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HSK 3 Vocabulary List

There are three sections in HSK level 3: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and writing (a total of 80 items). Passing HSK 3 signifies that you can communicate in Chinese at a basic level in your daily, academic, and professional lives, and you can manage most communications in Chinese when travelling in China. In this HSK 3 vocabulary list, you must have mastered 600 commonly used words and related grammar patterns.

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ChinesePinyinEnglish
阿姨āyíaunt
aah
ǎishort
àilove
爱好àihàohobby
安静ānjìngBe quiet
Eight
hold
爸爸bàbaDad
ba
báiwhite
bǎihundred
bānclass
bānturn; pull
bànhalf
办法bànfǎWay
办公室bàngōngshìOffice
帮忙bāngmángHelp
帮助bāngzhùHelp
bāopackage
bǎofull
报纸bàozhǐNewspaper
杯子bēiziglass
北方běifāngnorth
北京běijīngBeijing
bèicover
běnbook
鼻子bízinose
than
比较bǐjiàocompare
比赛bǐsàiMatch
必须bìxūMust
变化biànhuàchange
表示biǎoshìExpress
表演biǎoyǎnperform
biéother
别人biérenOthers
宾馆bīnguǎnhotel
冰箱bīngxiāngRefrigerator
不客气búkèqiYou are welcome
No
cáijust
càifood
菜单càidānmenu
参加cānjiāparticipate in
cǎograss
cénglayer
chátea
chàdifference
chánglong
唱歌chànggēSing
超市chāoshìSupermarket
衬衫chènshānshirt
成绩chéngjìachievement
城市chéngshìCity
chīeat
迟到chídàoLate
chūcome out
出现chūxiànAppear
出租车chūzūchēTaxi
厨房chúfángKitchen
除了chúleexcept
穿chuānWear
chuánship
chūnspring
词语cíyǔterms
second
聪明cōngmingclever
cóngfrom
cuòWrong
打电话dǎdiànhuàPhone
打篮球dǎlánqiúPlay basketball
打扫dǎsǎoClean
打算dǎsuànPlan
large
大家dàjiāeverybody
dàibelt
担心dānxīnWorry
蛋糕dàngāoCake
但是dànshìhowever
当然dāngránOf course
dàoreach
de
de
de
dēnglamp
děngetc.
low
弟弟dìdiYounger brother
地方dìfanglocal
地铁dìtiěmetro
地图dìtúMap
第一dìyīfirst
diǎnspot
电脑diànnǎoComputer
电视diànshìtelevision
电梯diàntīElevator.
电影diànyǐngFilm
电子邮件diànzǐyóujiànE-mail
dōngeast
东西dōngxithing
dōngwinter
dǒngunderstand
动物dòngwùAnimal
dōuall
read
duǎnshort
duànparagraph
锻炼duànliànPhysical exercise
duìYes
对不起duìbuqǐI’m sorry.
duōmany
多么duōmewhat
多少duōshaohow much
饿èhungry
而且érqiěAnd
儿子érziSon
耳朵ěrduoEars
èrTwo
发烧fāshāoHave a fever
发现fāxiànfind
饭馆fànguǎnrestaurant
方便fāngbiànconvenient
房间fángjiānRoom
fàngdischarge
放心fàngxīnDon’t worry
非常fēichángvery
飞机fēijīaircraft
fēnbranch
分钟fēnzhōngMinute
服务员fúwùyuánWaiter
附近fùjìnnearby
复习fùxíReview
干净gānjìngclean
gǎndare
感冒gǎnmàoCold
刚才gāngcáijust
gāohigh
高兴gāoxìnghappy
告诉gàosutell
哥哥gēgebrother
individual
gěito
gēnwith
根据gēnjùaccording to
gèngmore
公共汽车gōnggòngqìchēBus
公斤gōngjīnKg.
公司gōngsīcompany
公园gōngyuánPark
工作gōngzuòwork
gǒuDog
故事gùshiStory
刮风guāfēngWindy
guānshut
关系guānxìrelationship
关心guānxīnCare for
关于guānyúabout
guìExpensive
国家guójiāCountry
果汁guǒzhīfruit juice
过去guòqùPast times
guotoo
háistill
还是háishìstill
孩子háiziChildren
害怕hàipàFear
汉语hànyǔChinese
hǎogood
好吃hǎochīYummy
hàoNumber
drink
and
river
hēiblack
黑板hēibǎnblackboard
hěnvery
hóngred
后面hòumiànbehind
护照hùzhàopassport
花 (动)huāFlower (move)
花园huāyuánGarden
huàpainting
huàibad
欢迎huānyíngWelcome
huánstill
环境huánjìngEnvironmental Science
huànchange
huángyellow
huíreturn
回答huídáAnswer
huìcan;be able to
会议huìyìMeeting
火车站huǒchēzhànTrain station
