三级 · 登堂入室Foundations Stage (初等)

Official HSK3 Vocabulary (HSK 3.0): Complete List of 2245 Words

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Official Words
2245
Required Hanzi
900
Key Focus
Sharing experiences, personal feelings, travel plans, and projects.
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Complete HSK3 Vocabulary List

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615 words found
AudioHanziPinyinMeaning (EN)Practice
还Huánsurname Huan
啊āinterjection of surprise, Ah!, Oh!
把bǎto 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bèiquilt, 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 jǐoneself, one's own
为wéias (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Guōsurname Guo
用yòngto use, to employ, to have to, to eat or drink, expense or outlay, usefulness, hence, therefore
如果rú guǒif, in case, in the event that
又yòu(once) again, also, both... and..., and yet, (used for emphasis) anyway
只zhǐonly, merely, just, but
就是jiù shìexactly; precisely, only; simply; just, (used correlatively with 也) even; even if
时shíold variant of 时
更gēngto 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 yàoto 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cáiability; talent, sb of a certain type, a capable individual, then and only then, just now, (before an expression of quantity) only
跟gēnheel, to follow closely, to go with, (of a woman) to marry sb, with, compared with, to, towards, and (joining two nouns)
并bìngand, furthermore, also, together with, (not) at all, simultaneously, to combine, to join, to merge
像xiàngto resemble, to be like, to look as if, such as, appearance, image, portrait, image under a mapping (math.)
还是hái shistill (as before), had better, unexpectedly, or
向Xiàngsurname Xiang
认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
起来qǐ laito stand up, to get up, also pr. [qǐ lái]
应该yīng gāiought to, should, must
位wèiposition, location, place, seat, classifier for people (honorific), classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes), (physics) potential
带dàiband, 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zhǒngseed, species, kind, type, classifier for types, kinds, sorts
发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of, to discover; to find; to detect, a discovery
一定yī dìngsurely, certainly, necessarily, fixed, a certain (extent etc), given, particular, must
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line), continuously; always; all the way through
为了wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
一样yī yàngsame, like, equal to, the same as, just like
只是zhǐ shìmerely; only; just; nothing but, simply, but; however
世界shì jièworld
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also, moreover, in addition, furthermore
重要zhòng yàoimportant, significant, major
必须bì xūto have to, must, compulsory, necessarily
长chánglength, long, forever, always, constantly
地方dì fāngregion, regional (away from the central administration), local
最后zuì hòufinal, last, finally, ultimate
老lǎoprefix 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 tāother, (sth or sb) else, the rest
比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc), match, to compete
然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
担心dān xīnanxious, worried, uneasy, to worry, to be anxious
条tiáostrip, item, article, clause (of law or treaty), classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
放fàngto put, to place, to release, to free, to let go, to let out, to set off (fireworks)
拿náold variant of 拿
心xīnheart, mind, intention, center, core
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The official HSK3 syllabus under HSK 3.0 covers 2245 vocabulary items and requires mastery of 900 individual characters alongside relevant syntactic patterns.

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