭馆fàn guǎn

    restaurant

  • 方便fāng biàn

    convenient

  • 方便面fāng biàn miàn

    instant noodles

  • 方法fāng fǎ

    method

  • 方面fāng miàn

    respect

  • 方向fāng xiàng

    direction; orientation

  • 放下fàng xia

    to lay down

  • 放心fàng xīn

    to feel relieved

  • 分fēn

    to divide; to separate

  • 分开fēn kāi

    to separate

  • 分数fēn shù

    (exam) grade

  • 分钟fēn zhōng

    minute

  • 份fèn

    classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc

  • 封fēng

    surname Feng

  • 服务fú wù

    to serve

  • 复习fù xí

    to review

  • 该gāi

    should

  • 改gǎi

    to change

  • 改变gǎi biàn

    to change

  • 干杯gān bēi

    to drink a toast

  • 感到gǎn dào

    to feel; to sense; to perceive

  • 感动gǎn dòng

    to move (sb)

  • 感觉gǎn jué

    feeling; impression; sensation

  • 感谢gǎn xiè

    (express) thanks

  • 干活儿gàn huó r

    erhua variant of 干活

  • 刚gāng

    hard

  • 刚才gāng cái

    just now

  • 刚刚gāng gāng

    just recently

  • 高级gāo jí

    high level

  • 高中gāo zhōng

    senior high school

  • 个子gè zi

    height

  • 更gèng

    to change or replace

  • 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chē

    bus

  • 公交车gōng jiāo chē

    public transport vehicle

  • 公斤gōng jīn

    kilogram (kg)

  • 公里gōng lǐ

    kilometer

  • 公路gōng lù

    highway

  • 公平gōng píng

    fair

  • 公司gōng sī

    company; firm; corporation

  • 公园gōng yuán

    park (for public recreation)

  • 狗gǒu

    dog

  • 够gòu

    enough (sufficient)

  • 故事gù shi

    old practice

  • 故意gù yì

    deliberately; on purpose

  • 顾客gù kè

    customer; client

  • 关机guān jī

    to turn off (a machine or device)

  • 关心guān xīn

    to be concerned about

  • 观点guān diǎn

    point of view

  • 广场guǎng chǎng

    public square; plaza

  • 广告guǎng gào

    to advertise

  • 国际guó jì

    international

  • 过来guò lái

    to come over

  • 过年guò nián

    to celebrate the Chinese New Year

  • 过去guò qù

    (in the) past

  • 过guo

    surname Guo

  • 海hǎi

    surname Hai

  • 海边hǎi biān

    coast

  • 喊hǎn

    to yell

  • 好hǎo

    good

  • 好处hǎo chù

    easy to get along with

  • 好多hǎo duō

    many

  • 好久hǎo jiǔ

    quite a while

  • 好人hǎo rén

    good person

  • 好事hǎo shì

    good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

  • 好像hǎo xiàng

    as if

  • 合适hé shì

    suitable

  • 河hé

    river

  • 黑hēi

    abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江

  • 黑板hēi bǎn

    blackboard

  • 黑色hēi sè

    black

  • 红hóng

    surname Hong

  • 红色hóng sè

    red (color)

  • 后来hòu lái

    afterwards; later

  • 忽然hū rán

    suddenly; all of a sudden

  • 湖hú

    lake

  • 护照hù zhào

    passport

  • 花huā

    surname Hua

  • 花园huā yuán

    garden

  • 画huà

    to draw; to paint

  • 画家huà jiā

    painter

  • 画儿huà r

    picture

  • 坏处huài chù

    harm

  • 坏人huài rén

    bad person

  • 欢迎huān yíng

    to welcome

  • 换huàn

    to exchange

  • 黄huáng

    surname Huang or Hwang

  • 黄色huáng sè

    yellow (color)

