Starting to learn Mandarin can feel tough, especially when you can’t express yourself in everyday situations. That’s where HSK 1 flashcards come in to make things easier. These flashcards break down the basics of Mandarin with clear characters, pinyin, and English meaning.
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Understanding HSK 1: A Gateway to Mandarin Proficiency
Embarking on your Mandarin language journey involves navigating different proficiency levels, and HSK 1 marks the beginning of this exciting adventure. The acronym HSK is Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, which translates to the Chinese Proficiency Test. HSK 1 specifically targets beginners, assessing their ability to communicate in fundamental daily life situations.
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Key Points about HSK 1 Flashcard
- Basic Vocabulary and Grammar: HSK 1 evaluates your grasp of basic Mandarin vocabulary and grammar. It covers essential elements like greetings, numbers, colours, and simple sentence structures – the building blocks of effective communication.
- Everyday Communication Scenarios: The exam focuses on scenarios encountered in daily life, ensuring that learners can navigate common situations effortlessly. This includes greetings, introductions, and expressing simple needs, making it practical for real-world communication.
- Listening and Reading Comprehension: HSK 1 assesses both listening and reading comprehension. Test-takers must understand spoken Mandarin and read simple texts, showcasing their ability to comprehend the language in various contexts.
- Pinyin Pronunciation: Pinyin, the official romanization system for Mandarin, plays a significant role in HSK 1. Learners are expected to pronounce words accurately using Pinyin, adding another layer to their language proficiency.
- HSK Levels as a Progression: Understanding HSK 1 is crucial as it is a stepping stone to higher proficiency levels. As you advance through the HSK levels, the complexity of vocabulary and language structures increases, building on the foundation laid at HSK 1.
Vocabulary is the cornerstone of language learning, and for HSK 1, it’s no different. Building a solid vocabulary foundation is key to understanding and expressing oneself in Mandarin. This is where HSK 1 flashcards become an invaluable resource.
HSK 1 Flashcard:
| Chinese | Pinyin | English Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爱 | ài | to love; affection; to be fond of; to like |
| 八 | bā | eight; 8 |
| 爸爸 | bàba | father |
| 杯子 | bēizi | cup; glass |
| 北京 | Běijīng | Beijing, capital of People’s Republic of China; Peking; PRC government |
| 本 | běn | roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, files, etc.; originally |
| 不 | bù | negative prefix; not; no |
| 不客气 | bùkèqi | you’re welcome; impolite; rude; blunt; don’t mention it |
| 菜 | cài | dish, type of food; vegetables; vegetable; cuisine |
| 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to have one’s meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust |
| 出租车 | chūzūchē | taxi |
| 打电话 | dǎdiànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 的 | de | of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 点 | diǎn | drop of liquid; stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke in Chinese characters; decimal point; point; mark of degree or level; a place with certain characteristics; o’clock; a little; a bit; some; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities |
| 电脑 | diànnǎo | computer |
| 电视 | diànshì | television |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | movie; film |
| 东西 | dōngxi | thing; stuff; person |
| 都 | dōu | all, both; entirely; due to each; even; already |
| 读 | dú | to read; to study; reading of word (i.e., pronunciation) |
| 对不起 | duìbuqǐ | unworthy; to let down; I’m sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? please repeat |
| 多 | duō | many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
| 多少 | duōshǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 儿子 | érzi | son |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect) |
| 饭馆 | fànguǎn | restaurant |
| 飞机 | fēijī | airplane |
| 分钟 | fēnzhōng | minute |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad; willing; in a cheerful mood |
| 个 | gè | individual; this; that; size; classifier for people or objects in general |
| 工作 | gōngzuò | job; work; construction; task |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 汉语 | Hànyǔ | Chinese language |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; suffix indicating completion or readiness |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; to shout a command; My goodness! |
| 和 | hé | and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He; Japanese related |
| 很 | hěn | adverb of degree; quite; very; awfully |
| 后面 | hòumian | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
| 回 | huí | to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; Chinese Muslims; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter of a classic book |
| 会 | huì | can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association |
| 火车站 | huǒchēzhàn | train station |
| 几 | jǐ | how much; how many; several; a few |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists (e.g., musician, revolutionary); corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary, -ian; surname Jia |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in passive mood) |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; at the present; now |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine; 9 |
| 开 | kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out a medical prescription; to operate vehicle |
| 看 | kān | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 块 | kuài | lump of earth; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap, etc.; colloquial word for yuan (or other currency units like Hong Kong or US dollar) |
