HSK 3
HSK 3 Vocabulary
298 words · Longer interactions: opinions, plans, school and work situations, and common connectors.
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WordPinyinMeaning
阿姨ā yímaternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation啊aah, exclamatory particle; interjection of surprise矮ǎishort, low; dwarf爱好ài hàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby安静ān jìngquiet; peaceful把bǎto grasp, to hold; to guard, to take班bānclass, squad, team, work shift; surname Ban搬bānto move, to remove, to shift, to transfer; to move (i.e. relocate oneself)办法bàn fǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete帮忙bāng mángto help; to lend a hand包bāowrap, pack, bundle; package饱bǎosatisfied; to eat one's fill北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country被bèibedding; a passive particle meaning "by"鼻子bí zinose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]比较bǐ jiàoto compare; to contrast比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match必须bì xūmust; to have to变化biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show表演biǎo yǎnplay; show别人bié renother people; others; other person宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse; lodge冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox才cáiability, talent, gift; just, only菜单cài dānmenu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]参加cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch层cénglayer, floor, story, stratum; to pile on top of one another差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3]); CL:家[jia1]衬衫chèn shānshirt; blouse成绩chéng jìachievement; performance records城市chéng shìcity; town; CL:座[zuo4]迟到chí dàoto arrive late出现chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了…厨房chú fángkitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]春chūnspringtime; joyful, lustful, wanton词语cí yǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term)聪明cōng mingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)打扫dǎ sǎoto clean; to sweep打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend带dàibelt, strap; band, ribbon担心dān xīnanxious; worried蛋糕dàn gāocake; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]当然dāng ránonly natural; as it should be地deearth, ground, soil; land, region地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)地铁dì tiěunderground railway; subway; subway train地图dì túmap; CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]灯dēnglamp, lantern, light; lamp低dīlow; to lower, to hang电梯diàn tīelevator; escalator电子diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)东dōngeast, eastern, eastward; surname Dong冬dōngwinter, 11th lunar month; surname Dong动物dòng wùanimal短duǎnbrief, short; deficient, lacking段duànsection, piece, division; surname Duan锻炼duàn liànto toughen; to temper多么duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)饿èhungry; greedy而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore耳朵ěr duoear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy放fàngto release, to liberate, to free; to put放心fàng xīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood复习fù xíto review; revision敢gǎnbold, brave; to dare, to venture感冒gǎn màoto catch cold; (common) cold干净gān jìngclean; neat刚才gāng cáijust now; a moment ago根据gēn jùaccording to; based on跟gēnheel; to accompany, to follow更gèngmore, further; to shift, to alternate公园gōng yuánpark (for public recreation); CL:座[zuo4]故事gù shìold practice; narrative; story; tale刮guāto shave; to scrape关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut关系guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect关心guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about关于guān yúpertaining to; concerning国家guó jiācountry; nation; state果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by还是hái shistill (as before); had better害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared河hériver, stream; the Yellow river黑板hēi bǎnblackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]护照hù zhàopassport; CL:本[ben3],個|个[ge4]花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)花园huā yuángarden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; CL:座[zuo4]画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw坏huàibad, rotten, spoiled; to break down环境huán jìngenvironment; circumstances换huànto change; to exchange, to swap, to trade黄huángyellow; surname会议huì yìmeeting; conference或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps机会jī huìopportunity; chance极jíextreme, top; final, furthest, utmost几乎jī hūalmost; nearly; practically记得jì deto remember季节jì jiétime; season检查jiǎn cháinspection; to examine简单jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]健康jiàn kānghealth; healthy讲jiǎngtalk, speech, lecture; to speak, to explain角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base教jiàoschool, education; surname Jiao接jiēto connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone街道jiē dàostreet; CL:條|条[tiao2]节目jié mù(TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event)节日jié rìholiday; festival结婚jié hūnto marry; to get married结束jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude解决jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)借jièto borrow; to lend经常jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily经过jīng guòto pass; to go through经理jīng lǐmanager; director久jiǔlong ago; a long time旧jiùold, ancient; former, past举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)句子jù zisentence; CL:個|个[ge4]决定jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])可爱kě àiadorable; cute渴kěthirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for刻kèto carve, to engrave; a quarter hour客人kè rénvisitor; guest; customer空调kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening哭kūto weep, to cry, to wail; to cry; to weep裤子kù zitrousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]筷子kuài zichopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]蓝lánblue; indigo plant老lǎoold, aged; experienced了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out离开lí