HSK 3 Vocabulary List [PDF]

Hey Chinese learners, to help you study Chinese and pass HSK successfully, we present you the full list of 300 words required to know to pass HSK 3.

Please note, to pass HSK 3, you’ll also need the 150 HSK 1 words and the 150 HSK 2 words.

HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi or Chinese Proficiency Test) is a standardized Chinese proficiency test administered by Confucius Institute Headquarters (also known as Hanban). And HSK 3 is the third level among HSK 1 to 6, with HSK 1 being the easiest level.

The list below is summarized based on the International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education,  a book published by Hanban for those who teach Chinese as a second language.

If you are looking for in-app HSK flashcards, please download ChineseSkill and try the HSK drill!

Click here to download the pdf of HSK 3 provided by Copenhagen business school.

HSK 3 Vocabulary (300 Words)

Chinese	Pinyin	Role	English
阿姨	ā yí	noun	maid, aunt
啊	a	int	ah
矮	ǎi	adjective	short (in height)
爱好	ài hào	noun	hobby
安静	ān jìng	adjective	quiet
把	bǎ	noun	handle
搬	bān	verb	to move
班	bān	noun	class
半	bàn	noun	half
办法	bàn fǎ	noun	method
办公室	bàn gōng shì	noun	office
帮忙	bāng máng	verb	to help
包	bāo	noun	bag
饱	bǎo	noun (adjective)	full
报纸	bào zhǐ	noun	newspaper
北方	běi fāng	noun	north
被	bèi	preposition	by
鼻子	bí zi	noun	nose
比较	bǐ jiào	verb	to compare
比赛	bǐ sài	noun	match
必须	bì xū	verb	must
变化	biàn huà	noun	change
表示	biǎo shì	verb	to express
表演	biǎo yǎn	verb	to perform
别人	bié ren	pronoun	others
宾馆	bīng guǎn	noun	hotel
冰箱	bīng xiāng	noun	refrigerator
才	cái	adverb	just
菜单	cài dān	noun	menu
参加	cān jiā	verb	to attend
草	cǎo	noun	grass
层	céng	noun	story
差	chà	adjective	bad (quality)
超市	chāo shì	noun	supermarket
衬衫	chèn shān	noun	shirt
成绩	chéng jì	noun	score
城市	chéng shì	noun	city
迟到	chí dào	verb	to be late
出现	chū xiàn	verb	to appear
厨房	chú fáng	noun	kitchen
除了	chú le	preposition	except for
春	chūn	noun	spring
词语	cí yǔ	noun	word
聪明	cōng ming	noun	clever
打扫	dǎ sǎo	verb	to clean
打算	dǎ suàn	noun	plan
带	dài	verb	to bring
担心	dān xīn	verb	to worry
蛋糕	dàn gāo	noun	cake
当然	dāng rán	adverb	surely
灯	dēng	noun	light
低	dī	adjective	low
地方	dì fāng	adjective	local
地铁	dì tiě	noun	subway
地图	dì tú	noun	map
电梯	diàn tī	noun	elevator
电子邮件	diàn zǐ yóu jiàn	noun	email
东	dōng	noun	east
冬	dōng	noun	winter
懂	dǒng	verb	to understand
动物	dòng wù	noun	animal
短	duǎn	adjective	short
段	duàn	noun	passage
锻炼	duàn liàn	verb	to work out
多么	duō me	adverb	how
而且	ér qiě	conjunction	moreover
耳朵	ěr duo	noun	ear
饿	è	verb	to be hungry
发烧	fā shāo	noun	fever
发现	fā xiàn	verb	to discover
方便	fāng biàn	noun	convenience
放	fàng	verb	to put
放心	fàng xīn	verb	to relax
分	fēn	verb	to divide
附近	fù jìn	noun	neighborhood
复习	fù xí	verb	to review
