HSK 4 vocabulary list

• 日记rì jìdiary
• 入口rù kǒuentrance; to import
• 散步sàn bùto take a walk; to go for a walk
• 森林sēn línforest; CL:片[pian4]
• 沙发shā fāsofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
• 伤心shāng xīnto grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
• 商量shāng liangto consult; to talk over; to discuss
• 稍微shāo wēia little bit
• 勺子sháo zispoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]
• 社会shè huìsociety
• 申请shēn qǐngto apply for sth; application form
• 深shēnold variant of 深
• 甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that
• 生活shēng huóto live; life; livelihood
• 生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature
• 生意shēng yìlife force; vitality
• 省shěngto save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
• 剩shèngto remain; to be left; to have as remainder
• 失败shī bàito be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat
• 失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope; to despair
• 师傅shī fumaster; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
• 十分shí fēnvery; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
• 实际shí jìreality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual
• 实在shí zàireally; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
• 使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
• 世纪shì jìcentury
• 是否shì fǒuwhether (or not); if; is or isn't
• 适合shì héto fit; to suit
• 适应shì yìngto adapt; to fit; to suit
• 此cǐthis; these
• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
• 收入shōu rùto take in; income; revenue
• 收拾shōu shito put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
• 首都shǒu dūcapital (city)
• 首先shǒu xiānfirst (of all); in the first place
• 受不了shòu bù liǎounbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
• 受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
• 售货员shòu huò yuánsalesperson
• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
• 熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well
• 数量shù liàngamount; quantity; quantitative
• 数字shù zìnumeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)
• 帅shuàisurname Shuai
• 顺便shùn biànconveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
• 顺利shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch
• 顺序shùn xùsequence; order
• 说明shuō míngto explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption
• 硕士shuò shìmaster's degree; person who has a master's degree; learned person
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
• 速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
• 塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
• 随便suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton
• 随着suí zhealong with; in the wake of; following
• 孙子sūn zǐSun 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
• 所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
• 台táiTaiwan (abbr.); surname Tai
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 态度tài dumanner; bearing; attitude; approach

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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