| 来 | lái | to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 了 | le | modal particle intensifying preceding clause; completed action marker |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 里 | lǐ | lining; interior; inside; internal |
| 零 | líng | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd numbers; placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one; fraction; remainder after division; extra; to wither and fall; to wither |
| 六 | liù | six; 6 |
| 妈妈 | māma | mama; mommy; mother |
| 吗 | ma | question tag |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 猫 | māo | cat |
| 没 | méi | negative prefix for verbs; have not; not |
| 没关系 | méiguānxi | it doesn’t matter |
| 米饭 | mǐfàn | cooked rice |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 名字 | míngzi | name of a person or thing |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 哪儿 | nǎr | where?; wherever; anywhere |
| 那 | nà | that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. nei4 before a classifier (esp. in Beijing) |
| 那儿 | nàr | there |
| 呢 | ne | question particle for subjects already mentioned |
| 能 | néng | to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly (usually used in the negative); to have the possibility of |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 女儿 | nǚér | daughter |
| 朋友 | péngyou | friend |
| 漂亮 | piàoliang | pretty; beautiful |
| 苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 钱 | qián | coin; money |
| 前面 | qiánmian | ahead; in front; preceding; above |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please do sth; to treat to a meal, etc.; to request |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to a place; to cause to go or send; to remove; to get rid of; when used before or after a verb, indicates purpose; to be apart from in space or time; after a verb of motion, indicates movement away from the speaker; used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation; of a time or event just passed |
| 热 | rè | heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up |
| 人 | rén | man; person; people |
| 认识 | rènshi | to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition |
| 日 | rì | sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本 (Japan) |
| 三 | sān | three; 3 |
| 商店 | shāngdiàn | store; shop |
| 上 | shàng | on; on top; upon; first (of multiple parts); previous; last; upper; higher; above; to climb; to go into; to go up; to attend class or university |
| 上午 | shàngwǔ | morning |
| 少 | shǎo | few; little; lack |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 什么 | shénme | what?; who?; something; anything |
| 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 时候 | shíhou | time; length of time; moment; period |
| 是 | shì | is; are; am; yes; to be |
| 书 | shū | book; letter |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; classifier for number of washes of clothes |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 睡觉 | shuìjiào | to go to bed; to go to sleep |
| 说话 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years of age; year; year of crop harvests |
| 他 | tā | he or him; (used for either sex when sex is unknown/unimportant; used before a name for emphasis; as a meaningless mock object; other; another) |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too much; very; extremely |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 听 | tīng | to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (from English “tin”); classifier for canned beverages |
| 同学 | tóngxué | fellow classmate |
| 喂 | wèi | hello; hey; to feed |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuan | to like; to be fond of |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week, etc.); second of two parts; to decline; to go down |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下雨 | xiàyǔ | to rain; rainy |
| 先生 | xiānsheng | teacher; Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor |
| 现在 | xiànzài | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 小姐 | xiǎojie | young lady; Miss |
| 些 | xiē | some; few; several; a measure word |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 谢谢 | xièxie | to thank; thanks |
| 星期 | xīngqī | week |
| 学生 | xuésheng | student; school child |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to learn; to study |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 一 | yī | one; 1; single; a; as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; (Kangxi radical 1) |
| 衣服 | yīfu | clothes |
| 医生 | yīshēng | doctor |
| 医院 | yīyuàn | hospital |
| 椅子 | yǐzi | chair |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month |
| 在 | zài | located at; to be in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; indicating an action in progress |
| 再见 | zàijiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 怎么 | zěnme | how?; what?; why? |
| 怎么样 | zěnmeyàng | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 这儿 | zhèr | here |
| 中国 | Zhōngguó | China; Middle Kingdom |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon; midday |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop |
| 桌子 | zhuōzi | table; desk |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character; word |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold a party; to be; to become; to function in some capacity; to serve as; to be used for; to form a bond or relationship; to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane, etc.); to bear fruit; surname Zuo |
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Q1. Why use HSK 1 flashcards for Mandarin learning?
HSK 1 flashcards simplify language basics with characters, Pinyin, and visuals, aiding in structured learning for beginners.
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