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New HSK 3 Vocab List

April 29, 2026 by
Mandarin Zest

The New HSK 3.0 Level 3 requires a total of 1,000 vocabulary words, including 500 new words in addition to those from Level 2, based on the latest official syllabus update.

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No.WordPinyinPart of SpeechTranslation
1阿姨āyínounaunt
2ǎiadjectiveshort
3爱人àirennounspouse
4安静ānjìngadjectivequiet
5安全ānquánadjectivesafe
6classifier、prepositionmeasure word for objects with handles; particle for object-fronting
7bānverbto move, to carry
8班级bānjínounclass, grade
9搬家bānjiāverbto move house
10bànverbto do, to handle
11办法bànfǎnounway, solution
12办公室bàngōngshìnounoffice
13半天bàntiānnumber-classifierhalf a day, a long time
14帮助bāngzhùverbhelp
15bǎoadjectivefull
16报纸bàozhǐnounnewspaper
17běinounnorth
18北方běifāngnounnorth
19bèiprepositionby
20笔记bǐjìnounnotes
21比较bǐjiàoverb、preposition、adverbto compare; quite, relatively; than
22笔记本bǐjìběnnounnotebook
23比如bǐrúverbfor example
24比赛bǐsàiverb、nounto compete; game, match
25必须bìxūadverbmust
26biànverbto change, to become
27biànclassifiermeasure word for actions
28变成biànchéngverbto become, to turn into
29变化biànhuàverb、nounto change; change
30表演biǎoyǎnverbto perform, to act
31别的biédepronounother
32别人biérénpronounother people
33宾馆bīnguǎnnounhotel
34bīngnoun、(verb)ice; (to freeze)
35冰激凌bīngjīlíngnounice cream
36冰箱bīngxiāngnounrefrigerator
37病人bìngrénnounpatient
38不但búdànconjunctionnot only
39不见bújiànverbto disappear, to not see
40不用búyòngadverbneed not
41不同bù tóng


different
42不久bùjiǔadjectivesoon, not long after
43不行bùxíngverb、adjectivenot allowed, won’t do; not good
44cáiadverbjust, only
45菜单càidānnounmenu
46参加cānjiāverbto join, to attend
47cǎonoungrass
48草地cǎodìnoungrassland
49céngclassifiermeasure word for layer, floor
50cháverbto check
51chàadjective、verbbad, poor; to lack
52差不多chàbuduōadjective、adverbalmost, similar; nearly
53chángverbto taste
54chángadverboften, frequent
55常见cháng jiàn


