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From the new HSK 3.0 word list. Every word here has an original Chinese example, English translation and pinyin. Try reading the example after recalling the word.
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菜
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菜 · cài
a dish; vegetables, depending on context
this这个vegetable菜degree / adjective linker很to be fond of eating好吃。
zhè ge cài hěn hǎo chī。
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This dish is tasty.
Here, 菜: a dish; vegetables, depending on context.
More course examples (may introduce later-level language)
here这儿(modifier / structural particle)的vegetable菜degree / adjective linker很cheap便宜，also也degree / adjective linker很to be fond of eating好吃。
Here, 菜: food. Learn this use in its lesson.
this这个vegetable菜not不to be fond of eating好吃。
Here, 菜: dish. Learn this use in its lesson.
Dictionary senses and source
- a dish; vegetables, depending on context
- vegetable
- greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- (of one's skills etc) weak
- poor
- (coll.) (one's) type
Original teaching usage; additional dictionary senses from CC-CEDICT; official sense numbers are not assigned automatically. Official entry 16, syllabus PDF page 80. Dictionary reading comparison: exact. Numbered senses in the official inventory are not assigned from the dictionary automatically.
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盘子
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盘子 · pánzi
plate; dish
to ask请(把: marks the object)把fruit水果放在tray盘子li, ancient measure of…里。
qǐng bǎ shuǐ guǒ fàng zài pán zi lǐ。
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Please put the fruit on the plate.
Here, 盘子: plate; dish.
Dictionary senses and source
- plate; dish
- tray
- plate
- dish
Original teaching usage; additional dictionary senses from CC-CEDICT; official sense numbers are not assigned automatically. Official entry 792, syllabus PDF page 99. Dictionary reading comparison: exact. Numbered senses in the official inventory are not assigned from the dictionary automatically.
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键盘
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键盘 · jiànpán
keyboard
this这个keyboard键盘to have / there is有a few几个键坏(completed / change)了。
zhè ge jiàn pán yǒu jǐ gè jiàn huài le。
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Several keys on this keyboard are broken.
Here, 键盘: keyboard.
Dictionary senses and source
- keyboard
Original teaching usage; additional dictionary senses from CC-CEDICT; official sense numbers are not assigned automatically. Official entry 2576, syllabus PDF page 144. Dictionary reading comparison: exact. Numbered senses in the official inventory are not assigned from the dictionary automatically.
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盘
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盘 · pán
measure word for a plateful
Here 盘 counts platefuls, as in 一盘水果. 个 can count an empty plate, as in 一个盘子; changing the measure word changes what you are counting.
桌上to have / there is有一盘fruit水果。
zhuō shàng yǒu yī pán shuǐ guǒ。
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There is a plate of fruit on the table.
Here, 盘: measure word for a plateful.
Dictionary senses and source
- measure word for a plateful
- plate
- dish
- tray
- board
- hard drive (computing)
- to build
- to coil
- to check
- to examine
- to transfer (property)
- to make over
- classifier for food: dish, helping
- classifier for coils of wire
- classifier for games of chess
Original teaching usage; additional dictionary senses from CC-CEDICT; official sense numbers are not assigned automatically. Official entry 4570, syllabus PDF page 194. Dictionary reading comparison: exact. Numbered senses in the official inventory are not assigned from the dictionary automatically.
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About this word list
The index includes all 5,400 official HSK 3.0 entries across six levels. Different readings and official entries remain separate. Original teaching examples illustrate particular uses; additional dictionary senses are reference support. This does not establish complete syllabus teaching or exam readiness.
Use example pinyin with the audio. 一 and 不 can change tone in ordinary speech; revisit tone changes if these sound different. 儿 can join the preceding syllable, as in huìr.
Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original teaching examples retain their course-reference attribution. Self-review is saved on this device; writing is not uploaded.