HSK 1 First 50 Words

Question 1

爱
ài

Answer 1

to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

Question 2

八
bā

Answer 2

eight; 8

Question 3

爸爸
bà ba

Answer 3

father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

Question 4

杯子
bēi zi

Answer 4

cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

Question 5

北京
běi jīng

Answer 5

Beijing; capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

Question 6

本
běn

Answer 6

origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally

Question 7

不客气
bú kè qi

Answer 7

you’re welcome; it’s my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

Question 8

不
bù

Answer 8

not (negative prefix); no

Question 9

菜
cài

Answer 9

dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]

Question 10

茶
chá

Answer 10

tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

Question 11

吃
chī

Answer 11

to eat; to have one’s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust

Question 12

出租车
chū zū chē

Answer 12

taxi

Question 13

打电话
dǎ diàn huà

Answer 13

to make a phone call

Question 14

大
dà

Answer 14

big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

Question 15

的
de

Answer 15

of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

Question 16

点
diǎn

Answer 16

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

Question 17

电脑
diàn nǎo

Answer 17

computer; CL:台[tai2]

Question 18

电视
diàn shì

Answer 18

television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

Question 19

电影
diàn yǐng

Answer 19

movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]

Question 20

东西
dōng xi

Answer 20

thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

Question 21

都
dōu

Answer 21

all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

Question 22

读
dú

Answer 22

to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

Question 23

对不起
duì bu qǐ

Answer 23

I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

Question 24

多
duō

Answer 24

many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

Question 25

多少 duō shǎo

Answer 25

how much; how many儿子

Question 26

儿子 ér zi

Answer 26

son

Question 27

二 èr

Answer 27

two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

Question 28

饭店 fàn diàn

Answer 28

restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];

Question 29

飞机 fēi jī

Answer 29

airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

Question 30

分钟 fēn zhōng

Answer 30

minute

Question 31

高兴 gāo xìng

Answer 31

happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

Question 32

个 gè

Answer 32

classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size

Question 33

工作 gōng zuò

Answer 33

job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

Question 34

狗 gǒu

Answer 34

dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

Question 35

汉语 hàn yǔ

Answer 35

Chinese language

Question 36

好 hǎo

Answer 36

good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

Question 37

号 hào

Answer 37

day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number

Question 38

喝 hē

Answer 38

to drink; to shout (a command)

Question 39

和 hé

Answer 39

and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

Question 40

很 hěn

Answer 40

very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

Question 41

后面 hòu miàn

Answer 41

rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

Question 42

回 huí

Answer 42

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)

Question 43

会 huì

Answer 43

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)

Question 44

几 jǐ

Answer 44

how much; how many; several; a few

Question 45

家 jiā

Answer 45

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]

Question 46

叫 jiào

Answer 46

to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Question 47

今天 jīn tiān

Answer 47

today; at the present

Question 48

九 jiǔ

Answer 48

nine; 9

Question 49

开 kāi

Answer 49

to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

Question 50

看 kàn

Answer 50

to look at