hsk1-learnchars-1

Question 1

xiàn zài => now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

Answer 1

现在

Question 2

yī fu => clothes; CL:件[jian4] ;套[tao4]

Answer 2

衣服

Question 3

chū zū chē => taxi

Answer 3

出租车

Question 4

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

Answer 4

本

Question 5

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

Answer 5

读

Question 6

fàn diàn => restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1];個|个[ge4];

Answer 6

饭店

Question 7

shì => to be; yes

Answer 7

是

Question 8

shuǐ => water; river; liquid; beverage

Answer 8

水

Question 9

yǐ zi => chair; CL:把[ba3] ;套[tao4]

Answer 9

椅子

Question 10

rén => man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 10

人

Question 11

ne => (question particle for subjects already mentioned)

Answer 11

呢

Question 12

shàng wǔ => morning; CL:个[ge4]

Answer 12

上午

Question 13

gāo xìng => happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

Answer 13

高兴

Question 14

xiè xie => to thank; thanks

Answer 14

谢谢

Question 15

xià => down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down

Answer 15

下

Question 16

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]

Answer 16

家

Question 17

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

Answer 17

能

Question 18

yī yuàn => hospital; CL:所[suo3] ;家[jia1] ;座[zuo4]

Answer 18

医院

Question 19

dōu => all; both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

Answer 19

都

Question 20

nǐ => you (informal)

Answer 20

你

Question 21

xià wǔ => afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]

Answer 21

下午

Question 22

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

Answer 22

吃

Question 23

zì => letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]

Answer 23

字

Question 24

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

Answer 24

菜

Question 25

bù => not (negative prefix); no

Answer 25

不

Question 26

hàn yǔ => Chinese language

Answer 26

汉语

Question 27

xiǎo => small; tiny; young

Answer 27

小

Question 28

péng you => friend; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 28

朋友

Question 29

xiē => some; few; several; (a measure word)

Answer 29

些

Question 30

yī => one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; ‘one’ radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Answer 30

一

Question 31

lěng => cold

Answer 31

冷

Question 32

zuó tiān => yesterday

Answer 32

昨天

Question 33

xiǎo jie => young lady; Miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 33

小姐

Question 34

wèi => hello (interj.; esp. on telephone); hey

Answer 34

喂

Question 35

gōng zuò => job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ;份[fen4] ;项[xiang4]

Answer 35

工作

Question 36

rè => heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up

Answer 36

热

Question 37

zài => (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

Answer 37

在

Question 38

zěn me yàng => how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?

Answer 38

怎么样

Question 39

nǚ ér => daughter

Answer 39

女儿

Question 40

chá => tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ;壶[hu2]

Answer 40

茶

Question 41

èr => two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

Answer 41

二

Question 42

zhù => to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop

Answer 42

住

Question 43

suì => classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

Answer 43

岁

Question 44

liù => six; 6

Answer 44

六

Question 45

shuì jiào => to go to bed; to go to sleep

Answer 45

睡觉

Question 46

lái => to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

Answer 46

来

Question 47

mǎi => to buy; to purchase

Answer 47

买

Question 48

běi jīng => Beijing; capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

Answer 48

北京

Question 49

xiǎng => to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

Answer 49

想

Question 50

xiě => to write

Answer 50

写

Question 51

hòu miàn => rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

Answer 51

后面

Question 52

nǎ er => where?; wherever; anywhere

Answer 52

哪儿

Question 53

zhōng guó => China; Middle Kingdom

Answer 53

中国

Question 54

bēi zi => cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ;支[zhi1]

Answer 54

杯子

Question 55

dǎ diàn huà => to make a phone call

Answer 55

打电话

Question 56

qián => coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

Answer 56

钱

Question 57

le => (completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

Answer 57

了

Question 58

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

Answer 58

好

Question 59

dà => big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

Answer 59

大

Question 60

zuò => to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus; airplane etc); to bear fruit

Answer 60

坐

Question 61

bà ba => father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 61

爸爸

Question 62

hē => to drink; to shout (a command)

Answer 62

喝

Question 63

shí hou => time; length of time; moment; period

Answer 63

时候

Question 64

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

Answer 64

号

Question 65

jīn tiān => today; at the present

Answer 65

今天

Question 66

lǎo shī => teacher; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 66

老师

Question 67

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)

Answer 67

回

Question 68

tā => she

Answer 68

她

Question 69

tīng => to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English ‘tin’); classifier for canned beverages

Answer 69

听

Question 70

xià yǔ => to rain; rainy

Answer 70

下雨

Question 71

diàn yǐng => movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ;幕[mu4] ;场[chang3]

Answer 71

电影

Question 72

shū => book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ;册[ce4] ;部[bu4]; see also Book of History

Answer 72

书

Question 73

yī shēng => doctor; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4] ;名[ming2]

Answer 73

医生

Question 74

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

Answer 74

点

Question 75

fēi jī => airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

Answer 75

飞机

Question 76

shí => ten; 10

Answer 76

十

Question 77

shuō => to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

Answer 77

说

Question 78

kāi => to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

Answer 78

开

Question 79

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

Answer 79

做

Question 80

sān => three; 3

Answer 80

三

Question 81

zài jiàn => goodbye; see you again later

Answer 81

再见

Question 82

tiān qì => weather

Answer 82

天气

Question 83

xué sheng => student; school child

Answer 83

学生

Question 84

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

Answer 84

他

Question 85

nǎ => which? (interrogative; followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);

Answer 85

哪

Question 86

lǐ => inside; lining; interior; internal

Answer 86

里

Question 87

zěn me => how?; what?; why?

