• HSK 2 Vocabulary

772 HSK 2 words, in one clear place.

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Beginner-friendly Core vocabulary HSK 2

Based on the official HSK 3.0 vocabulary list.

1–50 51–100 101–150 151–200 201–250 251–300 301–350 351–400 401–450 451–500 501–550 551–600 601–650 651–700 701–750 751–772

The words

The full HSK 2 vocabulary list.

Words 1–50

HSK 2 Words 1–50

#7班长bānzhǎngmonitor; squad leader

#8办bàndo

#9办法bànfǎway

#10办公室bàngōngshìoffice

#17背bèimemorize; recite

#18比如bǐrúsuch as

#19比如说bǐrú shuōfor example

#20笔bǐpen

#21笔记bǐjìnote; notes

#22笔记本bǐjìběnnotebook

#23必须bìxūmust

#24边biānside

#25变biànchange

#26变成biàn chéngbecome; change into

#27遍biàntimes

#28表biǎowatch

#29表示biǎoshìexpress

#30不错búcuònot bad; pretty good

#31不但búdànnot only

#32不够búgòunot enough

#33不过búguòhowever

#34不太bú tàinot too; not very much

#35不要búyàodon’t

#36不好意思bù hǎoyìsisorry; feel embarrassed

#37不久bùjiǔsoon

#38不满bùmǎndissatisfied

#39不如bùrúnot as good as

#40不少bù shǎonot a few; a lot

#41不同bù tóngdifferent

#42不行bùxíngno way; be out of the question

#43不一定bùyídìngnot necessarily; uncertain

#44不一会儿bù yíhuìrin a moment; in a little while; soon

#49参加cānjiāparticipate in

#50草cǎograss

Words 51–100

HSK 2 Words 51–100

#51草地cǎodìgrass; lawn

#56常见cháng jiàncommon

#57常用cháng yòngin common use

#58场chǎngsite

#59超过chāoguòexceed

#60超市chāoshìsupermarket

#61车辆chēliàngcar; vehicle

#62称chēngcall; say

#63成chéngbecome; finish

#64成绩chéngjìachievement

#69出国chū guógo abroad

#74出院chū yuàndischarged; leave hospital

#79春节ChūnjiéSpring Festival; Chinese New Year

#80春天chūntiānspring

#81词cíword

#82词典cídiǎndictionary

#83词语cíyǔterms

#84从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood

#90大大dàdàgreatly; enormously

#91大多数dàduōshùmost; great majority

#92大海dàhǎisea

#93大家dàjiāeverybody

#94大量dàliànga lot of; lots of

Words 101–150

HSK 2 Words 101–150

#105但是dànshìbut; however

#106蛋dànegg

#107当dāngwhen

#108当时dāngshíat that time

#109倒dǎofall, topple, fail

#110到处dàochùeverywhere

#111倒dàoinverted, reverse

#112道dàoroad; way; path

#113道理dàolǐtruth

#114道路dàolùroad; way; path

#115得déget

#116得出déchūobtain results; reach conclusion

#117的话dehuàif

#118得deauxiliary verb

#119灯dēnglamp

#120等děngetc.; and so on

#121等到děngdàowait until; by the time

#122等于děngyúbe equal to

#123低dīlow

#124地球dìqiúearth

#125地铁dìtiěmetro

#126地铁站dìtiězhànsubway station

#127点头diǎn tóunod

