Vocabulary · HSK 3.0 levels 1 to 4

Handling things

Verbs for what your hands do: take, put, open, push, pull, lift and throw. 29 words, with the pinyin in tone colours and the English meaning. Every one of them is on the HSK 3.0 list for levels 1 to 4.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning	HSK
给	gěi	to give; for, to	HSK 1
打	dǎ	to hit; to play (a ball game)	HSK 2
拿	ná	to hold, to take	HSK 2
送	sòng	to give (as a gift); to see off; to deliver	HSK 2
打开	dǎkāi	to open; to switch on	HSK 2
带	dài	to bring, to take along	HSK 3
放	fàng	to put, to place	HSK 3
关	guān	to close; to switch off	HSK 3
借	jiè	to borrow, to lend	HSK 3
丢	diū	to lose	HSK 3
拉	lā	to pull	HSK 4
拍	pāi	to clap, to pat; to take (a photo)	HSK 4
指	zhǐ	to point at; to mean	HSK 4
按	àn	to press; according to	HSK 4
装	zhuāng	to load, to pack; to install	HSK 4
提	tí	to carry (in the hand); to raise, to mention	HSK 4
挂	guà	to hang; to hang up (the phone)	HSK 4
取	qǔ	to take, to fetch	HSK 4
抱	bào	to hold in the arms, to hug	HSK 4
推	tuī	to push	HSK 4
压	yā	to press, to push down	HSK 4
修	xiū	to repair; to build	HSK 4
吹	chuī	to blow	HSK 4
量	liáng	to measure	HSK 4
举	jǔ	to lift, to raise; to give (an example)	HSK 4
扔	rēng	to throw; to throw away	HSK 4
抬	tái	to lift, to raise	HSK 4
敲	qiāo	to knock	HSK 4
修理	xiūlǐ	to repair	HSK 4