干净	gān jìng	adjective	clean
敢	gǎn	verb	to dare
感冒	gǎn mào	noun	cold
刚才	gāng cái	adverb	just now
跟	gēn	verb	to follow
根据	gēn jù	noun	basis
更	gèng	adverb	more
公园	gōng yuán	noun	park
故事	gù shi	noun	story
刮风	guā fēng	verb	to blow
关	guān	verb	to shut
关系	guān xì	noun	connection, relation
关心	guān xīn	verb	to concern
关于	guān yú	preposition	regarding
国家	guó jiā	noun	nation
果汁	guǒ zhī	noun	juice
过去	guò qu	adjective	past
还是	hái shì	adjective	still
害怕	hài pà	verb	to be scared
河	hé	noun	river
黑板	hēi bǎn	noun	blackboard
护照	hù zhào	noun	passport
花	huā	noun	flower
花园	huā yuán	noun	garden
画	huà	noun	painting
坏	huài	adjective	bad
还	huán	adverb	to return
环境	huán jìng	noun	environment
换	huàn	verb	to change
黄	huáng	adjective	yellow
会议	huì yì	noun	meeting
或者	huò zhě	adverb	or
几乎	jī hū	adverb	nearly
机会	jī huì	noun	chance
极	jí	adjective	extremely
记得	jì de	verb	to remember
季节	jì jié	noun	season
检查	jiǎn chá	verb	to examine
简单	jiǎn dān	adjective	simple
健康	jiàn kāng	noun	health
见面	jiàn miàn	verb	to meet
讲	jiǎng	verb	to speak
教	jiāo	verb	to teach
角	jiǎo	noun	corner
脚	jiǎo	noun	foot
接	jiē	verb	to connect
街道	jiē dào	noun	street
结婚	jié hūn	verb	to marry
节目	jié mù	noun	program
节日	jié rì	noun	festival
结束	jié shù	verb	to finish
解决	jiě jué	verb	to solve
借	jiè	verb	to borrow
经常	jīng cháng	adverb	often
经过	jīng guò	verb	to pass
经理	jīng lǐ	noun	manager
久	jiǔ	adjective	long (time)
旧	jiù	adjective	old
举行	jǔ xíng	verb	to hold
句子	jù zi	noun	sentence
决定	jué dìng	verb	to decide
渴	kě	adjective	thirsty
可爱	kě ‘ ài	adjective	lovely
刻	kè	verb	to carve
客人	kè ren	noun	guest
空调	kōng tiáo	noun	air conditioning
口	kǒu	noun	mouth
哭	kū	verb	to cry
裤子	kù zi	noun	trousers
块	kuài	noun	piece
筷子	kuài zi	noun	chopsticks
蓝	lán	adjective	blue
老	lǎo	adjective	old
离开	lí kāi	verb	to leave
礼物	lǐ wù	noun	gift
历史	lì shǐ	noun	history
脸	liǎn	noun	face
练习	liàn xí	verb	to practice
辆	liàng	noun (measure word)	measure word for cars
了解	liǎo jiě	verb	to know
邻居	lín jū	noun	neighbor
楼	lóu	noun	building
绿	lǜ	adjective	green
马	mǎ	noun	horse
马上	mǎ shàng	adverb	at once
卖	mài	verb	to sell
满意	mǎn yì	adjective	satisfied
帽子	mào zi	noun	hat
门	mén	noun	door
米	mǐ	noun	rice
面包	miàn bāo	noun	bread
面条	miàn tiáo	noun	noodle
明白	míng bai	adjective	clear
奶奶	nǎi nai	noun	grandmother
南	nán	noun	south
难	nàn	adjective	difficult
难过	nán guò	verb	to be sad
音乐	yīn yuè	noun	music
年级	nián jí	noun	grade
年轻	nián qīng	noun	youth
鸟	niǎo	noun	bird
努力	nǔ lì	verb	to put effort in
爬上	pá shàng	verb	to climb up
盘子	pán zi	noun	plate
胖	pàng	adjective	fat
啤酒	pí jiǔ	noun	beer
葡萄	pú táo	noun	grape
普通话	pǔ tōng huà	noun	Mandarin
骑	qí	verb	to ride
奇怪	qí guài	adjective	strange
其实	qí shí	adverb	actually
其他	qí tā	adverb	else, other
铅笔	qiān bǐ	noun	pencil
清楚	qīng chu	adjective	clear
秋	qiū	noun	autumn
裙子	qún zi	noun	skirt