#128店diànshop; store

#129掉diàofall

#130东北dōngběinortheast

#131东方dōngfāngeast

#132东南dōngnánsoutheast

#133冬天dōngtiānwinter

#134懂dǒngunderstand

#135懂得dǒngdeknow; understand; comprehend

#136动物dòngwùanimal

#137动物园dòngwùyuánzoo

#138读音dúyīnpronunciation

#144队长duìzhǎngteam leader; captain

#145对duìto; at; face; be opposite; answer

#146对话duìhuàdialogue

#147对面duìmiànopposite side

#148多duōmuch more; far more

#149多久duō jiǔhow long

#150多么duōmewhat

Words 151–200

HSK 2 Words 151–200

#151多数duōshùmost; majority

#156饭馆fànguǎnrestaurant

#157方便fāngbiànconvenient

#158方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles

#159方法fāngfǎmethod

#160方面fāngmiànaspect

#161方向fāngxiàngdirection

#162放下fàngxiaput down; lay down; drop

#163放心fàng xīndon’t worry

#164分fēndivide; part; distribute

#165分开fēn kāiseparate; part

#166分数fēnshùscore; mark; fraction

#167分钟fēnzhōngminute

#168份fènshare

#169封fēng(measure word)

#170服务fúwùservice

#171复习fùxíreview

#172该gāideserve; should; owe

#173改gǎichange; correct; revise; switch over

#174改变gǎibiànchange

#175干杯gān bēiCheers!

#176感到gǎndàofeel; sense

#177感动gǎndòngbe moved

#178感觉gǎnjuéfeel

#179感谢gǎnxièthank

#180干活儿gàn huórwork on a job

#181刚gāngjust

#182刚才gāngcáijust

#183刚刚gānggāngjust; only; just a moment ago

#184高级gāojísenior

#185高中gāozhōngsenior high school

#186个子gèziheight

#187更gèngmore

#188公共汽车gōnggòng qìchēbus

#189公交车gōngjiāochēbus

#190公斤gōngjīnkilogram

#191公里gōnglǐkilometer

#192公路gōnglùhighway; highroad

#199故意gùyìdeliberately

#200顾客gùkècustomer

Words 201–250

HSK 2 Words 201–250

#201关机guān jīshutdown

#202关心guānxīncare for

#203观点guāndiǎnviewpoint

#204广场guǎngchǎngsquare

#205广告guǎnggàoadvertisement

#206国际guójìinternational

#207过来guò láicome; come over

#208过年guò niáncelebrate the New Year

#209过去guò qùgo over; pass by

#210过guo(experienced action marker)

#211海hǎisea

#212海边hǎi biānseaside

#213喊hǎnshout

#214好hǎowell; fine; okay

#215好处hǎochùbenefit

#216好多hǎoduōmany; a lot of

#217好久hǎojiǔfor a long time; long

#218好人hǎoréngood person

#219好事hǎoshìgood deed; good thing

#220好像hǎoxiàngbe like

#221合适héshìappropriate

#222河hériver

#223黑hēiblack

#224黑板hēibǎnblackboard

#232花huāspend; expend

#233花园huāyuángarden

#234画huàpainting

#235画家huàjiāpainter; artist

#236画儿huàrpainting; drawing

#237坏处huàichùdisadvantage; harm

#238坏人huàirénbad person

#239欢迎huānyíngwelcome

#240换huànchange

#241黄huángyellow

#242黄色huángsèyellow

#243回huí(measure word)

