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Learn 2700 Basic Chinese Words through Phrases (HSK 1 to 4)

Name: Learn 2700 Basic Chinese Words through Phrases (HSK 1 to 4)
Rating: 4.5 (177 reviews)

You'll be able to memorize 2700 Mandarin Chinese vocabulary with a combination of phrases composed of two or more words.

Created byHong Zhu

Last updated 6/2017

English

What you'll learn

You will be able to learn the basic vocabulary that is necessary for daily life
You will be able to learn vocabulary required to pass HSK level 1 to level 4
You will be able to learn the appropriate way to use the words in conversation

Course content

4 sections • 183 lectures • 7h 14m total length

How to proceed in your studies0:48
Learning Methods

In this course, you will learn 2,703 words through 89 units.

You will learn 25 to 40 words every unit.

The learning flow of each unit is as follows:

Step1. Learn words

Each word will be displayed in order of English to Chinese, and audio will follow at the same time. You will repeatedly practice the word until you can say the word in Chinese as soon as you see it in English.

Step2. Memorize the words you learned through phrases

Now, the words you learned in Step 1 will be shown in the form of phrases.

For example, you will memorize the words “看 kàn (watch)” and “电视 diànshì (television)” through the phrase, “看电视 (watch television)”.

By memorizing the words as a phrase, each word will remain in your head.
Parts of Speech, Symbol0:15

PDF version of Level 10:08
Please download the PDF textbook before beginning your studies. You can view a list of the words and the phrases you will learn in the PDF. Please use it as a way of review.
Unit 1 - Vocabulary3:23
Unit 1 - Phrases2:00
Unit 1 introduces common Chinese phrases for everyday life, guiding you to memorize and recite words for leaving work, shopping, dining, greetings, thanks, and see you again.
Unit 2 - Vocabulary2:48
Explore unit 2 vocabulary with phrases, covering how many and how much, measure words for nouns like person and human being, and items like money, tea, medicine, fish, and friends.
Unit 2 - Phrases1:49
Unit 3 - Vocabulary3:15
Unit 3 - Phrases1:54
Learn Chinese phrases for drinking milk, coffee and cafe visits, hospital visits, camping, and bargaining for cheaper prices.
Unit 4 - Vocabulary2:42
Unit 4 - Phrases1:57
Unit 5 - Vocabulary2:41
Unit 5 - Phrases1:48
Explore unit five phrases to practice basic Chinese words through everyday scenarios, including weather, asking for a phone number, shopping, songs, love phrases, sports like volleyball and golf.
Unit 6 - Vocabulary3:04
Unit 6- Phrases2:03
Explore unit six phrases to build 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases as part of the HSK 1 to 4 course.
Unit 7 - Vocabulary2:40
Unit 7 - Phrases1:49
Explore unit seven phrases from Learn 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases (HSK 1-4), featuring examples like please have a seat, how old are you, and what is this.
Unit 8 - Vocabulary2:54
Learn unit 8 vocabulary focusing on classifiers, including vehicles, objects with handles, and books and notebooks, while noting completion markers and common classroom terms.
Unit 8 - Phrases1:49
Unit 9 - Vocabulary2:55
Explore unit nine vocabulary for basic Chinese words through phrases, including classifiers for events and everyday items, time words, and common actions to build beginner conversational skills.
Unit 9 - Phrases1:54
Explore unit nine phrases for basic Chinese, including go to church on Sunday, watch a video, shave the beard, eat in the dining hall, and use a ballpoint pen.
Quiz
Unit 10 - Vocabulary2:48
Unit 10 - Phrases1:56
Explore unit 10 phrases, including watch a movie, rice and noodles, and polite expressions at the train station and sports grounds, using basic Chinese words for HSK 1 to 4.
Unit 11 - Vocabulary3:08
Unit 11 - Phrases2:10
Unit 12 - Vocabulary2:58
Unit 12 - Phrases2:06
Unit 13 - Vocabulary3:11
Unit 13 - Phrases2:02
Unit 14 - Vocabulary3:12
Unit 14 - Phrases2:06
Unit 15 - Vocabulary2:40
Unit 15 - Phrases1:57
Explore unit 15 phrases to practice basic Chinese words through everyday questions and activities, including asking age, beverages, directions, and daily tasks like reading maps and going to university.
Unit 16 - Vocabulary2:19
Unit 16 - Phrases1:45
Unit 17 - Vocabulary2:28
Unit 17 - Phrases1:45
Unit 18 - Vocabulary2:29
Unit 18 - Phrases1:46
Quiz
Unit 19 - Vocabulary2:20
Unit 19 - Phrases1:48
Unit 20 - Vocabulary2:31
Unit 20 - Phrases1:56
Practice unit 20 phrases by reading a text about everyday scenes, such as picking up a girlfriend from the station, going to the post office, and mailing parcels or postcards.
Unit 21 - Vocabulary2:36
Explore unit 21 vocabulary from the course, featuring report and news usage, article references, selecting words, bilateral terms, and daily actions such as brushing one's teeth and cordial, hospitable terms.
Unit 21 - Phrases1:50
Unit 22 - Vocabulary2:41
Unit 22 presents common Chinese vocabulary, including numbers, mood and nature words, food terms like vegetables and stir fry, and classifiers for buildings and immovable objects.
Unit 22 - Phrases1:48
Unit 23 - Vocabulary2:44
Explore unit 23 vocabulary through phrases covering ordinal numbers, holidays, daily activities, and practical topics to build basic Chinese vocabulary.
Unit 23 - Phrases2:04
Unit 24 - Vocabulary2:51
Unit 24 vocabulary introduces basic Chinese words through phrases, including spoon, scoop, foods, right hand and left hand terms, new year references, and everyday contexts.
Unit 24 - Phrases1:56
Unit 25 - Vocabulary2:07
Unit 25 - Phrases1:48
Explore unit 25 phrases to build basic Chinese vocabulary through everyday situations—meals, hotel stays, travel, cleaning, greetings, and social calls—covering hsk 1–4.
Unit 26 - Vocabulary2:38
Unit 26 - Phrases1:55
Unit 26 phrases introduces basic Chinese vocabulary through examples like the Great Wall of China, Beijing roast duck, leather shoes made in Italy, and watches made in Switzerland.
Unit 27 - Vocabulary2:13
Unit 27 - Phrases1:27
Quiz

