HSK 3 Vocabulary

The HSK 1–4 (classic) HSK 3 vocabulary list as published on HSK Guide. Every entry links to its dictionary page, with examples, audio and a character breakdown.

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地departicle turning a description into a manner adverb before a verb

为為wèifor, on behalf of (introducing the beneficiary)

把bǎmarker that moves the object in front of the verb (S 把 O + V + result)

只zhǐonly, merely

种種zhǒngkind, sort (classifier for types)

又yòuagain (of something that has already happened)

才cáionly then, not until (later or harder than expected)

长長zhǎnglong (in space or in time)

自己zìjǐoneself, one’s own

发發fāto send (a message, an email)

啊asentence-final particle that softens the tone

像xiàngto look like, to resemble

被bèiby (passive marker)

起来起來qǐláito get up, to stand up, to rise

位wèipolite classifier for people

分fēnminute (in a clock time)

老lǎoold, aged (of people and animals)

关系關係guānxirelationship, ties (between people)

跟gēnwith (somebody)

最后最後zuìhòulast, final; in the end

国家國家guójiācountry, nation, state

重要zhòngyàoimportant, significant

一定yídìngcertainly, definitely, for sure

应该應該yīnggāishould, ought to

过去過去guòqùthe past, formerly

世界shìjièthe world

先xiānfirst, before anything else

更gèngeven more, still more

影响影響yǐngxiǎngto affect, to influence; to disturb

还是還是háishior (in a question)

一直yìzhícontinuously, all along, straight (on)

一般yìbānordinary, so-so, nothing special

放fàngto put, to place, to set down

主要zhǔyàomain, chief, principal

讲講jiǎngto tell, to relate (a story, an event)

需要xūyàoto need, to require

地方dìfangplace, spot; area

条條tiáoclassifier for long, narrow things

关關guānto close, to shut

发现發現fāxiànto discover, to find, to notice

认为認為rènwéito hold that, to consider, to be of the opinion that

经过經過jīngguòto pass by, to go through (a place)

万萬wànten thousand

为了為了wèilein order to, for the sake of

决定決定juédìngto decide, to make up one’s mind

而且érqiěmoreover, and what is more, besides

以前yǐqiánbefore, previously, in the past

教jiāoto teach

关于關於guānyúabout, concerning, on the subject of

如果rúguǒif, supposing that

越yuè越来越 — more and more, increasingly

解决解決jiějuéto solve, to settle (a problem)

带帶dàito bring, to take along

文化wénhuàculture

特别特別tèbiéespecially, particularly

口kǒumouth; opening

注意zhùyìto pay attention to, to take care of

或者huòzhěor (in a statement)

只有zhǐyǒuonly, there is only

拿náto take, to hold, to pick up (in the hand)

难難nándifficult, hard

一样一樣yíyàngthe same, alike

其他qítāother, the rest, the others

接jiēto meet, to pick up (somebody)

比较比較bǐjiàofairly, rather, comparatively

根据根據gēnjùaccording to, on the basis of

然后然後ránhòuthen, after that, and then

了解瞭解liǎojiěto understand well, to know about, to be familiar with

离开離開líkāito leave, to depart from

要求yāoqiúto ask for, to require, to demand

除了chúleexcept (for), apart from, besides

别人別人biérénother people, others; somebody else

历史歷史lìshǐhistory

总是總是zǒngshìalways, invariably

机会機會jīhuìchance, opportunity

选择選擇xuǎnzéto choose, to select

会议會議huìyìmeeting, conference

东東dōngeast

其实其實qíshíactually, in fact, as a matter of fact

当然當然dāngránof course, naturally, certainly

突然tūránsuddenly, all at once

最近zuìjìnrecently, lately; these days

出现出現chūxiànto appear, to come into view, to arise

城市chéngshìcity, town

完成wánchéngto complete, to accomplish, to get done

坏壞huàibad (of a person, a thing, news)

包bāobag, satchel

好像hǎoxiàngit seems, apparently

必须必須bìxūmust, have to

提高tígāoto raise, to improve (a level or a standard)

明白míngbaito understand, to see (what is meant)

站zhànstation, stop

结束結束jiéshùto end, to finish, to come to a close

段duànstretch, section (classifier for things with length)