#244回国huí guóreturn home from abroad

#245会huìmeeting; gathering; conference; union; party

#246活动huódòngactivity

#247或huòor

#248或者huòzhěperhaps

#249机会jīhuìopportunity

#250鸡jīchicken

Words 251–300

HSK 2 Words 251–300

#251级jílevel; rank; grade; degree; step

#252急jífast; anxious; urgent; annoyed

#253计划jìhuàplan

#254计算机jìsuànjīcomputer

#255加jiāadd; increase; put in

#256加油jiā yóuoil; refuel; make an all-out effort

#257家jiānoun suffix

#258家庭jiātíngfamily

#259家长jiāzhǎngparent; the head of the family

#260假jiǎfalse

#261假期jiàqīholiday; vacation

#262检查jiǎncháinspect; check

#263见到jiàndàosee

#264见过jiànguoseen; have seen

#265件jiànpiece

#266健康jiànkānghealthy

#267讲jiǎngspeak

#268讲话jiǎng huàspeak; talk

#269交jiāohand over

#270交给jiāo gěihand over

#271交朋友jiāo péngyoumake friends

#272交通jiāotōngtraffic

#273角jiǎohorn

#274角度jiǎodùangle

#275饺子jiǎozidumplings

#276脚jiǎofoot

#277叫作jiàozuòbe called; be known as

#278教师jiàoshīteacher

#279教室jiàoshìclassroom

#280教学jiàoxuéteach

#281教育jiàoyùeducation

#282接jiēmeet， pick

#283接到jiēdàoreceive

#284接受jiēshòuaccept

#285接下来jiē xià láinext

#286接着jiēzhenext

#287街jiēstreet

#288节jiéfestival; holiday; joint; (measure word)

#293斤jīna unit of weight (=1/2 kilogram)

#294今后jīnhòufrom now on; in the future

#295进入jìnrùenter; go in; join

#296进行jìnxíngconduct

#297近jìnnear

#298经常jīngchángoften

#299经过jīngguòafter, through

#300经理jīnglǐmanager

Words 301–350

HSK 2 Words 301–350

#301酒jiǔalcohol; liqueur

#302酒店jiǔdiànhotel

#303就要jiùyàobe going to; be about to

#304举jǔlift

#305举手jǔshǒuraise one’s hand or hands

#310开机kāi jīstarting up

#311开心kāixīnhappy

#312开学kāi xuéschool opens; term begins

#313看法kànfǎview

#314考生kǎoshēngexaminee

#315靠kàolean

#316科kēsubject; family; section

#324刻kèa quarter (of an hour)

#325客人kèrénguest

#326课堂kètángclassroom

#327空气kōngqìatmosphere

#328哭kūcry

#329快餐kuàicānfast food

#330快点儿kuài diǎnrhurry up

#331快乐kuàilèhappy

#332快要kuàiyàobe about to; be going to

#333筷子kuàizichopsticks

#338篮球lánqiúbasketball

#339老lǎoalways; constantly

#340老lǎonoun prefix

#341老年lǎoniánelderly

#342老朋友lǎo péngyouold friend

#343老是lǎoshìalways; all times

#349例如lìrúfor example

#350例子lìziexample

Words 351–400

HSK 2 Words 351–400

#351脸liǎnface

#352练liànpractice; train

#353练习liànxíPractice

#354凉liángcool

#355凉快liángkuaipleasantly cool

#356两liǎnga unit of weight (=50 grams)

#357亮liàngbright

#358辆liàngcar (measure word)

