HSK 2 Vocabulary List

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 2. 

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 2 is the second easiest level among HSK 1 to 6.

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.

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HSK 2 Vocabulary(150 New Words + 150 HSK 1 Words)

 

Chinese	Pinyin	Role	English
吧	ba	auxiliary	(suggestion)
白	bái	adjective	white
百	bǎi	numeral	hundred
帮助	bāng zhù	verb	to help
比	bǐ	preposition	to compare with
别	bié	adverb	do not
长	zhǎng	adjective	long
唱歌	chàng gē	verb	to sing
出	chū	verb	to go out
穿	chuān	verb	to wear
船	chuán	noun	boat
次	cì	classifier	time
从	cóng	preposition	from
错	cuò	adjective	wrong
打篮球	dǎ lán qiú	phrase	to play basketball
大家	dà jiā	pronoun	everyone
但是	dàn shì	conjunction	but
到	dào	verb	to arrive
地	dì	auxiliary	(adverbial particle)
得	děi	auxiliary	(adverbial particle)
等	děng	verb	to wait
弟弟	dì di	noun	younger brother
第一	dì yī	numeral	first
对	duì	adjective	right
对	duì	preposition	towards
房间	fáng jiān	noun	room
非常	fēi cháng	adverb	very
分钟	fēn zhōng	noun	minute
服务员	fú wù yuán	noun	waiter
高	gāo	adjective	tall
告诉	gào sù	verb	to tell
哥哥	gē ge	noun	older brother
给	gěi	verb	to give
公共汽车	gōng gòng qì chē	noun	bus
公斤	gōng jīn	classifier	kilogram
公司	gōng sī	noun	company
贵	guì	adjective	expensive
过	guò	auxiliary	(perfect tense)
还	huán	adverb	still
孩子	hái zi	noun	child
好吃	hǎo chī	adjective	delicious
号	hào	noun	number
黑	hēi	adjective	black
红	hóng	adjective	red
欢迎	huān yíng	verb	to welcome
回答	huí dá	verb	to answer
机场	jī chǎng	noun	airport
鸡蛋	jī dàn	noun	egg
件	jiàn	classifier	measure word for clothing or matters
教室	jiào shì	noun	classroom
姐姐	jiě jie	noun	older sister
介绍	jiè shào	verb	to introduce
进	jìn	verb	to enter
近	jìn	adjective	close
就	jiù	adverb	only
觉得	jué de	verb	to think
咖啡	kā fēi	noun	coffee
开始	kāi shǐ	verb	to begin
考试	kǎo shì	noun	exam
可能	kě néng	verb	to be possible
可以	kě yǐ	verb	can
课	kè	noun	lesson
快	kuài	adjective	quick
快乐	kuài lè	adjective	happy
累	lèi	adjective	tired
离	lí	preposition	from
两	liǎng	numeral	two
路	lù	noun	road
旅游	lǚ yóu	verb	to travel
慢	màn	adjective	slow
忙	máng	adjective	busy
每	měi	pronoun	every
妹妹	mèi mei	noun	younger sister
男人	nán rén	noun	man
您	nín	pronoun	you
牛奶	niú nǎi	noun	milk
女人	nǚ rén	noun	woman
旁边	páng biān	noun	side
跑步	pǎo bù	verb	to run
便宜	pián yi	adjective	cheap
票	piào	noun	ticket
漂亮	piào liang	adjective	beautiful
妻子	qī zi	noun	wife
起床	qǐ chuáng	verb	to get up
千	qiān	numeral	thousand
晴	qíng	adjective	sunny
去年	qù nián	noun	last year
让	ràng	verb	to let
上班	shàng bān	verb	to go to work
身体	shēn tǐ	noun	body, health
生病	shēng bìng	verb	to get sick
生日	shēng rì	noun	birthday
时间	shí jiān	noun	time
事情	shì qing	noun	matter
手表	shǒu biǎo	noun	watch
送	sòng	verb	to give, to send
所以	suǒ yǐ	conjunction	so
它	tā	pronoun	it
踢足球	tī zú qiú	verb	to play football
题	tí	noun	question
跳舞	tiào wǔ	verb	to dance
外	wài	noun	outside
玩	wán	verb	to play
完	wán	verb	to finish
晚上	wǎn shang	noun	evening
喂	wèi	interjection	hey
为什么	wèi shén me	pronoun	why
问	wèn	verb	to ask
问题	wèn tí	noun	question
西瓜	xī guā	noun	watermelon
希望	xī wàng	verb	to hope
洗	xǐ	verb	to wash
向	xiàng	preposition	towards
小时	xiǎo shí	noun	hour
笑	xiào	verb	to smile
新	xīn	adjective	new
姓	xìng	noun	family name
休息	xiū xi	verb	to rest
雪	xuě	noun	snow
颜色	yán sè	noun	color
眼睛	yǎn jing	noun	eye
羊肉	yáng ròu	noun	lamb
药	yào	noun	medicine
要	yào	verb	to want, will
也	yě	adverb	also
已经	yǐ jing	adverb	already
一起	yī qǐ	adverb	together
意思	yì si	noun	meaning
阴	yīn	adjective	cloudy
因为	yīn wèi	conjunction	because
游泳	yóu yǒng	verb	to swim
右边	yòu bian	noun	right side
鱼	yú	noun	fish
元	yuán	classifier	yuan
远	yuǎn	adjective	far
运动	yùn dòng	verb	to work out
再	zài	adverb	again
早上	zǎo shang	noun	morning
张	zhāng	classifier	piece
丈夫	zhàng fu	noun	husband
找	zhǎo	verb	to look for
着	zhuó	auxiliary	(continuing tense)
真	zhēn	adverb	really
正在	zhèng zài	adverb	currently
知道	zhī dào	verb	to know
准备	zhǔn bèi	verb	to prepare
自行车	zì xíng chē	noun	bicycle
走	zǒu	verb	to walk
最	zuì	adverb	most
左边	zuǒ bian	noun	left side