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HSK 4 Vocabulary

HSK 4 is the 4th level of the HSK 3.0 system and belongs to the Intermediate band. Learners at this level can discuss news, work, studies, and everyday abstract topics.. The official word list adds 1,000 new words at this level, for a cumulative total of 3,245 words.

HSK 4 Word List

Showing all 994 words for HSK 4, including official variant forms.

  • 阿姨ā yí

    maternal aunt

  • 啊ā

    interjection of surprise

  • 矮ǎi

    low

  • 矮小ǎi xiǎo

    short and small

  • 爱国ài guó

    to love one's country

  • 爱护ài hù

    to cherish

  • 安ān

    surname An

  • 安置ān zhì

    to find a place for

  • 按时àn shí

    on time

  • 暗àn

    variant of 暗

  • 暗示àn shì

    to hint; to suggest

  • 巴士bā shì

    bus (loanword)

  • 百货bǎi huò

    general merchandise

  • 摆bǎi

    to arrange

  • 摆动bǎi dòng

    to sway

  • 摆脱bǎi tuō

    to break away from

  • 败bài

    to defeat

  • 办事bàn shì

    to handle (affairs)

  • 包裹bāo guǒ

    to wrap up

  • 包含bāo hán

    to contain

  • 包括bāo kuò

    to comprise

  • 薄báo

    surname Bo

  • 宝bǎo

    variant of 宝

  • 宝宝bǎo bao

    darling; baby

  • 宝贝bǎo bèi

    treasured object

  • 宝贵bǎo guì

    valuable

  • 宝石bǎo shí

    precious stone; gem

  • 保密bǎo mì

    to keep sth confidential

  • 保守bǎo shǒu

    conservative

  • 抱bào

    to hold

  • 背景bèi jǐng

    background; backdrop; context

  • 倍bèi

    (two, three etc) -fold

  • 被迫bèi pò

    to be compelled

  • 本科běn kē

    undergraduate course

  • 笨bèn

    stupid

  • 比分bǐ fēn

    score

  • 毕业bì yè

    graduation

  • 毕业生bì yè shēng

    graduate

  • 避bì

    to avoid

  • 避免bì miǎn

    to avert

  • 编biān

    to weave

  • 辩论biàn lùn

    debate

  • 标志biāo zhì

    sign

  • 表情biǎo qíng

    (facial) expression

  • 表扬biǎo yáng

    to praise

  • 别bié

    surname Bie

  • 冰bīng

    ice

  • 冰箱bīng xiāng

    icebox

  • 冰雪bīng xuě

    ice and snow

  • 兵bīng

    soldiers

  • 并bìng

    and

  • 不要紧bù yào jǐn

    unimportant

  • 不在乎bù zài hu

    not to care

  • 不管bù guǎn

    not to be concerned

  • 不然bù rán

    not so

  • 布置bù zhì

    to put in order

  • 步行bù xíng

    to go on foot

  • 擦cā

    to rub; to scratch

  • 才cái

    ability; talent

  • 材料cái liào

    (raw) material

  • 财产cái chǎn

    property

  • 财富cái fù

    wealth

  • 采访cǎi fǎng

    to interview

  • 参考cān kǎo

    consultation

  • 参与cān yù

    to participate (in sth)

  • 操场cāo chǎng

    playground

  • 操作cāo zuò

    to work

  • 测cè

    to survey

  • 测量cè liáng

    survey

  • 测试cè shì

    to test (machinery etc)

  • 曾céng

    surname Zeng

  • 茶叶chá yè

    tea

  • 产品chǎn pǐn

    goods

  • 长途cháng tú

    long distance

  • 常识cháng shí

    common sense

  • 唱片chàng piàn

    gramophone record

  • 抄chāo

    to make a copy

  • 抄写chāo xiě

    to copy

  • 潮cháo

    tide

  • 潮流cháo liú

    tide

  • 潮湿cháo shī

    damp

  • 彻底chè dǐ

    thorough

  • 沉chén

    to submerge

  • 沉默chén mò

    taciturn

  • 沉重chén zhòng

    heavy

  • 称赞chēng zàn

    to praise

  • 成人chéng rén

    adult

  • 诚实chéng shí

    honest

  • 诚信chéng xìn

    genuine

  • 承担chéng dān

    to undertake

  • 承认chéng rèn

    to admit

  • 承受chéng shòu

    to bear

  • 程序chéng xù

    procedures

  • 吃惊chī jīng

    to be startled

  • 迟到chí dào

    to arrive late

  • 尺chǐ

    one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱

  • 尺寸chǐ cùn

    size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)

  • 尺子chǐ zi

    ruler (measuring instrument)

  • 冲chōng

    (of water) to dash against

  • 充电chōng diàn

    to recharge (a battery)

  • 充电器chōng diàn qì

    battery charger

  • 充分chōng fèn

    ample

  • 虫子chóng zi

    insect

  • 抽chōu

    to draw out

  • 抽奖chōu jiǎng

    to draw a prize

  • 抽烟chōu yān

    to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)

  • 出口chū kǒu

    an exit

  • 出色chū sè

    remarkable; outstanding

  • 出售chū shòu

    to sell

  • 出席chū xí

    to attend

  • 处于chǔ yú

    to be in (some state, position, or condition)

  • 处chù

    to reside

  • 穿上chuān shang

    to put on (clothes etc)

  • 传统chuán tǒng

    tradition

  • 窗户chuāng hu

    window

  • 窗台chuāng tái

    window sill

  • 窗子chuāng zi

    window

  • 春季chūn jì

    springtime

  • 纯chún

    pure

  • 纯净水chún jìng shuǐ

    purified water

  • 词汇cí huì

    variant of 词汇

  • 此cǐ

    this; these

  • 此外cǐ wài

    besides

  • 次cì

    next in sequence

  • 刺cì

    (onom.) whoosh

  • 刺激cì jī

    to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite

  • 从此cóng cǐ

    from now on

  • 粗cū

    coarse

  • 粗心cū xīn

    careless

  • 促进cù jìn

    to promote (an idea or cause)

