YCT · OFFICIAL SYLLABUS PATH

YCT 3 learning path

300 official cumulative words, syllabus grammar, language functions and real exam task preparation.

OFFICIAL BASIS

Built from the official YCT 3 syllabus and sample paper

The official syllabus defines the ability target and examination requirements. ChinesePal organises that material into 15 teaching lessons; this lesson count is our teaching design, not an official textbook claim.

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OFFICIAL VOCABULARY300cumulative words

TEST STRUCTURE60Listening and reading

TEST TIMEabout 60 minutesListening: 35 questions · Reading: 25 questions

PINYINIncludedPinyin appears throughout the paper

LEARNING PATH

15 evidence-based lessons

Communicate simply and directly in Chinese about familiar everyday topics.

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LESSON 1 OF 15 · OFFICIAL WORDS 1–20

Welcome and introductions

欢迎你

CAN-DO GOAL

Welcome someone and introduce personal information.

SYLLABUS GRAMMAR

Personal pronouns是 / 有

MODEL LANGUAGE

欢迎你！我是三年级学生。

EXAM CONNECTION

Listening: sentence-picture judgement

Lesson vocabulary pack20 words from the official cumulative list

爱àito love; to be fond of; to like

八bāeight

把bǎto hold; to grasp

爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad

吧babar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)

白báisurname Bai

百bǎisurname Bai

半bànhalf

帮助bāng zhùassistance; aid

包子bāo zǐbaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)

饱bǎoto eat till full

杯子bēi zicup

北京běi jīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])

本běn(bound form) root; stem

鼻子bí zinose

比bǐBelgium

别biésurname Bie

不客气bú kè qìyou're welcome

不bùno; not so

菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])

OFFICIAL COMPLETE LIST

YCT 3 Vocabulary — 300 words

Cumulative vocabulary transcribed from the official YCT 3 examination syllabus.

