上课 shàng kè
To have a lesson, whether you are the one learning or the one teaching.
HSK 1 vocabulary (new HSK) · Từ vựng HSK 1 (HSK mới) 300
All 300 words of HSK 1, the first level of the new Chinese proficiency exam (2025 syllabus). Each shows its pinyin, a short sentence and how every character is read in Sino-Vietnamese; the fifteen HSK 1 lessons teach them in themed groups.
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上午 shàng wǔ
The part of the day before noon: the morning, up to about twelve o'clock.
上学 shàng xué
To go to school as a pupil, either on a particular day or as a stage of life.
少 shǎo
Few, little; not many, not much.
谁 shéi
Who, whom — the question word for people.
生病 shēng bìng
To fall ill, to get sick; also to be ill.
什么 shén me
What — the question word for things; before a noun, 'what kind of'.
是 shì
To be (am, is, are): the verb that links one noun to another.
十 shí
The number ten, also the building block of all numbers from eleven to ninety-nine.
事 shì
A piece of business: something that happens, or something you have to do.
时候 shí hou
The moment or period when something happens.
时间 shí jiān
Time: time as it passes, a length of time, or free time for doing something.
手机 shǒu jī
A mobile phone, including a smartphone.
书 shū
A book, a volume of pages to read.
书店 shū diàn
A bookshop: a shop where books, and often stationery, are sold.
水 shuǐ
Water, the liquid of rain, rivers and the tap.
睡 shuì
To sleep or be asleep; the bare verb, which usually has 了 or a length of time after it.
水果 shuǐ guǒ
Fruit in general, as food: apples, oranges, bananas and so on.
睡觉 shuì jiào
To go to bed, or to sleep: the everyday verb that can stand on its own.
说 shuō
To say; to speak, to talk.
说话 shuō huà
To talk: to use your voice to say things, or to have a conversation.
四 sì
The number four, in counting and in figures.
岁 suì
A year of age, used after a number to give someone's age.
他 tā
The pronoun for a male person already mentioned: he or him.
她 tā
The pronoun for a female person already mentioned: she or her.
它 tā
It: the pronoun for an animal or a thing.
太 tài
Too, excessively; in exclamations also 'so, really'.
他们 tā men
'They' or 'them' for people: a group of men, or of men and women together.
她们 tā men
'They' or 'them' for a group made up only of women or girls.
它们 tā men
They, them: the plural pronoun for animals or things.
天 tiān
A day, counted straight after a number; also the sky.
天气 tiān qì
The weather: sun or rain, heat or cold, in one place at a given time.
听 tīng
To listen to; to hear what someone says.
听见 tīng jiàn
To hear: a sound actually reaches your ears.
同学 tóng xué
Someone you go, or went, to school with: a classmate or schoolmate.
外 wài
Outside, out; also foreign, from another country.
外边 wài bian
Outside, out there: the area beyond a room, a building or one's home.
晚 wǎn
Late: after the usual or expected time.
玩 wán
To play, have fun, or go out and enjoy yourself.
晚饭 wǎn fàn
Dinner, the evening meal.
晚上 wǎn shang
Evening and night: the time from dusk until you go to bed.
喂 wèi
'Hello?' when you pick up or make a phone call, and 'hey!' to get someone's attention.
问 wèn
To put a question to someone, or to ask about something.
问题 wèn tí
A question that someone asks; also a problem, something wrong or difficult.
我 wǒ
The pronoun for the speaker: I or me.
我们 wǒ men
The pronoun for the speaker together with others: we or us.
五 wǔ
The number five, in counting and in figures.
午饭 wǔ fàn
Lunch, the midday meal.
下 xià
Down, below, under: the position lower than something.
下班 xià bān
To leave work at the end of the working day.
下课 xià kè
For a class to end, so that students can leave or take a break.
想 xiǎng
To want to, would like to (do something); also to think, and to miss someone.
先生 xiān sheng
Mr, sir: a polite title for a man.
现在 xiàn zài
Now, at the present time.
小 xiǎo
Small, little; of people also young.
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu
A young child, in the kindly way adults speak to or about children.
小时 xiǎo shí
An hour, as a length of time.
小学 xiǎo xué
Primary school, the first stage of a child's schooling.
小学生 xiǎo xué shēng
A child who goes to primary school.
下午 xià wǔ
The afternoon: the part of the day from noon until evening.