HSK 2.0 Level 1
Vocabulary List

to love; to be fond of; to like; affection

eight

informal father; dad

cup; glass

no; not so; not; un-

you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude

vegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak

tea; tea plant

old variant of 和

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate

taxi; (Tw) rental car

can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to

to make a telephone call

big; large; great; older (than another person)

of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)

computer

television; TV

movie; film

thing; stuff; person

all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even

to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school)

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (someone) down

many; much; more; a lot of

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

son

two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid

airplane

minute

happy; glad; willing (to do something); in a cheerful mood

point; dot; drop; speck

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); individual

to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work

(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not

dog

Chinese language

good; appropriate; proper; all right!

to drink

very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer

how much; how many; several; a few

home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses

to shout; to call; to order; to ask

today; the present time; now

nine; 9

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation

to see; to look at; to read; to watch

to see; to catch sight of

lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来)

teacher

(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

cold

Li (surname); li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional

six; 6

mama; mommy; mother

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

to buy; to purchase

cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) informal modem

it doesn't matter

(cooked) rice

tomorrow

name (of a person or thing)

how; which

(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)

(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech

can; to be able to; might possibly; ability

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.); you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)

grain; harvest (old); year

daughter

friend

pretty; beautiful

Apple (American tech company); apple

seven; 7

coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两

to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal etc)

to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed

to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat

person; people

to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with someone