Reading a menu
Cold/hot, spice, portions, 不要香菜 and ordering without guessing the dish.
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Founder of Chinese Trainer. These lists come from the app's HSK inventory (hanzi, pinyin, band), not from an official exam PDF.
Cold/hot, spice, portions, 不要香菜 and ordering without guessing the dish. This page lists 48 words from Chinese Trainer's inventory, with hanzi, pinyin and English, in the HSK 1–3 band. It is not a scan of an official paper; the same rows feed SRS in the app. Start with HSK 1–2 rows when the topic includes them, and add the rest once you can say three sentences out loud.
Word list
48 words in this topic (cleaned list) · HSK 1–3
HSK 1 — use these today
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 1 | 米 | mǐ | rice |
| 1 | 要 | yào / yāo | essential |
| 1 | 饭 | fàn | meal |
| 1 | 米饭 | mǐfàn | rice |
5 words · Practice them in the app
HSK 2
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 借 | jiè | to borrow |
| 2 | 菜单 | càidān | menu |
| 2 | 问路 | wènlù | to ask for directions |
3 words · Practice them in the app
HSK 3
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 汤 | tāng / shāng | soup |
| 3 | 简 | jiǎn | simple |
| 3 | 感冒 | gǎnmào | to catch cold |
| 3 | 请教 | qǐngjiào | to ask for guidance |
4 words · Practice them in the app
HSK 4
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 辣 | là | pimienta |
1 words · Practice them in the app
HSK 5
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 贷 | dài | to borrow |
| 5 | 饼 | bǐng | rice-cake |
| 5 | 回信 | huíxìn | letter written in reply |
| 5 | 来信 | láixìn | incoming letter |
| 5 | 热门 | rèmén | Hot |
| 5 | 电饭锅 | diànfànguō | electric rice cooker |
6 words · Practice them in the app
HSK 6
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 炎 | yán | flame |
| 6 | 素 | sù | plain |
| 6 | 大米 | dàmǐ | rice |
| 6 | 热水 | rèshuǐ | hot water |
4 words · Practice them in the app
HSK 7+
| HSK | Hanzi | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 凄 | qī | bitter cold |
| 7 | 柬 | jiǎn | card |
| 7 | 沧 | cāng | azure |
| 7 | 秧 | yāng | shoots |
| 7 | 稻 | dào | rice plant |
| 7 | 粽 | zòng | a dumpling made of glutinous rice |
| 7 | 糙 | cāo | coarse |
| 7 | 陌 | mò | strange |
| 7 | 借用 | jièyòng | to borrow something for another use |
| 7 | 公函 | gōnghán | official letter |
| 7 | 公开信 | gōngkāixìn | open letter |
| 7 | 冷漠 | lěngmò | cold and detached towards someone |
| 7 | 呼救 | hūjiù | to call for help |
| 7 | 拜托 | bàituō | to request someone to do something |
| 7 | 拜见 | bàijiàn | to pay a formal visit |
| 7 | 推荐 | tuījiàn | to recommend |
| 7 | 无情无义 | wúqíng-wúyì | completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice |
| 7 | 炎热 | yánrè | blistering hot |
| 7 | 热气球 | rèqìqiú | hot air balloon |
| 7 | 热腾腾 | rèténgténg | steaming hot |
| 7 | 王牌 | wángpái | trump card |
| 7 | 稻草 | dàocǎo | rice straw |
| 7 | 索赔 | suǒpéi | to ask for compensation |
| 7 | 贺信 | hèxìn | congratulatory letter or message |
| 7 | 麻辣 | málà | hot and numbing |
25 words · Practice them in the app