HSK 3 Word List

HSK 3 Word List (HSK 3.0)

Completes the elementary band — enough to handle most daily situations. This list contains all 500 words of HSK 3 under the HSK 3.0 (2026) standard, with pinyin and English translations. You can practice every word in the app with stroke-by-stroke writing drills, pinyin drills, and printable accordion-fold A4 worksheets.

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#汉字PinyinEnglish
1阿姨ā yímaternal aunt
2ǎishort (height)
3爱人ài renspouse
4安静ān jìngquiet
5安全ān quánsafe
6CL: handful / BA
7bānto move (relocate)
8班级bān jíclass; grade
9搬家bān jiāto move house
10bànto handle; to do
11办法bàn fǎmethod; way
12办公室bàn gōng shìoffice
13半天bàn tiānhalf of the day
14帮助bāng zhùassistance
15bǎoto eat till full
16报纸bào zhǐnewspaper
17běinorth
18北方běi fāngnorth
19bèiby (passive marker)
20笔记bǐ jìnotes
21比较bǐ jiàoto compare
22笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook
23比如bǐ rúfor example
24比赛bǐ sàicompetition; match
25必须bì xūto have to
26biànto change
27biànCL: times (actions)
28变成biàn chéngto change into
29变化biàn huàchange
30表演biǎo yǎnplay
31别的bié deelse
32别人bié renother people
33宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse
34bīngice
35冰激凌bīng jī língice cream
36冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator
37病人bìng rénsick person
38不但bù dànnot only
39不见bù jiànnot to see
40不用bù yòngneed not
41不同bù tóngdifferent
42不久bù jiǔnot long after
43不行bù xíngwon't do
44cáionly then; just
45菜单cài dānmenu
46参加cān jiāto participate
47cǎograss
48草地cǎo dìlawn
49céngCL: layers/floors
50cháto research
51chàdifferent
52差不多chà bu duōalmost
53chángto taste
54chángalways
55常见cháng jiàncommonly seen
56常用cháng yòngin common usage
57常常cháng chángfrequently
58衬衫chèn shānshirt
59成绩chéng jìachievement
60城市chéng shìcity
61迟到chí dàoto arrive late
62出发chū fāto set off
63出生chū shēngto be born
64出院chū yuànto leave hospital
65初中chū zhōngjunior high school
66除了chú leapart from
67chuánboat
68春天chūn tiānspring season
69词典cí diǎndictionary
70聪明cōng mingintelligent
71打扫dǎ sǎoto clean
72打算dǎ suànto plan
73大概dà gàiroughly
74大人dà renadult
75大小dà xiǎolarge and small
76大熊猫dà xióng māogiant panda
77大衣dà yīovercoat
78dàito bring; to carry
79担心dān xīnanxious
80蛋糕dàn gāocake
81当然dāng ránof course
82到处dào chùeverywhere
83to obtain
84得到dé dàoto get
85得分dé fēnto score
86的话de huàif (conditional)
87děito have to
88dēnglamp
89earth
90地点dì diǎnplace
91地方dì fangarea
92地图dì túmap
93diànelectricity
94电梯diàn tīelevator
95电子书diàn zǐ shūelectronic book
96diūto lose
97dōngeast
98东北Dōng běiNortheast China
99东方dōng fāngeast
100东南dōng nánsoutheast
101冬天dōng tiānwinter
102懂得dǒng deto understand
103动物dòng wùanimal
104动物园dòng wù yuánzoo
105duǎnshort
106短裤duǎn kùshort pants
107duànCL: sections
108锻炼duàn liànto exercise
109对话duì huàdialogue
110饿èhungry
111而且ér qiěand also; moreover
112耳朵ěr duoear
113耳机ěr jīheadphones
114to send out
115发烧fā shāoto have a fever
116发生fā shēngto happen
117发现fā xiànto notice
118发展fā zhǎndevelopment
119方便fāng biànconvenient
120方便面fāng biàn miàninstant noodles
121方法fāng fǎmethod
122方向fāng xiàngdirection
123房子fáng zihouse
124fàngto put
125放假fàng jiàto have a holiday
126放心fàng xīnto feel relieved
127放学fàng xuéschool's out
128分开fēn kāito separate
129fēngwind
130fēngCL: letters
131夫妻fū qīhusband and wife
132服务fú wùto serve
133附近fù jìnnearby
134复习fù xíto review
135gāishould
136干净gān jìngclean
137感兴趣gǎn xìng qùto be interested
138感到gǎn dàoto feel
139感冒gǎn màoto catch cold
140gànto do
141gāngjust (now)
142刚才gāng cáijust now
143刚刚gāng gangjust recently
144高铁gāo tiěhigh speed rail
145根据gēn jùaccording to
146gèngmore
147公斤gōng jīnkilogram kg
148公园gōng yuánpark
149工作日gōng zuò rìworkday
150故事gù shinarrative
151guāto scrape
152guānto close; to shut
153关机guān jīto turn off (device)
