HSK 2 Vocabulary List: 500 Words (HSK 3.0)
HSK 2 has 500 words in HSK 3.0, 200 of them new at this level (the old HSK 2.0 list had 300). Fluentide has 292 free stories at the Beginner (HSK 2) level that use them, with transcript and pinyin.
By Haoshan Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated October 2026
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What is on the HSK 2 word list?
The other 300 come from HSK 1. They cover travel, shopping, weather, health, and simple plans: the first vocabulary that lets you handle a short exchange without English.
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HSK 2 word list
All 497 words from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus, the 197 new at HSK 2 first. The syllabus counts 500 because a few words are listed once per reading; here each appears once.
Pinyin from the syllabus, definitions from CC-CEDICT. Tap a word for its other senses.
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她tāHSK 1she
她们tāmenHSK 1they
- they
- them (females)
太tàiHSK 1too (much)
- too (much)
- very
- highest
- greatest
- too (much)
- very
- extremely
天tiānHSK 1day
- day
- sky
- heaven
天气tiānqìHSK 1weather
听tīngHSK 1to listen to
- to listen to
- to hear
- to heed
- to obey
- a can (loanword from English "tin")
- classifier for canned beverages
- to let be
- to allow (Taiwan pr. )
- (literary) to administer
- to deal with (Taiwan pr. )
- smile (archaic)
听见tīngjiànHSK 1to hear
- to hear
同学tóngxuéHSK 1to study at the same school
- to study at the same school
- fellow student
- classmate
- CL:位,个
外wàiHSK 1outside
- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
外边wàibianHSK 1outside
- outside
- outer surface
- abroad
- place other than one's home
玩wánHSK 1to play
- to play
- to have fun
- to trifle with
- toy
- sth used for amusement
- curio or antique (Taiwan pr. )
- to keep sth for entertainment
- Taiwan pr.
- variant of 玩
晚wǎnHSK 1evening
- evening
- night
- late
晚饭wǎnfànHSK 1evening meal
- evening meal
- dinner
- supper
- CL:份,顿,次,餐
晚上wǎnshangHSK 1evening
- evening
- night
- CL:个
- in the evening
喂wèiHSK 1hey
- hey
- to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
- to feed
- hello (when answering the phone)
- variant of 喂
问wènHSK 1to ask
- to ask
- to inquire
问题wèntíHSK 1question
- question
- problem
- issue
- topic
- CL:个
我wǒHSK 1I
我们wǒmenHSK 1we
- we
- us
- ourselves
五wǔHSK 1five
午饭wǔfànHSK 1lunch
- lunch
- CL:份,顿,次,餐
喜欢xǐhuanHSK 1to like
- to like
- to be fond of
- to be happy
- to be pleased
- to tend to
下xiàHSK 1down
- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
下班xiàbānHSK 1to finish work
- to finish work
- to get off work
- next service (train, bus etc)
下课xiàkèHSK 1to finish class
- to finish class
- to get out of class
- (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed
- to be fired
下午xiàwǔHSK 1afternoon
- afternoon
- CL:个
- p.m.
下雨xià yǔHSK 1to rain
先生xiānshengHSK 1Mr.
- Mr.
- sir
- husband
- teacher
- gentleman
- sir
- mister (Mr.)
- husband
- CL:位
- (dialect) doctor
现在xiànzàiHSK 1now
- now
- at present
- currently
想xiǎngHSK 1to think (about)
- to think (about)
- to think of
- to devise
- to think (that)
- to believe (that)
- to desire
- to want (to)
- to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
小xiǎoHSK 1small
- small
- tiny
- few
- young
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuHSK 1child
- child
- kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
小时xiǎoshíHSK 1hour
小学xiǎoxuéHSK 1elementary school
- elementary school
- primary school
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngHSK 1primary school student
- primary school student
- schoolchild
- CL:个,名
- (fig.) beginner
些xiēHSK 1classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
写xiěHSK 1to write
- to write
- used in 写意
谢谢xièxieHSK 1to thank
- to thank
- thanks
- thank you
新xīnHSK 1new
- new
- newly
- meso- (chemistry)
- surname Xin
- abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆
- abbr. for Singapore 新加坡
星期xīngqīHSK 1week
- week
- CL:个
- day of the week
- Sunday
星期日xīngqīrìHSK 1Sunday
- Sunday
星期天xīngqītiānHSK 1Sunday
- Sunday
休息xiūxiHSK 1rest
学xuéHSK 1to learn
- to learn
- to study
- to imitate
- science
- -ology
学生xuéshēngHSK 1student
- student
- schoolchild
学习xuéxíHSK 1to learn
- to learn
- to study
学校xuéxiàoHSK 1school
雪xuěHSK 1snow
- snow
- CL:场
- (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
- surname Xue
要yàoHSK 1to want
- to want
- to need
- to ask for
- will
- shall
- about to
- need to
- should
- if (same as 要是)
- (bound form) important
- (bound form) to demand
- to coerce
也yěHSK 1also
- also
- too
- as well
- (not ...) either
- (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
- (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊
- surname Ye
Stories that use these HSK 2 words
Each one is a Fluentide Beginner (HSK 2) story, written inside that word band. Press play; the first few need no account.
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How to actually learn HSK 2 vocabulary
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