Reading a menu

Cold/hot, spice, portions, 不要香菜 and ordering without guessing the dish.

Survival · HSK 1–2HSK 1–348 words in this topic (cleaned list)

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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

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
1冷lěngcold
1米mǐrice
1要yào / yāoessential
1饭fànmeal
1米饭mǐfànrice

5 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 2

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
2借jièto borrow
2菜单càidānmenu
2问路wènlùto ask for directions

3 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 3

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
3汤tāng / shāngsoup
3简jiǎnsimple
3感冒gǎnmàoto catch cold
3请教qǐngjiàoto ask for guidance

4 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 4

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
4辣làpimienta

1 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 5

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
5贷dàito borrow
5饼bǐngrice-cake
5回信huíxìnletter written in reply
5来信láixìnincoming letter
5热门rèménHot
5电饭锅diànfànguōelectric rice cooker

6 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 6

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
6炎yánflame
6素sùplain
6大米dàmǐrice
6热水rèshuǐhot water

4 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 7+

HSKHanziPinyinEnglish
7凄qībitter cold
7柬jiǎncard
7沧cāngazure
7秧yāngshoots
7稻dàorice plant
7粽zònga dumpling made of glutinous rice
7糙cāocoarse
7陌mòstrange
7借用jièyòngto borrow something for another use
7公函gōnghánofficial letter
7公开信gōngkāixìnopen letter
7冷漠lěngmòcold and detached towards someone
7呼救hūjiùto call for help
7拜托bàituōto request someone to do something
7拜见bàijiànto pay a formal visit
7推荐tuījiànto recommend
7无情无义wúqíng-wúyìcompletely lacking any feeling or sense of justice
7炎热yánrèblistering hot
7热气球rèqìqiúhot air balloon
7热腾腾rèténgténgsteaming hot
7王牌wángpáitrump card
7稻草dàocǎorice straw
7索赔suǒpéito ask for compensation
7贺信hèxìncongratulatory letter or message
7麻辣málàhot and numbing

25 words · Practice them in the app

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