HSK 3 vocabulary
298 words at HSK level 3. Tap any word for its meaning, pinyin, stroke order, and audio.
啊a(exclamatory particle); ah, oh把bǎto hold, to grasp; (object-fronting particle, marks the object before the verb); handle跟gēnwith; to follow; heel; and如果rú guǒif; in case; in the event that被bèi(passive marker, 'by'); quilt, bedding自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own像xiàngto resemble, to be like; image, picture为什么wèi shén mewhy?需要xū yàoto need; to want; to demand; to require用yòngto use; useful, with; (often paired with 不 to mean 'no need')又yòuagain (repeating); also, in addition只zhī(zhǐ) only, just; (zhī) (measure word for animals, single items)应该yīng gāiought to; should; must才cáionly just (then); not until; talent, ability更gèngmore, even more; further拿náto take, to hold; to bring; to grasp带dàibelt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear还是hái shistill (as before)一样yī yàngsame然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards地方dì fangplace; location; area; space; territory一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true当然dāng ránonly natural一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line)地deearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb离开lí kāito depart; to leave明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel必须bì xūto have to先xiānfirst, former, previous为了wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to以为yǐ wéito think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken - unless referring to one's own current belief)位wèiseat, throne; rank, status; position, location放fàngto put, to place; to release, to let go; to put down; to play (audio/video)而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of世界shì jièworld记得jì deto remember担心dān xīnanxious过去guò qu(verb suffix)重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major以前yǐ qiánbefore种zhǒng(zhǒng) kind, type; seed; (zhòng) to plant条tiáo(measure word for long thin things, e.g. roads, rivers, fish); strip; clause站zhànto stand; station, stop; website清楚qīng chuclear马上mǎ shàngat once或者huò zhěor其他qí tāother敢gǎnto dare; brave, bold小心xiǎo xīnto be careful米mǐrice; metre (unit of length); surname Mi别人bié renother people; others; other person花huāflower; to spend (money/time); patterned机会jī huìopportunity总是zǒng shìalways马mǎhorse; surname Ma久jiǔlong (time)了解liǎo jiěto understand结束jié shùtermination信xìnletter; to believe, to trust; faith决定jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind办法bàn fǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem讲jiǎngto speak, to talk; to explain; to negotiate关于guān yúpertaining to接jiēto receive; to meet (someone); to answer (the phone); to connect老lǎoold, aged; experienced故事gù shinarrative; story; tale其实qí shíactually; in fact; really愿意yuàn yìto wish害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to打算dǎ suànto plan西xīwest, western, westward关系guān xivariant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]结婚jié hūnto marry; to get married以后yǐ hòuafter教jiàoschool, education坏huàibad, rotten, spoiled; to break down使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador选择xuǎn zéto select; to pick刚才gāng cáijust now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2])出现chū xiànto appear特别tè biéunusual; special国家guó jiācountry; nation; state难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable换huànto change; to exchange, to swap, to trade奇怪qí guàistrange照片zhào piànphotograph完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete声音shēng yīnvoice帮忙bāng mángto help比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc)关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relation最近zuì jìnrecently容易róng yìeasy; straightforward虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)段duànsection, piece, division同意tóng yìto agree哭kūto weep, to cry, to wail照顾zhào guto take care of参加cān jiāto participate要求yāo qiúto request努力nǔ lìto make an effort; to try hard; to strive解决jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem)游戏yóu xìgame (CL:場|场[chang3])越yuèto exceed, to surpass, to transcend辆liàngmeasure word for vehicles脸liǎnface, cheek; reputation音乐yīn yuèmusic简单jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated可爱kě àiadorable除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected祝zhùto pray; to wish well; surname包bāowrap, pack, bundle; package检查jiǎn cháinspection分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity年轻nián qīngyoung画huàpicture, painting, drawing; to draw终于zhōng yúat last办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises聪明cōng mingintelligent; clever; bright搬bānto move, to remove, to shift, to transfer城市chéng shìcity; town忘记wàng jìto forget腿tuǐlegs, thighs附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring脚jiǎoleg, foot; foundation, base遇到yù dàoto meet; to run into; to come