  • 促使cù shǐ

    to induce

  • 促销cù xiāo

    to promote sales

  • 措施cuò shī

    measure

  • 打dá

    dozen (loanword)

  • 答案dá àn

    answer

  • 打败dǎ bài

    to defeat

  • 打雷dǎ léi

    to rumble with thunder

  • 打扫dǎ sǎo

    to clean

  • 打折dǎ zhé

    to give a discount

  • 打针dǎ zhēn

    to give or have an injection

  • 大巴dà bā

    (coll.) large bus

  • 大多dà duō

    for the most part

  • 大方dà fang

    expert

  • 大哥dà gē

    eldest brother

  • 大规模dà guī mó

    large scale

  • 大会dà huì

    general assembly

  • 大姐dà jiě

    big sister

  • 大楼dà lóu

    building (a relatively large, multistory one)

  • 大陆dà lù

    mainland China (reference to the PRC)

  • 大妈dà mā

    father's elder brother's wife

  • 大型dà xíng

    large

  • 大爷dà ye

    arrogant idler

  • 大众dà zhòng

    Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)

  • 代替dài tì

    to replace

  • 待遇dài yù

    treatment

  • 袋dài

    pouch

  • 戴dài

    surname Dai

  • 担保dān bǎo

    to guarantee

  • 担任dān rèn

    to hold a governmental office or post

  • 担心dān xīn

    anxious

  • 单dān

    surname Shan

  • 单纯dān chún

    simple

  • 单调dān diào

    monotonous

  • 单独dān dú

    alone

  • 淡dàn

    insipid

  • 导游dǎo yóu

    tour guide

  • 导致dǎo zhì

    to lead to

  • 倒闭dǎo bì

    to go bankrupt

  • 倒车dǎo chē

    to change buses, trains etc

  • 得意dé yì

    proud of oneself

  • 得děi

    to obtain

  • 灯光dēng guāng

    (stage) lighting

  • 登dēng

    to scale (a height)

  • 登记dēng jì

    to register (one's name)

  • 登录dēng lù

    to register

  • 登山dēng shān

    to climb a mountain

  • 的确dí què

    really

  • 敌人dí rén

    enemy

  • 底dǐ

    (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

  • 地方dì fāng

    region

  • 地面dì miàn

    floor

  • 地位dì wèi

    position

  • 地下dì xià

    underground

  • 地址dì zhǐ

    address

  • 典型diǎn xíng

    model

  • 点名diǎn míng

    roll call

  • 电灯diàn dēng

    electric light

  • 电动车diàn dòng chē

    Electric vehicle

  • 电梯diàn tī

    elevator

  • 电源diàn yuán

    electric power source

  • 顶dǐng

    apex

  • 定dìng

    to set

  • 冬季dōng jì

    winter

  • 动画片dòng huà piàn

    animated film

  • 动摇dòng yáo

    to sway

  • 豆腐dòu fu

    tofu

  • 独立dú lì

    independent

  • 独特dú tè

    unique; distinctive

  • 独自dú zì

    alone

  • 堵dǔ

    to block up (a road, pipe etc)

  • 堵车dǔ chē

    traffic jam

  • 肚子dù zi

    belly

  • 度过dù guò

    to pass

  • 锻炼duàn liàn

    to toughen

  • 对比duì bǐ

    to contrast

  • 对付duì fu

    to handle; to deal with; to tackle

  • 对于duì yú

    regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to

  • 多次duō cì

    many times

  • 多年duō nián

    many years

  • 多样duō yàng

    diverse

  • 多种duō zhǒng

    many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-

  • 恶心ě xin

    variant of 恶心

  • 儿童ér tóng

    child

  • 而ér

    and

  • 而是ér shì

    rather

  • 耳机ěr jī

    headphones

  • 二手èr shǒu

    indirectly acquired

  • 发挥fā huī

    to display

  • 发票fā piào

    invoice

  • 发烧fā shāo

    to have a high temperature (from illness)

  • 法fǎ

    variant of 法

  • 法官fǎ guān

    judge (in court)

  • 法律fǎ lǜ

    law

  • 法院fǎ yuàn

    court of law

  • 翻fān

    to turn over

  • 翻译fān yì

    to translate

  • 烦fán

    to feel vexed

  • 反fǎn

    contrary

  • 反而fǎn ér

    on the contrary; instead

  • 反映fǎn yìng

    to mirror

  • 方fāng

    surname Fang

  • 方案fāng àn

    plan

  • 方针fāng zhēn

    policy

  • 放松fàng sōng

    to relax; to slacken; to loosen

  • 非fēi

    abbr. for 洲, Africa

  • 肥féi

    fat

  • 分布fēn bù

    to scatter

  • 分散fēn sàn

    to scatter

  • 分手fēn shǒu

    to part company

  • 分为fēn wéi

    to divide sth into (parts)

  • 纷纷fēn fēn

    one after another

  • 奋斗fèn dòu

    to strive; to struggle

  • 风格fēng gé

    style

  • 风景fēng jǐng

    scenery; landscape

  • 风俗fēng sú

    social custom

  • 封闭fēng bì

    to close; to seal off

  • 否则fǒu zé

    otherwise; if not; or (else)

  • 夫妇fū fù

    a (married) couple

  • 夫妻fū qī

    husband and wife; married couple

  • 夫人fū rén

    lady

  • 符号fú hào

    symbol; mark; sign

  • 符合fú hé

    in keeping with

  • 付出fù chū

    to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

  • 负担fù dān

    to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)