  • 回huí

    to circle

  • 回国huí guó

    to return to one's home country

  • 会huì

    can; to have the skill; to know how to

  • 活动huó dòng

    to exercise

  • 或huò

    maybe

  • 或者huò zhě

    or

  • 机会jī huì

    opportunity

  • 鸡jī

    fowl

  • 级jí

    level

  • 急jí

    urgent

  • 计划jì huà

    plan

  • 计算机jì suàn jī

    computer

  • 加jiā

    Canada (abbr. for 大)

  • 加油jiā yóu

    to add oil

  • 家jiā

    used in 家伙 and 家俱

  • 家庭jiā tíng

    family

  • 家长jiā zhǎng

    head of a household

  • 假jiǎ

    used in 掰

  • 假期jià qī

    vacation

  • 检查jiǎn chá

    inspection

  • 见到jiàn dào

    to see

  • 见过jiàn guo

    seen

  • 件jiàn

    item

  • 健康jiàn kāng

    health

  • 讲jiǎng

    to speak

  • 讲话jiǎng huà

    a speech

  • 交jiāo

    to hand over

  • 交给jiāo gěi

    to give; to deliver; to hand over

  • 交朋友jiāo péng you

    to make friends

  • 交通jiāo tōng

    to be connected

  • 角jiǎo

    surname Jue

  • 角度jiǎo dù

    angle

  • 饺子jiǎo zi

    dumpling

  • 脚jiǎo

    foot

  • 叫作jiào zuò

    to call

  • 教师jiào shī

    teacher

  • 教室jiào shì

    classroom

  • 教学jiào xué

    to teach (as a professor)

  • 教育jiào yù

    to educate

  • 接jiē

    to receive

  • 接到jiē dào

    to receive (letter etc)

  • 接受jiē shòu

    to accept

  • 接下来jiē xià lái

    to accept

  • 接着jiē zhe

    to catch and hold on

  • 街jiē

    street

  • 节jié

    see 节骨眼

  • 节目jié mù

    program

  • 节日jié rì

    holiday

  • 结果jié guǒ

    to bear fruit

  • 借jiè

    to lend

  • 斤jīn

    catty

  • 今后jīn hòu

    hereafter

  • 进入jìn rù

    to enter

  • 进行jìn xíng

    to advance

  • 近jìn

    near

  • 经常jīng cháng

    frequently; constantly; regularly; often

  • 经过jīng guò

    to pass

  • 经理jīng lǐ

    manager

  • 酒jiǔ

    wine (esp. rice wine)

  • 酒店jiǔ diàn

    wine shop

  • 就要jiù yào

    will

  • 举jǔ

    variant of 举

  • 举手jǔ shǒu

    to raise a hand

  • 举行jǔ xíng

    to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

  • 句jù

    variant of 勾

  • 句子jù zi

    sentence

  • 卡kǎ

    to stop

  • 开机kāi jī

    to start an engine

  • 开心kāi xīn

    to feel happy

  • 开学kāi xué

    foundation of a University or College

  • 看法kàn fǎ

    way of looking at a thing

  • 考生kǎo shēng

    exam candidate

  • 靠kào

    to lean against or on

  • 科kē

    branch of study

  • 科学kē xué

    science

  • 可爱kě ài

    adorable

  • 可能kě néng

    might (happen)

  • 可怕kě pà

    awful

  • 可是kě shì

    but; however

  • 可以kě yǐ

    can

  • 克kè

    abbr. for 克罗地亚, Croatia

  • 刻kè

    quarter (hour)

  • 客人kè rén

    visitor

  • 课堂kè táng

    classroom

  • 空气kōng qì

    air

  • 哭kū

    to cry; to weep

  • 快餐kuài cān

    fast food

  • 快点儿kuài diǎn r

    erhua variant of 快点

  • 快乐kuài lè

    happy; joyful

  • 快要kuài yào

    nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

  • 筷子kuài zi

    chopsticks

  • 拉lā

    to pull

  • 来自lái zì

    to come from (a place)

  • 蓝lán

    surname Lan

  • 蓝色lán sè

    blue (color)

  • 篮球lán qiú

    basketball

  • 老lǎo

    prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

  • 老年lǎo nián

    elderly

  • 老朋友lǎo péng you

    old friend

  • 老是lǎo shì

    always

  • 离lí

    mythical beast (archaic)