common
56常用cháng yòngcommonly used
57常常chángchángadverboften
58衬衫chènshānnounshirt
59成绩chéngjìnounscore, grade, achievement
60城市chéngshìnouncity
61迟到chídàoverbto be late
62出发chūfāverbto set out, to leave
63出生chūshēngverbto be born
64出院chūyuànverbto be discharged from hospital
65初中chūzhōngnounjunior high school
66除了chúleprepositionexcept, besides
67chuánnounboat
68春天chūntiānnounspring
69词典cídiǎnnoundictionary
70聪明cōngmíngadjectivesmart, clever
71打扫dǎsǎoverbto clean
72打算dǎsuànverb、nounto plan, intend; plan
73大概dàgàiadjective、adverb、(noun)general, rough; probably, approximately; (general idea)
74大人dàrennounadult
75大小dàxiǎonounsize
76大熊猫dàxióngmāonoungiant panda
77大衣dàyīnouncoat
78dàiverb、(noun)to bring, to take; (belt)
79担心dānxīnverbto worry
80蛋糕dàngāonouncake
81当然dāngránadverbof course
82到处dàochùadverbeverywhere
83verbto get, to obtain
84得到dédàoverbto get, to obtain
85得分défēnverb、nounto score; score
86的话dehuàauxiliaryparticle used after a condition clause, if…
87děiverbmust, need
88dēngnounlamp, light
89nounground, earth, land
90地点dìdiǎnnounplace, location
91地方dìfangnounplace
92地图dìtúnounmap
93diànnoun、(verb)electricity; (to give an electric shock)
94电梯diàntīnounelevator
95电子书diànzǐshūnoune-book
96diūverbto lose, to throw away
97dōngnouneast
98东北dōngběinounnortheast
99东方dōngfāngnouneast
100东南dōngnánnounsoutheast
101冬天dōngtiānnounwinter
102懂得dǒngdeverbto understand
103动物dòngwùnounanimal
104动物园dòngwùyuánnounzoo
105duǎnadjectiveshort
106短裤duǎnkùnounshorts
107duànclassifiermeasure word of segment, paragraph
108锻炼duànliànverbto exercise
109对话duìhuàverbdialogue, conversation
110饿èadjectivehungry
111而且érqiěconjunctionand, moreover
112耳朵ěrduonounear
113耳机ěrjīnounearphone
114verbto send, to issue
115发烧fāshāoverbto have a fever
116发生fāshēngverbto happen
117发现fāxiànverbto find, to discover
118发展fāzhǎnverbto develop
119方便fāngbiànadjectiveconvenient
120方便面fāngbiànmiànnouninstant noodles
121方法fāngfǎnounmethod
122方向fāngxiàngnoundirection
123房子fángzinounhouse
124fàngverbto put, to place
125放假fàngjiàverbto have a holiday
126放心fàngxīnverbto relax, to feel at ease
127放学fàngxuéverbschool is over
128分开fēnkāiverbto separate
129fēngnounwind
130fēngclassifier、(verb)measure word for letters; (to seal)
131夫妻fūqīnounhusband and wife
132服务fúwùverbto serve
133附近fùjìnnounnearby
134复习fùxíverbto review
135gāiverbshould
136干净gānjìngadjectiveclean
137感兴趣gǎn xìngqù


