HSK 3 vocabulary list
500 entries first introduced at this level. Earlier levels remain part of your study plan. Official Pinyin and part-of-speech notes are preserved.
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阿姨
āyí · 名
Source entry 501 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: auntie · aunt
Explore contextual senses and source stories →矮
ǎi · 形
Source entry 502 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: short
Explore contextual senses and source stories →爱人
àiren · 名
Source entry 503 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
安静
ānjìng · 形
Source entry 504 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: quiet · be quiet · quietly
Explore contextual senses and source stories →安全
ānquán · 形
Source entry 505 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: safe · safety · safely
Explore contextual senses and source stories →把
bǎ · 量、介
Source entry 506 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: marks the affected object before the verb · classifier for handled objects · a handful or bodyful of
Explore contextual senses and source stories →搬
bān · 动
Source entry 507 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: move/carry
Explore contextual senses and source stories →班级
bānjí · 名
Source entry 508 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
搬家
bānjiā · 动
Source entry 509 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: move house
Explore contextual senses and source stories →办
bàn · 动
Source entry 510 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: handle · hold an event · apply for official documents
Explore contextual senses and source stories →办法
bànfǎ · 名
Source entry 511 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: solution
Explore contextual senses and source stories →办公室
bàngōngshì · 名
Source entry 512 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: office
Explore contextual senses and source stories →半天
bàntiān · 数量
Source entry 513 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: for a long time
Explore contextual senses and source stories →帮助
bāngzhù · 动
Source entry 514 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: help · assistance
Explore contextual senses and source stories →饱
bǎo · 形
Source entry 515 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: full
Explore contextual senses and source stories →报纸
bàozhǐ · 名
Source entry 516 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: newspaper
Explore contextual senses and source stories →北
běi · 名
Source entry 517 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
北方
běifāng · 名
Source entry 518 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: the north
Explore contextual senses and source stories →被
bèi · 介
Source entry 519 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
Story meanings: passive marker
Explore contextual senses and source stories →笔记
bǐjì · 名
Source entry 520 · Level note 3 · PDF page 90
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
比较
bǐjiào · 动、介、副
Source entry 521 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: relatively
Explore contextual senses and source stories →笔记本
bǐjìběn · 名
Source entry 522 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: notebook
Explore contextual senses and source stories →比如
bǐrú · 动
Source entry 523 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: for example
Explore contextual senses and source stories →比赛
bǐsài · 动、名
Source entry 524 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: competition or match · compete
Explore contextual senses and source stories →必须
bìxū · 副
Source entry 525 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: must
Explore contextual senses and source stories →变
biàn · 动
Source entry 526 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: become · change
Explore contextual senses and source stories →遍
biàn · 量
Source entry 527 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: time (from beginning to end)
Explore contextual senses and source stories →变成
biànchéng · 动
Source entry 528 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: become
Explore contextual senses and source stories →变化
biànhuà · 动、名
Source entry 529 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: change
Explore contextual senses and source stories →表演
biǎoyǎn · 动
Source entry 530 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: perform · performance
Explore contextual senses and source stories →别的
biéde · 代
Source entry 531 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: other
Explore contextual senses and source stories →别人
biérén · 代
Source entry 532 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: other people
Explore contextual senses and source stories →宾馆
bīnguǎn · 名
Source entry 533 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
冰
bīng · 名、（动）
Source entry 534 · Level note 3（5） · PDF page 91
Story meanings: ice
Explore contextual senses and source stories →冰激凌
bīngjīlíng · 名
Source entry 535 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
冰箱
bīngxiāng · 名
Source entry 536 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
病人
bìngrén · 名
Source entry 537 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
No matching story-sense entry yet. This list preserves the official word and reading without inventing a translation.
不但
búdàn · 连
Source entry 538 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: not only
Explore contextual senses and source stories →不见
bújiàn · 动
Source entry 539 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: disappear · be unable to see · not be able to hear
Explore contextual senses and source stories →不用
búyòng · 副
Source entry 540 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: not need to
Explore contextual senses and source stories →不同
bù tóng
Source entry 541 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: different
Explore contextual senses and source stories →不久
bùjiǔ · 形
Source entry 542 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: recently
Explore contextual senses and source stories →不行
bùxíng · 动、形
Source entry 543 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: No, not allowed · not work · not okay
Explore contextual senses and source stories →才
cái · 副
Source entry 544 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: only then; not until then · then · rather
Explore contextual senses and source stories →菜单
càidān · 名
Source entry 545 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: menu
Explore contextual senses and source stories →参加
cānjiā · 动
Source entry 546 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: participate in · take an exam · attend
Explore contextual senses and source stories →草
cǎo · 名
Source entry 547 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: grass
Explore contextual senses and source stories →草地
cǎodì · 名
Source entry 548 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: grassy ground
Explore contextual senses and source stories →层
céng · 量
Source entry 549 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: layer
Explore contextual senses and source stories →查
chá · 动
Source entry 550 · Level note 3 · PDF page 91
Story meanings: investigate · check someone’s duty status or whereabouts · diagnose
Explore contextual senses and source stories →How to study this level
Read the Pinyin, recall a meaning, then open a story example where one is available. Learn words in phrases: recognition of a list entry does not measure listening, grammar, writing or the ability to use every sense.
名 = noun; 动 = verb; 形 = adjective; 副 = adverb; 代 = pronoun; 数 = numeral; 量 = measure word; 介 = preposition; 连 = conjunction; 助 = particle. Parentheses mark later-level uses. Device audio may choose a different reading for an isolated polyphonic word; use the official Pinyin shown here as your reference.
Official source · hsk-3.0-2025-11-2026-07 · Checked 2026-09-19. Traditional forms are study conversions; the source syllabus uses Simplified characters.