Vocabulary list

HSK 2 vocabulary list: 147 words

The 147 new words of HSK 2, about CEFR level A2. With the words of the easier levels that makes 297 words in all. Listen to each word, see how it is written stroke by stroke and download the list as an Anki deck.

HSK 2 Anki deckAll 147 words of HSK 2 as two-sided cards.

#	Chinese	Pinyin	English
1	吧	bā	bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang
2	白	Bái	surname Bai
3	百	Bǎi	surname Bai
4	帮助幫助	bāng zhù	assistance; aid; to help; to assist
5	报纸報紙	bào zhǐ	newspaper; newsprint
6	比	Bǐ	Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时
7	便宜	biàn yí	convenient
8	别別	Bié	surname Bie
9	唱歌	chàng gē	to sing a song
10	出	chū	to go out; to come out; to occur
11	穿	chuān	to wear; to put on; to dress
12	船舩	chuán	variant of 船
13	次	cì	next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
14	从	cóng	variant of 从
15	错錯	Cuò	surname Cuo
16	打篮球打籃球	dǎ lán qiú	to play basketball
17	大家	dà jiā	everyone; influential family; great expert
18	但是	dàn shì	but; however
19	到	dào	to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
20	得	dé	to obtain; to get; to gain
21	弟弟	dì di	younger brother
22	第一	dì yī	first; number one; primary
23	懂	dǒng	to understand; to comprehend
24	房间房間	fáng jiān	room
25	非常	fēi cháng	very; really; unusual; extraordinary
26	服务员服務員	fú wù yuán	waiter; waitress; attendant
27	高	Gāo	surname Gao
28	告诉告訴	gào sù	to press charges; to file a complaint
29	哥哥	gē ge	older brother
30	给給	gěi	to; for; for the benefit of
31	公共汽车公共汽車	gōng gòng qì chē	bus
32	公斤	gōng jīn	kilogram (kg)
33	公司	gōng sī	company; firm; corporation
34	贵貴	guì	expensive; noble; precious
35	还還	Huán	surname Huan
36	孩子	hái zi	child
37	好吃	hǎo chī	tasty; delicious
38	号號	háo	roar; cry
39	黑	Hēi	abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江
40	红紅	Hóng	surname Hong
41	欢迎歡迎	huān yíng	to welcome; welcome
42	回答	huí dá	to reply; to answer; reply; answer
43	机场機場	jī chǎng	airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship
44	鸡蛋雞蛋	jī dàn	(chicken) egg; hen's egg
45	件	jiàn	item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
46	教室	jiào shì	classroom
47	介绍介紹	jiè shào	to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc)
48	姐姐	jiě jie	older sister
49	近	jìn	near; close to; approximately
50	进進	jìn	to go forward; to advance; to go in
51	就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing…
52	觉得覺得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
53	咖啡	kā fēi	coffee (loanword)
54	开始開始	kāi shǐ	to begin; beginning; to start
55	考试考試	kǎo shì	to take an exam; exam
56	可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible; probable
57	可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible
58	课課	kè	subject; course; class
59	快	kuài	rapid; quick; speed
60	快乐快樂	kuài lè	happy; joyful
61	累	lěi	to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous
62	离	chī	mythical beast (archaic)
63	两兩	liǎng	two; both; some
64	路	Lù	surname Lu
65	旅游旅遊	lǚ yóu	trip; journey; tourism
66	卖賣	mài	to sell; to betray; to spare no effort
67	慢	màn	slow
68	忙	máng	busy; hurriedly; to hurry
69	每	měi	each; every
70	妹妹	mèi mei	younger sister; young woman
71	门門	Mén	surname Men
72	男人	nán rén	a man; a male; men
73	您	nín	you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
74	牛奶	niú nǎi	cow's milk
75	女人	nǚ rén	woman
76	旁边旁邊	páng biān	side; adjacent place
77	跑步	pǎo bù	to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
78	票	piào	ticket; ballot; banknote
79	妻子	qī zǐ	wife and children
80	起床	qǐ chuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
81	千	qiān	thousand
82	晴	qíng	clear; fine (weather)
83	去年	qù nián	last year
84	让讓	ràng	to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth
85	上班	shàng bān	to go to work; to be on duty; to start work
86	身体身體	shēn tǐ	the body; one's health; in person
87	生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill
88	生日	shēng rì	birthday
89	时间時間	shí jiān	time; period
90	事情	shì qing	affair; matter; thing; business
91	手表手錶	shǒu biǎo	wristwatch
92	手机手機	shǒu jī	cell phone; mobile phone
93	送	sòng	to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
94	所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so
95	它	tā	it
96	踢	tī	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
97	题題	Tí	surname Ti
98	跳舞	tiào wǔ	to dance
99	外	wài	outside; in addition; foreign
100	完	wán	to finish; to be over; whole

Other HSK levels

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Questions about HSK 2

How many words are in HSK 2?

This list holds the 147 words that first appear at HSK 2. Each level builds on the easier ones, so the full vocabulary up to HSK 2 is 297 words.

Is this the official HSK list?

It follows the HSK 2.0 syllabus (six levels), assembled by an open-source project from the published word lists. The newer HSK 3.0 syllabus has nine levels and is not covered here.

How should I study the HSK 2 words?

Listen to each word and say it aloud, write the characters with the stroke guide, then review them as an Anki deck so you see each word again just before you would forget it.

Word lists: HSK 2.0 vocabulary compiled by the open-source project complete-hsk-vocabulary (MIT licence). English definitions come from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 3.0). Vietnamese meanings are machine translations. HSK is a trademark of its owners; Antlang is not affiliated with it.