HSK 2 · Vocabulary

HSK 2 Vocabulary List

Every word in our free HSK 2 course, with pinyin, meaning and part of speech — grouped under the lesson that teaches it, so you can go and learn any of them.

In short

The HSK 2 syllabus is 300 words in total, of which 150 are new at this level — the rest carry over from HSK 1 to 1. The list below is the 170 words taught in our own HSK 2 lessons, spread over 15 lessons, each with its pinyin, its English meaning and its part of speech. It is free to read here in full, and every word links back to a lesson and every lesson heading below links straight into the free lesson that teaches those words, with the recorded audio for that lesson.

170Words listed

15Lessons

150New at this level

300Syllabus total

The full HSK 2 word list

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	Type
旅游	lǚyóu	to travel	v.
觉得	juéde	to think; to feel	v.
最	zuì	most; to the greatest extent	adv.
为什么	wèishénme	why
也	yě	also; too	adv.
运动	yùndòng	sport; to exercise	n./v.
踢足球	tī zúqiú	to play football	v.
一起	yìqǐ	together	adv.
要	yào	to want to; would like to	aux.
新	xīn	new	adj.
它	tā	it	pron.
眼睛	yǎnjing	eye	n.
花花	Huāhua	Huahua (name of a cat)	pn.
生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill	v.
每	měi	every, each	pron.
早上	zǎoshang	morning	n.
跑步	pǎo bù	to run; to jog	v.
起床	qǐ chuáng	to get up	v.
药	yào	medicine	n.
身体	shēntǐ	body; health	n.
出院	chū yuàn	to leave hospital	v.
出	chū	to come/go out	v.
高	gāo	tall; high	adj.
米	mǐ	meter	n.
知道	zhī dào	to know	v.
休息	xiū xi	to rest	v.
忙	máng	busy	adj.
时间	shí jiān	time	n.
手表	shǒubiǎo	watch	n.
千	qiān	thousand	num.
报纸	bàozhǐ	newspaper	n.
送	sòng	to send; to deliver	v.
一下	yíxià	(used after a verb) once, a bit	m.
牛奶	niúnǎi	milk	n.
房间	fángjiān	room	n.
丈夫	zhàngfu	husband	n.
旁边	pángbiān	beside	n.
真	zhēn	really; indeed	adv.
粉色	fěnsè	pink color	n.
颜色	yánsè	color	n.
左边	zuǒbian	left side	n.
红色	hóngsè	red color	n.
生日	shēngrì	birthday	n.
快乐	kuàilè	happy; glad	adj.
给	gěi	to; for (used after a verb)	prep.
接	jiē	to receive; to take; to accept	v.
晚上	wǎnshang	evening; night	n.
问	wèn	to ask	v.
非常	fēicháng	very; extremely	adv.
开始	kāishǐ	to begin; to start	v.
已经	yǐjīng	already	adv.
长	cháng	long	adj.
两	liǎng	two	num.
帮	bāng	to help; to assist	v.
介绍	jièshào	to introduce; to recommend	v.
外面	wàimiàn	outside	n.
准备	zhǔnbèi	to intend; to plan; to prepare	v.
就	jiù	used to indicate a conclusion or resolution	adv.
鱼	yú	fish	n.
吧	ba	indicates suggestion/consultation	part.
件	jiàn	piece (for clothes, etc.)	m.
还	hái	passably; fairly; rather	adv.
可以	kěyǐ	not bad	adj.
不错	búcuò	pretty good	adj.
考试	kǎoshì	test; exam	n.
意思	yìsi	meaning	n.
咖啡	kāfēi	coffee	n.
对	duì	to; for (used before noun/pronoun)	prep.
以后	yǐhòu	after; afterwards; later	n.