或者huòzhěperhaps
机场jīchǎngAirport
鸡蛋jīdànEgg
几乎jīhūalmost
机会jīhuìOpportunity
extremely
several
记得jìderemember
季节jìjiéSeason
jiāhome
检查jiǎncháinspect
简单jiǎndānsimple
jiànpiece
健康jiànkāngHealthy
见面jiànmiànmeet
jiǎngspeak
jiāoteach
jiǎohorn
jiǎofoot
jiàocall
教室jiàoshìClassroom
jiēmeet
街道jiēdàoStreet
结婚jiéhūnmarry
结束jiéshùEnd
节目jiémùprogram
节日jiérìfestival
姐姐jiějiesister
解决jiějuéSolve
jièborrow
介绍jièshàointroduce
今天jīntiānToday
jìnenter
jìnnear
经常jīngchángOften
经过jīngguòafter
经理jīnglǐmanager
jiǔNine
jiǔlong
jiùused
jiù
举行jǔxínghold
句子jùzisentence
觉得juédeThink
决定juédìngDecision
咖啡kāfēiCoffee
kāiopen
开始kāishǐstart
kànsee
看见kànjiànseeing
考试kǎoshìExamination
thirsty
可爱kě’àiLovely
可能kěnéngProbably
可以kěyǐSure
moment
course
客人kèrénGuest
空调kōngtiáoAir conditioner
kǒumouth
cry
裤子kùzitrousers
kuàiblock
kuàifast
快乐kuàilèhappy
筷子kuàizichopsticks
láicome
lánblue
lǎoold
老师lǎoshīTeacher
le
lèitired
lěngcold
leave
离开líkāileave
in
礼物lǐwùgift
历史lìshǐHistory
liǎnface
练习liànxíPractice
liǎngTwo
liàngCar
了解liǎojiěunderstand
邻居línjūneighbor
língZero
liùSix
lóufloor
road
旅游lǚyóuTourism
绿green
妈妈māmaMom
Horse
马上mǎshàngRight off
ma
mǎibuy
màisell
满意mǎnyìSatisfied
mànslow
mángbusy
māocat
帽子màoziHat
méino
没关系méiguānxiNo problem
měieach
妹妹mèimeiYounger sister
méndoor
rice
米饭mǐfànSteamed Rice
面包miànbāoBread
面条miàntiáonoodle
明白míngbaiclear
明天míngtiānTomorrow
名字míngziName
take
哪 (哪儿)nǎ(nǎr)Which (where)
那 (那儿)nà(nàr)That (there)
奶奶nǎinaigrandma
nánsouth
男人nánrénMan
nándisaster; blame
难过nánguòSorry
ne
néngcan
you
niányear
年级niánjígrade
年轻niánqīngYoung
niǎobird
nínyou
牛奶niúnǎimilk
努力nǔlìStrive
女儿nǚ’érdaughter
女人nǚrénwoman
爬山páshānMountain climbing
盘子pánziplate
旁边pángbiānSide
pàngfat
跑步pǎobùRun
朋友péngyouFriend
啤酒píjiǔBeer
便宜piányiCheap
piàoticket
漂亮piàoliangWell done!
苹果píngguǒApple
葡萄pútaoGrape
普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin
Seven
妻子qīziWife
其实qíshíactually
其他qítāOther
ride
奇怪qíguàistrange
起床qǐchuángGet up
qiānthousand
铅笔qiānbǐpencil
qiánmoney
前面qiánmiànFront
清楚qīngchuclear
qíngSunny
qǐngplease
qiūautumn
go
去年qùniánLast year
裙子qúnziskirt
然后ránhòuThen
ràngGive Way
heat
热情rèqíngEnthusiasm
rénpeople
认识rènshiknow
认为rènwéithink
认真rènzhēnearnest
day
容易róngyìeasily
如果rúguǒIf
sānThree
sǎnumbrella
商店shāngdiànShop
shàngupper
上班shàngbāngo to work
上网shàngwǎngSurf the Internet
上午shàngwǔmorning
shǎoless
shéiwho
身体shēntǐbody
什么shénmeWhat
生病shēngbìngFall ill
生气shēngqìget angry
生日shēngrìBirthday
声音shēngyīnvoice
shíTen
时候shíhoutime
时间shíjiāntime
使shǐsend
shìyes
世界shìjièworld
事情shìqingThing
手表shǒubiǎoWrist Watch
手机shǒujīMobile phone
shòuthin
shūbook
舒服shūfucomfortable
叔叔shūshuuncle
shùtree
数学shùxuéMathematics
刷牙shuāyáBrush one’s teeth
shuāngdouble
shuǐwater
水果shuǐguǒFruits
水平shuǐpínglevel
睡觉shuìjiàosleep
说话shuōhuàspeak
司机sījīDriver
Four
sònggive
虽然suīránalthough
suìyear
所以suǒyǐtherefore
he
she
it
tàitoo
太阳tàiyángsunlight
tángsugar
特别tèbiéEspecially
téngThey hurt
踢足球tīzúqiúPlay football
topic
提高tígāoincrease
体育tǐyùSports
天气tiānqìweather
tiánsweet
tiáostrip
跳舞tiàowǔdance
tīnghear
同事tóngshìColleague
同学tóngxuéClassmate
同意tóngyìAgree
头发tóufaHair
突然tūránsuddenly
图书馆túshūguǎnLibrary
tuǐleg
wàiabroad
