HSK 2 — Vocabulary, Characters, Translation and Audio
HSK 2 is the second level of the international Chinese language exam, expanding vocabulary to about 300 words. It enables richer communication, including asking questions, giving directions, descriptions, and everyday interactions.
On Hanziway you will discover the complete HSK 2 word list with pinyin, translation, example sentences, and audio pronunciation. Each character comes with stroke order practice and downloadable PDF materials.
Cultural insight: HSK 2 was refined during the educational reforms of the 2010s, when the exam was simplified and made more practical for learners. This made HSK 2 particularly effective — many students began conversational Chinese after just one year of study thanks to this level.
HSK 2 is designed for learners who have mastered HSK 1 foundations and are ready for expanded grammar, short dialogues, and reading basic texts. Studying with Hanziway provides a balanced path combining vocabulary, texts, audio, exercises, and cultural context.
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(par.) (at the end of an imperative sentence) adding a softened tone | (v./n.) puff (at a pipe); bar (to drink) |...
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(adj.) white, white color; bright | (adv.) in vain; free of charge, without effort | (n.) Bai (a surname) |...
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(num.) hundred; (used to imply) many, a lot
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(v.) assist, help
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(n.) newspaper
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(prep.) than | (v.) to compare; to compete; to copy, to model after | (prep.) to (in a score) | (radical.) compare |...
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(adv.) don't; (used with "shi" to raise a supposition of sth undesirable happening) | (v./pro.) to leave, to...
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(n.) hotel
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(adj.) long | (v.) grow, develop | (n./v.) length; strong point; be good at | (v.) look (like) | (radical.) long |...
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(v.) sing a song, go to the karaoke bar
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(v.) go out, to exceed, give out, to produce, to occur, to happen, to publish, put forth | (char.) to appear, be...
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(v.) wear, put on | (v.) to penetrate, to pass through, to string
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(m.) times (of repeating something) | (n./adj.) order, sequence; secondary, second-rate, inferior, poor | (m.)...
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(prep.) from (a time, a place, or a point of view) | (char.) to follow; to comply; take part in; to adopt;...
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(adj.) wrong; bad | (v./n.) to miss; to stagger; fault, mistake | (char.) be interlocked and jagged; complex, confusing
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(v.) play basketball
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(pro.) all of us; everybody | (n.) great master or expert; wealthy and influential family of long standing
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(v.) arrive, get to, reach; go to, leave for | (adj./v.) considerate or thoughtful; used after a verb indicating an...
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(par.) used after a verb to describe the action | (av.) need, must, have to; will certainly | (v.) result in (of...
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(v.) wait | (n./m.) grade, rank; kind, type | (char.) equal in number or degree | (conj.) until, when | (aux.) and so...
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(n.) younger brother
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(num.) first; number one
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(v.) understand, know
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(adj.) right, correct | (prep.) to, at, towards, with regard to, concerning to; versus, in comparison with | (m.)...
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(n.) room (separated part of the inside of a building)
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(adv.) extremely, very | (adj.) exceptional, unusual, special
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(n.) attendant, waiter, waitress
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(adj.) tall, high | (adj.) above standard or average level, superior | (n.) height, vertical measurement; (geometry)...
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(v.) tell, let know | (v.) to accuse, to sue, to take legal action (against...)
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(n.) elder brother
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(v.) give, grant; make...suffer; make, allow, let | (prep.) for, to (indicating the recipient of an action);...
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(n.) public bus, bus
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(n.) company
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(adj.) expensive, valuable | (n.) Gui (the abbreviation of Guizhou Province) | (v.) the value lies in | (adj.)...
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(par.) (used after a verb as a complement) indicating completion or a past state | (v./adv.) to pass, to cross; to...
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(v.) give back, return; go back; do sth. in return | (adv.) also, in addition; yet, still | (adv.) even more | (adv.)...
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(n.) child, children
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(adj.) tasty, delicious | (phr.) fond of eating, gluttonous
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(n.) the abbreviation of Heilongjiang Province | (adj./n.) black; dark; secret, unlawful; night, evening | (adj.) (of...
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(adj.) red | (n.) bonus | (adj.) popular, successful | (char.) needle work (only used in the word 女红) | (char.) of...