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HSK 2 Vocabulary List

There are two sections in HSK Level 2: listening comprehension and reading comprehension. Both sections contain 60 items in total. Passing HSK 2 indicates that you have an excellent grasp of basic Chinese and can communicate about routine tasks that require a simple and direct exchange of information. Before you take this test, you must have mastered 300 commonly used words and related grammar patterns in this HSK 2 vocabulary list.

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ChinesePinyinEnglish
Personal Pron.
I, me
我们wǒmenwe, us (pl.)
you
你们nǐmenyou (pl.)
he, him
she, her
他们tāmenthey (male+female / male,pl.)
她们tāmenthey (females, pl.)
Demonstrative Pron.
这 (这儿)zhè ( zhèr)here, this
那 (那儿)nà (nàr)there, that
Interrogative Pron.
哪(哪儿)nǎ (nǎr)where
shéiwho
什么shénmewhat, why
多少duōshǎohow many, how much
a few, how many
怎么zěnmehow
怎么样zěnmeyànghow about
nínyou
it
大家dàjiāeveryone
měievery
为什么wèishénmewhy
Numberal
one
èrtwo
sānthree
four
five
liùsix
seven
eight
jiǔnine
shíten
língzero
liǎngtwo
bǎihundred
qiānthousand
第一dìyīfirst
Quantifier
one, a, an
suìyear
běnvolume
xiēsome
kuàipiece
number
公斤gōngjīnkilogram
yuányuan
jiànpiece
zhāngsheet
Adverb
no
méino
hěnquite, very
tàitoo
dōuall
biéother
非常fēichángvery
likewise
háirepay
zuìmost
zhēnreal
正在zhèngzàibe being
已经yǐjīngalready
一起yìqǐtogether
zàiagain
jiǜat once
Conjunction
and
因为yīnwèibecause
所以suǒyǐso
但是dànshìbut
Preposition
zàiin, at
cóngfrom
duìright
this
xiàngtowards
leave
Auxiliary
de
le
ma
ne
de
zhe
guo
ba
Interjection
wèihello
Noun
jiāhome
学校xuéxiàoschool
饭馆fàn guǎnrestaurant
商店shāngdiànstore
医院yīyuànhospital
火车站huǒchēzhàntrain station
中国zhōngguóChina
机场jīchǎngairport
教室jiàoshìclassroom
房间fángjiānroom
road
北京běijīngBeijing
shàngup
xiàbelow
前面qiánmiànfront
后面hòumiànbehind
左边zuǒbiānleft
右边yòubiānright
wàiout
旁边pángbiānside
里面lǐmiàninside
今天jīntiāntoday
明天míngtiāntomorrow
昨天zuótiānyesterday
上午shàngwǔmorning
中午zhōngwǔnoon
下午xiàwǔafternoon
niányear
yuèmonth
day
星期xīngqīweek
diǎndot, spot
分钟fēnzhōngminute
现在xiànzàinow
时候shíhóutime
早上zǎoshàngmorning
晚上wǎnshàngnight
小时xiǎoshíhour
时间shíjiāntime
去年qùniánlast year
hàonumber
生日shēngrìbirthday
爸爸bàbafather
妈妈māmamother
儿子érzison
女儿nǚérdaughter
老师lǎoshīteacher
学生xuéshēngstudent
同学tóngxuéshoolmate
朋友péngyǒufriend
医生yīshēngdoctor
先生xiānshēngsir
小姐xiǎojiěMiss
哥哥gēgebrother
姐姐jiějiesister
弟弟dìdiyounger brother
妹妹mèimeisis
丈夫zhàngfuhusband
妻子qīziwife
孩子háizichild
男人nánrénman
女人nǚrénwoman
服务员fúwùyuánwaiter
衣服yīfucloth
shuǐwater
càivegetable
米饭mǐfànrice
水果shuǐguǒfruit
苹果píngguǒapple
chátea
杯子bēizicup
qiánmoney
飞机fēijīairplane
出租车chūzūchētaxi
电视diànshìtelevision
电脑diànnǎocomputer
电影diànyǐngmovie
天气tiānqìweather
māocat
gǒudog
东西dōngxīthing
fish
羊肉yángròumutton
牛奶niúnǎimilk
鸡蛋jīdànegg
西瓜xīguāwatermelon
咖啡kāfēicoffee
自行车zìxíngchēbike
chuánboat
xuésnow
yàomedicine
手机shǒujīphone
手表shǒubiǎowatch
