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76 more HSK 1 words under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus of November 2025: pronouns, places and directions, time words and everyday verbs, each in an original example sentence with pinyin, with the gloss, translation and some measure words on the back.

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  1. 人 (rén) (n.)
    这里的人都很好。 (Zhèlǐ de rén dōu hěn hǎo.)
    person; people

    Measure word: 个 (gè): 一个人

    The people here are all very nice.

    Note: Add 人 to a country's name for its people: 中国人 (Zhōngguórén), a Chinese person.
    People & Pronouns
  2. 和 (hé) (conj./prep.)
    我和妈妈去商店。 (Wǒ hé māma qù shāngdiàn.)
    and; with

    Mom and I are going to the shop.

    Watch out: 和 links nouns and pronouns (我和你); it does not join two sentences the way English "and" can.
    Prepositions & Conjunctions
  3. 上 (shàng) (n./v.)
    你的手机在椅子上。 (Nǐ de shǒujī zài yǐzi shang.)
    on, above; to go up, get on (a bus or train)

    Your phone is on the chair.

    Note: As a verb: 上车 (get on a bus or car), 上课 (go to class).
    Places & Directions
  4. 只 (隻) (zhī) (m.)
    那两只小猫都是我妹妹的。 (Nà liǎng zhī xiǎo māo dōu shì wǒ mèimei de.)
    (measure word for animals, and for one of a pair: 一只手)

    Those two kittens are both my younger sister's.

    Watch out: Read zhǐ, the same simplified character means "only" (traditional 只); the measure word is 隻 in traditional script.
    Numbers & Measure Words
  5. 工作 (gōngzuò) (v./n.)
    我姐姐晚上也要工作。 (Wǒ jiějie wǎnshang yě yào gōngzuò.)
    to work; job, work

    Measure word: 份 (fèn): 一份工作

    My older sister has to work in the evenings too.

    Watch out: Put 在 + the place before it: 在医院工作, not 工作在医院.
    Work & Study
  6. 爱 (愛) (ài) (v.)
    他很爱吃中国菜。 (Tā hěn ài chī Zhōngguó cài.)
    to love; to like (doing), be keen on

    He really loves Chinese food.

    Note: Before another verb it means "love to, like to": 爱看书. Between people it is strong: 我爱你, I love you.
    Verbs
  7. 车 (車) (chē) (n.)
    妈妈坐车去医院看奶奶。 (Māma zuò chē qù yīyuàn kàn nǎinai.)
    vehicle; car, bus

    Measure word: 辆 (liàng): 一辆车

    Mom is going to the hospital by car or bus to see Grandma.

    Note: 坐车 is "to ride (as a passenger)"; 开车 is "to drive".
    Travel & Transport
  8. 钱 (錢) (qián) (n.)
    这些东西多少钱？ (Zhèxiē dōngxi duōshao qián?)
    money

    Measure word: 笔 (bǐ), for a sum of money: 一笔钱

    How much are these things?
    Things & Objects
  9. 女 (nǚ) (adj.)
    我们的老师是女的。 (Wǒmen de lǎoshī shì nǚ de.)
    female, woman

    Our teacher is a woman.

    Note: It goes straight before a noun (女老师, a woman teacher) or takes 的 (女的, a woman).
    Adjectives
  10. 医生 (醫生) (yīshēng) (n.)
    我不舒服，下午要去看医生。 (Wǒ bù shūfu, xiàwǔ yào qù kàn yīshēng.)
    doctor

    Measure word: 位 (wèi) or 个 (gè): 一位医生

    Since I don't feel well, I'll be going to the doctor's this afternoon.

    Note: 看医生 and 看病 can both mean "to see a doctor".
    Body & Health

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  • Pinyin, tones, measure words and meanings checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Taiwan Ministry of Education's dictionaries (the Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary and the Cross-Strait Dictionary 兩岸常用詞典, via moedict.tw) (reference only). Levels follow HSK 3.0: the HSK examination syllabus (HSK 考试大纲) published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025, a separate document from the 2021 standard GF 0025-2021, which it cites among its references. The headwords are level-1 words of the syllabus that the folder's earlier parts do not card, in frequency order (frequency ranks from drkameleon/complete-hsk-vocabulary); levels checked against two transcriptions of the syllabus word list (harukicoder/hsk30, drkameleon/complete-hsk-vocabulary). All example sentences are original.

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