HSK 4 vocabulary list

• 拍照pāi zhàoto take a picture
• 大楼dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one)
• 大陆dà lùmainland China (reference to the PRC)
• 名人míng rénpersonage; celebrity
• 各个gè gèevery; various; separately, one by one
• 转身zhuǎn shēn(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
• 体重tǐ zhòngbody weight
• 面试miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
• 伙huǒmeals (abbr. for 食); variant of 伙
• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 唱片chàng piàngramophone record; LP; music CD; musical album
• 有限yǒu xiànlimited; finite
• 眼里yǎnliIn the eyes
• 不在乎bù zài hunot to care
• 粗cūcoarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude
• 多年duō niánmany years; for many years; longstanding
• 喜爱xǐ àito like; to love; to be fond of; favorite
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
• 好友hǎo yǒuclose friend; pal; (social networking website) friend
• 尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱
• 胖子pàng zifat person; fatty
• 多次duō cìmany times; repeatedly
• 男女nán nǚmale-female; male and female
• 收回shōu huíto regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
• 渐渐jiàn jiàngradually
• 口袋kǒu dàipocket; bag; sack
• 无限wú xiànunlimited; unbounded
• 嘴巴zuǐ bamouth; slap in the face
• 扫sǎoto sweep
• 含量hán liàngcontent; quantity contained
• 挑选tiāo xuǎnto choose; to select
• 灯光dēng guāng(stage) lighting; light
• 比分bǐ fēnscore
• 江jiāngsurname Jiang
• 办事bàn shìto handle (affairs); to work
• 塑料sù liàoplastics
• 做梦zuò mèngto dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream
• 被迫bèi pòto be compelled; to be forced
• 台上tái shàngon stage
• 获取huò qǔto gain; to get; to acquire
• 弯wānto bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
• 招呼zhāo huto call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
• 小型xiǎo xíngsmall scale; small size
• 胸部xiōng bùchest; bosom
• 楼梯lóu tīstair; staircase
• 没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
• 身高shēn gāo(a person's) height
• 打败dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
• 缩小suō xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink
• 含有hán yǒuto contain; including
• 潮cháotide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard
• 拉开lā kāito pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase
• 大规模dà guī mólarge scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale
• 大多dà duōfor the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
• 毛衣máo yī(wool) sweater
• 男士nán shìman; gentleman
• 上门shàng ménto drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
• 童年tóng niánchildhood
• 市区shì qūurban district; downtown; city center

Frequently asked questions

How many words do you need for HSK 4?

On the current exam (HSK 2.0), HSK 4 requires 1,200 words in total, counted from HSK 1. Under the new HSK 3.0 standard, level 4 covers 3,245 words in total.

What is in this HSK 4 vocabulary list?

935 Chinese words that the HSK Ace dictionary places at HSK 4, sorted by frequency. Each one has pinyin, an English meaning, audio and a stroke-order animation. The set draws on both HSK 2.0 and HSK 3.0, so its size differs from the official counts.

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