  • 离开lí kāi

    to depart; to leave

  • 礼物lǐ wù

    gift; present

  • 里头lǐ tou

    inside

  • 理想lǐ xiǎng

    an ideal

  • 例如lì rú

    for example; for instance; such as

  • 例子lì zi

    case

  • 脸liǎn

    face

  • 练liàn

    to practice

  • 练习liàn xí

    to practice

  • 凉liáng

    the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421)

  • 凉快liáng kuai

    nice and cold

  • 两liǎng

    two

  • 亮liàng

    bright

  • 辆liàng

    classifier for vehicles

  • 零下líng xià

    below zero

  • 留liú

    old variant of 留

  • 留下liú xia

    to leave behind

  • 留学生liú xué shēng

    student studying abroad

  • 流liú

    to flow

  • 流利liú lì

    fluent

  • 流行liú xíng

    (of a contagious disease etc) to spread

  • 路边lù biān

    curb; roadside; wayside

  • 旅客lǚ kè

    traveler; tourist

  • 旅行lǚ xíng

    to travel

  • 旅游lǚ yóu

    trip

  • 绿lǜ

    green

  • 绿色lǜ sè

    green

  • 卖mài

    to sell

  • 满mǎn

    Manchu ethnic group

  • 满意mǎn yì

    satisfied

  • 猫māo

    cat

  • 米mǐ

    surname Mi

  • 面前miàn qián

    in front of

  • 名míng

    name

  • 名称míng chēng

    name (of a thing)

  • 名单míng dān

    list of names

  • 明星míng xīng

    star; celebrity

  • 目的mù dì

    purpose; aim; goal; target; objective

  • 拿出ná chū

    to take out

  • 拿到ná dào

    to get

  • 那nà

    surname Na

  • 那会儿nà huì r

    at that time (in the past or the future)

  • 那么nà me

    like that

  • 那时候nà shí hou

    at that time

  • 那时nà shí

    then

  • 那样nà yàng

    that kind

  • 南方nán fāng

    south

  • 难过nán guò

    to feel sad

  • 难看nán kàn

    ugly

  • 难受nán shòu

    to feel unwell

  • 难题nán tí

    difficult problem

  • 难听nán tīng

    unpleasant to hear

  • 能够néng gòu

    to be capable of

  • 年级nián jí

    grade

  • 年轻nián qīng

    young

  • 鸟niǎo

    variant of 屌

  • 弄nòng

    lane

  • 努力nǔ lì

    to make an effort; to try hard; to strive

  • 爬pá

    to crawl

  • 爬山pá shān

    to climb a mountain

  • 怕pà

    surname Pa

  • 排pái

    a row

  • 排队pái duì

    to line up

  • 排球pái qiú

    volleyball

  • 碰pèng

    variant of 碰

  • 碰到pèng dào

    to come across

  • 碰见pèng jiàn

    to run into

  • 篇piān

    sheet

  • 便宜pián yi

    convenient

  • 片piàn

    disk

  • 漂亮piào liang

    pretty

  • 平píng

    surname Ping

  • 平安píng ān

    safe and sound

  • 平常píng cháng

    ordinary

  • 平等píng děng

    equal

  • 平时píng shí

    ordinarily

  • 瓶píng

    bottle

  • 瓶子píng zi

    bottle

  • 普通pǔ tōng

    common

  • 普通话pǔ tōng huà

    Mandarin (common language)

  • 其他qí tā

    other

  • 其中qí zhōng

    among

  • 骑qí

    (Tw) saddle horse

  • 骑车qí chē

    to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)

