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HSK 3.0 Band 4 — vocabulary changes

Last updated: 2026-07-18

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Band 4 of HSK 3.0 contains 326 words that did not exist in any HSK 2.0 list, plus 507 words moved here from another HSK 2.0 level. Full lists with pinyin and meaning below.

New words in Band 4 (326)

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大陆	Dà lù	mainland China (reference to the PRC)
大众	Dà zhòng	Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)
归	Guī	surname Gui
江	Jiāng	surname Jiang
季	Jì	surname Ji
密	Mì	surname Mi; name of an ancient state
美金	Měi jīn	US dollar; USD
单	Shàn	surname Shan
树林	Shù lín	Shulin city in New Taipei City 市, Taiwan
闪	Shǎn	surname Shan
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Words moved to Band 4 from another 2.0 level (507)

Word	Pinyin	From HSK 2.0	Meaning
些	xiē	HSK 1	classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
妻子	qī zǐ	HSK 2	wife and children
西瓜	xī guā	HSK 2	watermelon
丈夫	zhàng fu	HSK 2	husband
冰箱	bīng xiāng	HSK 3	icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigerator
迟到	chí dào	HSK 3	to arrive late
电梯	diàn tī	HSK 3	elevator; escalator
锻炼

登	dēng	to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

盘	pán	plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess

引	yǐn	to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

作出	zuò chū	to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract

顶	dǐng	HSK 5	apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc

近代	jìn dài	HSK 5	the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)

身份	shēn fèn	HSK 5	identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank