‹ Chinese decks

HSK 3.0 level 2

197 words, in teaching order

Words 101–197
考试kǎoshì
to take an exam; exam
下面xiàmiàn
below; under; next; the following; also pr. xiàmian; to boil noodles
酒店jiǔdiàn
wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
后面hòumian
the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
飞fēi
to fly
班bān
team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
左zuǒ
left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite
颜色yánsè
color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
球qiú
ball used for playing games (variant of 球 (qiú)); ball; sphere; globe; ball game; match
忘wàng
to forget; to overlook; to neglect
楼lóu
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
红色hóngsè
red (color); revolutionary
肉ròu
meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
鱼yú
fish (CL:条 (tiáo),尾 (wěi))
高中gāozhōng
senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāojízhōngxué))
进来jìnlái
to come in
票piào
ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
题tí
topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention
前面qiánmiàn
ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. qiánmian
回去huíqu
to return; to go back
药yào
leaf of the iris; medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison
路上lùshang
on the road; on the way; en route
地铁dìtiě
underground railway; subway; subway train
鸟niǎo
bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
儿ér
child; son
上来shànglái
to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
旁边pángbiān
side; adjacent place
咖啡kāfēi
(loanword) coffee
帮忙bāngmáng
to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
洗xǐ
to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
考kǎo
to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam; to check; to verify; to examine; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
外面wàimiàn
outside (also pr. wàimian for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
白色báisè
white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
右yòu
(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
床chuáng
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:张 (zhāng)); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
舒服shūfu
comfortable; feeling well
篮球lánqiú
basketball
门口ménkǒu
doorway; gate
一会儿yīhuìr
a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. yīhuǐr
周zhōu
to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; …
上网shàngwǎng
to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet; (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net
爷爷yéye
(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
累lèi
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
出门chūmén
to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
游泳yóuyǒng
swimming; to swim
笔bǐ
writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支 (zhī),枝 (zhī)); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
车站chēzhàn
rail station; bus stop
踢tī
to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
姓xìng
family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
奶奶nǎinai
(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts
游yóu
to swim; to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel
疼téng
(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
有意思yǒuyìsi
interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
小时候xiǎoshíhou
in one's childhood
从小cóngxiǎo
from childhood; from a young age
出国chūguó
to go abroad; to leave the country
商场shāngchǎng
shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world
裤子kùzi
trousers; pants
爱好àihào
to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
不好意思bùhǎoyìsi
to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
走路zǒulù
to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
阴yīn
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
过年guònián
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
公交车gōngjiāochē
public transport vehicle; town bus
门票ménpiào
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
机票jīpiào
plane ticket; airline ticket
左边zuǒbian
left; the left side; to the left of
右边yòubian
right side; right, to the right
快要kuàiyào
nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
晴qíng
clear; fine (weather)
跑步pǎobù
to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
开学kāixué
(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term
本子běnzi
book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition
药店yàodiàn
pharmacy; drugstore
个子gèzi
stature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
书包shūbāo
schoolbag; satchel; bookbag
洗手间xǐshǒujiān
toilet; lavatory; washroom
打车dǎchē
to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
绿茶lǜchá
green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
没意思méiyìsi
boring; of no interest
饭馆fànguǎn
restaurant