Official HSK3 Vocabulary (HSK 3.0): Complete List of 2245 Words
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Complete HSK3 Vocabulary List
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| Audio | Hanzi | Pinyin | Meaning (EN) | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 还 | Huán | surname Huan | ||
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise, Ah!, Oh! | ||
| 把 | bǎ | to hold; to grasp, to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate, handlebar, classifier: handful, bundle, bunch, classifier for things with handles, (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | ||
| 被 | bèi | quilt, to cover (with), (literary) to suffer (a misfortune), used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb), (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | ||
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself, one's own | ||
| 为 | wéi | as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice) | ||
| 过 | Guō | surname Guo | ||
| 用 | yòng | to use, to employ, to have to, to eat or drink, expense or outlay, usefulness, hence, therefore | ||
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if, in case, in the event that | ||
| 又 | yòu | (once) again, also, both... and..., and yet, (used for emphasis) anyway | ||
| 只 | zhǐ | only, merely, just, but | ||
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely, only; simply; just, (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | ||
| 时 | shí | old variant of 时 | ||
| 更 | gēng | to change or replace, to experience, one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided, watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | ||
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require, needs | ||
| 地 | de | -ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | ||
| 才 | cái | ability; talent, sb of a certain type, a capable individual, then and only then, just now, (before an expression of quantity) only | ||
| 跟 | gēn | heel, to follow closely, to go with, (of a woman) to marry sb, with, compared with, to, towards, and (joining two nouns) | ||
| 并 | bìng | and, furthermore, also, together with, (not) at all, simultaneously, to combine, to join, to merge | ||
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble, to be like, to look as if, such as, appearance, image, portrait, image under a mapping (math.) | ||
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before), had better, unexpectedly, or | ||
| 向 | Xiàng | surname Xiang | ||
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel | ||
| 起来 | qǐ lai | to stand up, to get up, also pr. [qǐ lái] | ||
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to, should, must | ||
| 位 | wèi | position, location, place, seat, classifier for people (honorific), classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes), (physics) potential | ||
| 带 | dài | band, belt, girdle, ribbon, tire, area, zone, region, to wear, to carry, to take along, to bear (i.e. to have), to lead, to bring, to look after, to raise | ||
| 种 | zhǒng | seed, species, kind, type, classifier for types, kinds, sorts | ||
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of, to discover; to find; to detect, a discovery | ||
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely, certainly, necessarily, fixed, a certain (extent etc), given, particular, must | ||
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line), continuously; always; all the way through | ||
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to | ||
| 一样 | yī yàng | same, like, equal to, the same as, just like | ||
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely; only; just; nothing but, simply, but; however | ||
| 世界 | shì jiè | world | ||
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also, moreover, in addition, furthermore | ||
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important, significant, major | ||
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to, must, compulsory, necessarily | ||
| 长 | cháng | length, long, forever, always, constantly | ||
| 地方 | dì fāng | region, regional (away from the central administration), local | ||
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final, last, finally, ultimate | ||
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough | ||
| 其他 | qí tā | other, (sth or sb) else, the rest | ||
| 比赛 | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc), match, to compete | ||
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards | ||
| 担心 | dān xīn | anxious, worried, uneasy, to worry, to be anxious | ||
| 条 | tiáo | strip, item, article, clause (of law or treaty), classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | ||
| 放 | fàng | to put, to place, to release, to free, to let go, to let out, to set off (fireworks) | ||
| 拿 | ná | old variant of 拿 | ||
| 心 | xīn | heart, mind, intention, center, core |
Frequently Asked Questions for HSK3
01.How many words are in the official HSK3 HSK 3.0 list?
The official HSK3 syllabus under HSK 3.0 covers 2245 vocabulary items and requires mastery of 900 individual characters alongside relevant syntactic patterns.
02.How long does it take to master HSK3?
With a daily practice of 15 minutes using Hanzo's Anki SRS algorithm, most learners build active recall for all HSK3 vocabulary within 2 to 4 months of consistent study.
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