#359零下líng xiàbelow zero

#360留liústay

#361留下liúxiastay; remain

#362留学生liúxuéshēngstudent studying abroad; returned student

#363流liúflow; spread

#364流利liúlìfluent

#365流行liúxíngpopular

#366路边lù biānroadside; wayside

#367旅客lǚkèpassenger; traveler

#377面miàn(measure word); side; aspect

#378面miànface; surface; outside; side; scale; flour

#379面前miànqiánin front of; before

#380名míngname

#381名称míngchēngname; designation

#387那nàthen; in that case

#388那会儿nàhuìrat that time; then

#389那么nàmelike that; in that way

#390那时候nà shíhouat that time

#391那样nàyàngthat kind; like that; such

#392南方nánfāngsouth

#393难过nánguòsorry

#394难看nánkànugly

#395难受nánshòuuncomfortable

#396难题nántíproblem; difficult problem; puzzle

#397难听nántīngunpleasant to hear

#398能够nénggòube able to; can

#399年级niánjígrade

#400年轻niánqīngyoung

Words 401–450

HSK 2 Words 401–450

#401鸟niǎobird

#402弄nòngget, make

#403努力nǔlìstrive

#404爬páclimb; creep; scramble

#405爬山pá shānmountain climbing

#406怕pàbe afraid; fear; dread

#407排páirow; line

#408排队páiduìqueue; stand in a line

#409排球páiqiúvolleyball

#410碰pèngtouch, meet

#411碰到pèngdàomeet; run into; bump into

#412碰见pèngjiànmeet; run into; bump into

#413篇piānpiece

#414便宜piányicheap

#415片piànslice

#416漂亮piàoliangWell done!； beautiful

#417平píngflat

#418平安píng’ānsound and safe

#419平常píngchángusual

#420平等píngděngequality

#421平时píngshípeacetime

#422瓶píngbottle

#423瓶子píngzibottle

#424普通pǔtōngordinary; general; average; common

#425普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin

#431气qìair; gas; breath

#432气温qìwēnair temperature

#433千qiānthousand

#434千克qiānkèkilogram

#435前年qiánniánthe year before last

#436墙qiángwall

#437青年qīngniányouth; young

#438青少年qīngshàoniánteenagers

#439轻qīnglight

#440清楚qīngchuclear

#441晴qíngsunny

#442晴天qíngtiānsunny day

#443请客qǐng kèstand treat; entertain

#444请求qǐngqiúrequest

#445秋天qiūtiānfall; autumn

#446求qiúrequest; beg; entreat; beseech

#447球场qiúchǎngcourt; field

#448球队qiúduìteam

#449球鞋qiúxiésneakers; gym shoes

#450取qǔtake

Words 451–500

HSK 2 Words 451–500

#451取得qǔdéacquire; gain; obtain

#452全quánwhole; entire; complete

#453全部quánbùwhole

#454全国quánguónationwide; entire country

#455全家quánjiāwhole family

#456全年quánniánannual; yearly

#457全身quánshēnwhole body

#458全体quántǐall; entire; whole

#459然后ránhòuthen

#460让rànggive way

#461热情rèqíngenthusiasm

#462人口rénkǒupopulation

#463人们rénmenpeople

#464人数rénshùnumber of people

#465认为rènwéithink

#466日报rìbàodaily, journal

#467日子rìzilife, days

#468如果rúguǒif

#469入口rùkǒuentrance

#470商量shāngliangdiscuss

#471商人shāngrénbusinessman

#472上周shàng zhōulast week

#473少数shǎoshùsmall number; few; minority

#474少年shàoniánjuvenile; young person

#475身边shēnbiānat [by] one’s side

#476什么样shénmeyàngwhat kind

#477生shēnggive birth; be born

#478生词shēngcínew word

#479生活shēnghuólife

#480声音shēngyīnvoice

#481省shěngprovince

#482省shěngeconomize; save; omit; leave out

#483十分shífēnvery

#484实际shíjìactual

#485实习shíxíinternship

#486实现shíxiànrealization

#487实在shízàireal; indeed

#488实在shízaidone carefully

#495收到shōudàoreceive; obtain

#496收入shōurùincome

#497手表shǒubiǎowrist Watch

#498受到shòudàosuffer

#499舒服shūfucomfortable

#500熟shúripe; cooked; familiar; skilled

Words 501–550

HSK 2 Words 501–550

#505说明shuōmíngexplain

#506司机sījīdriver

#507送到sòngdàosent to (place)

#508送给sòng gěigive to (somebody or organization)

#509算suàncount; calculate

#510虽然suīránalthough; though

#511随便suíbiàncasual

#512随时suíshíat any time

#522特别tèbiéespecially

#523特点tèdiǎncharacteristic

#524疼ténghurt

#525提tícarry

#526提出tíchūput forward; propose; raise

#527提到tídàomention; refer to

#528提高tígāoincrease, promote

#529题títopic

#530体育tǐyùsports

#531体育场tǐyùchǎngstadium

#532体育馆tǐyùguǎnstadium; gymnasium; gym

#533天上tiānshàngthe sky; heaven

#534条tiáostrip

#535条件tiáojiàncondition

#536听讲tīng jiǎngattend a lecture; listen to a talk

#537听说tīngshuōbe told; hear of

#538停tíngstop

#539停车tíng chēpark

#540停车场tíngchēchǎngparking lot

#541挺tǐngvery; quite; pretty; rather

#542挺好tǐng hǎovery good; not half bad

#543通tōngthrough; common; all; understand; expert

#544通过tōngguòadopt

#545通知tōngzhīnotice

#546同时tóngshímeanwhile

#547同事tóngshìcolleague

#548同样tóngyàngsame

#549头tóuhead; beginning or end; side; (measure word)