门	mén	door, gate	n.
外	wài	outer, outside	n.
自行车	zìxíngchē	bicycle	n.
羊肉	yángròu	mutton	n.
好吃	hǎochī	delicious	adj.
面条	miàntiáo	noodles	n.
打篮球	dǎ lánqiú	to play basketball	v.
因为	yīnwèi	because	conj.
所以	suǒyǐ	so, therefore	conj.
游泳	yóuyǒng	to swim	v.
经常	jīngcháng	often, frequently	adv.
公斤	gōngjīn	kilogram	m.
姐姐	jiějie	older sister	n.
教室	jiàoshì	classroom	n.
机场	jīchǎng	airport	n.
路	lù	road, path, way	n.
离	lí	to be away from	v.
公司	gōngsī	company, firm	n.
远	yuǎn	far, distant	adj.
公共汽车	gōnggòng qìchē	bus	n.
小时	xiǎoshí	hour	n.
慢	màn	slow	adj.
快	kuài	quick, fast	adj.
过	guò	to pass (time), to spend (time)	v.
走	zǒu	to walk	v.
到	dào	to arrive, to reach	v.
再	zài	again, once more	adv.
让	ràng	to let, to allow	v.
告诉	gàosu	to tell	v.
等	děng	to wait	v.
找	zhǎo	to look for	v.
事情	shìqing	thing, matter, affair	n.
服务员	fúwùyuán	waiter/waitress, attendant	n.
白	bái	white	adj.
黑	hēi	black	adj.
贵	guì	expensive	adj.
错	cuò	wrong, incorrect	adj.
从	cóng	from	prep.
跳舞	tiào wǔ	to dance	v.
第一	dì yī	first	num.
希望	xīwàng	to hope, to wish	v.
问题	wèntí	question, problem	n.
欢迎	huānyíng	to welcome	v.
上班	shàng bān	to work, to go to work	v.
懂	dǒng	to understand	v.
完	wán	to finish, to end	v.
题	tí	question, problem	n.
课	kè	class, lesson	n.
帮助	bāngzhù	to help; help	v./n.
别	bié	don't	adv.
哥哥	gēge	elder brother	n.
鸡蛋	jīdàn	egg	n.
西瓜	xīguā	watermelon	n.
正在	zhèngzài	in the process of (doing something)	adv.
手机	shǒujī	cell phone	n.
洗	xǐ	to wash	v.
唱歌	chàng gē	to sing	v.
男	nán	man, male	adj.
女	nǚ	woman, female	adj.
孩子	háizi	child, kid	n.
右边	yòubian	right, right side	n.
比	bǐ	than, (superior or inferior) to	prep.
便宜	piányi	cheap, inexpensive	adj.
说话	shuō huà	to speak, to say, to talk	v.
可能	kěnéng	maybe, perhaps, probably	aux.
去年	qùnián	last year	n.
姓	xìng	family name, surname	v.
得	de	(component of a complement)	part.
妻子	qīzi	wife	n.
雪	xuě	snow	n.
零	líng	zero	num.
度	dù	degree	n.
穿	chuān	to wear, to put on	v.
进	jìn	to enter	v.
弟弟	dìdi	younger brother	n.
近	jìn	near, close	adj.
着	zhe	aspect particle (continuous)	part.
手	shǒu	hand	n.
拿	ná	to hold, to take	v.
铅笔	qiānbǐ	pencil	n.
班	bān	class, grade, team	n.
笑	xiào	to smile, to laugh	v.
宾馆	bīnguǎn	hotel	n.
一直	yìzhí	straight, all along	adv.
往	wǎng	towards, to	prep.
路口	lùkǒu	crossing, intersection	n.
有意思	yǒu yìsi	interesting, fun	adj.
但是	dànshì	but, still, yet	conj.
虽然	suīrán	although, though	conj.
次	cì	(measure word for frequency) time	m.
玩儿	wánr	to play, to have fun	v.
晴	qíng	sunny, fine, clear	adj.
百	bǎi	hundred	num.
日	rì	day, date	n.
新年	xīnnián	New Year	n.
票	piào	ticket	n.
火车站	huǒchēzhàn	railway station	n.
大家	dàjiā	all, everybody	pron.
更	gèng	more, to a greater extent	adv.
妹妹	mèimei	younger sister	n.
阴	yīn	overcast, cloudy	adj.

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