154关系guān xirelation
155关心guān xīnto care about
156关于guān yúabout; regarding
157关注guān zhùto pay attention to
158国家guó jiācountry
159过节guò jiéto celebrate a holiday
160过去guò qùthe past; previously
161hǎiocean
162害怕hài pàto be afraid
163好多hǎo duōmany
164好久hǎo jiǔquite a while
165好像hǎo xiàngas if
166号码hào mǎnumber
167river
168合适hé shìsuitable
169黑板hēi bǎnblackboard
170红绿灯hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light
171后来hòu láiafterwards
172后年hòu niánthe year after next
173后天hòu tiānday after tomorrow
174护照hù zhàopassport
175花园huā yuángarden
176画家huà jiāpainter
177欢迎huān yíngto welcome
178huánto pay back
179环境huán jìngenvironment
180huànto exchange
181黄色huáng sèyellow
182回答huí dáto reply
183huìmeeting; gathering
184会议huì yìmeeting
185huòmaybe
186或者huò zhěor
187fowl
188几乎jī hūalmost
189机会jī huìopportunity
190extremely
191urgent
192to record
193season
194季节jì jiéseason
195jiāto add
196假期jià qīvacation
197坚持jiān chíto persevere with
198检查jiǎn cháinspection
199简单jiǎn dānsimple
200检票jiǎn piàoto inspect a ticket
201健康jiàn kānghealth
202见面jiàn miànto meet
203jiǎngto speak
204jiǎoangle
205jiǎofoot
206jiēto receive
207jiēstreet
208jiéCL: classes/sections
209结婚jié hūnto marry
210节目jié mùTV or radio program
211节日jié rìholiday
212结束jié shùtermination
213解决jiě juéto solve
214姐妹jiě mèisisters
215jièto borrow
216jīncatty
217经过jīng guòto pass
218经理jīng lǐmanager
219jiǔlong (time)
220jiǔalcohol; wine
221jiùold
222CL: sentences
223句子jù zisentence
224决定jué dìngto decide
225card
226开花kāi huāto bloom
227开会kāi huìto hold a meeting
228开机kāi jīto turn on (device)
229开心kāi xīnto feel happy
230看来kàn laiapparently
231prefix can
232thirsty
233可爱kě àiadorable
234可是kě shìbut
235CL: quarter hours
236课本kè běntextbook
237客人kè rénvisitor
238课文kè wéntext
239空调kōng tiáoair conditioning
240to cry
241筷子kuài zichopsticks
242矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
243来自lái zìto come from a place
244lánblue
245lǎoold; prefix (fam.)
246老人lǎo rénold man or woman
247离开lí kāito depart
248礼物lǐ wùgift
249历史lì shǐhistory
250liǎnface
251liànto practice
252练习liàn xíto practice
253凉快liáng kuaicool (pleasantly)
254liàngCL: vehicles
255liáoto chat
256聊天儿liáo tiānrto chat
257了解liǎo jiěto understand
258邻居lín jūneighbor
259留学liú xuéto study abroad
260留学生liú xué shēngexchange student
261楼梯lóu tīstair
262路边lù biāncurb
263路口lù kǒucrossing
264horse
265马路mǎ lùstreet
266马上mǎ shàngat once
267满意mǎn yìsatisfied
268máodime (0.1 yuan); hair
269uncooked rice
270面前miàn qiánin front of
271明白míng baiclear
272名单míng dānlist of names
273名人míng rénpersonage
274nánsouth
275nándifficult to...
276南方nán fāngsouth
277难过nán guòto feel sad
278难看nán kànugly
279男人nán réna man
280男生nán shēngschoolboy
281难题nán tídifficult problem
282难听nán tīngunpleasant to hear
283年级nián jígrade
284年轻nián qīngyoung
285niúox
286努力nǔ lìto make an effort
287女人nǚ rénwoman
288女生nǚ shēngschoolgirl
289to crawl
290to be afraid
291拍照pāi zhàoto take a picture
292盘子pán zitray
293pàngfat
294啤酒pí jiǔbeer
295平时píng shíordinarily
296瓶子píng zibottle
297to ride
298奇怪qí guàistrange
299其实qí shíactually
300其他qí tāother
301to rise
302起飞qǐ fēito take off
303汽车qì chēcar
304铅笔qiān bǐlead pencil
305前年qián niánthe year before last
306前天qián tiānday before yesterday
307清楚qīng chuclear
308请假qǐng jiàto ask for leave
309请客qǐng kèto treat (a meal)
310秋天qiū tiānautumn
311球场qiú chǎngstadium
312裙子qún ziskirt
313然后rán hòuthen
314热情rè qíngcordial
315认得rèn deto recognize
316认为rèn wéito believe
317认真rèn zhēnconscientious
318容易róng yìeasy
319如果rú guǒif
320sǎnumbrella
321sǎoto sweep
322沙发shā fāsofa
323shānmountain
324上衣shàng yījacket
325勺子sháo zispoon
326身边shēn biānat one's side
327身高shēn gāoheight (of a person)
328shēngsound
329生活shēng huóto live
330生气shēng qìto get angry
331声音shēng yīnvoice
332shìmarket