  • 附近fù jìn

    nearby; neighboring

  • 复制fù zhì

    to duplicate

  • 改善gǎi shàn

    to make better; to improve

  • 改正gǎi zhèng

    to correct

  • 盖gài

    surname Ge

  • 概括gài kuò

    to summarize; to generalize

  • 感兴趣gǎn xìng qù

    to be interested

  • 高潮gāo cháo

    high tide; high water

  • 高价gāo jià

    high price

  • 高尚gāo shàng

    noble

  • 高铁gāo tiě

    high speed rail

  • 格外gé wài

    especially

  • 隔gé

    to separate

  • 隔开gé kāi

    to separate

  • 个别gè bié

    individually; one by one

  • 个体gè tǐ

    individual

  • 各个gè gè

    every

  • 根gēn

    root

  • 根据gēn jù

    according to

  • 工程gōng chéng

    engineering

  • 公元gōng yuán

    CE (Common Era)

  • 供应gōng yìng

    to supply

  • 共gòng

    common

  • 构成gòu chéng

    to constitute

  • 构造gòu zào

    structure

  • 购买gòu mǎi

    to purchase; to buy

  • 购物gòu wù

    shopping

  • 骨头gǔ tou

    bone

  • 固定gù dìng

    to fix

  • 瓜guā

    melon

  • 怪guài

    bewildering

  • 关guān

    surname Guan

  • 关闭guān bì

    to close; to shut (a window etc)

  • 关于guān yú

    pertaining to

  • 官guān

    surname Guan

  • 官方guān fāng

    government

  • 光临guāng lín

    (formal) to honor with one's presence

  • 光盘guāng pán

    compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM

  • 逛guàng

    to stroll

  • 归guī

    surname Gui

  • 规律guī lǜ

    rule (e.g. of science)

  • 规模guī mó

    scale

  • 规则guī zé

    rule

  • 果实guǒ shí

    fruit (produced by a plant)

  • 过分guò fèn

    excessive

  • 海水hǎi shuǐ

    seawater

  • 海鲜hǎi xiān

    seafood

  • 含hán

    to keep in the mouth

  • 含量hán liàng

    content

  • 含义hán yì

    meaning (implicit in a phrase)

  • 含有hán yǒu

    to contain

  • 寒假hán jià

    winter vacation

  • 寒冷hán lěng

    cold (climate)

  • 行业háng yè

    trade; profession; industry; business

  • 航班háng bān

    (scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing

  • 航空háng kōng

    aviation

  • 毫米háo mǐ

    millimeter

  • 毫升háo shēng

    milliliter

  • 好友hǎo yǒu

    close friend

  • 号码hào mǎ

    number

  • 好hào

    good

  • 合同hé tóng

    (business) contract

  • 黑暗hēi àn

    dark

  • 红包hóng bāo

    money wrapped in red as a gift

  • 后头hòu tou

    behind

  • 厚hòu

    thick

  • 呼吸hū xī

    to breathe

  • 忽视hū shì

    to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore

  • 户hù

    a household

  • 护士hù shi

    nurse

  • 花huā

    surname Hua

  • 划huá

    to row

  • 怀念huái niàn

    to cherish the memory of

  • 怀疑huái yí

    to doubt (sth)

  • 缓解huǎn jiě

    to bring relief

  • 黄瓜huáng guā

    cucumber

  • 黄金huáng jīn

    gold

  • 回复huí fù

    to reply

  • 汇huì

    to remit

  • 汇报huì bào

    to report

  • 汇率huì lǜ

    exchange rate

  • 婚礼hūn lǐ

    wedding ceremony

  • 火huǒ

    surname Huo

  • 伙huǒ

    meals (abbr. for 食)

  • 伙伴huǒ bàn

    partner

  • 或许huò xǔ

    perhaps; maybe

  • 货huò

    goods

  • 获huò

    (literary) to catch; to capture

  • 获得huò dé

    to obtain; to receive; to get

  • 获奖huò jiǎng

    to win an award

  • 获取huò qǔ

    to gain; to get; to acquire

  • 几乎jī hū

    almost; nearly; practically

  • 机构jī gòu

    mechanism

  • 机遇jī yù

    opportunity

  • 积累jī lěi

    to accumulate

  • 激动jī dòng

    to move emotionally

  • 激烈jī liè

    (of competition or fighting) intense

  • 及格jí gé

    to pass an exam or a test

  • 极jí

    extremely

  • 极其jí qí

    extremely

  • 即将jí jiāng

    on the eve of

  • 急忙jí máng

    hastily

  • 集合jí hé

    to gather; to assemble

  • 记载jì zǎi

    to write down

  • 纪律jì lǜ

    discipline

  • 技巧jì qiǎo

    skill

  • 系jì

    to connect

  • 季jì

    surname Ji

  • 季度jì dù

    quarter of a year

  • 季节jì jié

    time

  • 既jì

    already

  • 既然jì rán

    since

  • 寄jì

    to send

  • 加班jiā bān

    to work overtime

  • 加入jiā rù

    to become a member

  • 加油站jiā yóu zhàn

    gas station

  • 家务jiā wù

    household duties

  • 假如jiǎ rú

    if

  • 坚固jiān gù

    firm

  • 检测jiǎn cè

    to detect

  • 减jiǎn

    to lower

  • 减肥jiǎn féi

    to lose weight

  • 减少jiǎn shǎo

    to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

  • 简历jiǎn lì

    curriculum vitae (CV)

