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HSK 1: 150 words.

The first 150 words — greetings, numbers, family.

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一yīone; single; a (article)
一点儿yī diǎn rerhua variant of 一點
七qīseven; 7
三sānthree; 3
上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up
上午shàng wǔmorning
下xiàdown; downwards; below
下午xià wǔafternoon; p.m.
下雨xià yǔto rain
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
不客气bù kè qiyou're welcome; don't mention it; impolite
东西dōng xithing; stuff; person
个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
中午zhōng wǔnoon; midday
中国Zhōng guóChina
九jiǔnine; 9
书shūbook; letter; document
买mǎito buy; to purchase
了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
五wǔfive; 5
些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
人rénperson; people
什么shén mewhat?; something; anything
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人)
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together
住zhùto live; to dwell; to stay
你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
儿子ér zison
先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband
八bāeight
六liùsix; 6
再见zài jiàngoodbye
写xiěto write
冷lěngcold
几jǐhow much; how many; several
出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car
分钟fēn zhōngminute
前面qián miànahead; in front; preceding
北京Běi jīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京)
医生yī shēngdoctor
医院yī yuànhospital
十shíten; 10
去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
叫jiàoto shout; to call; to order
号hàoordinal number; day of a month; mark
吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
同学tóng xuéto study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
后面hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
吗má(coll.) what?
听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")
和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. ); (math.) sum; to make peace
哪nǎhow; which
哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
商店shāng diànstore; shop
喂wèihey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
喜欢xǐ huanto like; to be fond of
喝hēto drink
四sìfour; 4
回huíto circle; to go back; to turn around
在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐)
天气tiān qìweather
太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
女儿nǚ érdaughter
她tāshe
好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
妈妈mā mamama; mommy; mother
字zìletter; symbol; character
学习xué xíto learn; to study
学校xué xiàoschool
学生xué shengstudent; schoolchild
家jiāhome; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
少shǎofew; less; to lack
岁suìclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate; job
年niányear
开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
怎么zěn mehow?; what?; why?
怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?; how was it?
想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
我wǒI; me; my
我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our
打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
时候shí houtime; length of time; moment
明天míng tiāntomorrow
星期xīng qīweek; day of the week; Sunday
昨天zuó tiānyesterday
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
月yuèmoon; month; monthly
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)
朋友péng youfriend
本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來)
杯子bēi zicup; glass
桌子zhuō zitable; desk
椅子yǐ zichair
水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水 and 水性)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
汉语Hàn yǔChinese language
没关系méi guān xiit doesn't matter
没有méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist
漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful
点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select
热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad
狗gǒudog
猫māocat (CL:隻); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
现在xiàn zàinow; at present; currently
电影diàn yǐngmovie; film
电脑diàn nǎocomputer
电视diàn shìtelevision; TV
的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
睡觉shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep
米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
老师lǎo shīteacher
能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
苹果píng guǒapple
茶chátea; tea plant
菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵); dish (of food) (CL:樣,道,盤); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
衣服yī fuclothes
认识rèn shito know; to recognize; to be familiar with
说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
谁shéiwho; also pr.
谢谢xiè xieto thank; thanks; thank you
这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. , esp. in Beijing)
那nuó(archaic) many; beautiful; how
都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already
里lǐlining; interior; inside
钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩
飞机fēi jīairplane
饭店fàn diànrestaurant; hotel
高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad; willing (to do sth)