PDF version of Level 20:08
Please download the PDF textbook before beginning your studies. You can view a list of the words and the phrases you will learn in the PDF. Please use it as a way of review.
Unit 1 - Vocabulary2:53
Explore unit one vocabulary for words related to food, restaurant, hotel, waiter, waitress, and computer terms.
Unit 1 - Phrases2:08
Unit 2 - Vocabulary2:48
Unit 2 - Phrases2:00
Unit 3 - Vocabulary2:53
Unit 3 - Phrases2:04
Unit 4 - Vocabulary2:55
Unit 4 - Phrases1:58
Unit 5 - Vocabulary2:43
Unit 5 - Phrases1:54
Unit 6 - Vocabulary2:46
Explore unit six vocabulary through common words and phrases for HSK 1 to 4. Practice speaking, recognizing, and using basic Chinese terms to build foundational language skills.
Unit 6 - Phrases1:53
Unit six phrases guides learners to practice basic Chinese words through phrases, with focus on clear pronunciation and practical usage across HSK 1 to 4.
Unit 7 - Vocabulary2:47
Explore unit seven vocabulary covering scenery, landscape, and daily phrases. Build foundational Chinese language skills with terms like salary, wage, boiling water, Chinese medicine, and smoking references.
Unit 7 - Phrases1:56
Explore unit seven phrases covering everyday situations like shopping, talking with friends, cooking instant noodles with boiling water, discussing traditional chinese medicine's bitterness, and basic business conversations.
Unit 8 - Vocabulary2:22
Unit 8 - Phrases1:54
Unit 9 - Vocabulary3:05
Unit 9 - Phrases1:59
Explore unit nine phrases across topics such as diet, family, daily tasks, and practical conversations, including apologizing to clients and discussing saving electricity and water.
Unit 10 - Vocabulary2:48
Explore unit 10 vocabulary through phrases, covering words like tool, instrument, manual labor, city, holiday, inspection, sweep the floor, and tradition.
Unit 10 - Phrases2:03
Unit 11 - Vocabulary3:14
Unit 11 vocabulary teaches basic Chinese words through phrases, showing how to link verbs and adjectives with preceding modifiers using adverbial adjectives.
Unit 11 - Phrases1:53
Quiz
Unit 12 - Vocabulary2:43
Unit 12 - Phrases2:00
Unit 13 - Vocabulary3:09
Unit 13 - Phrases2:03
Unit 14 - Vocabulary3:24
Unit 14 - Phrases2:05
Unit 15 - Vocabulary2:50
Unit 15 - Phrases1:55
Unit 16- Vocabulary2:53
Unit 16 - Phrases2:02
Unit 17 - Vocabulary2:41
Unit 17 - Phrases1:56
Unit 17 introduces phrases for basic Chinese, using vivid examples from scent descriptions, public square conversations, travel planning, hotel surroundings, and everyday town life.
Unit 18 - Vocabulary3:19
Unit 18 - Phrases2:03
Unit 19 - Vocabulary2:55
Unit 19 - Phrases1:59
Explore unit 19 phrases, featuring basic Chinese expressions on topics like electric lights, farming, electric fans, and everyday situations such as nervous interviews and honest speech.
Unit 20 - Vocabulary3:15
Unit 20 - Phrases2:04
Unit 21 - Vocabulary2:28
Unit 21 vocabulary covers basic Chinese words and phrases, including classifiers for quantity, newspaper reports, polite manners, and common expressions like really, indeed, and homesick.