Answer 87

怎么

Question 88

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

Answer 88

叫

Question 89

yī diǎn er => a little (bit)

Answer 89

一点儿

Question 90

xiān sheng => Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 90

先生

Question 91

shuǐguǒ => fruit

Answer 91

水果

Question 92

tài => too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest

Answer 92

太

Question 93

zhè => this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier; esp. in Beijing);

Answer 93

这

Question 94

shàng => on

Answer 94

上

Question 95

ài => to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

Answer 95

爱

Question 96

duì bu qǐ => I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

Answer 96

对不起

Question 97

yuè => month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ;轮[lun2]

Answer 97

月

Question 98

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

Answer 98

去

Question 99

wǒ men => we; us; ourselves; our

Answer 99

我们

Question 100

xǐ huan => to like; to be fond of

Answer 100

喜欢

Question 101

diàn shì => television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ;个[ge4]

Answer 101

电视

Question 102

shéi => who; also pronounced shui2

Answer 102

谁

Question 103

qián miàn => ahead; in front; preceding; above

Answer 103

前面

Question 104

shén me => what?; who?; something; anything

Answer 104

什么

Question 105

shāng diàn => store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ;个[ge4]

Answer 105

商店

Question 106

jiǔ => nine; 9

Answer 106

九

Question 107

bú kè qi => you’re welcome; it’s my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

Answer 107

不客气

Question 108

māo => cat; CL:只[zhi1]

Answer 108

猫

Question 109

nián => year; CL:个[ge4]

Answer 109

年

Question 110

méi yǒu => haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be;

Answer 110

没有

Question 111

wǒ => I; me; my

Answer 111

我

Question 112

shǎo => few; little; lack

Answer 112

少

Question 113

xué xí => to learn; to study

Answer 113

学习

Question 114

jǐ => how much; how many; several; a few

Answer 114

几

Question 115

dōng xi => thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ;件[jian4]

Answer 115

东西

Question 116

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

Answer 116

的

Question 117

píng guǒ => apple; CL:个[ge4] ;颗[ke1]

Answer 117

苹果

Question 118

nà => that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier; esp. in Beijing;

Answer 118

那

Question 119

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)

Answer 119

会

Question 120

diàn nǎo => computer; CL:台[tai2]

Answer 120

电脑

Question 121

xīng qī => week; CL:个[ge4]

Answer 121

星期

Question 122

kàn jiàn => to see; to catch sight of

Answer 122

看见

Question 123

gǒu => dog; CL:只[zhi1] ;条[tiao2]

Answer 123

狗

Question 124

bā => eight; 8

Answer 124

八

Question 125

xué xiào => school; CL:所[suo3]

Answer 125

学校

Question 126

kàn => to look at

Answer 126

看

Question 127

zhōng wǔ => noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

Answer 127

中午

Question 128

qī => seven; 7

Answer 128

七

Question 129

míng tiān => tomorrow

Answer 129

明天

Question 130

méi guān xi => it doesn’t matter

Answer 130

没关系

Question 131

ér zi => son

Answer 131

儿子

Question 132

mǐ fàn => (cooked) rice

Answer 132

米饭

Question 133

yǒu => to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

Answer 133

有

Question 134

wǔ => five; 5

Answer 134

五

Question 135

ma => (question tag)

Answer 135

吗

Question 136

duō shǎo => how much; how many

Answer 136

多少

Question 137

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

Answer 137

块

Question 138

rèn shi => to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

Answer 138

认识

Question 139

duō => many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

Answer 139

多

Question 140

hé => and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

Answer 140

和

Question 141

míng zi => name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]

Answer 141

名字

Question 142

fēn zhōng => minute

Answer 142

分钟

Question 143

tóng xué => (fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ;个[ge4]

Answer 143

同学

Question 144

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

Answer 144

个

Question 145

mā ma => mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ;位[wei4]

Answer 145

妈妈

Question 146

zhuō zi => table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ;套[tao4]

Answer 146

桌子

Question 147

hěn => very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

Answer 147

很

Question 148

qǐng => to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

Answer 148

请

Question 149

piào liang => pretty; beautiful

Answer 149

漂亮

Question 150

sì => four; 4

Answer 150

四