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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从中cóngzhōngHSK 4from among them
- from among them
- from it
粗cūHSK 4(of sth long) wide
- (of sth long) wide
- thick
- (of sth granular) coarse
- (of a voice) gruff
- (of sb's manner etc) rough
- crude
- careless
- rude
- remote
- distant
- variant of 粗
- variant of 粗
粗心cūxīnHSK 4careless
- careless
- thoughtless
村cūnHSK 4village
- village
- rustic
- boorish
- (dialect) to scold
- variant of 村
存cúnHSK 4to exist
- to exist
- to deposit
- to store
- to keep
- to survive
错过cuòguòHSK 4to miss (train, opportunity etc)
- to miss (train, opportunity etc)
错误cuòwùHSK 4mistaken
- mistaken
- false
- wrong
- error
- mistake
- CL:个
达到dádàoHSK 4to reach
- to reach
- to achieve
- to attain
答dáHSK 4to answer
- to answer
- to reply
- to respond
- bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答, used in 答应, 答理 etc
答案dá’ànHSK 4answer
- answer
- solution
- CL:个
答应dāyingHSK 4to answer
- to answer
- to respond
- to answer positively
- to agree
- to accept
- to promise
打败dǎbàiHSK 4to defeat
- to defeat
- to overpower
- to beat
- to be defeated
打工dǎgōngHSK 4to work a temporary or casual job
- to work a temporary or casual job
- (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
打扰dǎrǎoHSK 4to disturb
- to disturb
- to bother
- to trouble
打印dǎyìnHSK 4to affix a seal
- to affix a seal
- to stamp
- to print out (with a printer)
打印机dǎyìnjīHSK 4printer
- printer
打招呼dǎ zhāohuHSK 4to greet sb by word or action
- to greet sb by word or action
- to give prior notice
打折dǎzhéHSK 4to give a discount
- to give a discount
打针dǎzhēnHSK 4to give or get an injection
- to give or get an injection
大巴dàbāHSK 4(coll.) large bus
- (coll.) large bus
- coach
- (abbr. for 大型巴士)
大大dàdàHSK 4greatly
- greatly
- enormously
- uncle
- (dialect) dad
大夫dàifuHSK 4doctor
- doctor
- physician
大量dàliàngHSK 4great amount
- great amount
- large quantity
- bulk
- numerous
- generous
- magnanimous
大赛dàsàiHSK 4grand contest
- grand contest
大厅dàtīngHSK 4hall
- hall
- concourse
- public lounge
- (hotel) lobby
大约dàyuēHSK 4approximately
- approximately
- probably
大自然dàzìránHSK 4nature (the natural world)
- nature (the natural world)
待dāi / dàiHSK 4to wait
- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to
- to stay
- to remain
袋子dàiziHSK 4bag
- bag
戴dàiHSK 4to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
- to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
- to respect
- to bear
- to support
- surname Dai
单位dānwèiHSK 4unit (of measure)
- unit (of measure)
- unit (group of people as a whole)
- work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
- CL:个
弹tánHSK 4to pluck (a string)
- to pluck (a string)
- to play (a string instrument)
- to spring or leap
- to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
- (of cotton) to fluff or tease
- to flick
- to flip
- to accuse
- to impeach
- elastic (of materials)
- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
当dāng / dàngHSK 4to be
- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)
- ding dong (bell)
- (onom.) dong
当时dāngshíHSK 4then
- then
- at that time
刀dāoHSK 4knife
- knife
- blade
- single-edged sword
- cutlass (CL:把)
- (slang) (loanword) dollar
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- classifier for knife cuts or stabs
- (Internet slang) to bargain
- to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
- (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!")
- surname Dao
导游dǎoyóuHSK 4tour guide
- tour guide
- guidebook
- to conduct a tour
到底dàodǐHSK 4finally
- finally
- in the end
- when all is said and done
- after all
- to the end
- to the last
到来dàoláiHSK 4to arrive
- to arrive
- arrival
- advent
倒dào / dǎoHSK 4to fall
- to fall
- to collapse
- to lie horizontally
- to fail
- to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
- to invert
- to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out
- to dump
- inverted
- upside down
- reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect
- but
- yet
道dàoHSK 4road
- road
- path (CL:条,股)
- (bound form) way
- reason
- principle
- (bound form) a skill
- an art
- a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way
- the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express
- to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
道路dàolùHSK 4road
- road
- path
- way
- CL:条
道歉dàoqiànHSK 4to apologize
- to apologize
得意déyìHSK 4proud of oneself
- proud of oneself
- pleased with oneself
- complacent
地球dìqiúHSK 4the earth
地址dìzhǐHSK 4address
登机dēngjīHSK 4to board a plane
- to board a plane
等到děngdàoHSK 4to wait until
- to wait until
- by the time when (sth is ready etc)
低dīHSK 4low
- low
- beneath
- to lower (one's head)
- to let droop
- to hang down
- to incline
低价dījiàHSK 4low price
- low price
低温dīwēnHSK 4low temperature
- low temperature
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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