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No.	Lesson	Chinese	Pinyin	English
1	1	爱	ài	to love; to be fond of; to like
2	1	八	bā	eight
3	1	把	bǎ	to hold; to grasp
4	1	爸爸	bà ba	(coll.) father; dad
5	1	吧	ba	bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)
6	1	白	bái	surname Bai
7	1	百	bǎi	surname Bai
8	1	半	bàn	half
9	1	帮助	bāng zhù	assistance; aid
10	1	包子	bāo zǐ	baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
11	1	饱	bǎo	to eat till full
12	1	杯子	bēi zi	cup
13	1	北京	běi jīng	Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
14	1	本	běn	(bound form) root; stem
15	1	鼻子	bí zi	nose
16	1	比	bǐ	Belgium
17	1	别	bié	surname Bie
18	1	不客气	bú kè qì	you're welcome
19	1	不	bù	no; not so
20	1	菜	cài	vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
21	2	茶	chá	tea
22	2	长	cháng	long
23	2	唱歌	chàng gē	to sing a song
24	2	车站	chē zhàn	rail station
25	2	吃	chī	to eat; to consume
26	2	迟到	chí dào	to arrive late
27	2	出	chū	to go out; to come out
28	2	穿	chuān	to wear
29	2	次	cì	next in sequence
30	2	打电话	dǎ diàn huà	to make a telephone call
31	2	打篮球	dǎ lán qiú	Official syllabus vocabulary
32	2	大	dà	big; large; great
33	2	蛋糕	dàn gāo	cake
34	2	但是	dàn shì	but; however
35	2	当然	dāng rán	only natural
36	2	的	de	of; ~'s (possessive particle)
37	2	得	dé	to obtain
38	2	弟弟	dì di	younger brother
39	2	第一	dì yī	first
40	2	点	diǎn	to touch briefly; to tap
41	3	电脑	diàn nǎo	computer
42	3	电视	diàn shì	television; TV
43	3	电影	diàn yǐng	movie; film
44	3	丢	diū	to lose
45	3	东西	dōng xī	east and west
46	3	懂	dǒng	to understand
47	3	动物园	dòng wù yuán	zoo
48	3	都	dōu	surname Du
49	3	读	dú	comma
50	3	对	duì	right; correct
51	3	对不起	duì bù qǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
52	3	多	duō	many; much; more; a lot of
53	3	多少	duō shǎo	number; amount
54	3	饿	è	hungry
55	3	耳朵	ěr duo	ear
56	3	二	èr	two
57	3	房间	fáng jiān	room
58	3	飞机	fēi jī	airplane
59	3	分钟	fēn zhōng	minute
60	3	感冒	gǎn mào	to catch cold
61	4	高	gāo	surname Gao
62	4	高兴	gāo xìng	happy
63	4	哥哥	gē ge	older brother
64	4	个	gè	(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
65	4	个子	gè zi	stature; height; size (of a person or object)
66	4	给	gěi	to
67	4	公共汽车	gōng gòng qì chē	bus
68	4	狗	gǒu	dog
69	4	刮风	guā fēng	to be windy
70	4	关	guān	surname Guan
71	4	果汁	guǒ zhī	fruit juice
72	4	过	guò	surname Guo
73	4	还	hái	surname Huan
74	4	汉语	hàn yǔ	Chinese language
75	4	好	hǎo	good
76	4	好吃	hǎo chī	tasty; delicious
77	4	号	hào	(bound form) to wail; to howl
78	4	喝	hē	to drink
79	4	和	hé	surname He
80	4	黑	hēi	short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江\|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
81	5	很	hěn	very; quite
82	5	红	hóng	surname Hong
83	5	猴子	hóu zi	monkey
84	5	后	hòu	surname Hou
85	5	画	huà	to draw; to paint
86	5	坏	huài	bad
87	5	欢迎	huān yíng	to welcome
88	5	黄	huáng	surname Huang or Hwang
89	5	回	huí	Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
90	5	会	huì	can; to have the skill; to know how to
91	5	鸡蛋	jī dàn	(chicken) egg
92	5	几	jǐ	small table
93	5	家	jiā	home
94	5	件	jiàn	item
95	5	脚	jiǎo	foot
96	5	饺子	jiǎo zǐ	dumpling
97	5	叫	jiào	to shout
98	5	教室	jiào shì	classroom
99	5	姐姐	jiě jie	older sister
100	5	今天	jīn tiān	today
101	6	进	jìn	to go forward
102	6	近	jìn	near
103	6	九	jiǔ	nine
104	6	就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
105	6	觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...
106	6	开	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive)
107	6	看	kàn	to look after
108	6	可爱	kě ài	adorable
109	6	可以	kě yǐ	can
110	6	课	kè	subject
111	6	口	kǒu	mouth
112	6	哭	kū	to cry; to weep
113	6	裤子	kù zǐ	pants
114	6	块	kuài	lump; chunk; piece
115	6	快	kuài	rapid
116	6	快乐	kuài lè	happy; joyful
117	6	来	lái	to come
118	6	蓝	lán	surname Lan
119	6	老虎	lǎo hǔ	tiger
120	6	老师	lǎo shī	teacher
121	7	了	liǎo	(completed action marker)
122	7	累	lèi	to accumulate
123	7	冷	lěng	surname Leng
124	7	里面	lǐ miàn	inside
125	7	礼物	lǐ wù	gift; present
126	7	两	liǎng	two
127	7	零	líng	zero
128	7	六	liù	six
129	7	绿	lǜ	green
130	7	妈妈	mā ma	mama
131	7	吗	ma	(coll.) what?
132	7	买	mǎi	to buy
133	7	卖	mài	to sell
134	7	慢	màn	slow
135	7	忙	máng	busy
136	7	猫	māo	cat (CL:隻\|只[zhi1])
137	7	没关系	méi guān xì	it doesn't matter
138	7	没有	méi yǒu	haven't
139	7	玫瑰花	méi guī huā	rose
140	7	每	měi	each
141	8	妹妹	mèi mei	younger sister
142	8	米饭	mǐ fàn	(cooked) rice
143	8	面包	miàn bāo	bread
144	8	面条	miàn tiáo	noodles
145	8	明天	míng tiān	tomorrow
146	8	名字	míng zì	name (of a person or thing)
147	8	拿	ná	to hold
148	8	哪（哪儿）	nǎ	Official syllabus vocabulary
149	8	那（那儿）	nà	Official syllabus vocabulary
150	8	奶奶	nǎi nai	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
151	8	男	nán	(bound form) male
152	8	难	nán	difficult (to...)
153	8	呢	ne	(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