  • 起飞qǐ fēi

    (of an aircraft) to take off

  • 气qì

    gas; air

  • 气温qì wēn

    air temperature

  • 千qiān

    thousand

  • 千克qiān kè

    kilogram

  • 前年qián nián

    the year before last

  • 墙qiáng

    variant of 墙, wall

  • 青年qīng nián

    youth

  • 青少年qīng shào nián

    adolescent

  • 轻qīng

    light

  • 清楚qīng chu

    clear

  • 晴qíng

    clear

  • 晴天qíng tiān

    clear sky

  • 请客qǐng kè

    to give a dinner party

  • 请求qǐng qiú

    to request; to ask

  • 秋天qiū tiān

    autumn

  • 求qiú

    to seek

  • 球场qiú chǎng

    stadium

  • 球队qiú duì

    sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)

  • 球鞋qiú xié

    athletic shoes

  • 取qǔ

    to take

  • 取得qǔ dé

    to acquire; to get; to obtain

  • 全quán

    surname Quan

  • 全部quán bù

    whole; all

  • 全国quán guó

    whole nation

  • 全家quán jiā

    whole family

  • 全年quán nián

    the whole year

  • 全身quán shēn

    the whole body

  • 全体quán tǐ

    all

  • 然后rán hòu

    then; after that; afterwards

  • 让ràng

    to yield

  • 热情rè qíng

    cordial

  • 人口rén kǒu

    population

  • 人们rén men

    people

  • 人数rén shù

    number of people

  • 认为rèn wéi

    to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

  • 日报rì bào

    daily newspaper

  • 日子rì zi

    day

  • 如果rú guǒ

    if

  • 入口rù kǒu

    entrance

  • 商量shāng liang

    to consult

  • 商人shāng rén

    merchant

  • 上周shàng zhōu

    last week

  • 少数shǎo shù

    small number

  • 少年shào nián

    early youth

  • 身边shēn biān

    at one's side

  • 什么样shén me yàng

    what kind?; what sort?

  • 生shēng

    to be born

  • 生词shēng cí

    new word (in textbook)

  • 生活shēng huó

    to live

  • 声音shēng yīn

    voice

  • 省shěng

    to save; to economize; to be frugal

  • 十分shí fēn

    very

  • 实际shí jì

    reality

  • 实习shí xí

    to practice

  • 实现shí xiàn

    to achieve

  • 实在shí zài

    really

  • 食物shí wù

    food

  • 使用shǐ yòng

    to use

  • 市shì

    market

  • 市长shì zhǎng

    mayor

  • 事情shì qing

    affair; matter; thing; business

  • 收shōu

    to receive

  • 收到shōu dào

    to receive

  • 收入shōu rù

    to take in

  • 手表shǒu biǎo

    wristwatch

  • 受到shòu dào

    to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)

  • 舒服shū fu

    comfortable

  • 熟shú

    ripe; mature

  • 数shǔ

    to count

  • 数字shù zì

    numeral

  • 水平shuǐ píng

    level (of achievement etc)

  • 顺利shùn lì

    smoothly; without a hitch

  • 说明shuō míng

    to explain

  • 司机sī jī

    chauffeur; driver

  • 送到sòng dào

    Deliver

  • 送给sòng gěi

    to send

  • 算suàn

    to regard as

  • 虽然suī rán

    although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)

  • 随便suí biàn

    as one wishes

  • 随时suí shí

    at any time; at all times

  • 所以suǒ yǐ

    therefore

  • 所有suǒ yǒu

    all

  • 它tā

    it

  • 它们tā men

    they (for inanimate objects)

  • 太太tài tai

    married woman

  • 太阳tài yáng

    sun

  • 态度tài dù

    manner

  • 讨论tǎo lùn

    to discuss; to talk over

  • 套tào

    to cover

  • 特别tè bié

    unusual; special

  • 特点tè diǎn

    characteristic (feature)

  • 疼téng

    (it) hurts; sore

  • 提tí

    used in 防 and 溜

  • 提出tí chū

    to raise (an issue)

  • 提到tí dào

    to mention

  • 提高tí gāo

    to raise

  • 题tí

    surname Ti

  • 体育tǐ yù

    sports

  • 体育场tǐ yù chǎng

    stadium

  • 体育馆tǐ yù guǎn

    gym

  • 天上tiān shàng

    celestial

  • 条tiáo

    strip

  • 条件tiáo jiàn

    condition; circumstance; term; factor

  • 听讲tīng jiǎng

    to attend a lecture

  • 听说tīng shuō

    to hear (sth said)

