Bridge into independent reading with vocabulary for culture, nature, opinions, causes, and more complete narratives.
Choose five new words, write one sentence with each, then meet them again in an HSK 3 story before adding more.
2026 rollout: This syllabus was published in November 2025 and became effective in July 2026. The official second-round HSK 3.0 global trial is scheduled for September 20, 2026, so confirm the syllabus and test format with your center.
All 1,000 words from HSK 1 through HSK 3.
Short sentences make a word easier to understand—and much easier to remember.
我有一个办法。
I have a solution.他发现门开了。
He discovered that the door was open.晚上很安静。
It is quiet at night.爷爷给我讲故事。
Grandpa tells me a story.今天的月亮很亮。
The moon is bright today.故事里的世界很大。
The world inside the story is vast.doorway; gate
名ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
名flour; noodles
后缀、（动、名、量）name; noun (part of speech)
名、量old variant of 拿[na2]; to hold
动like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...
代、连that kind; that sort
代milk tea
名(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house
名erhua form of 男孩[nan2 hai2]
名bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)
名erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]
名side; adjacent place
名to run; to run away
动to run; to jog
动ticket; ballot
名wife
名to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
动ahead; in front
名clear; fine (weather)
形ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2]); ball
名to yield; to permit
动、（介）meat; flesh
名shopping mall; shopping center
名to come up; to approach
动on top of; above-mentioned
名to go up
动to go online; to connect to the Internet
动the body; one's health
名birthday
名old variant of 時|时[shi2]; o'clock
名、（量）affair; matter; thing; business
名hand; (formal) to hold
名wristwatch
名schoolbag; satchel
名comfortable; feeling well
形to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present)
动although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
连therefore; as a result
连(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
形、（动）to kick; to play (e.g. soccer)
动topic; problem for discussion
名strip; item
量、（名）to dance
动head; hair style
名、（量）、（形）foreign country
名outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
名to finish; to be over
动ten thousand; a great number
数to go (in a direction); to
动、介online
名to forget; to overlook
动position; location
量why?; for what reason?
—to hope; a hope; a wish
动to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs)
动toilet; lavatory
名to come down; (completed action marker)
动below; under
名to go down; to descend
动erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
名in one's childhood
名old variant of 笑[xiao4]; to laugh; to smile
动family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
名、动surname and given name; full name
名color; countenance
名eye
名leaf of the iris; medicine
名pharmacy; drugstore
名(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
名a moment; a while
数量、（副）already
副(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
副idea; opinion
名overcast (weather); cloudy
形because; owing to; on account of
介、连to swim; to walk
动swimming; to swim
动interesting; meaningful
—sometimes; sometimes; now and then
副(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center
名right side; right, to the right
名fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
名far; distant
形to move; to exercise
动、名station; to stand
名husband
名so much; this much
代this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
代aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
助straight; upright
副、（形）to make a circuit; to circle
名、（量）preparation; to prepare
动oneself; (attributive) one's own
代to walk; to go
动to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart
动soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
名old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
副left; the Left (politics)
名left; the left side
名Vocabulary levels, pinyin, parts of speech, and counts follow the official 2025 HSK examination syllabus, published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation and effective July 2026. English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0; context may change the best translation.