to be interested in
138感到gǎndàoverbto feel
139感冒gǎnmàonoun、verbcold; to catch a cold
140gànverbto do, to work
141gāngadverbjust, just now
142刚才gāngcáinounjust now
143刚刚gānggāngadverbjust now, a moment ago
144高铁gāotiěnounhigh-speed rail
145根据gēnjùverb、preposition、(noun)to base on; according to; (basis)
146gèngadverbmore
147公斤gōngjīnclassifierkilogram
148公园gōngyuánnounpark
149工作日gōngzuòrìnounworkday
150故事gùshinounstory
151guāverbto scrape, to blow
152guānverb、(noun)to close, to turn off; pass
153关机guānjīverbto turn off device
154关系guānxìnoun、(verb)relationship; (to relate)
155关心guānxīnverbto care about, to be concerned
156关于guānyúprepositionabout, regarding
157关注guānzhùverbto pay attention to, to follow
158国家guójiānouncountry
159过节guòjiéverbto celebrate a festival
160过去guòqùnounpast
161hǎinounsea
162害怕hàipàverbto be afraid
163好多hǎoduōnumbermany, a lot
164好久hǎojiǔadjectivea long time
165好像hǎoxiàngverb、adverbto seem, as if; perhaps
166号码hàomǎnounnumber, code
167nounriver
168合适héshìadjectivesuitable
169黑板hēibǎnnounblackboard
170红绿灯hóng-lǜdēngnountraffic light
171后来hòuláinounlater, afterwards
172后年hòuniánnounthe year after next
173后天hòutiānnounthe day after tomorrow
174护照hùzhàonounpassport
175花园huāyuánnoungarden
176画家huàjiānounpainter, artist
177欢迎huānyíngverbto welcome
178huánverbto return, to give back
179环境huánjìngnounenvironment
180huànverbto exchange, to change
181黄色huángsènounyellow
182回答huídáverbto answer
183huìnounmeeting
184会议huìyìnounmeeting
185huòconjunction、(adverb)or; (perhaps, maybe)
186或者huòzhěconjunctionor
187nounchicken
188几乎jīhūadverbalmost
189机会jīhuìnounopportunity
190adverbextremely
191adjective、verburgent; (to worry)
192verbto remember
193nounseason
194季节jìjiénounseason
195jiāverbto add
196假期jiàqīnounvacation
197坚持jiānchíverbto persist
198检查jiǎncháverbto check, to inspect
199简单jiǎndānadjectivesimple
200检票jiǎnpiàoverbticket checking
201健康jiànkāngadjectivehealthy
202见面jiànmiànverbto meet
203jiǎngverbto speak, to talk
204jiǎoclassifiermeasure word for fractions, angle, currency
205jiǎonounfoot
206jiēverbto pick up, to receive
207jiēnounstreet
208jiéclassifier、noun、(verb)measure word for segments, sections, lessons; festival, joint; (to save, to control)
209结婚jiéhūnverbto marry
210节目jiémùnounprogram
211节日jiérìnounfestival
212结束jiéshùverbto end
213解决jiějuéverbto solve
214姐妹jiěmèinounsister
215jièverbto borrow
216jīnclassifiercatty
217经过jīngguòverb、nounto pass; process
218经理jīnglǐnounmanager
219jiǔadjectivelong
220jiǔnounalcohol
221jiùadjectiveold
222classifiermeasure word of sentence
223句子jùzinounsentence
224决定juédìngverb、nounto decide; decision
225nouncard
226开花kāihuāverbto bloom
227开会kāihuìverbto have a meeting
228开机kāijīverbto turn on device
229开心kāixīnadjectivehappy
230看来kànláiverbit seems, it appears
231conjunction、(adverb)but; (yet)
232adjectivethirsty
233可爱kě’àiadjectivelovely
234可是kěshìconjunctionbut
235classifier、(verb)quarter; to carve
236课本kèběnnountextbook
237客人kèrénnounguest
238课文kèwénnountext
239空调kōngtiáonounair conditioner
240verbto cry
241筷子kuàizinounchopsticks
242矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐnounmineral water
243来自láizìverbto come from
244lánadjectiveblue
245lǎoadjective、prefix、(adverb)old, aged; prefix indicating seniority or endearment; (always, constantly)
246老人lǎorénnounelderly person
247离开líkāiverbto leave
248礼物lǐwùnoungift
249历史lìshǐnounhistory
250liǎnnounface
251liànverbto practice
252练习liànxíverb、nounto practice; exercise
253凉快liángkuaiadjectivecool
254liàngclassifiermeasure word for vehicles
255liáoverbto chat
256聊天儿liáotiānrverbto chat
257了解liǎojiěverbto understand
258邻居línjūnounneighbor
259留学liúxuéverbto study abroad
260留学生liúxuéshēngnounoverseas student
261楼梯lóutīnounstairs
262路边lùbiānnounroadside
263路口lùkǒunounintersection
264nounhorse
265马路mǎlùnounroad
266马上mǎshàngadverbimmediately
267满意mǎnyìverbsatisfied
268máoclassifier、(noun)measure word for money; (hair)
269classifiermeter
270面前miànqiánnounin front of
271明白míngbaiadjective、verbto understand; clear
272名单míngdānnounname list
273名人míngrénnounfamous person
274nánnounsouth
275nánadjective、(verb)difficult; (to make difficult)
276南方nánfāngnounsouth
277难过nánguòadjectivesad
278难看nánkànadjectiveugly
279男人nánrénnounman
280男生nánshēngnounboy student
281难题nántínoundifficult problem
282难听nántīngadjectiveunpleasant to hear
283年级niánjínoungrade
284年轻niánqīngadjectiveyoung
285niúnoun、(adjective)cow; (awesome)
286努力nǔlìverb、adjectiveto work hard; hardworking
287女人nǚrénnounwoman
288女生nǚshēngnoungirl student
289verbto climb
290verb、(adverb)to fear; (perhaps)
291拍照pāizhàoverbto take a photo
292盘子pánzinounplate
293pàngadjectivefat
294啤酒píjiǔnounbeer
295平时píngshínounusually
296瓶子píngzinounbottle
297verbto ride
298奇怪qíguàiadjectivestrange
299其实qíshíadverbactually
300其他qítāpronounother
301verb、(classifier)to rise, to get up; (measure word for events)
