hsk 3 vocabulary list

HSK is the acronym for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试), which means “Mandarin Chinese Proficiency Test”. The HSK 3 vocabulary comes from the official website Han Ban(孔子学院).

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-	Chinese	Pinyin	English	Level
1	爱	ài	to love	1
2	八	bā	8	1
3	爸爸	bà ba	dad	1
4	北京	Běi jīng	Beijing	1
5	杯子	bēi zi	cup, glass	1
6	本	běn	root, basis, foundation, origin, capital Measure, for books, files, etc.	1
7	不	bù	no, not	1
8	不客气	bú kè qi	you are welcome	1
9	菜	cài	dish, vegetable	1
10	茶	chá	tea	1
11	吃	chī	to eat	1
12	出租车	chū zū chē	taxi	1
13	大	dà	big, great	1
14	打电话	dǎ diàn huà	to make a phone call	1
15	的	de	to form an attribute	1
16	点	diǎn	point, dot, to nod, to click Measure, a little, a bit	1
17	电脑	diàn nǎo	computer	1
18	电视	diàn shì	TV(-set)	1
19	电影	diàn yǐng	movie, film	1
20	东西	dōng xi	thing	1
21	都	dōu	all, both, all, both	1
22	读	dú	to read aloud	1
23	对不起	duì bu qǐ	sorry, I'm sorry	1
24	多	duō	much, many	1
25	多少	duō shao	how many, how much	1
26	二	èr	2	1
27	儿子	ér zi	son	1
28	饭馆	fàn guǎn	restaurant	1
29	飞机	fēi jī	airplane	1
30	分钟	fēn zhōng	minute	1
31	高兴	gāo xìng	happy, glad, cheerful	1
32	个	gè	Measure, for almost everything	1
33	工作	gōng zuò	job, to work	1
34	狗	gǒu	dog	1
35	汉语	hàn yǔ	Chinese language	1
36	好	hǎo	good, nice	1
37	和	hé	with, and	1
38	喝	hē	to drink	1
39	很	hěn	very, quite	1
40	后面	hòu miàn	rear, back, behind	1
41	回	huí	to return, to answer, to reply Measure, for events of action	1
42	会	huì	meeting, conference Auxiliary, can, to be able to	1
43	火车站	huǒ chē zhàn	train station	1
44	几	jǐ	how many, several	1
45	家	jiā	family, home, houshold Measure, for businesses, families	1
46	叫	jiào	to be called, to call, to shout	1
47	今天	jīn tiān	today	1
48	九	jiǔ	9	1
49	开	kāi	to open, to start, to drive (car, etc.)	1
50	看	kàn	to see, to watch, to look at	1
51	看见	kàn jiàn	to see, to catch sight of	1
52	块	kuài	Measure, for a piece	1
53	来	lái	to come, to arrive, ever since	1
54	老师	lǎo shī	teacher	1
55	了	le	indicating past or change	1
56	冷	lěng	cold	1
57	里	lǐ	in, inside Measure, for 0.5 km	1
58	零	líng	0	1
59	六	liù	6	1
60	吗	ma	to form a question	1
61	妈妈	mā ma	mother	1
62	买	mǎi	to buy	1
63	猫	māo	cat	1
64	没	méi	not	1
65	没关系	méi guān xi	it doesn't matter	1
66	米饭	mǐ fàn	(cooked) rice	1
67	明天	míng tiān	tomorrow	1
68	名字	míng zi	name	1
69	那	nà	that	1
70	哪	nǎ	which	1
71	呢	ne	to build a question based on already mentioned subjects	1
72	能	néng	Auxiliary, to be able to	1
73	你	nǐ	you (singular)	1
74	年	nián	year	1
75	女儿	nǚ ér	daughter	1
76	朋友	péng you	friend	1
77	漂亮	piào liang	pretty, beautiful	1
78	苹果	píng guǒ	apple	1
79	七	qī	7	1
80	钱	qián	money	1
81	前面	qián miàn	ahead, in front	1
82	请	qǐng	to ask, to invite, please	1
83	去	qù	to go	1
84	热	rè	hot, warm	1
85	人	rén	person, people	1
86	认识	rèn shi	understanding, knowledge, awareness, to know, to recognize, to understand, to be familiar with	1
87	日	rì	day, sun	1
88	三	sān	3	1
89	上	shàng	to go up, to attend, to climb, on, upon, previous, upper	1
90	商店	shāng diàn	shop, store	1
91	上午	shàng wǔ	morning	1
92	少	shǎo	few, little	1
93	谁	shéi	who	1
94	什么	shén me	what	1
95	十	shí	10	1
96	是	shì	is, to be	1
97	时候	shí hou	time, moment, period	1
98	书	shū	book	1
99	水	shuǐ	Water	1
100	水果	shuǐ guǒ	fruit	1
101	睡觉	shuì jiào	to sleep, to go to bed	1
102	说话	shuō huà	to speak, to talk, to gossip	1
103	四	sì	4	1
104	岁	suì	Measure, "years old"	1
105	他	tā	he	1
106	她	tā	she	1
107	太	tài	too, extremely	1
108	天气	tiān qì	weather	1
109	听	tīng	to listen, to hear, to obey Measure, for canned beverages	1
110	同学	tóng xué	classmate	1
111	喂	wèi	to feed, to breed, hello	1
112	我	wǒ	I	1
113	我们	wǒ men	we	1
114	五	wǔ	5	1
115	喜欢	xǐ huan	to like	1
116	下	xià	descend, fall Measure, for times of action, below, down, under	1
117	下午	xià wǔ	afternoon	1
118	下雨	xià yǔ	to rain	1
119	先生	xiān sheng	Mister (Mr.), teacher	1
120	现在	xiàn zài	now	1
121	想	xiǎng	to think, to miss Auxiliary, to want	1
122	小	xiǎo	small	1
123	小姐	xiǎo jiě	Miss, young lady	1
124	写	xiě	to write	1
125	些	xiē	Measure, some, few, several	1
126	谢谢	xiè xie	thanks!	1
127	星期	xīng qī	week	1
128	学生	xué sheng	student, pupil	1
129	学习	xué xí	to study, to learn	1
130	学校	xué xiào	school	1
131	一	yī	1	1
132	衣服	yī fu	clothes	1
133	医生	yī shēng	doctor	1
134	医院	yī yuàn	hospital	1
135	椅子	yǐ zi	chair	1
136	有	yǒu	to have, to exist, to be	1
137	月	yuè	month, moon	1
138	在	zài	at, on, in, for action in progress	1
139	再见	zài jiàn	goodbye, see you	1
140	怎么	zěn me	how	1
141	怎么样	zěn me yàng	how is/are, how about that?	1
142	这	zhè	this	1
143	中国	Zhōng guó	China	1
144	中午	zhōng wǔ	noon, midday	1
145	住	zhù	to live, to stay, to reside	1
146	桌子	zhuō zi	table	1
147	字	zì	word, character	1
148	做	zuò	to do, to make	1
149	坐	zuò	to sit, to take (bus, train, etc.)	1
150	昨天	zuó tiān	yesterday	1
151	吧	ba	indicating suggestion	2
152	白	bái	white, blank, free of charge, for nothing	2
153	百	bǎi	100	2
154	帮助	bāng zhù	assistance, help, to help, to assist	2
155	报纸	bào zhǐ	newspaper	2
156	比	bǐ	than, used for comparison	2
157	别	bié	to leave, to distinguish, other, another, don't	2
158	长	cháng	length, long	2
159	唱歌	chàng gē	to sing	2
160	出	chū	to go out, to exceed, to happen Measure, for dramas, plays, operas	2
161	船	chuán	boat, ship	2
162	穿	chuān	to wear	2
163	次	cì	order, sequence Measure, "time(s)"	2
164	从	cóng	from	2
165	错	cuò	mistake, error, wrong	2
166	大家	dà jiā	everybody, all	2
167	打篮球	dǎ lán qiú	play basketball	2
168	但是	dàn shì	but, however	2
169	到	dào	to arrive, to reach, to, until, up to	2
170	得	de	used to link verb with adjective	2
171	等	děng	to wait	2
172	弟弟	dì di	younger brother	2
173	第一	dì yī	first, number one	2
174	懂	dǒng	to understand, to know	2
175	对	duì	right, correct	2
176	房间	fáng jiān	room	2
177	非常	fēi cháng	very	2
178	服务员	fú wù yuán	waiter, service personnel	2
179	高	gāo	high, tall	2
180	告诉	gào su	to tell	2
181	哥哥	gē ge	older brother	2
182	给	gěi	to give	2
183	公共汽车	gōng gòng qì chē	bus	2
184	公斤	gōng jīn	kilogram Measure, kg	2
185	公司	gōng sī	company	2
186	贵	guì	expensive	2
187	过	guo	indicating action in the past	2
188	还	hái	still	2
189	孩子	hái zi	child	2
190	号	hào	number, day of month	2
191	好吃	hǎo chī	tasty, delicious	2
192	黑	hēi	black, dark	2
193	红	hóng	dividend, red, popular, revlutionary	2
194	欢迎	huān yíng	welcome!	2
195	回答	huí dá	answer, to answer, to reply	2
196	机场	jī chǎng	airport	2
197	鸡蛋	jī dàn	(chicken) egg	2
198	件	jiàn	Measure, for events, things, clothes, etc.	2
199	教室	jiào shì	classroom	2
200	姐姐	jiě jie	older sister	2
201	介绍	jiè shào	to introduce, to recommend	2
202	进	jìn	to advance, to enter	2
203	近	jìn	near, close	2
204	就	jiù	only, already, with regard to, as soon as, right away, even if	2
205	觉得	jué de	to think, to feel	2
206	咖啡	kā fēi	coffee	2
207	开始	kāi shǐ	beginning, to begin	2
208	考试	kǎo shì	exam	2
209	课	kè	class, lesson, course	2
210	可能	kě néng	might, maybe Auxiliary, can	2
211	可以	kě yǐ	Auxiliary, can, may, able to	2
212	快	kuài	quick, rapid, soon, almost	2
213	快乐	kuài lè	happy	2
214	累	lèi	tired	2
215	离	lí	to leave, to be away from	2
216	两	liǎng	two, some Measure, 50 gram	2
217	路	lù	road, path	2
218	旅游	lǚ yóu	trip, jorney, to travel	2
219	卖	mài	to sell	2
220	慢	màn	slow	2
221	忙	máng	busy	2
222	每	měi	each, per, all, each, every	2
223	妹妹	mèi mei	younger sister	2
224	门	mén	door Measure, for lessons	2
225	男人	nán rén	man, men	2
226	您	nín	you (singular, polite)	2
227	牛奶	niú nǎi	cow milk	2
228	女人	nǚ rén	woman	2
229	旁边	páng biān	beside, aside	2
230	跑步	pǎo bù	to run	2
231	便宜	pián yi	cheap, inexpensive	2
232	票	piào	ticket	2
233	起床	qǐ chuáng	to get up (from bed)	2
234	妻子	qī zi	wife	2
235	千	qiān	1000	2
236	晴	qíng	clear, sunny	2
237	去年	qù nián	last year	2
238	让	ràng	to permit, to let sb. do sth.	2
239	上班	shàng bān	to go to work, to start work	2
240	身体	shēn tǐ	body, health	2
241	生病	shēng bìng	to get sick	2
242	生日	shēng rì	birthday	2
243	时间	shí jiān	time, period	2
244	事情	shì qing	thing, affair, matter	2
245	手表	shǒu biǎo	wrist watch	2
246	手机	shǒu jī	mobile phone	2
247	送	sòng	to deliver, to escort, to give, to send	2
248	所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore, as a result, so	2
249	它	tā	it	2
250	题	tí	topic, problem, to inscribe, to mention	2
251	踢足球	tī zú qiú	to play football	2
252	跳舞	tiào wǔ	to dance	2
253	外	wài	foreign, external, outside	2
254	完	wán	to finish	2
255	玩	wán	to play, to have fun	2
256	晚上	wǎn shang	evening	2
257	为什么	wèi shén me	why	2
258	问	wèn	to ask	2
259	问题	wèn tí	problem, question	2
260	洗	xǐ	to wash	2
261	西瓜	xī guā	watermelon	2
262	希望	xī wàng	hope, to hope, to wish	2
263	向	xiàng	direction, to face, to turn towards, formerly, all along, towards	2
264	笑	xiào	smile, to smile, to laugh	2
265	小时	xiǎo shí	hour	2
266	新	xīn	new	2
267	姓	xìng	surname	2
268	休息	xiū xi	rest, to rest	2
269	雪	xuě	snow	2
270	眼睛	yǎn jing	eye	2
271	颜色	yán sè	colour	2
272	羊肉	yáng ròu	mutton	2
273	药	yào	medicine, drug	2
274	要	yào	Auxiliary, to want to, going to	2
275	也	yě	also	2
276	已经	yǐ jīng	already	2
277	一起	yì qǐ	together	2
278	意思	yì si	meaning, opinion, idea	2
279	阴	yīn	cloudy, overcast	2
280	因为	yīn wèi	because	2
281	右边	yòu bian	right, right side	2
282	游泳	yóu yǒng	swimming, to swim	2
283	鱼	yú	fish	2