  • 停tíng

    to stop

  • 停车tíng chē

    to pull up (stop one's vehicle)

  • 停车场tíng chē chǎng

    parking lot

  • 挺tǐng

    straight

  • 挺好tǐng hǎo

    very good

  • 通tōng

    to go through

  • 通过tōng guò

    to pass through; to get through

  • 通知tōng zhī

    to notify

  • 同时tóng shí

    at the same time

  • 同事tóng shì

    colleague; co-worker

  • 同样tóng yàng

    same

  • 头tóu

    head

  • 头发tóu fa

    hair (on the head)

  • 图片tú piàn

    picture; photograph

  • 推tuī

    to push

  • 腿tuǐ

    leg

  • 外地wài dì

    parts of the country other than where one is

  • 外卖wài mài

    (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal

  • 完wán

    to finish

  • 完成wán chéng

    to complete; to accomplish

  • 完全wán quán

    complete; whole

  • 晚安wǎn ān

    Good night!

  • 晚报wǎn bào

    evening newspaper

  • 晚餐wǎn cān

    evening meal

  • 晚会wǎn huì

    evening party

  • 碗wǎn

    variant of 碗

  • 万wàn

    used in 俟

  • 网wǎng

    net

  • 网球wǎng qiú

    tennis

  • 网站wǎng zhàn

    website

  • 往wǎng

    to go (in a direction)

  • 为wèi

    as (in the capacity of)

  • 为什么wèi shén me

    why?

  • 位wèi

    position

  • 味道wèi dào

    flavor; taste

  • 喂wèi

    hello (when answering the phone)

  • 温度wēn dù

    temperature

  • 闻wén

    surname Wen

  • 问路wèn lù

    to ask for directions

  • 问题wèn tí

    question

  • 午餐wǔ cān

    lunch

  • 午睡wǔ shuì

    to take a nap

  • 西北xī běi

    Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)

  • 西餐xī cān

    Western-style food

  • 西方xī fāng

    the West

  • 西南xī nán

    southwest

  • 西医xī yī

    Western medicine

  • 习惯xí guàn

    habit

  • 洗衣机xǐ yī jī

    washing machine; washer

  • 洗澡xǐ zǎo

    to bathe

  • 下xià

    down

  • 下雪xià xuě

    to snow

  • 下周xià zhōu

    next week

  • 夏天xià tiān

    summer

  • 相同xiāng tóng

    identical

  • 相信xiāng xìn

    to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true

  • 响xiǎng

    echo

  • 想到xiǎng dào

    to think of

  • 想法xiǎng fǎ

    way of thinking; opinion; notion

  • 想起xiǎng qǐ

    to recall

  • 向xiàng

    surname Xiang

  • 相机xiàng jī

    camera (abbr. for 照相机)

  • 像xiàng

    to resemble

  • 小xiǎo

    small

  • 小声xiǎo shēng

    in a low voice

  • 小时候xiǎo shí hou

    in one's childhood

  • 小说xiǎo shuō

    novel

  • 小心xiǎo xīn

    to be careful

  • 小组xiǎo zǔ

    group

  • 校园xiào yuán

    campus

  • 校长xiào zhǎng

    (college, university) president

  • 笑话xiào hua

    joke; jest

  • 笑话儿xiào hua r

    Joke

  • 鞋xié

    shoe

  • 心里xīn lǐ

    chest

  • 心情xīn qíng

    mood; frame of mind

  • 心中xīn zhōng

    central point

  • 新闻xīn wén

    news

  • 信xìn

    letter

  • 信号xìn hào

    signal

  • 信息xìn xī

    information

  • 信心xìn xīn

    confidence

  • 信用卡xìn yòng kǎ

    credit card

  • 星星xīng xing

    (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

  • 行动xíng dòng

    operation

  • 行人xíng rén

    pedestrian

  • 行为xíng wéi

    action

  • 姓xìng

    family name

  • 姓名xìng míng

    surname and given name

  • 休假xiū jià

    to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave

  • 许多xǔ duō

    many

  • 选xuǎn

    to choose

  • 学期xué qī

    term

  • 雪xuě

    surname Xue

  • 颜色yán sè

    color

  • 眼yǎn

    eye

  • 眼睛yǎn jing

    eye

  • 养yǎng

    to raise (animals)