across口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening饿èhungry; greedy叔叔shū shufather's younger brother; paternal uncle比较bǐ jiàoto compare动物dòng wùanimal借jièto borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext表演biǎo yǎnplay生气shēng qìto get angry; to be furious礼物lǐ wùgift; present安静ān jìngquiet舒服shū fucomfortable班bānclass, squad, team, work shift几乎jī hūalmost; nearly; practically银行yín hángbank见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer新闻xīn wénnews认真rèn zhēnconscientious关心guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about头发tóu fahair (on the head)经常jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence楼lóumulti-story building; floor一会儿yī huì ra moment多么duō mehow (wonderful etc)啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)鸟niǎobird一边yī biānone side节目jié mù(TV or radio) program; show客人kè rénvisitor历史lì shǐhistory奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)一般yī bānsame树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish经过jīng guòto pass放心fàng xīnto feel relieved迟到chí dàoto arrive late根据gēn jùaccording to双shuāngpair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs疼téngache, pain; to love dearly健康jiàn kānghealth兴趣xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth)干净gān jìngclean太阳tài yangsun蛋糕dàn gāocake习惯xí guànhabit表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show低dīlow; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow难过nán guòto feel sad鞋xiéshoes, footwear in general东dōngeast, eastern, eastward周末zhōu mòweekend会议huì yìmeeting主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary爷爷yé ye(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa公园gōng yuánpark (for public recreation)糖tángcandy, sugar, sweets旧jiùold, ancient; former, past蓝lánblue; indigo plant; surname灯dēnglamp, lantern, light南nánsouth; southern; southward骑qíto ride, to mount; cavalry厨房chú fángkitchen层cénglayer, floor, story, stratum帽子mào zihat短duǎnbrief, short; deficient, lacking裤子kù zitrousers邻居lín jūneighbor面包miàn bāobread鼻子bí zinose变化biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary同事tóng shìcolleague; co-worker极jíextreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole中间zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside相同xiāng tóngidentical; same河hériver, stream; the Yellow river满意mǎn yìsatisfied环境huán jìngenvironment耳朵ěr duoear阿姨ā yímaternal aunt司机sī jīchauffeur; driver黄huángyellow; surname甜tiánsweet, sweetness练习liàn xíto practice胖pàngfat, plump, obese; a fat person作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe夏xiàsummer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty万wànten thousand; innumerable方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable地图dì túmap经理jīng lǐmanager草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch新鲜xīn xiānfresh (experience, food etc)眼镜yǎn jìngspectacles举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)碗wǎnbowl, small dish文化wén huàculture裙子qún ziskirt花园huā yuángarden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants电子diàn zǐelectronic电梯diàn tīelevator角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped绿lǜgreen; chlorine刮guāto shave; to scrape; to blow提高tí gāoto raise衬衫chèn shānshirt热情rè qíngcordial年级nián jígrade月亮yuè liangthe moon瘦shòuthin, lean, emaciated; meager校长xiào zhǎng(college, university) president洗手间xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator护照hù zhàopassport水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level饱bǎosatisfied; to eat one's fill街道jiē dàostreet作业zuò yèschool assignment刻kèto carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment打扫dǎ sǎoto clean云yúncloud; to say, to speak着急zháo jíto worry; to feel anxious一共yī gòngin total; altogether成绩chéng jìachievement北方běi fāngnorth数学shù xuémathematics图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary感冒gǎn màoto catch cold有名yǒu míngfamous体育tǐ yùsports盘子pán zitray渴kěthirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3])地铁dì tiěunderground railway; subway矮ǎishort, low; dwarf春chūnspringtime; joyful, lustful, wanton刷shuābrush; to clean, to scrub香蕉xiāng jiāobanana果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice爱好ài hàoto like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on节日jié rìholiday季节jì jiétime菜单cài dānmenu锻炼duàn liànto toughen葡萄pú taogrape发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse伞sǎnumbrella, parasol, parachute冬dōngwinter, 11th lunar month面条miàn tiáonoodles上网shàng wǎngto go online空调kōng tiáoair conditioning铅笔qiān bǐ(lead) pencil照相机zhào xiàng jīcamera秋qiūautumn, fall; year句子jù zisentence熊猫xióng māopanda字典zì diǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters)筷子kuài zichopsticks词语cí yǔword (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)复习fù xívariant of 復習|复习[fu4 xi2]黑板hēi bǎnblackboard行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase普通话pǔ tōng huàPutonghua; standard Mandarin