wánfinish
完成wánchéngcomplete
wánplay
wǎnbowl
晚上wǎnshangNight
wànten thousand
忘记wàngjìforget
wèifeed
wèiby
为了wèilein order to
为什么wèishénmeWhy
wèiposition
文化wénhuàCulture
wènask
问题wèntíproblem
I
我们wǒmenWe
Five
西west
西瓜xīguāwatermelon
希望xīwànghope
习惯xíguànHabit
wash
洗手间xǐshǒujiānRestroom
洗澡xǐzǎoTake a shower
喜欢xǐhuanlike
xiàlower
下午xiàwǔAfternoon
下雨xiàyǔrain
xiàsummer
xiānbefore
先生xiānshengSir
现在xiànzàiNow
香蕉xiāngjiāoBanana
相同xiāngtóngidentical
相信xiāngxìnbelieve
xiǎngthink
xiàngtowards
xiàngimage
xiǎoSmall
小姐xiǎojiěMiss
小时xiǎoshíhour
小心xiǎoxīnLook out
xiàolaugh
校长xiàozhǎngPrincipal
xiēsome
xiéshoes
xiěwrite
谢谢xièxieThank you
xīnnew
新闻xīnwénJournalism
新鲜xīnxiānfresh
xìnletter
星期xīngqīweek
行李箱xínglixiāngTrunk
xìngsurname
兴趣xìngqùInterest
熊猫xióngmāoPanda
休息xiūxiRest
需要xūyàoNeed
选择xuǎnzéChoice
学生xuéshengStudent
学习xuéxíStudy
学校xuéxiàoSchool
xuěSnow
颜色yánsècolour
眼镜yǎnjìngglasses
眼睛yǎnjingEye
羊肉yángròumutton
要求yāoqiúRequirement
yàodrug
yàowant
爷爷yéyegrandpa
also
One
衣服yīfuclothes
医生yīshēngDoctor
医院yīyuànHospital
一定yídìngCertain
一共yígòngAltogether
一会儿yíhuìrA little while
一样yíyàngequally
以后yǐhòuIn the future
以前yǐqiánbefore
以为yǐwéiThink
已经yǐjīngAlready
椅子yǐziChair
一般yìbāncommonly
一边yìbiānOne side
一起yìqǐtogether
一直yìzhíalways
意思yìsiMeaning
yīnYin
因为yīnwèibecause
音乐yīnyuèMusic
银行yínhángBank
应该yīnggāiShould
影响yǐngxiǎngInfluence
yònguse
游戏yóuxìGame
游泳yóuyǒngSwimming
yǒuhave
有名yǒumíngFamous
yòualso
右边yòubianRight
fish
遇到yùdàoencounter
yuánelement
yuǎnfar
愿意yuànyìBe willing
yuèmonth
月亮yuèliangMoon
yuèThe more
yúncloud
运动yùndòngmotion
zàistay
zàiagain
再见zàijiànBye
早上zǎoshangMorning
怎么zěnmeHow
怎么样zěnmeyàngHow
zhànstation
zhāngZhang
zhǎnglong
丈夫zhàngfuhusband
着急zháojíWorry
zhǎolook for
照顾zhàogùlook after
照片zhàopiànPhoto
照相机zhàoxiàngjīCamera
这 (这儿)zhè(zhèr)Here (here)
zhemeans
zhēnreally
正在zhèngzàiIs
知道zhīdàoknow
zhǐonly
中国zhōngguóChina
中间zhōngjiānMiddle
中午zhōngwǔNoon
终于zhōngyúfinally
zhǒngspecies
重要zhòngyàoimportant
周末zhōumòWeekend
主要zhǔyàomain
zhùlive
zhùwish
注意zhùyìBe careful
准备zhǔnbèiGet ready
桌子zhuōziTable
word
字典zìdiǎnDictionaries
自己zìjǐOwn
自行车zìxíngchēBicycle
总是zǒngshìalways
zǒugo
zuìmost
最近zuìjìnLately
昨天zuótiānYesterday
左边zuǒbianleft
zuòsit
zuòdo
作业zuòyèhomework
作用zuòyòngEffect
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This Post Has 16 Comments

  1. I loved how the first two vocabulary lists were divided: By parts of speech. Made it much easier to visualize.

  2. can you arrange the vocabulary from hsk 3-6 according to part of speech just like you did for hsk 1&2. It will be a great help

    1. You are totally right me too I preferred the arrangement of the level 1and 2 it is more convenient and easy to learn

  3. 漂亮 (piàoliang) should be translated as “pretty”, usually in reference to a woman’s/girl’s looks. 做得好 (Zuò dé hǎo) would be more accurate for “well done”.

  4. Thanks for sharing the HSK 3 vocabulary list PDF! I’m currently studying for the HSK exam and finding practice materials like this is really helpful. Do you have any tips for memorizing the vocabulary? I find it to be quite challenging. 😊

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