  • 样子yàng zi

    appearance

  • 要求yāo qiú

    to request

  • 药yào

    leaf of the iris

  • 药店yào diàn

    pharmacy

  • 药片yào piàn

    a (medicine) pill or tablet

  • 药水yào shuǐ

    Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province

  • 也许yě xǔ

    perhaps

  • 夜yè

    variant of 夜

  • 夜里yè lǐ

    during the night

  • 一部分yī bù fen

    portion

  • 一定yī dìng

    surely

  • 一共yī gòng

    altogether

  • 一会儿yī huì r

    a moment

  • 一路平安yī lù píng ān

    to have a pleasant journey

  • 一路顺风yī lù shùn fēng

    to have a pleasant journey (idiom)

  • 已经yǐ jīng

    already

  • 以后yǐ hòu

    after

  • 以前yǐ qián

    before

  • 以上yǐ shàng

    that level or higher

  • 以外yǐ wài

    apart from

  • 以为yǐ wéi

    to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

  • 以下yǐ xià

    that level or lower

  • 椅子yǐ zi

    chair

  • 一般yī bān

    same

  • 一点点yī diǎn diǎn

    a little bit

  • 一生yī shēng

    all one's life; throughout one's life

  • 一直yī zhí

    straight (in a straight line)

  • 亿yì

    100 million

  • 意见yì jiàn

    idea

  • 意思yì si

    idea

  • 因为yīn wèi

    because

  • 阴yīn

    surname Yin

  • 阴天yīn tiān

    cloudy day; overcast sky

  • 音节yīn jié

    syllable

  • 音乐yīn yuè

    music

  • 音乐会yīn yuè huì

    concert

  • 银行yín háng

    bank

  • 银行卡yín háng kǎ

    bank card

  • 应该yīng gāi

    ought to

  • 英文yīng wén

    English (language)

  • 英语yīng yǔ

    English (language)

  • 影片yǐng piàn

    a copy of a film

  • 影响yǐng xiǎng

    influence

  • 永远yǒng yuǎn

    forever

  • 油yóu

    oil

  • 游客yóu kè

    traveler

  • 友好yǒu hǎo

    Youhao district of Yichun city 市, Heilongjiang

  • 有空儿yǒu kòng r

    available

  • 有人yǒu rén

    someone

  • 有点儿yǒu diǎn r

    slightly

  • 有意思yǒu yì si

    interesting

  • 又yòu

    (once) again

  • 鱼yú

    surname Yu

  • 语言yǔ yán

    language

  • 原来yuán lái

    original

  • 原因yuán yīn

    cause

  • 院yuàn

    courtyard

  • 院长yuàn zhǎng

    the head of an institution whose name ends in 院

  • 院子yuàn zi

    courtyard

  • 愿意yuàn yì

    to wish

  • 月份yuè fèn

    month

  • 月亮yuè liang

    the moon

  • 越yuè

    generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods

  • 越来越yuè lái yuè

    more and more

  • 云yún

    (classical) to say

  • 运动yùn dòng

    to move

  • 咱zán

    variant of 咱

  • 咱们zán men

    we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)

  • 脏zāng

    viscera

  • 早餐zǎo cān

    breakfast

  • 早晨zǎo chen

    early morning

  • 早就zǎo jiù

    already at an earlier time

  • 怎么办zěn me bàn

    what's to be done

  • 怎么样zěn me yàng

    how?