  • 健身jiàn shēn

    to exercise

  • 渐渐jiàn jiàn

    gradually

  • 江jiāng

    surname Jiang

  • 讲究jiǎng jiu

    to pay particular attention to

  • 讲座jiǎng zuò

    a course of lectures

  • 奖jiǎng

    prize

  • 奖金jiǎng jīn

    premium

  • 奖学金jiǎng xué jīn

    scholarship

  • 降jiàng

    to drop

  • 降低jiàng dī

    to reduce; to lower; to bring down

  • 降价jiàng jià

    to cut the price

  • 降落jiàng luò

    to descend

  • 降温jiàng wēn

    to become cooler

  • 交换jiāo huàn

    to exchange

  • 交际jiāo jì

    communication

  • 教授jiào shòu

    professor

  • 教训jiào xùn

    to provide guidance

  • 阶段jiē duàn

    stage

  • 街道jiē dào

    street

  • 节省jié shěng

    saving

  • 结jié

    (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)

  • 结构jié gòu

    structure

  • 结论jié lùn

    conclusion

  • 姐妹jiě mèi

    sisters

  • 解释jiě shì

    explanation

  • 尽快jǐn kuài

    as quickly as possible; as soon as possible

  • 紧密jǐn mì

    inseparably close

  • 尽力jìn lì

    to strive one's hardest

  • 进口jìn kǒu

    to import

  • 近代jìn dài

    the not-very-distant past

  • 禁止jìn zhǐ

    to prohibit

  • 经典jīng diǎn

    the classics

  • 精力jīng lì

    energy

  • 竟然jìng rán

    unexpectedly

  • 镜头jìng tóu

    camera lens

  • 镜子jìng zi

    mirror

  • 究竟jiū jìng

    to go to the bottom of a matter

  • 酒吧jiǔ bā

    bar

  • 居民jū mín

    resident; inhabitant

  • 居住jū zhù

    to reside

  • 局jú

    narrow

  • 巨大jù dà

    huge

  • 具备jù bèi

    to possess

  • 距离jù lí

    distance

  • 聚jù

    to congregate

  • 聚会jù huì

    party

  • 卷juǎn

    to roll up

  • 角色jué sè

    role

  • 开花kāi huā

    to bloom; to blossom; to flower

  • 开水kāi shuǐ

    boiled water

  • 看不起kàn bu qǐ

    to look down upon

  • 看来kàn lái

    apparently

  • 看望kàn wàng

    to pay a visit to; to see (sb)

  • 考察kǎo chá

    to inspect

  • 考虑kǎo lǜ

    to think over

  • 棵kē

    classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

  • 可见kě jiàn

    it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)

  • 空间kōng jiān

    space; room

  • 空kòng

    empty

  • 口袋kǒu dai

    pocket

  • 口语kǒu yǔ

    colloquial speech

  • 苦kǔ

    bitter

  • 会计kuài jì

    accountant

  • 快递kuài dì

    express delivery

  • 宽kuān

    surname Kuan

  • 宽广kuān guǎng

    wide

  • 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐ

    mineral water

  • 扩大kuò dà

    to expand

  • 扩展kuò zhǎn

    to extend

  • 括号kuò hào

    parentheses

  • 垃圾lā jī

    trash

  • 拉开lā kāi

    to pull open

  • 辣là

    old variant of 辣

  • 来不及lái bu jí

    there's not enough time (to do sth)

  • 来得及lái de jí

    to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it

  • 来源lái yuán

    source (of information etc)

  • 老公lǎo gōng

    (coll.) husband

  • 老家lǎo jiā

    native place

  • 老婆lǎo po

    (coll.) wife

  • 老实lǎo shi

    honest; sincere

  • 乐趣lè qù

    delight; pleasure; joy

  • 泪lèi

    tears

  • 泪水lèi shuǐ

    teardrop

  • 类型lèi xíng

    type; kind; category

  • 冷静lěng jìng

    calm; cool-headed; dispassionate

  • 厘米lí mǐ

    centimeter

  • 离不开lí bu kāi

    inseparable

  • 力气lì qi

    strength

  • 历史lì shǐ

    history

  • 立即lì jí

    immediately

  • 利息lì xī

    interest (on a loan)

  • 利益lì yì

    benefit

  • 俩liǎ

    two (colloquial equivalent of 两个)

  • 良好liáng hǎo

    good

  • 量liáng

    to measure

  • 粮食liáng shi

    foodstuff

  • 两边liǎng biān

    either side

  • 疗养liáo yǎng

    to get well

  • 了不起liǎo bu qǐ

    amazing

  • 了解liǎo jiě

    to understand

  • 列liè

    to arrange

  • 列车liè chē

    (railway) train

  • 列入liè rù

    to include on a list

  • 列为liè wéi

    to be classified as

  • 临时lín shí

    as the time draws near

  • 零食líng shí

    between-meal nibbles

  • 流传liú chuán

    to spread

  • 楼梯lóu tī

    stair

  • 陆地lù dì

    dry land (as opposed to the sea)

  • 陆续lù xù

    in turn

  • 录取lù qǔ

    to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam

  • 律师lǜ shī

    lawyer

  • 轮lún

    wheel; disk; ring

  • 轮船lún chuán

    steamship; steamer; steamboat

  • 轮椅lún yǐ

    wheelchair

  • 轮子lún zi

    wheel

  • 论文lùn wén

    paper

  • 落luò

    to leave out

  • 毛巾máo jīn

    towel

  • 毛衣máo yī

    (wool) sweater

  • 帽子mào zi

    hat

  • 没错méi cuò

    that's right

  • 没法儿méi fǎ r

    Can't

  • 没想到méi xiǎng dào

    didn't expect

  • 美金měi jīn

    US dollar

  • 美女měi nǚ

    beautiful woman

  • 梦mèng

    dream

  • 梦见mèng jiàn

    to dream about (sth or sb)

  • 梦想mèng xiǎng

    (fig.) to dream of

  • 秘密mì mì

    secret; private; confidential; clandestine

  • 秘书mì shū

    secretary

  • 密mì

    surname Mi

  • 密码mì mǎ

    cipher; secret code

  • 密切mì qiè

    close

  • 免费miǎn fèi

    free (of charge)

  • 面临miàn lín

    to face sth; to be confronted with

  • 面试miàn shì

    to be interviewed (as a candidate)

  • 描述miáo shù

    to describe

  • 描写miáo xiě

    to describe

  • 名牌儿míng pái r

    Famous brand

  • 名片míng piàn

    (business) card

  • 名人míng rén

    personage

  • 摸mō

    to feel with the hand

  • 模特儿mó tè r

    (fashion) model (loanword)

  • 模型mó xíng

    model

  • 末mò

    tip

  • 默默mò mò

    in silence; not speaking

  • 哪怕nǎ pà

    even

  • 哪na

    how

  • 男女nán nǚ

    male-female

  • 男士nán shì

    man

  • 难免nán miǎn

    hard to avoid

  • 脑袋nǎo dai

    head

  • 闹nào

    variant of 闹

  • 闹钟nào zhōng

    alarm clock

  • 内部nèi bù

    interior

  • 内科nèi kē

    internal medicine; general medicine

  • 能干néng gàn

    capable

  • 宁静níng jìng

    tranquil

  • 浓nóng

    concentrated

  • 女士nǚ shì

    lady

  • 暖气nuǎn qì

    central heating

  • 拍照pāi zhào

    to take a picture

  • 排列pái liè

    to arrange in order

  • 牌pái

    mahjong tile

  • 盘pán

    plate

  • 盘子pán zi

    tray

  • 胖子pàng zi

    fat person

  • 培训péi xùn

    to cultivate

  • 培训班péi xùn bān

    training class

  • 培养péi yǎng

    to cultivate

  • 培育péi yù

    to train

  • 批pī

    to ascertain

  • 片面piàn miàn

    unilateral

  • 品质pǐn zhì

    character

  • 平方píng fāng

    square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

  • 平静píng jìng

    tranquil

  • 平均píng jūn

    average; on average

  • 平稳píng wěn

    smooth

  • 迫切pò qiè

    urgent; pressing

  • 破产pò chǎn

    to go bankrupt

  • 妻子qī zi

    wife and children

  • 期待qī dài

    to look forward to

  • 期间qī jiān

    period of time

  • 期末qī mò

    end of term

  • 期限qī xiàn

    time limit

  • 期中qī zhōng

    interim

  • 其余qí yú

    the rest

  • 企业qǐ yè

    company; firm; enterprise; corporation

  • 气球qì qiú

    balloon

  • 汽水qì shuǐ

    soda pop; carbonated soft drink

  • 汽油qì yóu

    gasoline

  • 器官qì guān

    (physiology) organ; apparatus

  • 前头qián tou

    in front

  • 前途qián tú

    prospects

  • 浅qiǎn

    sound of moving water

  • 巧克力qiǎo kè lì

    chocolate (loanword)

  • 切qiē

    to cut; to slice; to carve

  • 亲爱qīn ài

    dear

  • 亲密qīn mì

    intimate

  • 青春qīng chūn

    youth

  • 轻松qīng sōng

    light

  • 轻易qīng yì

    easily

  • 清醒qīng xǐng

    clear-headed

  • 情景qíng jǐng

    scene

  • 穷qióng

    poor

  • 穷人qióng rén

    poor people

  • 秋季qiū jì

    autumn

  • 趋势qū shì

    trend; tendency

  • 圈quān

    to confine

  • 权利quán lì

    right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

  • 却què

    old variant of 却

  • 确认què rèn

    to confirm

  • 然而rán ér

    however; yet; but

  • 燃料rán liào

    fuel

  • 燃烧rán shāo

    to ignite

  • 热闹rè nao

    bustling with noise and excitement

  • 热心rè xīn

    enthusiastic; ardent; zealous

  • 人家rén jia

    household

  • 日记rì jì

    diary

  • 日历rì lì

    calendar

  • 如今rú jīn

    nowadays

  • 弱ruò

    weak; feeble

  • 伞sǎn

    umbrella

  • 散sàn

    variant of 散

  • 扫sǎo

    to sweep

  • 色sè

    color

  • 色彩sè cǎi

    tint; coloring; coloration

  • 森林sēn lín

    forest

  • 晒shài

    variant of 晒

  • 闪shǎn

    surname Shan

  • 闪电shǎn diàn

    lightning

  • 善良shàn liáng

    good and honest

  • 善于shàn yú

    to be good at; to be adept at

  • 伤害shāng hài

    to injure

  • 商务shāng wù

    commercial affairs

  • 赏shǎng

    to bestow (a reward)

  • 上个月shàng ge yuè

    last month

  • 上楼shàng lóu

    to go upstairs

  • 上门shàng mén

    to drop in

  • 烧shāo

    to burn

  • 设施shè shī

    facilities

  • 设置shè zhì

    to set up; to install

  • 申请shēn qǐng

    to apply for sth

  • 身材shēn cái

    stature

  • 身份shēn fèn

    identity

  • 身高shēn gāo

    (a person's) height

  • 深厚shēn hòu

    deep; profound

  • 神话shén huà

    legend

  • 神秘shén mì

    mysterious

  • 甚至shèn zhì

    even; so much so that

  • 失败shī bài

    to be defeated

  • 失望shī wàng

    disappointed

  • 失业shī yè

    unemployment

  • 诗shī

    abbr. for Shijing 诗经, the Book of Songs

  • 诗人shī rén

    bard

  • 湿shī

    variant of 湿

  • 实施shí shī

    to implement

  • 实用shí yòng

    practical

  • 食堂shí táng

    dining hall; cafeteria

  • 使劲shǐ jìn

    to exert all one's strength

  • 士兵shì bīng

    soldier

  • 市区shì qū

    urban district

  • 似的shì de

    seems as if

  • 事物shì wù

    thing; object

  • 事先shì xiān

    in advance

  • 试卷shì juàn

    examination paper

  • 是否shì fǒu

    whether (or not)

  • 收回shōu huí

    to regain

  • 收获shōu huò

    variant of 收获

  • 收益shōu yì

    earnings

  • 手工shǒu gōng

    handwork

  • 手里shǒu li

    in hand

  • 手术shǒu shù

    (surgical) operation

  • 手套shǒu tào

    glove

  • 守shǒu

    to guard

  • 首shǒu

    head

  • 受不了shòu bu liǎo

    unbearable

  • 售货员shòu huò yuán

    salesperson

  • 叔叔shū shu

    father's younger brother

  • 舒适shū shì

    cozy

  • 熟练shú liàn

    practiced

  • 暑假shǔ jià

    summer vacation

  • 树林shù lín

    Shulin city in New Taipei City 市, Taiwan

  • 树叶shù yè

    tree leaves

  • 数据shù jù

    data

  • 数码shù mǎ

    number

  • 刷shuā

    to brush

  • 刷牙shuā yá

    to brush one's teeth

  • 刷子shuā zi

    brush

  • 帅shuài

    surname Shuai

  • 帅哥shuài gē

    handsome guy

  • 率先shuàixiān

    to take the lead

  • 睡着shuì zháo

    to fall asleep

  • 顺序shùn xù

    sequence

  • 说不定shuō bu dìng

    can't say for sure

  • 说服shuō fú

    to persuade

  • 思考sī kǎo

    to reflect on

  • 似乎sì hū

    it seems; seemingly; as if

  • 松sōng

    surname Song

  • 松树sōng shù

    pine

  • 塑料sù liào

    plastics

  • 塑料袋sù liào dài

    plastic bag

  • 酸suān

    sour

  • 酸奶suān nǎi

    yogurt

  • 随手suí shǒu

    conveniently

  • 孙女sūn nǚ

    son's daughter

  • 孙子sūn zi

    Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书

  • 缩短suō duǎn

    to curtail

  • 缩小suō xiǎo

    to reduce

  • 台阶tái jiē

    steps

  • 台上tái shàng

    on stage

  • 躺tǎng

    to recline

  • 套餐tào cān

    set meal

  • 特价tè jià

    special price

  • 特殊tè shū

    special

  • 特征tè zhēng

    characteristic

  • 提供tí gōng

    to offer

  • 提醒tí xǐng

    to remind

  • 体操tǐ cāo

    gymnastic

  • 体检tǐ jiǎn

    abbr. for 体格检查

  • 体重tǐ zhòng

    body weight

  • 替tì

    to substitute for

  • 替代tì dài

    to substitute for

  • 天真tiān zhēn

    naive

  • 填tián

    to fill or stuff

  • 填空tián kòng

    to fill a job vacancy

  • 挑tiāo

    to carry on a shoulder pole

  • 挑选tiāo xuǎn

    to choose

  • 调皮tiáo pí

    naughty

  • 挑战tiǎo zhàn

    to challenge

  • 贴tiē

    to stick

  • 停下tíng xia

    to stop

  • 挺tǐng

    straight

  • 通知书tōng zhī shū

    written notice

  • 同情tóng qíng

    to sympathize with

  • 童话tóng huà

    children's fairy tales

  • 童年tóng nián

    childhood

  • 统计tǒng jì

    statistics

  • 统一tǒng yī

    to unify; to integrate

  • 痛快tòng kuài

    delighted

  • 投tóu

    to cast

  • 投入tóu rù

    to throw into

  • 投诉tóu sù

    complaint

  • 投资tóu zī

    investment

  • 透tòu

    (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through

  • 透明tòu míng

    transparent

  • 图案tú àn

    design; pattern

  • 途中tú zhōng

    en route

  • 土地tǔ dì

    land

  • 推迟tuī chí

    to postpone

  • 推销tuī xiāo

    to market

  • 脱tuō

    to shed

  • 袜子wà zi

    socks

  • 外汇wài huì

    foreign (currency) exchange

  • 外交官wài jiāo guān

    diplomat

  • 外套wài tào

    coat

  • 弯wān

    to bend

  • 晚点wǎn diǎn

    (of trains etc) late

  • 万一wàn yī

    just in case

  • 王wáng

    surname Wang

  • 网络wǎng luò

    Internet

  • 网址wǎng zhǐ

    website

  • 微笑wēi xiào

    smile

  • 微信wēi xìn

    Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯)

  • 围巾wéi jīn

    scarf

  • 维持wéi chí

    to keep

  • 维护wéi hù

    to defend

  • 维修wéi xiū

    maintenance (of equipment)

  • 尾巴wěi ba

    tail

  • 未必wèi bì

    not necessarily

  • 未来wèi lái

    future

  • 位于wèi yú

    to be located at

  • 位置wèi zhì

    position

  • 味儿wèi r

    taste

  • 喂wèi

    hello (when answering the phone)

