二级 · 渐入佳境Foundations Stage (初等)

Official HSK2 Vocabulary (HSK 3.0): Complete List of 1272 Words

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Official Words
1272
Required Hanzi
600
Key Focus
Meals, weather, transportation, hobbies, and appointments.
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Complete HSK2 Vocabulary List

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494 words found
AudioHanziPinyinMeaning (EN)Practice
一下一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try), all at once; suddenly
就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then, (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after, (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly, only; as little as, as much as; as many as, to approach; to move towards, to undertake; to engage in, (often followed by 着) taking advantage of, (of food) to go with, with regard to; concerning, (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ..., (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...
要yāo(bound form) to demand; to coerce
也Yěsurname Ye
对duìright; correct, towards; at; for, concerning; regarding, to treat (sb a certain way), to face, (bound form) opposite; facing; matching, to match together; to adjust, to fit; to suit, to answer; to reply, to add; to pour in (a fluid), to check; to compare, classifier: couple; pair
到dàoto reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point), (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point), considerate; thoughtful; thorough
着zhāo(chess) move, trick, all right!, (dialect) to add
给gěito, for, for the benefit of, to give, to allow, to do sth (for sb), (grammatical equivalent of 被), (grammatical equivalent of 把), (sentence intensifier)
让ràngto yield, to permit, to let sb do sth, to have sb do sth, to make sb (feel sad etc), by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被)
但dànbut; yet; however; still, merely; only; just
可以kě yǐcan, may, possible, able to, not bad, pretty good
吧bābar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc), to puff (on a pipe etc), (onom.) bang, abbr. for 贴吧
从cóngvariant of 从
真zhēnreally, truly, indeed, real, true, genuine
两liǎngtwo, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)
出chūto go out, to come out, to occur, to produce, to go beyond, to rise, to put forth, to happen, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
已经yǐ jīngalready
这样zhè yàngthis kind of, so, this way, like this, such
最zuìvariant of 最
再zàiagain; once more; re-, second; another, then (after sth, and not until then), no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis)
因为yīn wèibecause, owing to, on account of
次cìnext in sequence, second, the second (day, time etc), secondary, vice-, sub-, infra-, inferior quality, substandard, order, sequence, hypo- (chemistry), classifier for enumerated events: time
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of, also pr. [zhī dao]
走zǒuto walk, to go, to run, to move (of vehicle), to visit, to leave, to go away, to die (euph.), from, through, away (in compound verbs, such as 走), to change (shape, form, meaning)
问题wèn tíquestion, problem, issue, topic
它tāit
但是dàn shìbut; however
该gāishould, ought to, probably, must be, to deserve, to owe, to be sb's turn to do sth, that, the above-mentioned
可能kě néngmight (happen), possible, probable, possibility, probability, maybe, perhaps
时间shí jiāntime, period
开始kāi shǐto begin, beginning, to start, initial
新Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 疆 or Singapore 坡, surname Xin
找zhǎoto try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change
快kuàirapid, quick, speed, rate, soon, almost, to make haste, clever, sharp (of knives or wits), forthright, plainspoken, gratified, pleased, pleasant
比BǐBelgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利时
所以suǒ yǐtherefore, as a result, so, the reason why
觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ..., to feel (uncomfortable etc)
那么nà melike that, in that way, or so, so, so very much, about, in that case
这么zhè meso much, this much, how much?, this way, like this
一起yī qǐin the same place, together, with, altogether (in total)
希望xī wàngto hope, a hope; a wish
大家dà jiāeveryone, influential family, great expert
非常fēi chángvery; really, unusual; extraordinary
孩子hái zichild
别Biésurname Bie
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation
不要bù yàodon't!, must not
第一dì yīfirst, number one, primary
成Chéngsurname Cheng
名míngname, noun (part of speech), place (e.g. among winners), famous, classifier for people
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The official HSK2 syllabus under HSK 3.0 covers 1272 vocabulary items and requires mastery of 600 individual characters alongside relevant syntactic patterns.

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