HSK 3.0 Chinese Character Syllabus

to love; to like

eight

father (in a family term)

hundred

half

side; edge

not; no

tea

to hit; to make (a call)

big; large; on a large scale

(particle) 's; of; attributive marker

point; dot; o'clock; a little

correct; right; towards; to face

many; much; more

child; son; retroflex suffix (-r)

two

to divide; minute; part (fēn); share (fèn)

older brother

measure word (general); individual

work; worker

mouth; measure word (people)

country; nation

still; also (hái); to return (huán)

Chinese (Han); man

good; fine; well; to like (hào)

and; with; harmonious

very

behind; after; later

can; to know how; meeting

how many; several (jǐ); seat (jī)

family; home; suffix (professional)

room; between; measure word for rooms

to call; to be called

older sister

now; present

male; man

nine

can; may; worth; but

to come

(particle) completion; change of state (le); to finish (liǎo)

two (with measure word)

six

mother (in 妈妈)

(particle) yes/no question

(suffix in question words like 什么)

not have; not (méi)

plural suffix (persons)

name; famous

that; there

you

year

seven

to go (away)

person; people

sun; day

three

few; little; young (shào)

up; above; to go (to); to attend

(in 什么) what

to be born; raw; person (suffix); life

ten

time; hour

to be; yes

book; to write

to speak; to say

four

year (of age); measure word for age

he; him

she; her

sky; day

same; together; with

language; writing; culture

I; me

five

noon

to practice; habit

down; below; to go down; next

small; little

now; present; to appear

to write

to study; to learn

to want; to need; will (future)

also; too

one; a; (yí/yì allomorphs)

to use; with; (in 可以) can

to have; there is

language; speech

moon; month

at; in; on; (progressive) -ing

this

middle; center; China (in 中国)

child; suffix (noun marker: zi)

female; woman

character; word; letter

to do; to make; (in 工作) work

(particle) suggestion / confirmation tone

white; clear

to wrap; bag; bun

cup / glass

this; origin; measure word for books

convenient; then

suitable; cheap (in 便宜)

illness; sick

guest; customer

air; gas; spirit

vegetable; dish

to sing

to exceed; super

city; market

vehicle; car

to eat

to rent

to go out; to appear

to wear; to pass through

electricity; electric

speech; words

to arrive

younger brother

prefix for ordinal numbers

brain

to see; sight

shadow; image

courtyard; hall; institution

east; thing (in 东西)

west

all; both

to read; to study

to rise; to start

meal; cooked rice

room; house

machine; airplane

to fly

often; common

not; non-; wrong

clock; bell; minute (suffix)

tall; high

to rise; excited (xīng); interest (xìng)

song; to sing

to give; for; to

public; male; fair

to manage; department

dog

expensive; noble; precious

child

to look; to see; to read

to listen; to hear

to play; to have fun

number; day of month; size; mark

to drink

to return; to turn around

fire

chicken

egg

to see; to meet

measure word (clothes/things); item

to get; must (děi); particle (de)

to feel; to wake (jiào); sleep

to open; to start; to drive

class; lesson; subject

piece; measure word; yuan (money)

teacher; master

old; always

cold

inside; in; within

zero

to buy

to sell

busy

cat

to close; to relate; (in 没关系) matter

system; relation (xì); to tie (jì)

matter; thing; affair

younger sister

rice (uncooked); meter

face; noodle; side (miàn)

strip; measure word (long objects)

bright; clear; next (time)

which; where

some; a few (measure word)

friend

friend

(particle) question tone; how about

can; to be able to

you (polite)

milk; grandma

cow; ox

person (in titles); scholar

bright; shiny

float; pretty (piào)

fruit; result

apple (in 苹果)

bed

thousand

front; before; ago

money

to please; to invite

to ask

hot; warm

to recognize; to know

to know; knowledge

business; commerce; to discuss

class; shift; team

who

(in 时候) time; to wait (hòu)

hand

water

to sleep

it (non-human)

too; extremely; grand

outside; foreign

evening; late

to feed; hello (phone)

topic; question; title

to like; to be fond of

glad; joyful

rain

first; before

to think; to want; to miss

to thank

new

star; (in 星期) week

period; time; (in 星期) week

to rest; breath

to rest

school

snow

clothes

clothing; to serve; to take (medicine)

medicine; doctor; to cure

chair

yuan (money); first/primary

again; (in 再见) goodbye

early; morning

how

appearance; way; kind

to look for

really; true

just; exactly; straight; correct

way; road; to say; (in 知道) know

to know

only; measure word (animals)

to live; to stay

table; desk

yesterday

to sit

to do; to make