1600 words with pinyin, meaning and audio
Word lists follow the HSK 3.0 standard (2025), levels 1–9.
thus; thereby
previously; formerly; once upon a time
to go for; to engage in; to undertake
to promote; to advance; boost
to induce; to promote; to urge
to promote sales
to urge; to press; to prompt
to deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care
to deposit money; bank savings; bank deposit
to exist; to be; existence
measure; step
to reach; to accomplish
to decorate; to dress; to make up
to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out
to interrupt; to break off; to break
to break; to smash
to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
brazen; audacious; outrageous
for the most part; many; most
general assembly; general meeting; convention
energetically; vigorously
father's elder brother's wife; aunt
rice
brain; cerebrum
large quantities of
or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
major event; major political event; major social event
elephant
large; large-scale
father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
greater than; bigger than; more than
the masses; the great bulk of the population; popular
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace
representative; delegate; to represent
to replace; to take the place of
to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
treatment; pay; salary
to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of
bill; list; form
alone; by oneself; on one's own
single; only; sole
unit; element; entrance or staircase
cowardice; timid
insipid; diluted; weak
local
in those days; then; in those years
the present time; to be faced with
among; in the middle; in the center
to resist; to obstruct; to hinder
at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate
to consider as; to take to be
to treat as; to regard as
to direct; director
to lead to; to create; to cause
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
to reach; to arrive
to fall due; to expire; to mature
reason; argument; sense
lighting; light
to scale; to ascend; to mount
to register
to register; to log in
to wait; to wait for
to wait; to wait for
to equal; to be tantamount to
to bow the head; to yield; to give in
really; indeed
enemy
geography
floor; ground; surface
local; regional; district
position; status; place
underground; subterranean; covert
earthquake
to hand over; to pass on; to deliver
light refreshments; pastry; dim sum
to like
battery
electric-powered
appliance; device
e-commerce
television station
electronic edition; digital version
to transfer; to move; to investigate
to investigate and research; research; investigation
at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic
to lose; to misplace
animation; cartoon
touching; moving
to set about; to hit; to punch
to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
cave; hole; zero
tofu; bean curd
soy milk
independent; independence; to stand alone
unique; distinctive
alone
pronunciation; literary pronunciation of a Chinese character
to block up; to stop up; choked up with anxiety or stress
to pass; to spend; measure