HSK words: Level 2 (all)

These are the HSK words in level 2. The list includes all words in level 2, including the ones in previous levels.

Level (all words)123 4 5 6 Level (new words)1 2 3 4 5 6

No.	Word	Pinyin	Meaning	Level
1	爱	ài	love, affection, to love, be fond of, like	1
2	吧	ba	modal particle (ending a sentence to indicate polite suggestion), OK, right	2
3	八	bā	eight, 8	1
4	爸爸	bàba	dad, father	1
5	白	bái	white, snowy, empty, blank, bright, clear, plain, pure, in vain, surname	2
6	百	bǎi	hundred, numerous, all kinds of, surname	2
7	帮助	bāngzhù	to help, assist, aid, assistance	2
8	报纸	bàozhǐ	newspaper	2
9	北京	běijīng	Beijing	1
10	杯子	bēizi	cup, glass	1
11	本	běn	basis, origin, roots or stems of plants, this, the current, measure word (for books, files etc.)	1
12	比	bǐ	to compare, contrast, -er than (particle used for comparison)	2
13	别	bié	to leave, depart, separate, distinguish, classify, other, do not, must not	2
14	宾馆	bīnguǎn	guesthouse, hotel	2
15	不	bù	not, no	1
16	不客气	búkèqi	don't mention it, you're welcome	1
17	菜	cài	dish, course, vegetables, greens	1
18	茶	chá	tea	1
19	长	cháng	long, length, lasting, forever, always, constantly	2
20	唱歌	chànggē	sing	2
21	吃	chī	to eat, eradicate, destroy	1
22	出	chū	to go out, come out, emit, issue, produce, measure word (for dramas, plays, operas etc.)	2
23	穿	chuān	to penetrate, pierce, pass through, put on (clothes)	2
24	出租车	chūzūchē	taxi	1
25	次	cì	time, number of times, order, sequence, next, secondary, vice-, measure word (for enumerated events)	2
26	从	cóng	from, since, through, ever	2
27	错	cuò	wrong, faulty, mistake, error	2
28	大	dà	big, great, loud	1
29	打电话	dǎdiànhuà	to make a telephone call	1
30	大家	dàjiā	everybody, all	2
31	打篮球	dǎlánqiú	play basketball	2
32	但是	dànshì	but, however (used with 虽然...但是 suīrán… dànshì)	2
33	到	dào	arrive, reach, go to, leave for	2
34	的	de	of (particle to form an attribute)	1
35	得	de	to obtain, get, allow	2
36	等	děng	class, rank, grade, equal, wait	2
37	点	diǎn	drop (of liquid), dot, decimal point, a little, o'clock, to order food or drink, light (a fire), measure word (for small amounts)	1
38	电脑	diànnǎo	computer	1
39	电视	diànshì	television, TV	1
40	电影	diànyǐng	film, movie	1
41	弟弟	dìdi	younger brother	2
42	第一	dìyī	first, primary	2
43	懂	dǒng	understand, know	2
44	东西	dōngxi	thing, creature	1
45	都	dōu	all, both, even, already	1
46	读	dú	to read, the reading (i.e. pronunciation) of a word	1
47	对	duì	right, correct, pair, couple	2
48	对不起	duìbuqǐ	sorry, excuse me, let down	1
49	多	duō	many, much, more	1
50	多少	duōshao	how many, how much	1
51	二	èr	two, 2	1
52	儿子	érzi	son	1
53	饭店	fàndiàn	restaurant, hotel	1
54	房间	fángjiān	room	2
55	非常	fēicháng	very, highly, extraordinary, unusual	2
56	飞机	fēijī	aircraft, airplane	1
57	分钟	fēnzhōng	minute (of time)	1
58	服务员	fúwùyuán	waiter, waitress, attendant	2
59	高	gāo	tall, high, of a high degree	2
60	告诉	gàosu	to tell, let know	2
61	高兴	gāoxìng	glad, cheerful, be happy to	1
62	个	gè	measure word (for people or objects in general)	1
63	哥哥	gēge	elder brother	2
64	给	gěi	to give, to allow, for the benefit of, to do sth (for sb)	2
65	公共汽车	gōnggòngqìchē	bus (for public transit)	2
66	公司	gōngsī	corporation, company	2
67	工作	gōngzuò	work, job	1
68	狗	gǒu	dog	1
69	贵	guì	expensive, costly, dear	2
70	过	guò	past (of time)	2
71	还	hái	still, (not) yet, more	2
72	孩子	háizi	child, children, son or daughter	2
73	汉语	hànyǔ	Chinese, the Chinese language	1
74	号	hào	day of the month, number	1
75	好	hǎo	good, well, proper, good to, easy to, very, so, verb suffix (indicating completion or readiness)	1
76	好吃	hǎochī	delicious, tasty, good to eat	2
77	和	hé	and, with, to	1
78	喝	hē	to drink	1
79	黑	hēi	black, dark	2
80	很	hěn	very, quite, extremely	1
81	红	hóng	red (colour), popular, symbol of success	2
82	后面	hòumiàn	rear, back, behind, later, afterwards	1
83	回	huí	circle, return, reply, Muslim, Hui (ethnic minority), measure word (for chapters, times, actions)	1
84	会	huì	can, able, meet, meeting, society, union, party	1
85	火车站	huǒchēzhàn	train station	2
86	几	jǐ	how much, how many, several, a few	1
87	家	jiā	home, house, family, furniture, person engaged in a profession (corresponds to -ist, -er, -ary or -ian), measure word (for families or businesses)	1
88	件	jiàn	item, piece, measure word (for clothes, events, affairs)	2
89	叫	jiào	to call, be called	1
90	教室	jiàoshì	classroom	2
91	机场	jīchǎng	airport, airfield	2
92	鸡蛋	jīdàn	egg (of a chicken)	2
93	姐姐	jiějie	elder sister	2
94	介绍	jièshào	to introduce, recommend, suggest	2
95	进	jìn	to advance, enter, come (or go) into, score a goal	2
96	近	jìn	nearby, near, close	2
97	今天	jīntiān	today, present, now	1
98	就	jiù	just, simply, right away	2
99	九	jiǔ	nine, 9	1
100	觉得	juéde	to think, feel	2
101	咖啡	kāfēi	coffee	2
102	开	kāi	to open, start, turn on, boil, operate (a vehicle)	1
103	开始	kāishǐ	to begin, start, beginning	2
104	看	kàn	to see, look at, watch, read, think, consider, visit, regard as, give it a try (after repeated verb), depending on (how you are judging)	1
105	看见	kànjiàn	to see, catch sight of	1
106	考试	kǎoshì	examine, test, examination	2
107	课	kè	lesson, class, subject, course	2
108	可能	kěnéng	might (happen), possible, probable, possibility, probability, maybe, perhaps	2
109	可以	kěyǐ	may, can, possible, OK	2
110	块	kuài	lump (of earth), chunk, piece, colloquial word for Yuan (basic Chinese currency), measure word (for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc.)	1
111	快	kuài	rapid, quick, soon, almost, hurry up	2
112	快乐	kuàilè	happy, joyful	2
113	来	lái	come, arrive, next	1
114	老师	lǎoshī	teacher	1
115	了	le	verb particle for completed action	1
116	累	lèi	tired, tire, strain	2
117	冷	lěng	cold	1
118	离	lí	to leave, part from, be away from, from (when giving distance), without (sth), independent of	2
119	里	lǐ	neighbourhood, Chinese mile, in, inside	1
120	两	liǎng	two, both, weight (equal to 50 grams)	2
121	零	líng	zero, 0	2
122	六	liù	six, 6	1
123	路	lù	road, path, way, journey, route	2
124	旅游	lǚyóu	trip, journey, tourism	2
125	吗	ma	question tag (modal particle)	1
126	卖	mài	to sell	2
127	买	mǎi	to buy, purchase	1
128	妈妈	māma	mum, mother	1
129	慢	màn	slow	2
130	忙	máng	busy, fully occupied	2
131	猫	māo	cat	1
132	每	měi	each, every	2
133	没关系	méiguānxi	never mind, it doesn't matter	1
134	妹妹	mèimei	younger sister	2
135	没有	méiyǒu	not have, there is not, not	1
136	门	mén	door, gate, opening, valve, measure word (for courses, branches of technology)	2
137	面条	miàntiáo	noodle (made from wheat)	2
138	米饭	mǐfàn	rice (cooked)	1
139	明天	míngtiān	tomorrow	1
140	名字	míngzi	name (of a person or thing)	1
141	那	nà	that, those, then (in that case), commonly pronounced nèi before a measure word (esp. in Beijing)	1
142	哪	nǎ	how, which	1
143	男	nán	male	2
144	哪儿	nǎr	where?, wherever, anywhere	1
145	呢	ne	question particle (ending a question)	1
146	能	néng	to be able to, be capable of, ability, capability, able, capable, can, possibly	1
147	你	nǐ	you (informal)	1
148	年	nián	year	1
149	您	nín	you (polite)	2
150	牛奶	niúnǎi	cow's milk	2
151	女	nǚ	female	2
152	女儿	nǚ'ér	daughter	1
153	旁边	pángbiān	lateral, side, to the side, beside	2
154	跑步	pǎobù	to run	2
155	朋友	péngyou	friend	1
156	便宜	piányi	cheap, inexpensive	2
157	票	piào	ticket, ballot, measure word (for shipments and business transactions)	2
158	漂亮	piàoliang	pretty, beautiful, remarkable	1
159	苹果	píngguǒ	apple	1
160	七	qī	seven, 7	1
161	钱	qián	money	1
162	千	qiān	thousand	2
163	铅笔	qiānbǐ	pencil	2
164	前面	qiánmiàn	ahead, in front	1
165	起床	qǐchuáng	to get up	2
166	晴	qíng	clear, sunny	2
167	请	qǐng	to ask, invite, to treat (to a meal etc), request, please (do sth)	1
168	妻子	qīzi	wife	2
169	去	qù	to go, leave, send, remove, get rid of	1
170	去年	qùnián	last year	2
171	让	ràng	to yield, to permit, to let sb do sth, to have sb do sth	2
172	热	rè	hot (temperature), popular, to heat up	1
173	人	rén	person, man, people	1
174	认识	rènshi	to know, recognize, be familiar with, acquainted with sth, knowledge, understanding, awareness, cognition	1
175	日	rì	sun, day, day of the month	2
176	三	sān	three, 3	1
177	上	shàng	above, on, over, top, (go) up, last, previous, climb	1
178	上班	shàngbān	go to work, be on duty	2
179	商店	shāngdiàn	shop, store	1
180	上午	shàngwǔ	morning, a.m.	1
181	少	shǎo	few, little, less, lack, lose, reduce	1
182	谁	shéi	who (also pronounced shuí)	1
183	生病	shēngbìng	get sick, fall ill, contract a disease	2
184	生日	shēngrì	birthday	2
185	什么	shénme	what?, who?, something, anything	1
186	身体	shēntǐ	human body, health	2
187	十	shí	ten, 10	1
188	是	shì	be, is are, am, yes	1
189	时候	shíhou	time, when	1
190	时间	shíjiān	time, period	2
191	事情	shìqing	matter, affair, thing, business, situation	2
192	手表	shǒubiǎo	wrist watch	2
193	手机	shǒujī	cell phone, mobile phone	2
194	书	shū	book	1
195	水	shuǐ	water, river, liquid	1
196	水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit	1
197	睡觉	shuìjiào	to go to sleep, go to bed	1
198	说	shuō	speak, talk, say, scold	1
199	说话	shuōhuà	speak, talk	2
200	四	sì	four, 4	1
201	送	sòng	to deliver, carry, give (a present), present (with), see off	2
202	岁	suì	years old (for a person's age), measure word (for years of age)	1
203	虽然	suīrán	although, even though, even if (used with 虽然...但是 suīrán… dànshì)	2
204	所以	suǒyǐ	so (used with 因为...所以 yīnwèi… suǒyǐ)	2
205	他	tā	he, him	1
206	她	tā	she	1
207	它	tā	it	2
208	太	tài	highest, greatest, too (much), very, extremely	1
209	题	tí	topic, problem for discussion, exam question	2
210	天气	tiānqì	weather	1
211	跳舞	tiàowǔ	to dance	2
212	听	tīng	to listen, hear, heed, obey, a tin can (loan word)	1
213	踢足球	tīzúqiú	play football	2
214	同学	tóngxué	fellow student, schoolmate	1
215	外	wài	outer, outside, external, foreign	2
216	完	wán	use up, be over, finish, complete	2
217	玩	wán	to play, have fun, curio, antique	2
218	往	wǎng	to go (in a direction), past, previous, towards, bound for (of a train)	2
219	晚上	wǎnshang	evening, night	2
220	喂	wèi	hello (on the telephone), hey	1
221	为什么	wèishénme	why, why (or how) is it that …	2
222	问	wèn	ask, inquire	2
223	问题	wèntí	question, problem, issue	2
224	我	wǒ	I, me, my	1
225	我们	wǒmen	we, us, our	1
226	五	wǔ	five, 5	1
227	洗	xǐ	wash, bathe, develop (photographic film)	2
228	下	xià	down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc.), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down	1
229	想	xiǎng	to think, suppose, recall, want to, miss	1
230	先生	xiānsheng	teacher, mister, Mr., sir, gentleman	1
231	现在	xiànzài	now, at present, today	1
232	笑	xiào	to smile (at), laugh (at), ridicule	2
233	小	xiǎo	small, tiny, few, young	1
234	小姐	xiǎojiě	young lady, Miss	1
235	小时	xiǎoshí	hour	2
236	下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon	1
237	下雨	xiàyǔ	to rain, rainy	1
238	写	xiě	to write	1
239	些	xiē	some, few, several, measure word (for unspecified amount)	1
240	谢谢	xièxie	thanks, thank you	1
241	西瓜	xīguā	watermelon	2
242	喜欢	xǐhuan	love, like, be keen to, be fond of	1
243	新	xīn	new, fresh, up-to-date, newly	2
244	姓	xìng	family name, surname, be surnamed	2
245	星期	xīngqī	week	1
246	休息	xiūxi	have a rest, rest	2
247	希望	xīwàng	to hope for, wish, expect	2
248	雪	xuě	snow	2
249	学生	xuésheng	student, schoolboy, schoolgirl	1
250	学习	xuéxí	to study, learn, emulate	1
251	学校	xuéxiào	school	1
252	羊肉	yángròu	mutton	2
253	眼睛	yǎnjing	eye	2
254	颜色	yánsè	colour	2
255	要	yào	want, will, shall, need, important, essential	2
256	药	yào	medicine, drug, remedy	2
257	也	yě	also, too, either	2
258	一	yī	one, a little	1
259	一点儿	yīdiǎnr	a bit, a few, a little	1
260	衣服	yīfu	clothes, clothing	1
261	已经	yǐjīng	already	2
262	阴	yīn	cloudy, overcast, sinister, shady, Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang), negative (electricity), feminine, of the moon, implicit, hidden, genitalia	2
263	因为	yīnwèi	because (used with 因为...所以 yīnwèi… suǒyǐ)	2
264	一起	yìqǐ	the same place, together	2
265	医生	yīshēng	doctor	1
266	意思	yìsi	idea, opinion, meaning, wish, desire	2
267	一下	yīxià	a little (bit)	2
268	医院	yīyuàn	hospital	1
269	椅子	yǐzi	chair	1
270	有	yǒu	have, possess, exist, there be	1
271	右边	yòubian	right, right side, to the right	2
272	游泳	yóuyǒng	swim	2
273	鱼	yú	fish	2
274	远	yuǎn	far, remote	2
275	月	yuè	moon, month	1
276	运动	yùndòng	be in motion, move about, sport	2
277	在	zài	at, in, exist, in the middle of doing sth	1
278	再	zài	again, once more, re-, second, another, then (after sth and not until then)	2
279	再见	zàijiàn	goodbye, see you again later	1
280	早上	zǎoshang	morning	2
281	怎么	zěnme	how?, what?, why?	1
282	怎么样	zěnmeyàng	how?, how about?, how was it?, how are things?	1
283	丈夫	zhàngfu	husband	2
284	找	zhǎo	look for, to seek, to find, to return (the balance of money)	2
285	着	zhe	-ing (verb particle indicating an action in progress)	2
286	这	zhè	this, these (also pronounced zhèi before measure word, esp. in Beijing)	1
287	真	zhēn	true, real, genuine, clearly, really	2
288	正在	zhèngzài	in process of, in course of	2
289	知道	zhīdào	to know, be aware of, realise	2
290	中国	zhōngguó	China	1
291	中午	zhōngwǔ	noon, midday	1
292	住	zhù	to live, reside, stay, stop, cease	1
293	准备	zhǔnbèi	preparation, to prepare	2
294	桌子	zhuōzi	table, desk	1
295	字	zì	letter, symbol, character, word	1
296	走	zǒu	to walk, go, move (of vehicle), visit, leave, go away, die (euph.), from, through, away (in compound verbs)	2
297	最	zuì	most, the most, -est	2
298	做	zuò	to do, make, produce, write, compose, act as, engage in, be, to become, function (in some capacity), serve as, be used for, pretend	1
299	坐	zuò	to sit, take a seat, ride	1
300	左边	zuǒbian	left, left side, to the left	2
301	昨天	zuótiān	yesterday	1
302	弹吉他	tán jítā	play guitar	0
303	麻将	májiàng	mahjong	0
304	壁球	bìqiú	squash (game)	0
305	德国	déguó	Germany	0
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