Mandarin · beginner

HSK 1: Mandarin Starter

The official HSK level 1 vocabulary list. 157 hanzi headwords with pinyin, English glosses, sound-alike keywords, and 2-3 sentence linking stories. Free.

157 entries · adopted: no

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first 10 entries
  • youkeyword: knee
  • hǎogoodkeyword: how
  • I, mekeyword: war
  • shìto be, iskeyword: shh
  • not, nokeyword: boo
  • le(perfective)keyword: luh
  • zàito be at, existkeyword: zai (Z-eye)
  • yǒuto havekeyword: yo
  • he, himkeyword: tar
  • she, herkeyword: tah
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