Official HSK2 Vocabulary (HSK 3.0): Complete List of 1272 Words
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Complete HSK2 Vocabulary List
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| Audio | Hanzi | Pinyin | Meaning (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 | Yě | surname Ye | ||
| 对 | duì | right; 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 | dào | to 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 | gěi | to, 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 | ràng | to 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 | dàn | but; yet; however; still, merely; only; just | ||
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can, may, possible, able to, not bad, pretty good | ||
| 吧 | bā | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc), to puff (on a pipe etc), (onom.) bang, abbr. for 贴吧 | ||
| 从 | cóng | variant of 从 | ||
| 真 | zhēn | really, truly, indeed, real, true, genuine | ||
| 两 | liǎng | two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) | ||
| 出 | chū | to 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 jīng | already | ||
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this kind of, so, this way, like this, such | ||
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最 | ||
| 再 | zài | again; 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 wèi | because, owing to, on account of | ||
| 次 | cì | next 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 dào | to know; to become aware of, also pr. [zhī dao] | ||
| 走 | zǒu | to 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 tí | question, problem, issue, topic | ||
| 它 | tā | it | ||
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however | ||
| 该 | gāi | should, ought to, probably, must be, to deserve, to owe, to be sb's turn to do sth, that, the above-mentioned | ||
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen), possible, probable, possibility, probability, maybe, perhaps | ||
| 时间 | shí jiān | time, period | ||
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin, beginning, to start, initial | ||
| 新 | Xīn | abbr. for Xinjiang 疆 or Singapore 坡, surname Xin | ||
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change | ||
| 快 | kuài | rapid, quick, speed, rate, soon, almost, to make haste, clever, sharp (of knives or wits), forthright, plainspoken, gratified, pleased, pleasant | ||
| 比 | Bǐ | Belgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利时 | ||
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore, as a result, so, the reason why | ||
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ..., to feel (uncomfortable etc) | ||
| 那么 | nà me | like that, in that way, or so, so, so very much, about, in that case | ||
| 这么 | zhè me | so much, this much, how much?, this way, like this | ||
| 一起 | yī qǐ | in the same place, together, with, altogether (in total) | ||
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope, a hope; a wish | ||
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone, influential family, great expert | ||
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really, unusual; extraordinary | ||
| 孩子 | hái zi | child | ||
| 别 | Bié | surname Bie | ||
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation | ||
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!, must not | ||
| 第一 | dì yī | first, number one, primary | ||
| 成 | Chéng | surname Cheng | ||
| 名 | míng | name, noun (part of speech), place (e.g. among winners), famous, classifier for people |
Frequently Asked Questions for HSK2
01.How many words are in the official HSK2 HSK 3.0 list?
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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