302起飞qǐfēiverbto take off
303汽车qìchēnouncar
304铅笔qiānbǐnounpencil
305前年qiánniánnounthe year before last
306前天qiántiānnounthe day before yesterday
307清楚qīngchuadjective、verbclear, obvious; to understand
308请假qǐngjiàverbto ask for leave
309请客qǐngkèverbto invite guests, to treat someone
310秋天qiūtiānnounautumn
311球场qiúchǎngnounsports field, court
312裙子qúnzinounskirt
313然后ránhòuconjunctionthen, afterwards
314热情rèqíngadjectiveenthusiastic
315认得rèndeverbto recognize, to know
316认为rènwéiverbto think, to consider
317认真rènzhēnadjectiveserious, earnest
318容易róngyìadjectiveeasy
319如果rúguǒconjunctionif
320sǎnnounumbrella
321sǎoverbto sweep
322沙发shāfānounsofa
323shānnounmountain
324上衣shàngyīnounjacket, top garment
325勺子sháozinounspoon
326身边shēnbiānnounby one’s side
327身高shēngāonounheight
328shēngnoun、classifiersound, voice; measure word for sounds
329生活shēnghuónoun、verblife; to live
330生气shēngqìverbto get angry
331声音shēngyīnnounsound
332shìnouncity
333shìverbto try
334shìnounroom
335世界shìjiènounworld
336shōuverbto receive
337收到shōudàoverbto receive
338shòuverbto receive, to be affected
339shòuadjectivethin, slim
340受到shòudàoverbto receive, to be subjected to
341叔叔shūshunoununcle
342shùnountree
343数学shùxuénounmathematics
344shuāverbto brush, to scrub
345shuāngclassifierpair, measure word for pairs
346水平shuǐpíngnounlevel, standard
347司机sījīnoundriver
348四季sìjìnounfour seasons
349太阳tàiyángnounsun
350tángnouncandy, sugar
351特别tèbiéadjective、adverbspecial; particularly
352提高tígāoverbto raise, to improve
353体育tǐyùnounphysical education
354体育馆tǐyùguǎnnoungymnasium
355tiánadjectivesweet
356tiàoverbto jump
357听说tīngshuōverbto hear said
358tǐngadverb、(verb)quite, rather; (to endure)
359同事tóngshìnouncolleague
360同意tóngyìverbto agree
361头发tóufanounhair
362突然tūránadjectivesudden
363图书馆túshūguǎnnounlibrary
364tuǐnounleg
365外地wàidìnounother place
366外卖wàimàiverb、nountakeaway; to order takeout
367外语wàiyǔnounforeign language
368完成wánchéngverbto complete
369wǎnnounbowl
370晚点wǎndiǎnverbto be late
371晚会wǎnhuìnounevening party
372网球wǎngqiúnountennis
373网站wǎngzhànnounwebsite
374忘记wàngjìverbto forget
375wèiprepositionfor, because of, to
376为了wèileprepositionin order to
377卫生间wèishēngjiānnounbathroom, restroom
378文化wénhuànounculture
379屋子wūzinounroom, house
380西nounwest
381西北xīběinounnorthwest
382西方xīfāngnounwest
383西瓜xīguānounwatermelon
384西南xīnánnounsouthwest
385习惯xíguànverb、nounto be used to; habit
386喜爱xǐ’àiverbto like, to love
387洗衣机xǐyījīnounwashing machine
388洗澡xǐzǎoverbto take a bath
389夏天xiàtiānnounsummer
390xiānadverbfirst, before
391香蕉xiāngjiāonounbanana
392相信xiāngxìnverbto believe
393箱子xiāngzinounbox, case
394xiàngverb、prepositionto face, to turn toward; toward, to
395xiàngverb、(adverb)、(noun)to resemble, to be like; (as if, such as); (image, statue, portrait)
396相机xiàngjīnouncamera
397小区xiǎoqūnounresidential community
398小心xiǎoxīnverb、adjectiveto be careful; careful
399校园xiàoyuánnouncampus
400校长xiàozhǎngnounprincipal, headmaster
401xiénounshoe
402心里xīnlǐnounheart, mind
403新年xīnniánnounNew Year
404新闻xīnwénnounnews
405新鲜xīnxiānadjectivefresh
406xìnverb、nounto believe; letter
407信用卡xìnyòngkǎnouncredit card
408xíngverb、adjectiveto go; okay, permissible
409行李xínglinounluggage
410兴趣xìngqùnouninterest
411休假xiūjiàverbto take a holiday
412需要xūyàoverb、nounto need; need
413xuǎnverbto choose
414选择xuǎnzéverbto choose
415学期xuéqīnounsemester
416nountooth
417牙刷yáshuānountoothbrush
418yángnounsheep
419yǎngverbto raise, to keep
420要求yāoqiúverb、nounto demand; requirement
421classifiermeasure word for page
422一定yídìngadjective、adverbcertain; certainly
423一共yígòngadverbaltogether, in total
424一块儿yíkuàirnoun、adverbthe same place; together
425一样yíyàngadjectivesame
426以后yǐhòunounlater, after
427以前yǐqiánnounbefore
428以上yǐshàngnounabove, more than
429以外yǐwàinounexcept, besides
430以为yǐwéiverbto think, to believe
431以下yǐxiànounbelow, less than
432一般yìbānadjectivegeneral, ordinary
433一边yìbiānadverbat the same time
434一直yìzhíadverbalways, straight
435音乐yīnyuènounmusic
436银行yínhángnounbank
437银行卡yínhángkǎnounbank card
438饮料yǐnliàonounbeverage
439应该yīnggāiverbshould, ought to
440影响yǐngxiǎngverb、nounto affect; influence
441yòngverbto use
442邮件yóujiànnounmail
443游客yóukènountourist
444游戏yóuxìnoungame
445邮箱yóuxiāngnounmailbox
446有关yǒuguānverb、prepositionto have to do with; concerning
447有名yǒumíngadjectivefamous
448有用yǒuyòngadjectiveuseful
449yòuadverbagain, also
450羽毛球yǔmáoqiúnounbadminton
451语言yǔyánnounlanguage
452雨衣yǔyīnounraincoat
453遇到yùdàoverbto encounter
454遇见yùjiànverbto meet
455yuánnoungarden
456yuánsuffixsuffix for person with a certain job
457愿意yuànyìverbwilling
458yuèadverbmore, increasingly
459月亮yuèliangnounmoon
460运动会yùndònghuìnounsports meet
461运动员yùndòngyuánnounathlete
462咱们zánmenpronounwe
463zāngadjectivedirty
464怎么办zěnme bàn