Unit 21 - Phrases1:54
Unit 22 - Vocabulary3:05
Unit 22 - Phrases2:05
Unit 22 phrases cover speaking several foreign languages and how to teach; discuss manpower constraints, high prices of goods, and delegation of work, with travel examples.
Quiz
Unit 23 - Vocabulary2:41
Unit 23 vocabulary presents phrases for overseas Chinese, including terms used by a sales clerk and identifiers for ethnic Chinese people and hometown references.
Unit 23 - Phrases2:02
Practice unit 23 phrases to learn basic Chinese words through real-world conversations about time, travel, sales interactions, shopping, and everyday expressions.
Unit 24 - Vocabulary2:19
Explore unit 24 vocabulary from the course on 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases, covering talk and discuss, classifiers for doors and windows, fragrant and love, plus listening comprehension.
Unit 24 - Phrases1:48
Unit 25 - Vocabulary2:57
Unit 25 covers vocabulary through phrases, including words for occupations, classifiers, travel concepts like round trips, and everyday topics such as tour guides, money, and time in Chinese.
Unit 25 - Phrases2:13
Explore unit 25 phrases from the learn 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases course, using travel and everyday examples like Thailand and tour guides to build HSK 1-4 vocabulary.
Unit 26 - Vocabulary2:50
Unit 26 - Phrases1:57
Unit 27 - Vocabulary3:11
Unit 27 vocabulary guides learners through audio equipment terms and key Chinese language vocabulary, building foundational words for HSK 1 to 4.
Unit 27 - Phrases2:06
Unit 28 - Vocabulary2:32
Unit 28 - Phrases2:00
Unit 29 - Vocabulary2:40
Unit 29 vocabulary teaches everyday Chinese words and phrases, including items like scissors, clothing, and food with sauce, plus common actions and objects such as plastic bags.
Unit 29 - Phrases2:02
Master unit 29 phrases by classifying goods, expressing time is money, shopping, travel, daily needs, and common questions through practical Chinese phrases.
Unit 30 - Vocabulary3:08
Unit 30 - Phrases2:04
Explore unit 30 phrases from the Learn 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases course, covering greetings, hosting, school life, seasons, and everyday conversations for HSK 1–4.
Unit 31 - Vocabulary2:35
Unit 31 - Phrases2:05
Explore unit 31 phrases that convey trust and everyday situations—from customers and landlords to travel, holidays, and common issues—using 2700 basic Chinese words.
Unit 32 - Vocabulary2:52
Explore unit 32 vocabulary with verbs and phrases, including using a verb complement to indicate the result of an action, such as deep fry, flip over, and lay out.
Unit 32 - Phrases2:02
Unit 32 phrases introduces basic Chinese vocabulary through varied topics. It covers counting from 1 to 100, calculating area and volume, and everyday actions like frying eggs and folding clothes.
Unit 33 - Vocabulary2:56
Explore unit 33 vocabulary from posture and teen to canned food and digest, including gentle and soft, nanny and woman, academic background, alarm clock, ancient times, and zero sleep.
Unit 33 - Phrases1:57
Quiz

