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HSK 1 Vocabulary List & Quiz
A color-coded list of 300 beginner words for HSK 1 with a short quiz built from the same words. Every word carries one of six group colors, so the quiz results and trackers show which group you are falling behind on.
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Each vocabulary page lists ten words. A word gets its simplified characters, pinyin with tone marks, a short English meaning, a part-of-speech tag and one example sentence with its own pinyin and translation, like 我爸爸是医生 for 爸爸 (“My dad is a doctor”).
Six colors, one per word group
The 300 words are split into six groups, and the color follows a word through the whole pack: 75 verbs, 110 nouns, 31 adjectives, 20 pronouns, 38 adverbs and function words, and 26 numbers and measure words. The quiz cards use the same colors, and the score page has a row for writing down how many you missed in each group. That tells you which color to go back to instead of rereading all 30 pages.
The quiz
The first part is 30 multiple-choice questions: read the character, pick the English meaning from four options. The second part is 20 sentences with one word missing and three words to choose from, with the English line underneath as a hint. Every question uses words from the list. The answers for both parts share one page, and the score page gives room for three attempts about a week apart, with a note on what to do at each score range.
Pacing it over four weeks
The plan covers 75 words a week, 10 to 15 a day, with the last two days of each week kept for review. The progress tracker, the 28-day check-off grid and the mistake log are meant to be printed fresh for each new round.
Where the list stands
The pack calls these 300 words the core of HSK 1. The syllabus in use since July 2026 also puts HSK 1 at 300 words, but this list was not copied from it, and about 90 of the syllabus words are not among its 300 entries. Treat it as beginner practice and use the syllabus to check what the exam covers.
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Questions
- Does this match the current HSK 1 syllabus word for word?
- No. The syllabus that took effect in July 2026 sets HSK 1 at 300 words. This pack also lists 300, and most of them are HSK 1 words, but the two lists differ, so check the syllabus before the exam.
- Can I print it in black and white?
- You can, but the six word groups are told apart only by color, so the colored dots and chips lose their meaning in grayscale.