眼睛yǎnjīngeye
身体shēntǐbody
公共汽车gōnggòngqìchēbus
报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
rénperson
名字míngziname
shūbook
汉语hànyǔChinese
character
桌子zhuōōzidesk
椅子yǐzichair
méndoor
topic
lesson
xìngsurname
问题wèntíquestion
事情shìqingmatter
考试kǎoshìexam
piàoticket
意思yìsimeaning
颜色yánsècolor
Verb
谢谢xièxièthank
不客气búkèqìyou are welcome
再见zàijiàngood-bye
qǐngplease
对不起duìbùqǐsorry
没关系méiguānxìIt doesn’t matter
欢迎huānyíngwelcome
shìam, is, are
yǒuhave
kànlook
tīnglisten
说话shuōhuàspeak
read
xiěwrite
看见kànjiànsee
jiàocall
láicome
huíreturn
go
chīeat
drink
睡觉shuìjiàosleep
打电话dǎdiànhuàcall up
zuòdo
mǎibuy
kāiopen
zuòsit
zhùlive
学习xuéxístudy
工作gōngzuòwork
下雨xiàyǔrain
wènask
zǒuwalk
jìnenter
chūcome
跑步pǎobùrun
dàoarrive
穿chuānwear
wash
gěigive
zhǎofind
dǒngunderstand
xiàosmile
回答huídáanswer
告诉gàosùtell
准备zhǔnbèiprepare
开始kāishǐbegin
介绍jièshàointroduce
帮助bāngzhùhelp
wánplay
sòngpresent
děngwait
rànglet
起床qǐchuángget up
唱歌chànggēsing
跳舞tiàowǔdance
旅游lǚyóutravel
上班shàngbānbe on duty
生病shēngbìngfall ill
休息xiūxirest
运动yùndòngexercise
游泳yóuyǒngswim
踢足球tīzúqiúplay footbal
打篮球dǎlánqiúplay basketball
wánfinish
àilove
喜欢xǐhuānlove, like
xiǎngwant
认识rènshiknow
觉得juédéthink
知道zhīdàoknow
希望xīwànghope
huìcan
néngcan, be able to
可以kěyǐcan
yàoask for
可能kěnéngmay
Adjective
hǎogood
big
xiǎosmall
duōmany, much
shǎofew, little
lěngcold
hot
高兴gāoxìnghappy
漂亮piàoliàngbeautiful
gāotall
hóngred
báiwhite
hēiblack
mángbusy
kuàifast
mànslow
yuǎnfar
jìnclose
好吃hǎochīdelicious
lèitired
chánglong
xīnnew
guìexpensive
便宜piányicheap
qíngfine
yīncloudy
cuòwrong
快乐kuàilèhappy
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This Post Has 26 Comments

  1. there is a typo in the for English translation,”累/lèi” it should be “tired” (d is missing)
    Thanks for this list, I LOVE IT 🙂

      1. Very useful. I LOVE IT. A lot of words describe it: wonderful, fanstastic, useful, exellent, easy to understand and learn Chinese

  2. Dig mandarian is doing awesome job. Keep up the good work. Wo de kaishi HSK2. Wish me luck😊🍀

  3. It is said by someone that , Try is the key of success. If you will work hard , you will get success , it is my first time to learn Chinese really somehow it’s different to pronounce and commiunicate with people but I know little bit and I am trying my best will keep on trying. Best of thank you.

  4. thanks digmandarin ,
    it helped me to study HSK 2 Chinese words for the my exam
    Thanks a lot……..

  5. Can you please create a downloadable PDF version of this HSK 2 vocabulary list? I see vocabulary for all the other levels can be downloaded from the website but HSK 2 doesn’t have a PDF version and download link. Thanks!

  6. Can I ask something? I got this from my teacher and I want to copy it and learn from it . My dad said using pdf is easier for him to copy . Can I ask the link please? And this is helpful thank you

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