PDF version of Level 30:08
Please download the PDF textbook before beginning your studies. You can view a list of the words and the phrases you will learn in the PDF. Please use it as a way of review.
Unit 1 - Vocabulary2:22
Unit 1 introduces basic vocabulary for phrases, including habit and custom terms and their use with fractions and percentages. The unit also mentions lessons, class, examination paper, and business card.
Unit 1 - Phrases1:54
Unit one phrases covers essential chinese expressions for everyday actions, including greetings, picking up, saying thank you, distributing papers, and using posters and business cards in class.
Unit 2 - Vocabulary2:44
Unit 2 - Phrases1:48
Unit two phrases teaches basic Chinese words through expressions about eating, canteen scenes, comfort, marriage, and other everyday topics.
Unit 3 - Vocabulary2:58
Unit 3 - Phrases1:58
Explore unit three phrases across contexts like a song chorus, a three-group competition with team blue sky and white clouds, a pet shop, and a broadcast program.
Unit 4 - Vocabulary3:42
Unit 4 - Phrases2:09
Unit 5 - Vocabulary2:48
Unit 5 - Phrases2:05
Unit 6 - Vocabulary3:05
Unit 6 - Phrases2:04
Unit 7 - Vocabulary3:14
Explore unit seven vocabulary by practicing phrases for refuse, decline, pass through, and everyday terms from money, time, peace, climate, and safeguarding.
Unit 7 - Phrases2:11
Unit 8 - Vocabulary2:50
Develop unit 8 vocabulary through an aural examination, covering phrases for feelings like sorry or aggrieved, daily actions, dialogue practice, and common everyday topics such as food and drink.
Unit 8 - Phrases2:01
Unit 9 - Vocabulary3:15
Master unit nine vocabulary with common Chinese terms and phrases like take good care of, family and relatives, green tea, sugar, spoon, and container.
Unit 9 - Phrases2:14
Unit 10 - Vocabulary3:11
Unit 10 - Phrases2:13
Explore unit 10 phrases to learn 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases for HSK 1 to 4, highlighting practical expressions and the role of modesty and progress.
Quiz
Unit 11 - Vocabulary3:40
Master unit 11 vocabulary through practical phrases, covering job applications, online shopping, family topics, and food and meal classifiers, to reinforce 2700 basic Chinese words across HSK 1–4.
Unit 11 - Phrases2:08
Unit 12 - Vocabulary3:07
Unit 12 - Phrases2:10
Unit 13 - Vocabulary2:52
Master Unit 13 vocabulary through phrases, practicing basic Chinese terms from everyday items like a driver's license and common concepts such as opportunity and opinion.
Unit 13 - Phrases2:05
Unit 14 - Vocabulary2:42
Unit 14 - Phrases1:53
Unit 15 - Vocabulary3:13
Explore unit 15 vocabulary through phrases, teaching basic Chinese words and themes from modern times, psychology, junk food, and everyday life.
Unit 15 - Phrases1:59
Explore unit 15 phrases for travel, daily actions, and emotions. Practice flight choices, going home, nail biting, junk food, and education topics like masters and PhDs.
Unit 16 - Vocabulary2:51
Unit 16 - Phrases2:03
Unit 17 - Vocabulary2:50
Explore unit 17 vocabulary from the course learn 2700 basic Chinese words through phrases (HSK 1 to 4), focusing on common terms such as names, explanations, and everyday expressions.
Unit 17 - Phrases1:58
Unit 17 teaches common phrases to express daily actions and concepts, such as not going, reminders, descriptions, misunderstandings, postponements, and comparisons, using basic Chinese words.
Unit 18 - Vocabulary3:18
Unit 18 - Phrases2:03
Unit 19 - Vocabulary3:03
Unit 19 - Phrases1:54
Unit 20 - Vocabulary3:02
Explore unit 20 vocabulary through phrases for HSK 1 to 4, connecting symptoms, drawing, and promotion, and learn practical usage for public publishing, value, and free-of-charge scenarios.
Unit 20 - Phrases2:02
Explore unit 20 phrases to learn 2700 basic chinese words and HSK 1 to 4, including timely disclosure of information and nutritional value of strawberry.
Quiz
Unit 21 - Vocabulary3:55
Unit 21 - Phrases2:15
Explore unit 21 to expand basic Chinese vocabulary through practical phrases, featuring everyday words like mango, pineapple, and pear, and show how phrases boost communication.
Unit 22 - Vocabulary3:27
Unit 22 - Phrases1:59
Unit 23 - Vocabulary2:27
Unit 23 vocabulary introduces words and phrases like radish, spare ribs, pie, adapt or carry out, speak indiscreetly, and go on strike to build basic vocabulary.
Unit 23 - Phrases2:00
Unit 24 - Vocabulary2:46
Explore unit 24 vocabulary for basic Chinese words through phrases, covering transport, courage, nationality, loans, living room, butterfly, and discussing Chinese as a means of communication.
Unit 24 - Phrases2:04
unit 24 presents essential chinese phrases for everyday topics, including shopping, housing, banking, travel, and basic conversations, with exposure to pinyin and practical dialogue for language examination.
Unit 25 - Vocabulary2:55
Unit 25 vocabulary seems everywhere now, introducing basic Chinese words through phrases to help learners recognize and use common terms in varied contexts.
Unit 25 - Phrases2:05
Unit 26 - Vocabulary3:06
Unit 26 - Phrases2:17
Unit 27 - Vocabulary3:02
Unit 27 - Phrases2:04
Learn phrases to adjust the daily schedule for work and rest, manage a calendar, and discuss meetings, with Tang dynasty and Ching dynasty references.
Unit 28 - Vocabulary2:32
Unit 28 - Phrases1:57
Explore unit 28 phrases across diverse topics, including a welcome banquet, peanuts, and preferential policies, with emphasis on reading and comment about others.
Unit 29 - Vocabulary2:08
Unit 29 - Phrases1:52
Explore unit 29 phrases to practice basic Chinese vocabulary through common expressions for deposits, prices, and asking questions in everyday contexts.
Quiz