284	元	yuán	Measure, for money (Yuan, RMB)	2
285	远	yuǎn	far, distant	2
286	运动	yùn dòng	movement, sports, to move about	2
287	再	zài	again, once more	2
288	早上	zǎo shang	early morning	2
289	张	zhāng	to open up, to spread Measure, for pieces, flat objects	2
290	丈夫	zhàng fu	husband	2
291	找	zhǎo	to look for, to seek	2
292	着	zhe	indicating action in progress	2
293	真	zhēn	real, true, genuine	2
294	正在	zhèng zài	in the process of, in course of	2
295	知道	zhī dào	to know, to be aware of	2
296	准备	zhǔn bèi	to prepare	2
297	自行车	zì xíng chē	bicycle, bike	2
298	走	zǒu	to walk	2
299	最	zuì	most	2
300	左边	zuǒ bian	left, left side	2
301	啊	a	showing approval	3
302	阿姨	ā yí	aunt	3
303	矮	ǎi	low, short	3
304	爱好	ài hào	hobby, interest, to like	3
305	安静	ān jìng	quiet, peaceful	3
306	把	bǎ	handle, to grasp, to hold, for ba-sentences Measure, for a bunch or objects with handle	3
307	半	bàn	half	3
308	搬	bān	to move, to shift	3
309	班	bān	class, team, squad Measure, for groups, rankings, etc.	3
310	办法	bàn fǎ	method, way, means	3
311	办公室	bàn gōng shì	office, bureau	3
312	帮忙	bāng máng	to help, to do a favour	3
313	饱	bǎo	full (from eating)	3
314	包	bāo	bag, package, to cover, to wrap, to hold, to include	3
315	被	bèi	by (for passive sentence)	3
316	北方	běi fāng	north, northern part of a country	3
317	比较	bǐ jiào	quite, rather, fairly, comparatively	3
318	比赛	bǐ sài	competition, match, to compete	3
319	必须	bì xū	Auxiliary, to have to, to must	3
320	鼻子	bí zi	nose	3
321	变化	biàn huà	change, variation, to change, to vary	3
322	表示	biǎo shì	to express, to show, to indicate	3
323	表演	biǎo yǎn	performance, to perform, to act	3
324	别人	bié ren	others, other people	3
325	宾馆	bīn guǎn	hotel	3
326	冰箱	bīng xiāng	fridge, icebox	3
327	才	cái	ability, talent, just, only if	3
328	菜单	cài dān	menu	3
329	参加	cān jiā	to attend, to take part, to join	3
330	草	cǎo	grass, straw	3
331	层	céng	layer, floor Measure, for layer, story, floor	3
332	差	chà	to lack, short of, poor	3
333	超市	chāo shì	supermarket	3
334	衬衫	chèn shān	shirt, blouse	3
335	成绩	chéng jì	score, achievement, grades	3
336	城市	chéng shì	city, town	3
337	迟到	chí dào	to be late	3
338	厨房	chú fáng	kitchen	3
339	除了	chú le	except for, apart from, besides	3
340	出现	chū xiàn	to appear, to arise	3
341	春	chūn	spring	3
342	词语	cí yǔ	word, expression	3
343	聪明	cōng ming	clever, intelligent, smart	3
344	打扫	dǎ sǎo	to clean	3
345	打算	dǎ suàn	plan, intention, to plan, to think of, to calculate	3
346	带	dài	band, belt, area, region, to wear, to carry, to bring, to lead	3
347	蛋糕	dàn gāo	cake	3
348	担心	dān xīn	to worry, worried, anxious	3
349	当然	dāng rán	certainly, of course	3
350	地	de	used before a verb	3
351	灯	dēng	lamp, light	3
352	低	dī	low	3
353	地方	dì fang	region, place, location	3
354	地铁	dì tiě	subway	3
355	地图	dì tú	map	3
356	电梯	diàn tī	elevator	3
357	电子邮件	diàn zǐ yóu jiàn	email	3
358	东	dōng	east	3
359	冬	dōng	winter	3
360	动物	dòng wù	animal	3
361	段	duàn	Measure, for paragraphs, segments, periods, stories	3
362	短	duǎn	short, brief	3
363	锻炼	duàn liàn	to exercise, to engage in physical exercise	3
