HSK 3 Vocabulary List — 246 Words

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āyí — aunt 矮
ǎi — short (height) 爱好
àihào — hobby 安静
ānjìng — quiet 把
bǎ — preposition (disposal) 班
bān — class, team 搬
bān — to move (objects) 办公室
bàngōngshì — office 半
bàn — half 帮忙
bāngmáng — to help 包
bāo — bag, sack 饱
bǎo — full (from eating) 北方
běifāng — north, northern region 被
bèi — by (passive marker) 鼻子
bízi — nose 比较
bǐjiào — compare, relatively 笔记本
bǐjìběn — notebook 必须
bìxū — must, have to 变化
biànhuà — change (noun/verb) 别人
biérén — other people 冰箱
bīngxiāng — refrigerator 不但
búdàn — not only 菜单
càidān — menu 参加
cānjiā — to participate 草
cǎo — grass 层
céng — layer, floor (storey) 差
chà — to lack, not good 超市
chāoshì — supermarket 衬衫
chènshān — dress shirt 成绩
chéngjì — grade, score 城市
chéngshì — city 迟到
chídào — to be late 除了
chúle — except, besides 船
chuán — boat, ship 春
chūn — spring (season) 词典
cídiǎn — dictionary 聪明
cōngming — smart, clever 打扫
dǎsǎo — to clean (sweep) 打算
dǎsuàn — to plan to 带
dài — to bring, to take 担心
dānxīn — to worry 蛋糕
dàngāo — cake 当然
dāngrán — of course 地
de — adverbial structural particle 灯
dēng — lamp, light 地铁
dìtiě — subway, metro 地图
dìtú — map 电梯
diàntī — elevator 电子邮件
diànzǐ yóujiàn — email 动物
dòngwù — animal 短
duǎn — short 段
duàn — segment, section 锻炼
duànliàn — to exercise, work out 发
fā — to send, to occur 发烧
fāshāo — to have a fever 发现
fāxiàn — to discover, find 方便
fāngbiàn — convenient 放
fàng — to put, to place 放心
fàngxīn — to be at ease 分
fēn — minute, point 附近
fùjìn — nearby 复习
fùxí — to review (study) 干净
gānjìng — clean 赶
gǎn — to hurry 感冒
gǎnmào — to catch a cold 刚才
gāngcái — just now 更
gèng — more, even more 公斤
gōngjīn — kilogram 公园
gōngyuán — park 故事
gùshi — story 刮风
guā fēng — to be windy 关
guān — to close, to turn off 关系
guānxi — relationship, relation 关心
guānxīn — to care about 国家
guójiā — country, nation 过去
guòqù — past, to go over 还是
háishì — or (in questions), still 害怕
hàipà — afraid 后来
hòulái — afterwards, later 护照
hùzhào — passport 花
huā — flower, to spend (money/time) 坏
huài — broken, bad 环境
huánjìng — environment 会议
huìyì — meeting, conference 或者
huòzhě — or 几乎
jīhū — almost 机会
jīhuì — opportunity 极
jí — extremely 记得
jìde — to remember 季节
jìjié — season 检查
jiǎnchá — to check, inspect 简单
jiǎndān — simple 健康
jiànkāng — healthy 见面
jiànmiàn — to meet 讲
jiǎng — to speak, to tell 角
jiǎo — corner, jiao (currency) 脚
jiǎo — foot 接
jiē — to receive, to meet 节目
jiémù — program, show 节日
jiérì — festival, holiday 解决
jiějué — to solve, resolve 经过
jīngguò — to pass through 久
jiǔ — long time 旧
jiù — old (objects) 举行
jǔxíng — to hold (event) 句子
jùzi — sentence 决定
juédìng — to decide 可爱
kě'ài — cute, lovely 渴
kě — thirsty 刻
kè — quarter (hour), to carve 客人
kèrén — guest 空调
kōngtiáo — air conditioning 口
kǒu — mouth, measure word 哭
kū — to cry 裤子
kùzi — pants, trousers 筷子
kuàizi — chopsticks 蓝
lán — blue 老
lǎo — old, always 离开
líkāi — to leave 礼物
lǐwù — gift 历史
lìshǐ — history 脸
liǎn — face 练习
liànxí — to practice 辆
