HSK 4 Vocabulary List: 2,000 Words (HSK 3.0)
HSK 4 has 2,000 words in HSK 3.0, 1,000 of them new at this level (the old HSK 2.0 list had 1,200). Fluentide has 302 free stories at the Intermediate (HSK 4) level that use them, with transcript and pinyin.
By Haoshan Hong · Native Mandarin speaker · Updated October 2026
Hear HSK 4 words in a real story
胡迪尼的大象与好奇心
Economist Bartleby Column: Andrew Palmer on the Hidden Costs of Workplace Curiosity
2 min
What is on the HSK 4 word list?
The other 1,000 come from HSK 1–3. They cover opinion, comparison, and evaluation: the words you need to say what you think, not just what happened.
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HSK 4 word list
All 1,978 words from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus, the 990 new at HSK 4 first. The syllabus counts 2,000 because a few words are listed once per reading; here each appears once.
Pinyin from the syllabus, definitions from CC-CEDICT. Tap a word for its other senses.
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阅读yuèdúHSK 4to read
- to read
云yúnHSK 4(classical) to say
- (classical) to say
- cloud
- CL:朵
- surname Yun
- short name for Yunnan 云南
允许yǔnxǔHSK 4to permit
- to permit
- to allow
杂志zázhìHSK 4magazine
- magazine
- CL:本,份,期
再次zàicìHSK 4once more
- once more
- once again
再说zàishuōHSK 4to say again
- to say again
- to put off a discussion until later
- moreover
- what's more
- besides
暂时zànshíHSK 4temporary
- temporary
- provisional
- for the time being
暂停zàntíngHSK 4to suspend
- to suspend
- time-out (e.g. in sports)
- stoppage
- pause (media player)
早餐zǎocānHSK 4breakfast
- breakfast
- CL:份,顿,次
早晨zǎochenHSK 4early morning
- early morning
- also pr.
责任zérènHSK 4responsibility
- responsibility
- duty
- liability
增加zēngjiāHSK 4to raise
- to raise
- to increase
增长zēngzhǎngHSK 4to grow
- to grow
- to increase
招聘zhāopìnHSK 4to invite applications for a job
- to invite applications for a job
- to recruit
者zhěHSK 4(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
- (after a noun) person involved in ...
- -er
- -ist
- (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously)
- (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
- (old) (used at the end of a command)
- (old) this
着火zháohuǒHSK 4to catch fire
- to catch fire
真正zhēnzhèngHSK 4genuine
- genuine
- real
- true
- really
- indeed
整zhěngHSK 4(bound form) whole
- (bound form) whole
- complete
- entire
- (before a measure word) whole
- (before or after number + measure word) exactly
- (bound form) in good order
- tidy
- neat
- (bound form) to put in order
- to straighten
- (bound form) to repair
- to mend
- to renovate
- (coll.) to fix sb
- to give sb a hard time
- to mess with sb
- (dialect) to tinker with
- to do sth to
整个zhěnggèHSK 4whole
- whole
- entire
- total
整理zhěnglǐHSK 4to arrange
- to arrange
- to tidy up
- to sort out
- to straighten out
- to list systematically
- to collate (data, files)
- to pack (luggage)
正常zhèngchángHSK 4normal
- normal
- regular
正好zhènghǎoHSK 4just (in time)
- just (in time)
- just right
- just enough
- to happen to
- to chance to
- by chance
- it just so happens that
正确zhèngquèHSK 4correct
- correct
- sound
- right
- proper
正式zhèngshìHSK 4formal
- formal
- official
证zhèngHSK 4to admonish
- to admonish
- certificate
- proof
- to prove
- to demonstrate
- to confirm
- variant of 证
- variant of 症
证件zhèngjiànHSK 4certificate
- certificate
- papers
- credentials
- document
- ID
证明zhèngmíngHSK 4proof
- proof
- certificate
- identification
- testimonial
- CL:个
- to prove
- to testify
- to confirm the truth of
之zhīHSK 4(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
- him
- her
- it
之后zhīhòuHSK 4after
- after
- behind
- (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards
- since then
之间zhījiānHSK 4(after a noun) between
- (after a noun) between
- among
- amid
- (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)
之前zhīqiánHSK 4before
- before
- prior to
- ago
- previously
- beforehand
之中zhīzhōngHSK 4inside
- inside
- among
- in the midst of (doing sth)
- during
支持zhīchíHSK 4to be in favor of
- to be in favor of
- to support
- to back
- support
- backing
- to stand by
- CL:个
支付zhīfùHSK 4to pay (money)
- to pay (money)
知识zhīshiHSK 4knowledge
- knowledge
- CL:门
- intellectual
直接zhíjiēHSK 4directly
- directly
- direct
值zhíHSK 4value
- value
- (to be) worth
- to happen to
- to be on duty
值得zhídéHSK 4worth the money
- worth the money
- to merit
- to deserve
- to be worth (doing sth)
职业zhíyèHSK 4occupation
- occupation
- profession
- vocation
- professional
植物zhíwùHSK 4plant
- plant
- vegetation
- CL:种
只好zhǐhǎoHSK 4to have no other option but to ...
- to have no other option but to ...
- to have to
- to be forced to
纸巾zhǐjīnHSK 4paper towel
- paper towel
- napkin
- facial tissue
- CL:张,包
指zhǐHSK 4finger
- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end
指出zhǐchūHSK 4to indicate
- to indicate
- to point out
至少zhìshǎoHSK 4at least
- at least
- (to say the) least
质量zhìliàngHSK 4(physics) mass
- (physics) mass
- quality (i.e. degree of excellence)
- quality and quantity
中餐zhōngcānHSK 4lunch
- lunch
- Chinese meal
- Chinese food
- CL:份,顿
中年zhōngniánHSK 4middle age
- middle age
重chóng / zhòngHSK 4heavy
- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
重点zhòngdiǎnHSK 4important point
- important point
- main point
- focus
- key (project etc)
- to focus on
- to put the emphasis on
Stories that use these HSK 4 words
Each one is a Fluentide Intermediate (HSK 4) story, written inside that word band. Press play; the first few need no account.
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How to actually learn HSK 4 vocabulary
Reading a word on a page and catching it at speed in a sentence are different skills. The HSK listening section tests the second.
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The method in practice
Hear HSK 4 vocabulary in real Mandarin
Each HSK 4 episode uses this word band, with the transcript, pinyin and line-by-line English. Five free episodes after a one-tap magic-link sign-in — no password, no payment.