364	多么	duō me	how, what	3
365	饿	è	hungry	3
366	耳朵	ěr duo	ear	3
367	而且	ér qiě	moreover, in addition, furthermore	3
368	发烧	fā shāo	to have fever	3
369	发现	fā xiàn	to discover, to find	3
370	放	fàng	to let go, to put, have a vacation	3
371	方便	fāng biàn	convenient	3
372	放心	fàng xīn	to rest, to be at ease	3
373	分	fēn	minute, point, 0.01 yuan, to divide, to distinguish	3
374	附近	fù jìn	vicinity, nearby, next to	3
375	复习	fù xí	revision, to revise	3
376	敢	gǎn	Auxiliary, to dare	3
377	干净	gān jìng	clean, tidy	3
378	感冒	gǎn mào	common cold, to catch a cold	3
379	刚才	gāng cái	just a moment ago	3
380	跟	gēn	to follow, with, and	3
381	根据	gēn jù	basis, foundation, to base on, according to, based on	3
382	更	gèng	even more	3
383	公园	gōng yuán	park	3
384	故事	gù shi	story, tale	3
385	刮风	guā fēng	to be windy	3
386	关	guān	mountain pass, barrier, to close, to shut, to turn off	3
387	关系	guān xì	relationship, relation, to affect, to have to do with	3
388	关心	guān xīn	concern, to care for	3
389	关于	guān yú	concerning, with regards to, about	3
390	国家	guó jiā	country, state, nation	3
391	过去	guò qù	to go over, to pass by, past, former	3
392	果汁	guǒ zhī	fruit juice	3
393	害怕	hài pà	to be afraid, to fear	3
394	还是	hái shì	still, nevertheless, or	3
395	河	hé	river	3
396	黑板	hēi bǎn	blackboard	3
397	护照	hù zhào	passport	3
398	画	huà	picture, painting, to draw, to paint	3
399	花	huā	flower, to spend	3
400	花园	huā yuán	garden	3
401	坏	huài	bad, broken, spoiled	3
402	还	huán	to give back, to return	3
403	换	huàn	to change, to exchange	3
404	环境	huán jìng	environment, surroundings	3
405	黄	huáng	to fall through, yellow, pornographic	3
406	会议	huì yì	meeting, conference	3
407	或者	huò zhě	or, possibly	3
408	极	jí	pole, extremely, highly	3
409	记得	jì de	to remember	3
410	几乎	jī hū	almost, nearly	3
411	机会	jī huì	opportunity, chance	3
412	季节	jì jié	season, period	3
413	检查	jiǎn chá	inspection, to check, to inspect, to examine	3
414	简单	jiǎn dān	simple, uncomplicated	3
415	健康	jiàn kāng	health, healthy	3
416	见面	jiàn miàn	to meet, to see sb.	3
417	讲	jiǎng	speech, lecture, to speak, to explain, to negotiate	3
418	脚	jiǎo	foot	3
419	角	jiǎo	angle, corner, horn Measure, for 0.1 yuan	3
420	教	jiāo	to teach, to instruct	3
421	借	jiè	to lend, to borrow, to make use of (an opportunity)	3
422	接	jiē	to receive, to meet, to connect, to catch	3
423	街道	jiē dào	street	3
424	结婚	jié hūn	marriage, wedding, to marry	3
425	解决	jiě jué	to settle (dispute), to resolve, to solve	3
426	节目	jié mù	program, item	3
427	节日	jié rì	holiday, festival	3
428	结束	jié shù	termination, end, to finish, to end, to conclude	3
429	经常	jīng cháng	often, frequently	3
430	经过	jīng guò	to pass, to go through, after, as a result of	3
431	经理	jīng lǐ	manager, director	3
432	旧	jiù	old, used, worn	3
433	久	jiǔ	long (time)	3
434	举行	jǔ xíng	to hold (meeting, etc.)	3
435	句子	jù zi	sentence	3
436	决定	jué dìng	decision, to decide	3
437	刻	kè	to cut, to carve Measure, for quarter of an hour	3
438	渴	kě	thirsty	3
439	可爱	kě ài	cute, lovely	3
440	客人	kè rén	guest, customer, visitor	3
441	空调	kōng tiáo	air conditioning	3
442	口	kǒu	mouth Measure, for things with mouths or a mouth full of	3
443	哭	kū	to cry, to weep	3
444	裤子	kù zi	trousers	3
445	筷子	kuài zi	chopsticks	3
446	蓝	lán	blue	3
447	老	lǎo	old, always	3
448	离开	lí kāi	to depart, to leave	3
449	历史	lì shǐ	history	3
450	礼物	lǐ wù	gift, present	3
451	脸	liǎn	face	3
452	练习	liàn xí	exercise, practice, to practice	3
453	辆	liàng	Measure, for vehicles	3
454	了解	liǎo jiě	to understand	3
455	邻居	lín jū	neighbor	3
456	楼	lóu	storied building Measure, for floor	3
457	绿	lǜ	green	3
458	马	mǎ	horse	3
459	马上	mǎ shàng	immediately, at once	3
460	满意	mǎn yì	to satisfy, satisfied	3
461	帽子	mào zi	hat, cap	3
462	米	mǐ	rice Measure, for meter	3
463	面包	miàn bāo	bread	3
464	面条	miàn tiáo	noodles	3
465	明白	míng bai	to understand, clear, obvious	3
466	拿	ná	to hold, to seize	3
467	奶奶	nǎi nai	grandmother (father's mother)	3
468	南	nán	south	3
469	难	nán	difficult	3
470	难过	nán guò	to feel sorry, sad	3
471	年级	nián jí	grade, year	3
472	年轻	nián qīng	young	3
473	鸟	niǎo	bird	3
474	努力	nǔ lì	great effort, to strive, to work/study hard, hard, hardworking	3
475	爬山	pá shān	hiking, to climb a mountain	3
476	盘子	pán zi	tray, plate, dish	3
477	胖	pàng	fat, plump	3
478	啤酒	pí jiǔ	beer	3
479	葡萄	pú tao	grape	3
480	普通话	pǔ tōng huà	Mandarin	3
481	骑	qí	to ride (animal or bike)	3
482	奇怪	qí guài	strange	3
483	其实	qí shí	actually, in fact	3
484	其他	qí tā	other, others	3
485	铅笔	qiān bǐ	pencil	3
486	清楚	qīng chu	clear, distinct	3
487	秋	qiū	autumn, fall	3
488	裙子	qún zi	skirt	3
489	然后	rán hòu	then, afterwards	3
490	热情	rè qíng	enthusiasm, passion, enthusiastic, passionate, cordial	3
491	认为	rèn wéi	to think, to believe, to consider	3
492	认真	rèn zhēn	conscientious, earnest, serious	3
493	容易	róng yì	easy	3
494	如果	rú guǒ	if	3
495	伞	sǎn	umbrella	3
496	上网	shàng wǎng	to be on the internet	3
497	生气	shēng qì	to be/get angry, angry, mad	3
498	声音	shēng yīn	voice, sound	3
499	使	shǐ	envoy, messenger, to make, to cause, to use, to employ	3
500	世界	shì jiè	world	3
501	瘦	shòu	thin, slim	3
502	树	shù	tree	3
503	舒服	shū fu	comfortable	3
504	叔叔	shū shu	uncle	3
505	数学	shù xué	mathematics	3
506	刷牙	shuā yá	to brush teeth	3
507	双	shuāng	two, pair, both Measure, for a pair (of shoes, etc.)	3
508	水平	shuǐ píng	level, standard, horizontal	3
509	司机	sī jī	driver	3
510	虽然	suī rán	although	3
511	太阳	tài yáng	sun	3
512	糖	táng	sugar, sweets, candy	3
513	特别	tè bié	special, particular	3
514	疼	téng	pain, to ache, to hurt	3
515	提高	tí gāo	to raise, to increase	3
516	体育	tǐ yù	sports	3
517	甜	tián	sweet	3
518	条	tiáo	strip, clause Measure, for long thin things	3
519	同事	tóng shì	colleague	3
520	同意	tóng yì	to agree, to consent, to approve	3
521	头发	tóu fa	hair (on the head)	3
522	突然	tū rán	sudden, abrupt, suddenly, unexpectedly	3
523	图书馆	tú shū guǎn	library	3
524	腿	tuǐ	leg	3
525	万	wàn	10000	3
526	碗	wǎn	bowl	3
527	完成	wán chéng	to complete, to accomplish	3
528	忘记	wàng jì	to forget	3
529	为	wèi	to do, to act, to be, to become, for (sb.)	3
530	位	wèi	position, place, seat Measure, for people	3
531	为了	wèi le	for, in order to	3
532	文化	wén huà	culture	3
533	西	xī	west	3
534	习惯	xí guàn	habit, usual practice, custom, to be/get used to	3
535	洗手间	xǐ shǒu jiān	toilet	3
536	洗澡	xǐ zǎo	to take a shower, to have a bath	3
537	夏	xià	summer	3
538	先	xiān	early, former, first, before	3
539	像	xiàng	picture, portrait, be/look like, to appear, to seem	3
540	香蕉	xiāng jiāo	banana	3
541	相同	xiāng tóng	identical, same	3
542	相信	xiāng xìn	to believe in, have faith in	3
543	小心	xiǎo xīn	to be careful, careful, Take care!	3
544	校长	xiào zhǎng	headmaster, president (university)	3
545	鞋	xié	shoe	3
546	信	xìn	letter, trust, to believe, to trust	3
547	新闻	xīn wén	news	3
548	新鲜	xīn xiān	fresh (food, experience, etc.)	3
549	行李箱	xíng li xiāng	suitcase	3
550	兴趣	xìng qù	interest	3
551	熊猫	xióng māo	panda	3
552	需要	xū yào	needs, to need, to want	3
553	选择	xuǎn zé	choice, option, to choose, to select	3
554	眼镜	yǎn jìng	eyeglasses	3
555	要求	yāo qiú	demand, requirement, to require, to demand	3
556	爷爷	yé ye	grandfather (father's father)	3
557	一般	yì bān	ordinary, general, common, in general, generally	3
558	一边	yì biān	one side, on the one hand	3
559	一定	yí dìng	definite, fixed, given, surely, certainly	3
560	一共	yí gòng	althogether	3
561	以后	yǐ hòu	after, afterwards	3
562	一会儿	yí huì r	a while, in a moment, a little while	3
563	以前	yǐ qián	before, previous, formerly	3
564	以为	yǐ wéi	to think (wrongly), to be under the (wrong) impression	3
565	一样	yí yàng	alike, equal to	3
566	一直	yī zhí	always, continuously, straight	3
567	银行	yín háng	bank (for money)	3
568	音乐	yīn yuè	music	3
569	应该	yīng gāi	Auxiliary, should, ought to	3
570	影响	yǐng xiǎng	influence, effect, to influence, to affect	3
571	用	yòng	to use, to employ, to apply	3
572	又	yòu	again	3
573	有名	yǒu míng	famous, well known	3
574	游戏	yóu xì	game, play	3
575	遇到	yù dào	to meet, to run into	3
576	愿意	yuàn yì	Auxiliary, to be willing, be ready, to wish, to want	3
577	越	yuè	to exceed, to climb over, to surpass	3
578	月亮	yuè liang	moon	3
579	云	yún	cloud	3
580	站	zhàn	station, stop, to stand, to stop, to halt	3
581	长	zhǎng	chief, head, to grow, to develop	3
582	照顾	zhào gù	to take care of, to look after	3
583	着急	zháo jí	to worry	3
584	照片	zhào piàn	photo, picture	3
585	照相机	zhào xiàng jī	camera	3
586	只	zhǐ	only, just, merely	3
587	种	zhǒng	species, race, breed Measure, type, kind, sort or for languages	3
588	中间	zhōng jiān	between, in the middle, mid	3
589	重要	zhòng yào	important	3
590	终于	zhōng yú	at last, finally, eventually	3
591	周末	zhōu mò	weekend	3
592	祝	zhù	to wish, to express good wishes	3
593	主要	zhǔ yào	main, principal, major	3
594	注意	zhù yì	to pay attention to	3
595	字典	zì diǎn	dictionary, character book	3
596	自己	zì jǐ	oneself, self	3
597	总是	zǒng shì	always	3
598	最近	zuì jìn	recently, lately, soon	3
599	作业	zuò yè	homework, task, work	3
600	作用	zuò yòng	action, function, impact, effect, to affect	3

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The hsk vocabulary includes hsk 1 to 6 vocabulary list. These words are very basic. It's for hsk test.

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