  • 稳wěn

    settled

  • 稳定wěn dìng

    steady

  • 问候wèn hòu

    to give one's respects

  • 无wú

    not to have

  • 无法wú fǎ

    unable

  • 无聊wú liáo

    bored

  • 无论wú lùn

    no matter what or how

  • 无数wú shù

    countless

  • 无所谓wú suǒ wèi

    to be indifferent

  • 无限wú xiàn

    unlimited

  • 五颜六色wǔ yán liù sè

    multicolored

  • 误会wù huì

    to misunderstand

  • 西瓜xī guā

    watermelon

  • 吸xī

    to breathe

  • 吸管xī guǎn

    (drinking) straw

  • 吸收xī shōu

    to absorb

  • 吸烟xī yān

    to smoke

  • 吸引xī yǐn

    to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate

  • 喜爱xǐ ài

    to like

  • 系列xì liè

    series

  • 系统xì tǒng

    system

  • 细xì

    thin or slender

  • 细节xì jié

    details

  • 细致xì zhì

    delicate

  • 下个月xià ge yuè

    next month

  • 下降xià jiàng

    to decline

  • 下楼xià lóu

    to go downstairs

  • 下载xià zài

    to download

  • 夏季xià jì

    summer

  • 鲜xiān

    variant of 鲜

  • 鲜花xiān huā

    flower

  • 鲜明xiān míng

    bright

  • 咸xián

    surname Xian

  • 显著xiǎn zhù

    outstanding

  • 县xiàn

    county

  • 限制xiàn zhì

    to restrict

  • 相处xiāng chǔ

    to be in contact (with sb)

  • 相反xiāng fǎn

    opposite

  • 箱xiāng

    box

  • 箱子xiāng zi

    suitcase

  • 想念xiǎng niàn

    to miss

  • 想象xiǎng xiàng

    to imagine; to envision

  • 项xiàng

    surname Xiang

  • 项目xiàng mù

    item

  • 相片xiàng piàn

    image

  • 消化xiāo huà

    to digest (food)

  • 销售xiāo shòu

    to sell

  • 小吃xiǎo chī

    snack

  • 小伙子xiǎo huǒ zi

    young man

  • 小型xiǎo xíng

    small scale

  • 效率xiào lǜ

    efficiency

  • 些xiē

    classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

  • 心理xīn lǐ

    psychology

  • 新郎xīn láng

    bridegroom

  • 新娘xīn niáng

    bride

  • 新鲜xīn xiān

    fresh (experience, food etc)

  • 新型xīn xíng

    new type; new kind

  • 兴奋xīng fèn

    excited

  • 形容xíng róng

    to describe

  • 形势xíng shì

    circumstances

  • 型xíng

    mold

  • 型号xíng hào

    model (particular version of a manufactured article)

  • 醒xǐng

    to wake up

  • 兴趣xìng qù

    interest (desire to know about sth)

  • 性质xìng zhì

    nature

  • 兄弟xiōng dì

    brothers

  • 胸部xiōng bù

    chest

  • 修理xiū lǐ

    to repair

  • 选择xuǎn zé

    to select

  • 学分xué fēn

    course credit

  • 学年xué nián

    academic year

  • 学时xué shí

    class hour

  • 学术xué shù

    learning

  • 学问xué wen

    learning

  • 寻找xún zhǎo

    to seek; to look for

  • 迅速xùn sù

    rapid

  • 牙yá

    tooth

  • 牙刷yá shuā

    toothbrush

  • 亚运会yà yùn huì

    Asian Games

  • 呀ya

    (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

  • 延长yán cháng

    Yanchang county in Yan'an 安, Shaanxi

  • 延期yán qī

    to delay

  • 延续yán xù

    to continue

  • 严yán

    surname Yan

  • 严格yán gé

    strict

  • 严重yán zhòng

    grave

  • 研究yán jiū

    research

  • 研究生yán jiū shēng

    graduate student

  • 研制yán zhì

    to research and manufacture; to research and to develop

  • 盐yán

    salt

  • 眼镜yǎn jìng

    spectacles

  • 眼泪yǎn lèi

    tears

  • 眼里yǎn li

    In the eyes

  • 演讲yǎn jiǎng

    lecture

  • 阳台yáng tái

    variant of 阳台

  • 养成yǎng chéng

    to cultivate

  • 腰yāo

    waist

  • 摇yáo

    surname Yao

  • 药物yào wù

    medicaments

  • 要yào

    (bound form) to demand; to coerce

  • 业余yè yú

    in one's spare time

  • 叶子yè zi

    leaf

  • 医疗yī liáo

    medical treatment

  • 医学yī xué

    medicine

  • 依靠yī kào

    to rely on sth (for support etc)

  • 依然yī rán

    still

  • 一律yī lǜ

    same

  • 一再yī zài

    repeatedly

  • 一致yī zhì

    unanimous

  • 移yí

    to move

  • 移动yí dòng

    to move

  • 移民yí mín

    to immigrate

  • 遗产yí chǎn

    heritage

  • 遗传yí chuán

    heredity

  • 疑问yí wèn

    question

  • 以及yǐ jí

    as well as

  • 以内yǐ nèi

    within

  • 一般来说yī bān lái shuō

    generally speaking

  • 义务yì wù

    duty

  • 议论yì lùn

    to comment

  • 引yǐn

    to draw (e.g. a bow)

  • 引导yǐn dǎo

    to guide

  • 引进yǐn jìn

    to recommend

  • 引起yǐn qǐ

    to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

  • 应yīng

    surname Ying

  • 英勇yīng yǒng

    heroic

  • 营业yíng yè

    to do business

  • 赢得yíng dé

    to win

  • 影子yǐng zi

    shadow

  • 勇敢yǒng gǎn

    brave; courageous

  • 勇气yǒng qì

    courage

  • 用途yòng tú

    use; application

  • 优良yōu liáng

    fine

  • 优美yōu měi

    graceful

  • 优秀yōu xiù

    outstanding; excellent

  • 邮局yóu jú

    post office

  • 有劲儿yǒu jìn r

    Strength

  • 有趣yǒu qù

    interesting

  • 有限yǒu xiàn

    limited

  • 幼儿园yòu ér yuán

    kindergarten

  • 于是yú shì

    thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

  • 语法yǔ fǎ

    grammar

  • 语音yǔ yīn

    speech sounds

  • 玉yù

    jade

  • 玉米yù mǐ

    corn

  • 预测yù cè

    to forecast

  • 预订yù dìng

    to place an order

  • 遇yù

    surname Yu

  • 遇到yù dào

    to meet; to run into; to come across

  • 遇见yù jiàn

    to meet

  • 原料yuán liào

    raw material

  • 原则yuán zé

    principle

  • 圆yuán

    circle

  • 圆满yuán mǎn

    satisfactory

  • 约会yuē huì

    appointment

  • 月底yuè dǐ

    end of the month

  • 阅读yuè dú

    to read

  • 运动会yùn dòng huì

    sports competition

  • 运动员yùn dòng yuán

    athlete

  • 运气yùn qi

    luck (good or bad)