然后	rán hòu	conjunction	afterwards
热情	rè qíng	noun	enthusiasm
认真	rèn zhēn	adjective	serious
容易	róng yì	adjective	easy
如果	rú guǒ	conjunction	if
伞	sǎn	noun	umbrella
上网	shàng wǎng	noun (verb)	to get online
生气	shēng qì	verb	to be angry
声音	shēng yīn	noun	voice
使	shǐ	verb	to make
世界	shì jiè	noun	world
手机	shǒu jī	noun	mobile phone
瘦	shòu	adjective	thin
舒服	shū fu	adjective	comfortable
叔叔	shū shu	noun	uncle
树	shù	noun	tree
数学	shù xué	noun	math
刷牙	shuā yá	verb	to brush teeth
双	shuāng	noun	pair
水平	shuǐ píng	noun	level
司机	sī jī	noun	driver
认为	rèn wéi	verb	to think
虽然	suī rán	preposition	despite
太阳	tài yáng	noun	sun
糖	táng	noun	sugar
特别	tè bié	adjective	special
疼	téng	noun	pain
提高	tí gāo	verb	to improve
体育	t ǐyù	noun	PE
同事	tóng shì	noun	colleague
头发	tóu fa	noun	hair
突然	tū rán	adverb	all of a sudden
图书馆	tú shū guǎn	noun	library
腿	tuǐ	noun	leg
完成	wán chéng	verb	to finish
碗	wǎn	noun	bowl
万	wàn	noun	ten thousand
忘记	wàng jì	verb	to forget
为了	wèi le	preposition	for
为	wèi	preposition	for
位	wèi	noun (measure word)	measure word for people
文化	wén huà	noun	culture
西	xī	noun	west
习惯	xí guàn	noun	custom
洗手间	xǐ shǒu jiān	noun	washroom
洗澡	xǐ zǎo	verb	to bathe
夏	xià	noun	summer
先	xiān	adverb	first
香蕉	xiāng jiāo	noun	banana
相同	xiāng tóng	noun (adjective)	same
相信	xiāng xìn	verb	to believe
像	xiàng	preposition	as
小心	xiǎo xīn	adjective	to be careful
校长	xiào zhǎng	noun	head of a school
鞋	xié	noun	shoe
新闻	xīn wén	noun	news
新鲜	xīn xiān	adjective	fresh
信	xìn	noun	letter
行李箱	xíng lǐ xiāng	noun	suitcase
兴趣	xìng qù	noun	interest
熊猫	xióng māo	noun	panda
需要	xū yào	verb	to need
选择	xuǎn zé	verb	to choose
眼镜	yǎn jìng	noun	glasses
要求	yāo qiú	verb	to require
爷爷	yé ye	noun	grandfather
一定	yī dìng	adverb	definitely
一共	yī gòng	adverb	altogether
一会儿	yī huìr	noun	a short period of time
一样	yī yàng	adjective	same
以后	yǐ hòu	adverb	after
以前	yǐ qián	adverb	before
以为	yǐ wéi	verb	to think (wrongly)
一般	yī bān	adjective	general
一边	yì biān	adverb	at the same time
一直	yī zhí	adverb	constantly
银行	yín háng	noun	bank
应该	yīng gāi	auxiliary	should
影响	yǐng xiǎng	noun	affection
用	yòng	verb	to use
游戏	yóu xì	noun	game
有名	yǒu míng	adjective	famous
又	yòu	conjunction	again
遇到	yù dào	verb	to meet
愿意	yuàn yì	auxiliary	would like to
越	yuè	verb	to get over
月亮	yuè liang	noun	moon
云	yún	noun	cloud
站	zhàn	verb	to stand
长	zhǎng	verb	to grow
着急	zháo jí	verb	to worry
照顾	zhào gù	verb	to look after
照片	zhào piàn	noun	photo
照相机	zhào xiàng jī	noun	camera
只	zhǐ	adverb	only
中间	zhōng jiān	noun	middle
终于	zhōng yú	adverb	finally
种	zhòng	noun	kind
重要	zhòng yào	adjective	important
周末	zhōu mò	noun	weekend
主要	zhǔ yào	adverb	mainly
祝	zhù	verb	to wish
注意	zhù yì	noun	attention
字典	zì diǎn	noun	dictionary
自己	zì jǐ	noun	oneself
总是	zǒng shì	adverb	always
最近	zuì jìn	adverb	recently
作业	zuò yè	noun	homework
作用	zuò yòng	noun	action