kāito depart; to leave礼物lǐ wùgift; present; CL:件[jian4],份[fen4]历史lì shǐhistory; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]脸liǎnface, cheek; reputation练习liàn xíto practice; exercise辆liàngmeasure word for vehicles; classifier for vehicles邻居lín jūneighbor楼lóumulti-story building; floor绿lǜgreen; chlorine马mǎhorse; surname马上mǎ shàngat once; right away满意mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased帽子mào zihat; cap米mǐrice, millet, grain; surname Mi面包miàn bāobread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]面条miàn tiáonoodles明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable拿náto bring, to grasp, to hold, to take; old variant of 拿[na2]奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house南nánsouth; southern难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)年轻nián qīngyoung鸟niǎobird; variant of 屌[diao3]努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)盘子pán zitray; plate胖pàngfat, plump, obese; a fat person啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword); CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]葡萄pú taogrape普通话pǔ tōng huàPutonghua; standard Mandarin其实qí shíactually; in fact; really其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else奇怪qí guàistrange; odd骑qíto ride, to mount; cavalry铅笔qiān bǐ(lead) pencil; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1],桿|杆[gan3]清楚qīng chuclear; distinct秋qiūautumn, fall; year裙子qún ziskirt; CL:條|条[tiao2]然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnest容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to如果rú guǒif; in case; in the event that伞sǎnumbrella, parasol, parachute; umbrella上网shàng wǎngto go online; to connect to the Internet生气shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness声音shēng yīnsound; voice使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador世界shì jièworld瘦shòuthin, lean, emaciated; meager叔叔shū shufather's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well树shùtree; to plant数学shù xuémathematics刷shuābrush; to clean, to scrub双shuāngpair, couple; both水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)司机sī jīchauffeur; driver虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)太阳tài yangsun; sunlight; sunshine糖tángcandy, sugar, sweets; sugar特别tè biéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly疼téngache, pain; to love dearly提高tí gāoto raise; to increase体育tǐ yùsports; physical education甜tiánsweet, sweetness; sweet条tiáoclause, condition; string, stripe同事tóng shìcolleague; co-worker同意tóng yìto agree; to consent头发tóu fahair (on the head)突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]腿tuǐlegs, thighs; leg完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish碗wǎnbowl, small dish; variant of 碗[wan3]万wànten thousand; innumerable忘记wàng jìto forget为了wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to为什么wèi shén mewhy?; for what reason?位wèiseat, throne; rank, status文化wén huàculture; civilization习惯xí guànhabit; custom洗手间xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet; lavatory洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe; to take a shower西xīwest, western, westward; the West夏xiàsummer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty先xiānfirst, former, previous; beforehand; first; earlier相同xiāng tóngidentical; same相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true香蕉xiāng jiāobanana; CL:根[gen1],把[ba3]像xiàngpicture, image, figure; to resemble小心xiǎo xīnto be careful; to take care校长xiào zhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster鞋xiéshoes, footwear in general; shoe新闻xīn wénnews; CL:條|条[tiao2]新鲜xīn xiānfresh (experience, food etc); freshness信xìnto trust, to believe; letter, sign行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase; baggage compartment兴趣xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby熊猫xióng māopanda; CL:隻|只[zhi1]需要xū yàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs选择xuǎn zéto select; to pick; choice; option; alternative眼镜yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses要求yāo qiúto request; to require爷爷yé ye(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa一般yī bānsame; ordinary一边yī biānone side; either side一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled一共yī gòngin total; altogether一会儿yī huì ra moment; a while一样yī yàngsame; like一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through以后yǐ hòuafter; later以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly以为yǐ wéito think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)音乐yīn yuèmusic; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]银行yín hángbank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]应该yīng gāiought to; should; must影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use游戏yóu xìgame (CL:場|场[chang3]); to play有名yǒu míngfamous; well-known又yòuand, also, again, in addition; (once) again遇到yù dàoto meet; to run into; to come across愿意yuàn yìto wish; to want月亮yuè liangthe moon越yuèto exceed, to surpass, to transcend; generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods云yúncloud; to say, to speak站zhànstand, station; to halt, to stand照顾zhào guto take care of; to show consideration照片zhào piànphotograph; CL:張|张[zhang1],幅[fu2]照相机zhào xiàng jīcamera; CL:台[tai2],部[bu4],架[jia4]着急zháo jíto worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry只zhīonly, merely, just; variant of 隻|只[zhi1]中间zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among终于zhōng yúat last; in the end种zhǒngrace, kind, breed; seed重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major周末zhōu mòweekend主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to祝zhùto pray; to wish well字典zì diǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) diction…自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own总是zǒng shìalways最近zuì jìnrecently; soon作业zuò yèschool assignment; homework作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity← All HSK levelsHSK 2.0 · MIT vocabulary data