HSK Guide

Chinese dictionary

Search in Chinese, pinyin (with or without tone marks), your interface language or English. Every entry links to its characters, radicals and the grammar that uses it.

The most common words

  • 的depossessive and modifying particle: ’s, ofWord · HSK 1
  • 了lemarks a completed action (after the verb)Word · HSK 1
  • 是shìto be (A is B)Word · HSK 1
  • 不bùnot (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)Word · HSK 1
  • 个gegeneral measure wordWord · HSK 1
  • 人rénperson, peopleWord · HSK 1
  • 我wǒI, meWord · HSK 1
  • 他tāhe, himWord · HSK 1
  • 一yīoneWord · HSK 1
  • 在zàito be at, to be in (a place)Word · HSK 1
  • 就jiùthen, right after that; straight awayWord · HSK 2
  • 这zhèthis, theseWord · HSK 1
  • 得departicle linking a verb to a comment on how it is doneWord · HSK 2
  • 有yǒuto have, to possessWord · HSK 1
  • 到dàoto arrive, to get toWord · HSK 2
  • 和héand (joining nouns)Word · HSK 1
  • 上shàngon, on top of, aboveWord · HSK 1
  • 也yěalso, tooWord · HSK 2
  • 大dàbig, largeWord · HSK 1
  • 要yàoto want, to ask forWord · HSK 2
  • 说shuōto say, to speakWord · HSK 1
  • 我们wǒmenwe, usWord · HSK 1
  • 们menplural suffix for pronouns and words for peopleWord · HSK 1
  • 对duìright, correctWord · HSK 2
  • 来láito comeWord · HSK 1
  • 那nàthat, thoseWord · HSK 1
  • 会huìcan, to know how to (a learned skill)Word · HSK 1
  • 地departicle turning a description into a manner adverb before a verbWord · HSK 3
  • 你nǐyou (one person)Word · HSK 1
  • 过guòever, have done before (experience particle)Word · HSK 2