Requirements

It becomes easy to memorize words if you learn basic Chinese characters in advance

Description

Learn Words with Phrases

Do you have a hard time memorizing Chinese words?

When you memorize words as a piece of a phrase like "verb + noun" instead of memorizing word by word, the words will definitely be stored in your memory.

In this course, you will be able to efficiently learn 2,703 words (beginning HSK to lower-intermediate level) with a combination of phrases composed of two or more words.

Learning Methods

In this course, you will learn 2,703 words through 89 units. You will learn 25 to 40 words every unit.

The learning flow of each unit is as follows:

[Step 1] Learn words

Each word will be displayed in order of English to Chinese, and audio will follow at the same time. You will repeatedly practice the word until you can say the word in Chinese as soon as you see it in English.

[Step 2] Memorize the words you learned through phrases

Now, the words you learned in Step 1 will be shown in the form of phrases.

For example, you will memorize the words “看 kàn (watch)” and “电视 diànshì (television)” through the phrase, “看电视 kàn diànshì (watch television)”.

By memorizing the words as a phrase, each word will remain in your head.

About the Included Vocabulary

In this course, you will learn 2,703 common Chinese words. The included vocabulary is selected by the following standards.

(1) All common vocabulary from HSK level 1 to level 4

(2) About half of the HSK common vocabulary from level 5

(3) In addition to the above, vocabulary that is often used in daily life

Note: If the same word appears with a different meaning or use, it is counted as different word.

Review at Your Own Pace with a PDF Textbook

The course also comes with a textbook in PDF format, so you can review each phrase at your own pace.

Who this course is for:

Those who want to broaden their vocabulary in a short time
Beginners who want to be able to communicate in Chinese
Those who are going to take an exam for any of the levels between HSK level 1 through level 4
Those who will begin a new life in China, like expatriate employees and exchange students

Learn 2700 Basic Chinese Words through Phrases (HSK 1 to 4)

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 1min

Level 1 (821 words and 406 phrases)55 lectures • 2hr 6min

Level 2 (990 words and 496 phrases)67 lectures • 2hr 41min

Level 3 (892 words and 437 phrases)59 lectures • 2hr 27min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: