‹ Chinese decks

HSK 3.0 level 1

300 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
大家dàjiā
everyone; influential family; great expert
非常fēicháng
very; really; unusual; extraordinary
见jiàn
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
叫jiào
to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
买mǎi
to buy; to purchase
天tiān
day; sky; heaven
那个nàge
that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. nèige
一点yīdiǎn
a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一点钟 (yīdiǎnzhōng))
本běn
(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
找zhǎo
to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
您nín
you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 (nǐ))
玩wán
to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. wàn); to keep sth for entertainment; Taiwan pr. wàn
真zhēn
really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
分fēn
to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēnjú)); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); …
哪里nǎlǐ
where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里
女nǚ
female; woman; daughter
学习xuéxí
to learn; to study
正在zhèngzài
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
一下yīxià
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
有些yǒuxiē
some; somewhat; rather; a bit
认识rènshi
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
外wài
outside; in addition; foreign; external
电话diànhuà
telephone; phone call; phone number
多少duōshao
how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
它们tāmen
they; them
手机shǒujī
cell phone; mobile phone
二èr
two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
住zhù
to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
学xué
to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
回huí
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times; to curve; to return; to revolve
书shū
book; letter; document; to write
怎么样zěnmeyàng
how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
水shuǐ
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水 (huìshuǐ) and 水性 (shuǐxìng)); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
先生xiānsheng
teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor
那里nàli
there; that place
车chē
car; vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
些xiē
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
电视diànshì
television; TV
妈妈māma
mama; mommy; mother
男nán
(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔděngjuéwèi)
名字míngzi
name (of a person or thing)
少shǎo
few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
穿chuān
to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street); to thread; to string together; to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.); verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
四sì
four; 4
看见kànjiàn
to see; to catch sight of
卖mài
to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
字zì
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
早zǎo
early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
谢谢xièxie
to thank; thanks; thank you
件jiàn
item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
她们tāmen
they; them (females)
晚上wǎnshang
evening; night; in the evening
五wǔ
five; 5
说话shuōhuà
to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
几jǐ
how many; how much; several; a few
医生yīshēng
doctor; medical practitioner
读dú
to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
漂亮piàoliang
pretty; beautiful
下午xiàwǔ
afternoon; p.m.
坐zuò
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
中学zhōngxué
middle school
高兴gāoxìng
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
喝hē
to drink
热rè
to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
六liù
six; 6
半bàn
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
中文Zhōngwén
Chinese language
睡shuì
to sleep; to lie down
哪个nǎge
which; who
块kuài
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
哥哥gēge
older brother
家人jiārén
family member; (old) servant
口kǒu
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
同学tóngxué
to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
小学xiǎoxué
elementary school; primary school
早上zǎoshang
early morning
爸爸bàba
(coll.) father; dad
忙máng
busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
病bìng
illness; disease; to fall ill; defect
姐姐jiějie
older sister
店diàn
inn; old-style hotel (CL:家 (jiā)); (bound form) shop; store
七qī
seven; 7
大学生dàxuéshēng
university student; college student
妹妹mèimei
younger sister; young woman