#550头tóusuffix (inside)

Words 551–600

HSK 2 Words 551–600

#551头发tóufahair

#552图片túpiànpicture; photograph

#553推tuīpush

#554腿tuǐleg

#555外地wàidìother places; nonlocal

#556外卖wàimàitakeaway; take out

#557完wánfinish

#558完成wánchéngcomplete

#559完全wánquáncompletely

#560晚安wǎn’āngood night

#561晚报wǎnbàoevening paper; evening news

#562晚餐wǎncāndinner; supper

#563晚会wǎnhuìevening party

#564碗wǎnbowl

#565万wànten thousand

#566网wǎngnet; network

#567网球wǎngqiútennis

#568网站wǎngzhànwebsite

#569往wǎngto

#570为wèifor; because of

#571为什么wèi shénmewhy

#572位wèiperson (measure word)

#573味道wèidàotaste

#574喂wèihello; hey

#575温度wēndùtemperature

#576闻wénsmell

#577问路wènlùask for directions

#582西餐xīcānwestern food

#583西方xīfāngwest

#584西南xīnánsouthwest

#585西医xīyīwestern medicine

#586习惯xíguànhabit

#587洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine

#588洗澡xǐ zǎotake a shower

#589下xià(measure word)

#590下雪xià xuěsnow; snowing

#591下周xià zhōunext week

#592夏天xiàtiānsummer

#593相同xiāngtóngidentical

#594相信xiāngxìnbelieve

#595响xiǎngloud

#596想到xiǎngdàothink of; call to mind; have at heart

#597想法xiǎngfǎidea; opinion;thought

#598想起xiǎngqǐremember; recall; think of; call to mind

#599向xiàngtowards

#600相机xiàngjīcamera

Words 601–650

HSK 2 Words 601–650

#601像xiàngbe like; resemble; look like; such as

#602小xiǎoprefix

#603小声xiǎo shēngin a low voice; in whispers

#604小时候xiǎoshíhouin one’s childhood; when one was young

#605小说xiǎoshuōnovel

#606小心xiǎoxīnlook out

#607小组xiǎozǔgroup

#608校园xiàoyuáncampus; schoolyard

#609校长xiàozhǎngprincipal

#610笑话xiàohuajoke

#611笑话儿xiàohuàrjoke

#612鞋xiéshoes

#613心里xīn lǐin the heart; at heart

#614心情xīnqíngmood

#615心中xīnzhōngin the heart; at heart; in mind

#616新闻xīnwénnews

#617信xìnletter; mail; faith

#618信号xìnhàosignal

#619信息xìnxīinformation

#620信心xìnxīnconfidence

#621信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card

#622星星xīngxingstar

#623行动xíngdòngget some action

#624行人xíngrénpedestrian

#625行为xíngwéibehavior

#626姓xìngsurname

#627姓名xìngmíngfull name

#628休假xiūjiàhave a holiday; take a vacation; be on furlough

#629许多xǔduōmany

#630选xuǎnchoose; select; pick

#636养yǎngraise; keep; support; cultivate

#637样子yàngzia look

#638要求yāoqiúrequirement

#639药yàodrug

#640药店yàodiànpharmacy

#641药片yàopiànpill

#642药水yàoshuǐliquid medicine; potion

#643也许yěxǔperhaps

#644夜yènight

#645夜里yè lǐat night

#646一部分yí bùfena part; a portion

#647一定yídìngcertain

#648一共yígòngaltogether

#649一会儿yíhuìra while; in a moment; presently

#650一路平安yílù píng’ānsafe journey; have a pleasant journey