  • 运用yùn yòng

    to use

  • 再三zài sān

    over and over again

  • 在乎zài hu

    to care about

  • 在于zài yú

    to be in

  • 赞成zàn chéng

    to approve

  • 赞赏zàn shǎng

    to admire

  • 赞助zàn zhù

    to support

  • 造型zào xíng

    to model

  • 战斗zhàn dòu

    to fight

  • 战胜zhàn shèng

    to prevail over

  • 战士zhàn shì

    fighter

  • 战争zhàn zhēng

    war

  • 丈夫zhàng fu

    husband

  • 招呼zhāo hu

    to call out to

  • 着zháo

    (chess) move

  • 着火zháo huǒ

    to catch fire

  • 着急zháo jí

    to worry; to feel anxious

  • 召开zhào kāi

    to convene (a conference or meeting)

  • 折zhé

    to snap

  • 针zhēn

    needle

  • 针对zhēn duì

    to target

  • 阵zhèn

    disposition of troops

  • 争论zhēng lùn

    to argue

  • 征服zhēng fú

    to conquer

  • 征求zhēng qiú

    to solicit

  • 政府zhèng fǔ

    government

  • 政治zhèng zhì

    politics

  • 之后zhī hòu

    after; behind

  • 之间zhī jiān

    (after a noun) between; among; amid

  • 之前zhī qián

    before

  • 之一zhī yī

    one of (sth)

  • 支zhī

    surname Zhi

  • 植物zhí wù

    plant

  • 指挥zhǐ huī

    to conduct

  • 制订zhì dìng

    to work out

  • 质量zhì liàng

    quality

  • 治zhì

    to rule

  • 治疗zhì liáo

    to treat (an illness)

  • 智力zhì lì

    intelligence

  • 智能zhì néng

    intelligent

  • 中介zhōng jiè

    to act as intermediary

  • 种类zhǒng lèi

    kind

  • 中奖zhòng jiǎng

    to win a prize (in a lottery etc)

  • 种zhòng

    seed

  • 种植zhòng zhí

    to plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate

  • 重量zhòng liàng

    weight

  • 逐步zhú bù

    progressively

  • 逐渐zhú jiàn

    gradually

  • 主题zhǔ tí

    theme

  • 主席zhǔ xí

    chairperson

  • 祝福zhù fú

    blessings

  • 著名zhù míng

    famous

  • 著作zhù zuò

    to write

  • 抓紧zhuā jǐn

    to keep a firm grip on

  • 专心zhuān xīn

    to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)

  • 转动zhuǎn dòng

    to turn sth around

  • 转告zhuǎn gào

    to pass on

  • 转身zhuǎn shēn

    (of a person) to turn round

  • 转弯zhuǎn wān

    to turn

  • 转移zhuǎn yí

    to shift; to relocate; to transfer

  • 装修zhuāng xiū

    to decorate

  • 装置zhuāng zhì

    to install

  • 追求zhuī qiú

    to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly

  • 准时zhǔn shí

    on time

  • 资料zī liào

    material

  • 资源zī yuán

    Ziyuan county in Guilin 林, Guangxi

  • 自zì

    self

  • 自信zì xìn

    to have confidence in oneself

  • 字母zì mǔ

    letter (of the alphabet)

  • 综合zōng hé

    comprehensive

  • 总共zǒng gòng

    altogether; in sum; in all; in total

  • 总理zǒng lǐ

    premier

  • 总统zǒng tǒng

    president (of a country)

  • 总之zǒng zhī

    in a word

  • 阻止zǔ zhǐ

    to prevent

  • 嘴巴zuǐ ba

    mouth

  • 最初zuì chū

    first

  • 作出zuò chū

    to put out

  • 作为zuò wéi

    one's conduct

  • 做梦zuò mèng

    to dream

How to Study HSK 4 Vocabulary

HSK 4 vocabulary is best learned in short, regular sessions. Start by reading through the word list and marking every word you cannot confidently read and understand. Review those words first, then move on to the rest of the list. Seeing the hanzi together with pinyin and meaning, as in the table above, builds the three connections your memory needs: shape, sound, and sense.

Use the free tools on HSKtools to make the words active. Analyze your Chinese text to see how these words appear in real sentences, Practice with HSK quiz to test recognition, and Test your HSK level to check your overall progress. Review the words you missed the same day and again the next day, and move to the next level only when most words feel automatic. For the complete picture, See all HSK levels.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is HSK 4?+

HSK 4 is the 4th level of the HSK 3.0 standard and belongs to the Intermediate band. Learners at this level can discuss news, work, studies, and everyday abstract topics.. It is one of the nine levels that make up the modern Chinese proficiency system.

How many words are in HSK 4?+

The official HSK 3.0 standard lists 1,000 new words at HSK 4, for a cumulative total of 3,245 words through this level.

How can I practice HSK 4 vocabulary?+

Review the word list below with hanzi, pinyin, and meanings, then practice with the HSK quiz and analyze real Chinese texts with the text analyzer. Start with the words you do not know and review them in short daily sessions.