154	8	能	néng	surname Neng
155	8	你	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
156	8	年	nián	surname Nian
157	8	年级	nián jí	grade
158	8	鸟	niǎo	penis
159	8	您	nín	you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
160	8	牛奶	niú nǎi	cow's milk
161	9	女	nǚ	female
162	9	旁边	páng biān	side; adjacent place
163	9	胖	pàng	healthy
164	9	跑步	pǎo bù	to run
165	9	朋友	péng yǒu	friend
166	9	漂亮	piào liang	pretty; beautiful
167	9	苹果	píng guǒ	Apple (American tech company)
168	9	七	qī	seven
169	9	起床	qǐ chuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
170	9	千	qiān	thousand
171	9	铅笔	qiān bǐ	(lead) pencil
172	9	前	qián	front
173	9	钱	qián	surname Qian
174	9	请	qǐng	to ask
175	9	去	qù	to go
176	9	去年	qù nián	last year
177	9	裙子	qún zǐ	skirt
178	9	让	ràng	to yield
179	9	热	rè	to warm up
180	9	认识	rèn shi	to know
181	10	三	sān	surname San
182	10	商店	shāng diàn	store; shop
183	10	上边	shàng biān	the top
184	10	上网	shàng wǎng	to go online
185	10	少	shǎo	few
186	10	谁	shuí	who
187	10	身体	shēn tǐ	the body
188	10	什么	shén me	what?
189	10	生病	shēng bìng	to fall ill
190	10	生日	shēng rì	birthday
191	10	十	shí	ten
192	10	时候	shí hòu	time
193	10	时间	shí jiān	(concept of) time
194	10	是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)
195	10	事情	shì qíng	affair; matter; thing; business
196	10	手	shǒu	hand
197	10	瘦	shòu	thin
198	10	书包	shū bāo	schoolbag
199	10	舒服	shū fú	comfortable
200	10	水	shuǐ	surname Shui
201	11	水果	shuǐ guǒ	fruit
202	11	睡觉	shuì jiào	to go to bed
203	11	说话	shuō huà	to speak
204	11	四	sì	four
205	11	送	sòng	to send; to deliver; to transmit
206	11	岁	suì	years old
207	11	所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore
208	11	他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
209	11	她	tā	she
210	11	它	tā	it
211	11	太	tài	highest
212	11	太阳	tài yáng	sun
213	11	疼	téng	(it) hurts; sore
214	11	踢足球	tī zú qiú	Official syllabus vocabulary
215	11	天气	tiān qì	weather
216	11	跳舞	tiào wǔ	to dance
217	11	听	tīng	smile (archaic)
218	11	同学	tóng xué	to study at the same school
219	11	头发	tóu fa	hair (on the head)
220	11	外面	wài miàn	outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)
221	12	完	wán	to finish
222	12	玩	wán	to play
223	12	晚上	wǎn shàng	evening
224	12	喂	wèi	hello (when answering the phone)
225	12	为什么	wèi shén me	why?
226	12	问	wèn	to ask; to inquire
227	12	问题	wèn tí	question
228	12	我	wǒ	I; me; my
229	12	我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our
230	12	五	wǔ	five
231	12	西瓜	xī guā	watermelon
232	12	喜欢	xǐ huan	to like; to be fond of
233	12	洗澡	xǐ zǎo	to bathe
234	12	下	xià	down
235	12	下雪	xià xuě	to snow
236	12	先生	xiān shēng	teacher
237	12	现在	xiàn zài	now; at present; currently
238	12	香蕉	xiāng jiāo	banana
239	12	想	xiǎng	to think (about)
240	12	小	xiǎo	small
241	13	小姐	xiǎo jiě	young lady
242	13	小时	xiǎo shí	hour
243	13	笑	xiào	to laugh; to smile
244	13	些	xiē	classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
245	13	鞋	xié	shoe
246	13	写	xiě	to write
247	13	谢谢	xiè xiè	to thank
248	13	新	xīn	abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]
249	13	星期	xīng qī	week
250	13	熊猫	xióng māo	panda
251	13	休息	xiū xi	rest
252	13	学生	xué shēng	student
253	13	学习	xué xí	to learn
254	13	学校	xué xiào	school
255	13	颜色	yán sè	color
256	13	眼睛	yǎn jīng	eye
257	13	药	yào	leaf of the iris
258	13	要	yào	(bound form) to demand; to coerce
259	13	爷爷	yé ye	(coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
260	13	也	yě	surname Ye
261	14	一	yī	one
262	14	衣服	yī fu	clothes
263	14	医生	yī shēng	doctor
264	14	医院	yī yuàn	hospital
265	14	椅子	yǐ zi	chair
266	14	一起	yì qǐ	(in) the same place
267	14	意思	yì sī	idea
268	14	因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of
269	14	游泳	yóu yǒng	swimming
270	14	有	yǒu	to have; there is
271	14	右	yòu	(bound form) right; right-hand side
272	14	鱼	yú	surname Yu
273	14	雨伞	yǔ sǎn	umbrella
274	14	远	yuǎn	far
275	14	月	yuè	moon
276	14	月亮	yuè liàng	the moon
277	14	运动	yùn dòng	to move
278	14	在	zài	to exist; to be alive
279	14	再	zài	again; once more; re-
280	14	再见	zài jiàn	goodbye
281	15	早上	zǎo shàng	early morning
282	15	怎么	zěn me	how?
283	15	怎么样	zěn me yàng	how?
284	15	着急	zháo jí	to worry; to feel anxious
285	15	找	zhǎo	to try to find
286	15	这（这儿）	zhè	Official syllabus vocabulary
287	15	真	zhēn	really
288	15	只	zhī	only; merely; just
289	15	知道	zhī dào	to know; to become aware of
290	15	中国人	zhōng guó rén	Chinese person
291	15	中午	zhōng wǔ	noon
292	15	桌子	zhuō zi	table
293	15	自己	zì jǐ	oneself; (attributive) one's own
294	15	自行车	zì xíng chē	bicycle; bike
295	15	走	zǒu	to walk
296	15	最	zuì	(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est
297	15	昨天	zuó tiān	yesterday
298	15	左	zuǒ	surname Zuo
299	15	坐	zuò	surname Zuo
300	15	做	zuò	to make; to produce