333shìto test
334shìroom
335世界shì jièworld
336shōuto receive
337收到shōu dàoto receive
338shòuto receive
339shòuthin
340受到shòu dàoto be subjected to
341叔叔shū shuuncle (paternal)
342shùtree
343数学shù xuémathematics
344shuāa brush
345shuāngCL: pairs
346水平shuǐ pínghorizontal
347司机sī jīdriver
348四季sì jìfour seasons
349太阳tài yangsun
350tángsugar
351特别tè biéunusual
352提高tí gāoto raise
353体育tǐ yùsports
354体育馆tǐ yù guǎngym
355tiánsweet
356tiàoto jump
357听说tīng shuōto hear sth said
358tǐngquite; rather
359同事tóng shìcolleague
360同意tóng yìto agree
361头发tóu fahair on the head
362突然tū ránsudden
363图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary
364tuǐleg
365外地wài dìout of town
366外卖wài màitakeout; delivery
367外语wài yǔforeign language
368完成wán chéngto complete
369wǎnbowl
370晚点wǎn diǎndelayed; late
371晚会wǎn huìevening party
372网球wǎng qiútennis
373网站wǎng zhànwebsite
374忘记wàng jìto forget
375wèibecause of
376为了wèi lefor
377卫生间wèi shēng jiānbathroom
378文化wén huàculture
379屋子wū zihouse
380西the West
381西北Xī běinorthwest
382西方Xī fāngthe West
383西瓜xī guāwatermelon
384西南xī nánsouthwest
385习惯xí guànhabit
386喜爱xǐ àito like
387洗衣机xǐ yī jīwashing machine
388洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe
389夏天xià tiānsummer
390xiānbeforehand
391香蕉xiāng jiāobanana
392相信xiāng xìnto believe
393箱子xiāng zisuitcase
394xiàngtowards
395xiàngto resemble
396相机xiàng jīcamera
397小区xiǎo qūhousing estate
398小心xiǎo xīnto be careful
399校园xiào yuáncampus
400校长xiào zhǎngprincipal; headmaster
401xiéshoe
402心里xīn liin one's heart/mind
403新年xīn niánNew Year
404新闻xīn wénnews
405新鲜xīn xiānfresh
406xìnletter
407信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
408xíngto walk
409行李xíng liluggage
410兴趣xìng qùinterest
411休假xiū jiàto go on vacation
412需要xū yàoto need
413xuǎnto choose
414选择xuǎn zéto select
415学期xué qīterm
416tooth
417牙刷yá shuātoothbrush
418yángsheep
419yǎngto raise animals
420要求yāo qiúto request
421CL: pages
422一定yī dìngsurely
423一共yī gòngin total
424一块儿yī kuàira piece
425一样yī yàngsame
426以后yǐ hòuafter
427以前yǐ qiánbefore
428以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher
429以外yǐ wàiapart from
430以为yǐ wéito think
431以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower
432一般yī bānsame
433一边yī biānone side
434一直yī zhístraight; always
435音乐yīn yuèmusic
436银行yín hángbank
437银行卡yín háng kǎbank card
438饮料yǐn liàodrink
439应该yīng gāiought to
440影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence
441yòngto use
442邮件yóu jiànmail
443游客yóu kètraveler
444游戏yóu xìgame
445邮箱yóu xiāngmailbox
446有关yǒu guānrelated to
447有名yǒu míngfamous
448有用yǒu yònguseful
449yòuonce again
450羽毛球yǔ máo qiúbadminton
451语言yǔ yánlanguage
452雨衣yǔ yīraincoat
453遇到yù dàoto meet
454遇见yù jiànto meet
455yuángarden; park
456yuánmember; -er (suffix)
457愿意yuàn yìto wish
458Yuèmore and more
459月亮yuè liangthe moon
460运动会yùn dòng huìsports competition
461运动员yùn dòng yuánathlete
462咱们zán menwe (inclusive)
463zāngdirty
464怎么办zěn me bànwhat's to be done
465怎样zěn yànghow
466zhànto stand
467zhāngCL: flat things
468zhǎngto grow
469着急zháo jíto worry
470zhàoto shine
471照顾zhào guto take care of
472照片zhào piànphotograph
473照相zhào xiàngto take a photograph
474直到zhí dàountil
475zhǐonly
476zhǐpaper
477只能zhǐ néngcan only
478只是zhǐ shìmerely
479只要zhǐ yàoso long as
480只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...
481zhōngwithin
482中间zhōng jiānthe middle
483终于zhōng yúat last
484zhǒngCL: types/kinds
485重要zhòng yàoimportant
486周末zhōu mòweekend
487主要zhǔ yàomain
488注意zhù yìto take note of
489住院zhù yuànto stay in hospital
490字典zì diǎndictionary
491自行车zì xíng chēbicycle
492zinoun suffix
493zǒngalways; overall
494总是zǒng shìalways
495zuǐmouth
496最好zuì hǎobest
497最后zuì hòufinal
498最近zuì jìnrecently
499做客zuò kèto be a guest
500作业zuò yèschool assignment