liàng — measure word for vehicles 了解
liǎojiě — to understand 邻居
línjū — neighbor 留学
liúxué — to study abroad 楼
lóu — building, floor 绿
lǜ — green 马
mǎ — horse 马上
mǎshàng — immediately 满意
mǎnyì — satisfied 帽子
màozi — hat, cap 米
mǐ — meter, rice (uncooked) 面包
miànbāo — bread 明白
míngbai — to understand, clear 拿
ná — to take, hold 奶奶
nǎinai — grandmother (paternal) 南
nán — south 难
nán — difficult 难过
nánguò — sad, upset 年级
niánjí — grade, year (school) 年轻
niánqīng — young 鸟
niǎo — bird 努力
nǔlì — to try hard 爬山
páshān — mountain climbing 盘子
pánzi — plate 胖
pàng — fat, overweight 皮鞋
píxié — leather shoes 啤酒
píjiǔ — beer 葡萄
pútao — grape 普通话
Pǔtōnghuà — Mandarin Chinese 其实
qíshí — actually, in fact 其他
qítā — other 奇怪
qíguài — strange 起飞
qǐfēi — to take off (airplane) 起来
qǐlái — to get up, verb complement 清楚
qīngchu — clear 请假
qǐngjià — to ask for leave 裙子
qúnzi — skirt 然后
ránhòu — then, afterwards 认真
rènzhēn — serious, earnest 容易
róngyì — easy 如果
rúguǒ — if 伞
sǎn — umbrella 上网
shàngwǎng — to go online 生气
shēngqì — angry 声音
shēngyīn — sound, voice 世界
shìjiè — world 瘦
shòu — thin, lean 叔叔
shūshu — uncle (father's younger brother) 舒服
shūfu — comfortable 双
shuāng — pair, double 树
shù — tree 水平
shuǐpíng — level, standard 司机
sījī — driver 太阳
tàiyáng — sun 特别
tèbié — special, especially 疼
téng — painful 提高
tígāo — to improve, raise 体育
tǐyù — sports, PE 甜
tián — sweet 条
tiáo — measure word for long things 同事
tóngshì — colleague 同意
tóngyì — to agree 头发
tóufa — hair 突然
tūrán — suddenly 图书馆
túshūguǎn — library 腿
tuǐ — leg 完成
wánchéng — to complete, finish 碗
wǎn — bowl 万
wàn — ten thousand 忘记
wàngjì — to forget 为了
wèile — in order to 位
wèi — measure word for people 文化
wénhuà — culture 闻
wén — to smell 洗手间
xǐshǒujiān — restroom 洗澡
xǐzǎo — to shower, bathe 夏
xià — summer 先
xiān — first, before 相信
xiāngxìn — to believe 香蕉
xiāngjiāo — banana 相同
xiāngtóng — same, identical 像
xiàng — similar to, like 校长
xiàozhǎng — principal 新鲜
xīnxiān — fresh 行李箱
xínglixiāng — suitcase 兴趣
xìngqù — interest 熊猫
xióngmāo — panda 需要
xūyào — to need 选择
xuǎnzé — to choose 牙
yá — tooth 爷爷
yéye — grandfather (paternal) 一定
yīdìng — definitely, certainly 一共
yīgòng — altogether, in total 一会儿
yíhuìr — a while, a moment 一样
yīyàng — same, alike 一直
yīzhí — continuously, straight 饮料
yǐnliào — beverage 应该
yīnggāi — should, ought to 影响
yǐngxiǎng — influence, to affect 用
yòng — to use 又
yòu — again 遇到
yùdào — to encounter, run into 元
yuán — yuan (currency unit) 愿意
yuànyì — willing 月亮
yuèliang — moon 越
yuè — more, increasingly 张
zhāng — measure word for flat objects 长
zhǎng — to grow, to look (appearance) 照顾
zhàogù — to take care of 照片
zhàopiàn — photo 只
zhǐ — only, measure word for animals 终于
zhōngyú — finally 种
zhǒng — type, kind 重要
zhòngyào — important 周末
zhōumò — weekend 主要
zhǔyào — main, primary 注意
zhùyì — to pay attention 自己
zìjǐ — oneself 总是
zǒngshì — always 嘴
zuǐ — mouth 最近
zuìjìn — recently 作业
zuòyè — homework 作用
zuòyòng — effect, function

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