楼樓lóua building of several storeys

同意tóngyìto agree, to consent

差chàpoor, not up to standard

清楚qīngchuclear, distinct

一边一邊yìbiān一边…一边… — doing two things at once

几乎幾乎jīhūalmost, nearly, practically

变化變化biànhuàchange, to change (of itself)

愿意願意yuànyìto be willing to, to be ready to

参加參加cānjiāto take part in, to attend, to join

后来後來hòuláiafterwards, later on (in the past)

容易róngyìeasy, not difficult

相信xiāngxìnto believe, to trust, to be sure that

经常經常jīngchángoften, frequently, regularly

试試shìto try, to have a go at

久jiǔlong (of time)

以为以為yǐwéito think (wrongly), to assume

层層céngstorey, floor (classifier for the levels of a building)

换換huànto change, to exchange, to swap

借jièto borrow (from someone)

游戏遊戲yóuxìgame

办法辦法bànfǎway, method, solution

年轻年輕niánqīngyoung

水平shuǐpínglevel, standard, proficiency

环境環境huánjìngenvironment, surroundings, setting

班bānclass, form (a group of classmates)

马上馬上mǎshàngat once, right away, immediately

双雙shuāngpair (classifier for things that come in twos)

故事gùshistory, tale

简单簡單jiǎndānsimple, uncomplicated

终于終於zhōngyúat last, finally, in the end

中间中間zhōngjiānthe middle, in between

努力nǔlìhard-working, diligent; to make an effort

声音聲音shēngyīnsound, noise; voice

方便fāngbiànconvenient, handy

极極jíextremely (usually after the adjective: 好极了)

画畫huàto draw, to paint

不但búdànnot only … (but also)

习惯習慣xíguànhabit, custom

号码號碼hàomǎnumber (of a phone, a room, a size)

旧舊jiùold, used, worn (of things)

短duǎnshort (in length or duration)

记得記得jìdeto remember, to recall

遇到yùdàoto run into, to bump into (by chance)

健康jiànkānghealthy; health

担心擔心dānxīnto worry, to be anxious about

经理經理jīnglǐmanager

脸臉liǎnface

银行銀行yínhángbank

中文ZhōngwénChinese (the language, especially written)

动物動物dòngwùanimal

北方běifāngthe north, the northern part of a country

回答huídáto answer, to reply

打算dǎsuànto plan to, to intend to

新闻新聞xīnwénnews (in the media)

秋qiūautumn, fall

脚腳jiǎofoot

同事tóngshìcolleague, workmate

忘记忘記wàngjìto forget

成绩成績chéngjìresult, grade, mark; achievement

春chūnspring (the season)

结婚結婚jiéhūnto marry, to get married

见面見面jiànmiànto meet, to see each other

角jiǎocorner, angle

音乐音樂yīnyuèmusic

一会儿一會兒yíhuìra little while, a moment

关心關心guānxīnto care about, to be concerned for

办公室辦公室bàngōngshìoffice (the room)

比赛比賽bǐsàimatch, contest, competition

灯燈dēnglamp, light

认真認真rènzhēnconscientious, careful, in earnest

鸟鳥niǎobird

刻kèquarter of an hour

帮忙幫忙bāngmángto help out, to lend a hand

数学數學shùxuémathematics, maths

检查檢查jiǎncháto check, to inspect, to examine

照顾照顧zhàogùto look after, to take care of

练习練習liànxíto practise; an exercise

舒服shūfucomfortable; feeling well

有名yǒumíngfamous, well known

刚才剛才gāngcáijust now, a moment ago

小心xiǎoxīnto be careful, to watch out for

放心fàngxīnto set one’s mind at rest, to stop worrying

满意滿意mǎnyìsatisfied, pleased

热情熱情rèqíngwarm, welcoming, hospitable

草cǎograss; a low plant

新鲜新鮮xīnxiānfresh (of food, air)

一共yígòngaltogether, in total

体育體育tǐyùphysical education, sport (as a field)

叔叔shūshuuncle (father’s younger brother)

哭kūto cry, to weep

奇怪qíguàistrange, odd, surprising

季节季節jìjiéseason (of the year)

句子jùzisentence

司机司機sījīdriver

多么多麼duōmehow …! (exclamatory)

生气生氣shēngqìto get angry, to be cross

附近fùjìnnearby, the vicinity, the area around

作业作業zuòyèhomework, assignment

太阳太陽tàiyángthe sun; sunshine

头发頭髮tóufahair (on the head)

干净乾淨gānjìngclean, tidy

聪明聰明cōngmingclever, bright, intelligent

街道jiēdàostreet (in a town)

辆輛liàngclassifier for wheeled vehicles

公园公園gōngyuánpark (public garden)

害怕hàipàto be afraid, to fear

搬bānto carry, to shift (something heavy)

着急著急zháojíanxious, in a hurry, worked up

客人kèrénguest, visitor; customer

年级年級niánjíyear, grade (at school)

节目節目jiémùprogramme, show (on television or radio)

上网上網shàngwǎngto go online, to use the internet

照片zhàopiànphotograph, photo

聊天liáotiānto chat, to make conversation

迟到遲到chídàoto be late, to arrive late

饱飽bǎofull, having eaten enough

可爱可愛kě’àilovely, cute, endearing

地图地圖dìtúmap

安静安靜ānjìngquiet, still

普通话普通話pǔtōnghuàMandarin, standard spoken Chinese

疼téngto hurt, to be painful; sore

骑騎qíto ride (astride: a bicycle, a horse, a motorbike)

地铁地鐵dìtiěunderground, metro, subway

校长校長xiàozhǎngheadteacher, principal, university president

爷爷爺爺yéyegrandfather (father’s father)

礼物禮物lǐwùpresent, gift

节日節日jiérìfestival, public holiday

感兴趣感興趣gǎn xìngqùto be interested in

邻居鄰居línjūneighbour

阿姨āyíaunt (mother’s sister)

难过難過nánguòsad, upset

奶奶nǎinaigrandmother (father’s mother)

月亮yuèliangthe moon

超市chāoshìsupermarket

啤酒píjiǔbeer

爱好愛好àihàohobby, pastime, interest

留学留學liúxuéto study abroad

笔记本筆記本bǐjìběnnotebook (for writing in)

锻炼鍛煉duànliànto exercise, to work out, to train

周末週末zhōumòweekend

复习複習fùxíto revise, to go over again

鼻子bízinose

帽子màozihat, cap

感冒gǎnmàoto catch a cold; a cold

打扫打掃dǎsǎoto clean, to sweep, to tidy up

胖pàngfat, plump (of people)

冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator, fridge

瘦shòuthin, slim (of people); lean (of meat)

矮ǎishort (in height), low

饮料飲料yǐnliàodrink, beverage

盘子盤子pánziplate, dish

耳朵ěrduoear

词典詞典cídiǎndictionary (of words)

面包麵包miànbāobread

个子個子gèziheight, stature (of a person)

发烧發燒fāshāoto have a fever, to run a temperature

图书馆圖書館túshūguǎnlibrary

电梯電梯diàntīlift, elevator

裙子qúnziskirt, dress

护照護照hùzhàopassport

洗澡xǐzǎoto have a bath, to take a shower

菜单菜單càidānmenu

起飞起飛qǐfēito take off (of an aircraft)

伞傘sǎnumbrella, parasol

筷子kuàizichopsticks

蛋糕dàngāocake

裤子褲子kùzitrousers, a pair of trousers

洗手间洗手間xǐshǒujiāntoilet, washroom, restroom

葡萄pútaogrape, grapes

爬山páshānto climb a mountain, to go hiking

请假請假qǐngjiàto ask for leave, to take time off

信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card

空调空調kōngtiáoair conditioner, air conditioning

衬衫襯衫chènshānshirt, blouse

刷牙shuāyáto brush one’s teeth

电子邮件電子郵件diànzǐ yóujiànemail, electronic mail

香蕉xiāngjiāobanana

黑板hēibǎnblackboard

刮风颳風guāfēngto be windy, for the wind to blow

照相机照相機zhàoxiàngjīcamera

黄河黃河Huáng Héthe Yellow River

熊猫熊貓xióngmāopanda

行李箱xínglixiāngsuitcase, piece of luggage

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