HSK 4 vocabulary list

• 粗心cū xīncareless; thoughtless
• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
• 错误cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
• 答案dá ànanswer; solution
• 打扮dǎ banto decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress
• 打扰dǎ rǎoto disturb; to bother; to trouble
• 打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal; to stamp; to print out (with a printer)
• 打招呼dǎ zhāo huto greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
• 打折dǎ zhéto give a discount
• 打针dǎ zhēnto give or have an injection
• 大概dà gàiroughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
• 大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy
• 大约dà yuēapproximately; probably
• 大夫dà fūsenior official (in imperial China)
• 戴dàisurname Dai
• 当dāng(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 当时dāng shíthen; at that time; while
• 刀dāosurname Dao
• 导游dǎo yóutour guide; guidebook; to conduct a tour
• 到处dào chùeverywhere
• 到底dào dǐfinally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
• 道歉dào qiànto apologize
• 得意dé yìproud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent
• 登机牌dēng jī páiboarding pass
• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
• 底de(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
• 地点dì diǎnplace; site; location; venue
• 地球dì qiúthe earth
• 地址dì zhǐaddress
• 调查diào cháinvestigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
• 丢diūto lose; to put aside; to throw
• 动作dòng zuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
• 堵车dǔ chētraffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested
• 肚子dù zibelly; abdomen; stomach
• 短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
• 对话duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
• 对面duì miàn(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
• 对于duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
• 儿童ér tóngchild
• 而érand; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
• 发生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
• 发展fā zhǎndevelopment; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
• 法律fǎ lülaw
• 翻译fān yìto translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation
• 烦恼fán nǎoto be worried; to be distressed; worries
• 反对fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
• 方法fāng fǎmethod; way; means
• 方面fāng miànrespect; aspect; field; side
• 方向fāng xiàngdirection; orientation
• 房东fáng dōnglandlord
• 放弃fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
• 放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation
• 放松fàng sōngto relax; to slacken; to loosen
• 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 丰富fēng fùto enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
• 否则fǒu zéotherwise; if not; or (else)
• 符合fú héin keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle
• 父亲fù qīnfather; also pr. [fù qin]

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.

Practice HSK 4

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