Words 651–700

HSK 2 Words 651–700

#651一路顺风yílù shùnfēngbon voyage

#652已经yǐjīngalready

#653以后yǐhòuafter; later on; afterwards; later

#654以前yǐqiánbefore

#655以上yǐshàngabove; over

#656以外yǐwàibeyond; outside; other than; except

#657以为yǐwéithink

#658以下yǐxiàbelow; under

#659椅子yǐzichair

#660一般yìbāncommonly

#661一点点yì diǎndiǎna little bit

#662一生yìshēnglifetime; all one’s life

#669阴天yīntiāncloudy day; overcast sky

#670音节yīnjiésyllable

#671音乐yīnyuèmusic

#672音乐会yīnyuèhuìconcert

#673银行yínhángbank

#674银行卡yínhángkǎbank card

#675应该yīnggāishould

#676英文YīngwénEnglish

#677英语YīngyǔEnglish

#678影片yǐngpiànfilm; movie

#679影响yǐngxiǎnginfluence

#680永远yǒngyuǎnforever

#681油yóuoil; fat; grease

#682游客yóukètourist; visitor

#683友好yǒuhǎofriendly

#684有空儿yǒukòngrbe free; at leisure

#685有人yǒu rénsomeone; there’s someone

#686有一点儿yǒu yìdiǎnra little bit

#687有意思yǒu yìsiinteresting; significant

#688又yòualso

#689鱼yúfish

#690语言yǔyánlanguage

#691原来yuánláioriginal; formerly

#692原因yuányīnreason

#693院yuànyard; compound; courtyard; college

#694院长yuànzhǎngdean

#695院子yuànzicourtyard; yard

#696愿意yuànyìbe willing

#697月份yuèfènmonth

#698月亮yuèliangmoon

#699越yuèthe more

#700越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more

Words 701–750

HSK 2 Words 701–750

#706早餐zǎocānbreakfast

#707早晨zǎochenmorning

#708早就zǎo jiùlong since

#709怎么办zěnme bànhow to; what to do

#710怎么样zěnmeyànghow about

#711怎样zěnyànghow

#712占zhànoccupy

#713站zhànstand; stop; halt

#714站住zhànzhùstop; halt

#715长zhǎnggrow

#716长大zhǎngdàgrow up

#717找出zhǎochūfind out

#718照顾zhàogùlook after

#719照片zhàopiànphoto

#720照相zhào xiàngtake a picture; take a photograph

#721这么zhèmeso; such; this way; like this

#722这时候zhè shíhòuat this moment; at this time

#723这样zhèyàngso; such; like this; this way

#724真正zhēnzhèngreal

#725正常zhèngchángnormal

#726正好zhènghǎojust right

#727正确zhèngquècorrect

#728正是zhèng shìexactly

#729直接zhíjiēdirect

#730只zhǐonly; just; simply; merely

#731只能zhǐ néngcan only

#732只要zhǐyàoas long as

#733纸zhǐpaper

#734中餐zhōngcānChinese food

#735中级zhōngjíintermediate; middle-level

#736中年zhōngniánmiddle age; middle-aged

#737中小学zhōng xiǎoxuéelementary and middle school

#738中心zhōngxīncore

#739中医zhōngyīChinese medicine

#740重点zhòngdiǎna key

#741重视zhòngshìattach importance to

#742周zhōuweek

#743周末zhōumòweekend

#744周年zhōuniánanniversary

#745主人zhǔrénmaster

#746主要zhǔyàomain

#747住房zhùfánghousing; lodging

#748住院zhùyuànbe in hospital; be hospitalized

#749装zhuāngpretend

#750准确zhǔnquèaccuracy

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