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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牙刷yáshuāHSK 3toothbrush
- toothbrush
- CL:把
羊yángHSK 3sheep
- sheep
- goat
- CL:头,只
- surname Yang
养yǎngHSK 3to raise (animals)
- to raise (animals)
- to bring up (children)
- to keep (pets)
- to support
- to give birth
要求yāoqiúHSK 3to request
- to request
- to require
- requirement
- to stake a claim
- to ask
- to demand
- CL:点
页yèHSK 3page
- page
- leaf
- head
一般yìbānHSK 3ordinary
- ordinary
- general
- usually
- same
- ordinary
- so-so
- common
- general
- generally
- in general
一边yìbiānHSK 3one side
- one side
- either side
- on the one hand
- on the other hand
- doing while
一定yídìngHSK 3surely
- surely
- certainly
- definitely
- fixed
- settled
- a certain ...
- a given ...
一共yígòngHSK 3in total
- in total
- altogether
一块儿yíkuàirHSK 3a piece
- a piece
- a chunk
- (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这) aspect
一样yíyàngHSK 3same
- same
- like
- equal to
- the same as
- just like
一直yìzhíHSK 3always
- always
- all along
- straight
- straight (in a straight line)
- continuously
- always
- all the way through
以后yǐhòuHSK 3after
- after
- later
- afterwards
- following
- later on
- in the future
以前yǐqiánHSK 3before
- before
- formerly
- previous
- ago
以上yǐshàngHSK 3that level or higher
- that level or higher
- that amount or more
- the above-mentioned
- (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
以外yǐwàiHSK 3apart from
- apart from
- other than
- except for
- external
- outside of
- on the other side of
- beyond
以为yǐwéiHSK 3to think
- to think
- to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
以下yǐxiàHSK 3that level or lower
- that level or lower
- that amount or less
- the following
音乐yīnyuèHSK 3music
- music
- CL:张,曲,段
银行yínhángHSK 3bank
银行卡yínhángkǎHSK 3bank card
- bank card
饮料yǐnliàoHSK 3drink
- drink
- beverage
应该yīnggāiHSK 3ought to
- ought to
- should
- must
影响yǐngxiǎngHSK 3influence
- influence
- effect
- to influence
- to affect (usually adversely)
- to disturb
- CL:股
用yòngHSK 3to use
- to use
- to make use of
- to employ
- (coverb) with
- using
- to need
- to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
- usefulness
- utility
- (bound form) expense
- outlay
- (courteous) to eat
- to drink
- (literary) hence
- therefore
邮件yóujiànHSK 3mail
- post
邮箱yóuxiāngHSK 3mailbox
- mailbox
- post office box
- email inbox
游客yóukèHSK 3traveler
- traveler
- tourist
- (online gaming) guest player
游戏yóuxìHSK 3game (CL:场)
- game (CL:场)
- to play
有关yǒuguānHSK 3to have sth to do with
- to have sth to do with
- to relate to
- related to
- to concern
- concerning
有名yǒumíngHSK 3famous
- famous
- well-known
有用yǒuyòngHSK 3useful
- useful
又yòuHSK 3(once) again
- (once) again
- also
- both... and...
- and yet
- (used for emphasis) anyway
羽毛球yǔmáoqiúHSK 3badminton
- badminton
- shuttlecock
雨衣yǔyīHSK 3raincoat
- raincoat
- CL:件
语言yǔyánHSK 3language
- language
- CL:门,种
遇到yùdàoHSK 3to meet
- to meet
- to run into
- to come across
遇见yùjiànHSK 3to meet
- to meet
员yuánHSK 3(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity
- (bound form) member
- classifier for military generals
园yuánHSK 3land used for growing plants
- land used for growing plants
- site used for public recreation
- surname Yuan
- abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc
愿意yuànyìHSK 3to wish
- to wish
- to want
- ready
- willing (to do sth)
月亮yuèliangHSK 3the moon
越yuèHSK 3to exceed
- to exceed
- to climb over
- to surpass
- the more... the more
- generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
- abbr. for Vietnam 越南
运动会yùndònghuìHSK 3sports competition
- sports competition
- CL:个
运动员yùndòngyuánHSK 3athlete
- athlete
- CL:名,个
咱们zánmenHSK 3we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
- we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
- (dialect) I or me
- (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you
- also pr.
脏zāngHSK 3dirty
- dirty
- filthy
- to get (sth) dirty
- viscera
- (anatomy) organ
怎么办zěnme bànHSK 3what's to be done
- what's to be done
怎样zěnyàngHSK 3how
- how
- what kind
张zhāngHSK 3classifier for flat objects (paper, tables, photos)
- classifier for flat objects (paper, tables, photos)
- to open up
- to spread
- sheet of paper
- classifier for flat objects, sheet
- classifier for votes
- surname Zhang
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
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Hear HSK 4 vocabulary in real Mandarin
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