HSK 1 Flashcards
Vocabulary
爱
ài to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
八
bā eight; 8
爸爸
bà ba father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
杯子
bēi zi cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]
北京
běi jīng Beijing; capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government
本
běn origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally
不客气
bú kè qi you’re welcome; it’s my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)
不
bù not (negative prefix); no
菜
cài dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]
茶
chá tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]
吃
chī to eat; to have one’s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust
出租车
chū zū chē taxi
打电话
dǎ diàn huà to make a phone call
大
dà big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest
的
de of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
点
diǎn a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities
电脑
diàn nǎo computer; CL:台[tai2]
电视
diàn shì television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]
电影
diàn yǐng movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]
东西
dōng xi thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]
都
dōu all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already
读
dú to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]
对不起
duì bu qǐ I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down
多
duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
多少
duō shǎo how much; how many
儿子
ér zi son
二
èr two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)
饭店
fàn diàn restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
飞机
fēi jī airplane; CL: 架[jia4]
分钟
fēn zhōng minute
高兴
gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
个
gè classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size
工作
gōng zuò job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]
狗
gǒu dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]
汉语
hàn yǔ Chinese language
好
hǎo good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
号
hào day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number
喝
hē to drink; to shout (a command)
和
hé and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He
很
hěn very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully
后面
hòu miàn rear; back; behind; later; afterwards
回
huí to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
会
huì can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)
几
jǐ how much; how many; several; a few
家
jiā home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4]
叫
jiào to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
今天
jīn tiān today; at the present
九
jiǔ nine; 9
开
kāi to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)
看
kàn to look at
看见
kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of
块
kuài unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱
来
lái to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next
老师
lǎo shī teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
了
le (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
冷
lěng cold
里
lǐ inside; lining; interior; internal
六
liù six; 6
吗
ma (question tag)
妈妈
mā ma mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
买
mǎi to buy; to purchase
猫
māo cat; CL:只[zhi1]
没关系
méi guān xi it doesn’t matter
没有
méi yǒu haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be
米饭
mǐ fàn (cooked) rice
名字
míng zi name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]
明天
míng tiān tomorrow
哪
nǎ which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
哪儿
nǎ er where?; wherever; anywhere
那
nà that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
呢
ne (question particle for subjects already mentioned)
能
néng to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of
你
nǐ you (informal)
年
nián year; CL:个[ge4]
女儿
nǚ ér daughter
朋友
péng you friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
漂亮
piào liang pretty; beautiful
苹果
píng guǒ apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]
七
qī seven; 7
前面
qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above
钱
qián coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]
请
qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
去
qù to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
热
rè heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
人
rén man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
认识
rèn shi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
三
sān three; 3
商店
shāng diàn store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]
上
shàng on
上午
shàng wǔ morning; CL:个[ge4]
少
shǎo few; little; lack
谁
shéi who; also pronounced shui2
什么
shén me what?; who?; something; anything
十
shí ten; 10
时候
shí hou time; length of time; moment; period
是
shì to be; yes
书
shū book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History
水
shuǐ water; river; liquid; beverage
水果
shuǐguǒ fruit
睡觉
shuì jiào to go to bed; to go to sleep
说
shuō to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
四
sì four; 4
岁
suì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
他
tā he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb’s name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another
她
tā she
太
tài too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
天气
tiān qì weather
听
tīng to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ‘tin’); classifier for canned beverages
同学
tóng xué (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]
喂
wèi hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey
我
wǒ I; me; my
我们
wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our
五
wǔ five; 5
喜欢
xǐ huan to like; to be fond of
下
xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down
下午
xià wǔ afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]
下雨
xià yǔ to rain; rainy
先生
xiān sheng Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
现在
xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
想
xiǎng to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
小
xiǎo small; tiny; young
小姐
xiǎo jie young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]
些
xiē some; few; several; (a measure word)
写
xiě to write
谢谢
xiè xie to thank; thanks
星期
xīng qī week; CL:个[ge4]
学生
xué sheng student; school child
学习
xué xí to learn; to study
学校
xué xiào school; CL:所[suo3]
一
yī one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; ‘one’ radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
一点儿
yī diǎn er a little (bit)
医生
yī shēng doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]
医院
yī yuàn hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]
衣服
yī fu clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]
椅子
yǐ zi chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]
有
yǒu to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
月
yuè month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]
再见
zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later
在
zài (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
怎么
zěn me how?; what?; why?
怎么样
zěn me yàng how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?
这
zhè this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
中国
zhōng guó China; Middle Kingdom
中午
zhōng wǔ noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]
住
zhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop
桌子
zhuō zi table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]
字
zì letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]
昨天
zuó tiān yesterday
做
zuò to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance
坐
zuò
