HSK 4 vocabulary list

• 付款fù kuǎnto pay a sum of money; payment
• 负责fù zéto be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious
• 复印fù yìnto photocopy; to duplicate a document
• 复杂fù zácomplicated; complex
• 富fùsurname Fu
• 改变gǎi biànto change; to alter; to transform
• 干杯gān bēito drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup
• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 感动gǎn dòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
• 感觉gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
• 感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
• 感谢gǎn xiè(express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks
• 干gānold variant of 干
• 刚gānghard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
• 高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; highway; freeway
• 胳膊gē boarm; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]
• 各gèeach; every
• 工资gōng zīwages; pay
• 公里gōng lǐkilometer
• 功夫gōng fuskill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
• 共同gòng tóngcommon; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
• 购物gòu wùshopping
• 够gòuenough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
• 估计gū jìto estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose
• 鼓励gǔ lìto encourage
• 故意gù yìdeliberately; on purpose
• 顾客gù kècustomer; client
• 挂guàto hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
• 关键guān jiàncrucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal
• 观众guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
• 管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
• 广播guǎng bōbroadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize
• 广告guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial; advertisement
• 逛guàngto stroll; to visit
• 规定guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
• 国籍guó jínationality
• 国际guó jìinternational
• 果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice
• 过程guò chéngcourse of events; process
• 海洋hǎi yángocean
• 害羞hài xiūshy; embarrassed; bashful
• 寒假hán jiàwinter vacation
• 汗hánsee 汗, 汗国
• 航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
• 好处hǎo chǔeasy to get along with
• 好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
• 号码hào mǎnumber
• 合格hé géto meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc)
• 合适hé shìsuitable; fitting; appropriate
• 盒子hé zibox; case
• 后悔hòu huǐto regret; to feel remorse
• 厚hòuthick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
• 互联网hù lián wǎngInternet
• 互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually; mutual
• 护士hù shinurse
• 怀疑huái yíto doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
• 回忆huí yìto recall; memories
• 活动huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior

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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