  • 怎样zěn yàng

    how

  • 占zhàn

    variant of 占

  • 站zhàn

    station

  • 站住zhàn zhù

    to stand

  • 长大zhǎng dà

    to grow up

  • 找出zhǎo chū

    to find

  • 照顾zhào gù

    to take care of

  • 照片zhào piàn

    photograph

  • 照相zhào xiàng

    to take a photograph

  • 这么zhè me

    so much

  • 这时候zhè shí hou

    At this moment

  • 这时zhè shí

    at this time

  • 这样zhè yàng

    this kind of

  • 真正zhēn zhèng

    genuine; real; true

  • 正常zhèng cháng

    regular

  • 正好zhèng hǎo

    just (in time)

  • 正确zhèng què

    correct; sound; right; proper

  • 正是zhèng shì

    is precisely

  • 直接zhí jiē

    direct (opposite: indirect 间接)

  • 只zhǐ

    only

  • 只能zhǐ néng

    can only

  • 只要zhǐ yào

    if only

  • 纸zhǐ

    variant of 纸

  • 中餐zhōng cān

    lunch

  • 中级zhōng jí

    middle level (in a hierarchy)

  • 中年zhōng nián

    middle age

  • 中小学zhōng xiǎo xué

    middle and elementary school

  • 中心zhōng xīn

    center

  • 中医zhōng yī

    traditional Chinese medical science

  • 重点zhòng diǎn

    to recount (e.g. results of election)

  • 重视zhòng shì

    to attach importance to sth; to value

  • 周zhōu

    surname Zhou

  • 周末zhōu mò

    weekend

  • 周年zhōu nián

    anniversary

  • 主人zhǔ rén

    master

  • 主要zhǔ yào

    main

  • 住房zhù fáng

    housing

  • 住院zhù yuàn

    to be in hospital

  • 装zhuāng

    adornment

  • 准确zhǔn què

    accurate; exact; precise

  • 自己zì jǐ

    oneself

  • 自行车zì xíng chē

    bicycle; bike

  • 自由zì yóu

    freedom; liberty

  • 字典zì diǎn

    Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)

  • 走过zǒu guò

    to walk past

  • 走进zǒu jìn

    to enter

  • 走开zǒu kāi

    to leave

  • 租zū

    to hire

  • 组zǔ

    surname Zu

  • 组成zǔ chéng

    to form

  • 组长zǔ zhǎng

    group leader

  • 嘴zuǐ

    mouth

  • 最近zuì jìn

    recently

  • 作家zuò jiā

    author

  • 作文zuò wén

    to write an essay

  • 作业zuò yè

    school assignment

  • 作用zuò yòng

    to act on

  • 座zuò

    seat

  • 座位zuò wèi

    seat

  • 做到zuò dào

    to accomplish

  • 做法zuò fǎ

    way of handling sth

  • 做饭zuò fàn

    to prepare a meal

How to Study HSK 2 Vocabulary

HSK 2 vocabulary is best learned in short, regular sessions. Start by reading through the word list and marking every word you cannot confidently read and understand. Review those words first, then move on to the rest of the list. Seeing the hanzi together with pinyin and meaning, as in the table above, builds the three connections your memory needs: shape, sound, and sense.

Use the free tools on HSKtools to make the words active. Analyze your Chinese text to see how these words appear in real sentences, Practice with HSK quiz to test recognition, and Test your HSK level to check your overall progress. Review the words you missed the same day and again the next day, and move to the next level only when most words feel automatic. For the complete picture, See all HSK levels.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is HSK 2?+

HSK 2 is the 2nd level of the HSK 3.0 standard and belongs to the Beginner band. Learners at this level can communicate about daily routines, shopping, and simple personal topics.. It is one of the nine levels that make up the modern Chinese proficiency system.

How many words are in HSK 2?+

The official HSK 3.0 standard lists 772 new words at HSK 2, for a cumulative total of 1,272 words through this level.

How can I practice HSK 2 vocabulary?+

Review the word list below with hanzi, pinyin, and meanings, then practice with the HSK quiz and analyze real Chinese texts with the text analyzer. Start with the words you do not know and review them in short daily sessions.