HSK 3 Vocabulary List: 1,000 Words (HSK 3.0)
HSK 3 has 1,000 words in HSK 3.0, 500 of them new at this level (the old HSK 2.0 list had 600). Fluentide has 289 free stories at the Elementary (HSK 3) level that use them, with transcript and pinyin.
By Haoshan Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated October 2026
Hear HSK 3 words in a real story
美国佛州李尔喷气机坠毁 九人全部遇难
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What is on the HSK 3 word list?
The other 500 come from HSK 1–2. They cover work, study, money, transport, and basic cause-and-effect. This is the bridge from survival phrases into actual conversation.
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HSK 3 word list
All 988 words from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus, the 491 new at HSK 3 first. The syllabus counts 1,000 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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零língHSK 1zero
- zero
- nought
- zero sign
- fractional
- fragmentary
- odd (of numbers)
- (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
- fraction
- (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
- extra
- to wither and fall
- to wither
六liùHSK 1six
- six
- 6
- used in place names
妈妈māmaHSK 1mama
- mama
- mommy
- mother
- CL:个,位
吗maHSK 1(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- (coll.) what?
- used in 吗啡
买mǎiHSK 1to buy
- to buy
- to purchase
卖màiHSK 1to sell
- to sell
- to betray
- to spare no effort
- to show off or flaunt
忙mángHSK 1busy
- busy
- hurriedly
- to hurry
- to rush
猫māoHSK 1cat (CL:只)
- cat (CL:只)
- (loanword) (coll.) modem
- (dialect) to hide oneself
- used in 猫腰
没关系méi guānxiHSK 1it doesn't matter
- it doesn't matter
没事méishìHSK 1it's not important
- it's not important
- it's nothing
- never mind
- to have nothing to do
- to be free
- to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
没有méiyǒuHSK 1haven't
- haven't
- hasn't
- doesn't exist
- to not have
- to not be
妹妹mèimeiHSK 1younger sister
- younger sister
- young woman
- CL:个
们menHSK 1plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
米饭mǐfànHSK 1(cooked) rice
- (cooked) rice
面包miànbāoHSK 1bread
面条儿miàntiáorHSK 1noodles
- noodles
名字míngziHSK 1name (of a person or thing)
- name (of a person or thing)
明年míngniánHSK 1next year
- next year
明天míngtiānHSK 1tomorrow
哪nǎHSK 1how
- how
- which
- (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 after a word ending in "n")
- Taiwan pr.
- used in 哪吒
- which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
哪儿nǎrHSK 1where?
- where?
- wherever
- anywhere
- somewhere
- (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?
- how could ...?
哪个nǎgeHSK 1which
- which
- who
哪里nǎlǐHSK 1where?
- where?
- somewhere
- anywhere
- wherever
- nowhere (negative answer to question)
- humble expression denying compliment
- also written 哪里
哪些nǎxiēHSK 1which ones?
- which ones?
- who?
- what?
那nàHSK 1(specifier) that
- (specifier) that
- the
- those (colloquial pr. )
- (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
- then (in that case)
- surname Na
- surname Nuo
- beautiful
- how
- (archaic) many
- old variant of 挪
- variant of 哪
那边nàbiānHSK 1over there
- over there
- yonder
那儿nàrHSK 1there
- there
那个nàgeHSK 1that one
- that one
- that thing
- that (as opposed to this)
- (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
- (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
- (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
- (euph.) menstruation
- sex
- also pr.
那里nàlǐHSK 1there
- there
- that place
那些nàxiēHSK 1those
- those
男nánHSK 1(bound form) male
- (bound form) male
- baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
男朋友nánpéngyouHSK 1boyfriend
- boyfriend
呢neHSK 1(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
- (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
- (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds
- (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
能néngHSK 1can
- can
- to be able to
- might possibly
- ability
- (physics) energy
- surname Neng
你nǐHSK 1you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
- you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
- you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
你好nǐ hǎoHSK 1hello
你们nǐmenHSK 1you (plural)
- you (plural)
年niánHSK 1year
- year
- CL:个
- grain
- harvest (old)
- surname Nian
- variant of 年
您nínHSK 1you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
牛奶niúnǎiHSK 1cow's milk
- cow's milk
- CL:瓶,杯
女nǚHSK 1female
- female
- woman
- daughter
- old variant of 汝
女儿nǚ’érHSK 1daughter
女朋友nǚpéngyouHSK 1girlfriend
- girlfriend
女士nǚshìHSK 1lady
- lady
- madam
- CL:个,位
- Miss
- Ms
朋友péngyouHSK 1friend
- friend
- CL:个,位
漂亮piàoliangHSK 1pretty
- pretty
- beautiful
苹果píngguǒHSK 1apple
七qīHSK 1seven
起床qǐchuángHSK 1to get out of bed
- to get out of bed
- to get up
千qiānHSK 1thousand
- thousand
- used in 秋千
Stories that use these HSK 3 words
Each one is a Fluentide Elementary (HSK 3) story, written inside that word band. Press play; the first few need no account.
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How to actually learn HSK 3 vocabulary
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