what to do
465怎样zěnyàngpronounhow
466zhànverbto stand; station
467zhāngverb、classifierto open; measure word for flat objects
468zhǎngverb、suffixto grow; suffix for head
469着急zháojíadjectiveanxious
470zhàoverbto shine, to photograph
471照顾zhàogùverbto take care of
472照片zhàopiànnounphoto
473照相zhàoxiàngverbto take a picture
474直到zhídàoverbuntil
475zhǐadverbonly, merely
476zhǐnounpaper
477只能zhǐ néng


can only
478只是zhǐshìadverb、conjunctiononly, merely; but
479只要zhǐyàoconjunctionas long as
480只有zhǐyǒuconjunctiononly if
481zhōngnounmiddle
482中间zhōngjiānnounmiddle, between
483终于zhōngyúadverbfinally
484zhǒngclassifiermeasure word for kinds
485重要zhòngyàoadjectiveimportant
486周末zhōumònounweekend
487主要zhǔyàoadjectivemain
488注意zhùyìverbto pay attention to
489住院zhùyuànverbto be hospitalized
490字典zìdiǎnnoundictionary
491自行车zìxíngchēnounbicycle
492zisuffixnoun suffix
493zǒngadverb、(verb、adjective)always, invariably; (to sum up, to assemble; total, overall)
494总是zǒngshìadverbalways
495zuǐnounmouth
496最好zuìhǎoadverbbest
497最后zuìhòunounlast, final
498最近zuìjìnnounrecently
499做客zuòkèverbto be a guest
500作业zuòyènounhomework

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