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.
Showing 1801–1850 of 1,978 · page 37 of 40
没有méiyǒuHSK 1haven't
- haven't
- hasn't
- doesn't exist
- to not have
- to not be
妹妹mèimeiHSK 1younger sister
- younger sister
- young woman
- CL:个
们menHSK 1plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
米饭mǐfànHSK 1(cooked) rice
- (cooked) rice
面包miànbāoHSK 1bread
面条儿miàntiáorHSK 1noodles
- noodles
名字míngziHSK 1name (of a person or thing)
- name (of a person or thing)
明年míngniánHSK 1next year
- next year
明天míngtiānHSK 1tomorrow
哪nǎHSK 1how
- how
- which
- (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 after a word ending in "n")
- Taiwan pr.
- used in 哪吒
- which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
哪儿nǎrHSK 1where?
- where?
- wherever
- anywhere
- somewhere
- (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?
- how could ...?
哪个nǎgeHSK 1which
- which
- who
哪里nǎlǐHSK 1where?
- where?
- somewhere
- anywhere
- wherever
- nowhere (negative answer to question)
- humble expression denying compliment
- also written 哪里
哪些nǎxiēHSK 1which ones?
- which ones?
- who?
- what?
那nàHSK 1(specifier) that
- (specifier) that
- the
- those (colloquial pr. )
- (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
- then (in that case)
- surname Na
- surname Nuo
- beautiful
- how
- (archaic) many
- old variant of 挪
- variant of 哪
那边nàbiānHSK 1over there
- over there
- yonder
那儿nàrHSK 1there
- there
那个nàgeHSK 1that one
- that one
- that thing
- that (as opposed to this)
- (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
- (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
- (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
- (euph.) menstruation
- sex
- also pr.
那里nàlǐHSK 1there
- there
- that place
那些nàxiēHSK 1those
- those
男nánHSK 1(bound form) male
- (bound form) male
- baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
男朋友nánpéngyouHSK 1boyfriend
- boyfriend
呢neHSK 1(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
- (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
- (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds
- (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
能néngHSK 1can
- can
- to be able to
- might possibly
- ability
- (physics) energy
- surname Neng
你nǐHSK 1you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
- you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)
- you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
你好nǐ hǎoHSK 1hello
你们nǐmenHSK 1you (plural)
- you (plural)
年niánHSK 1year
- year
- CL:个
- grain
- harvest (old)
- surname Nian
- variant of 年
您nínHSK 1you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你)
牛奶niúnǎiHSK 1cow's milk
- cow's milk
- CL:瓶,杯
女nǚHSK 1female
- female
- woman
- daughter
- old variant of 汝
女儿nǚ’érHSK 1daughter
女朋友nǚpéngyouHSK 1girlfriend
- girlfriend
女士nǚshìHSK 1lady
- lady
- madam
- CL:个,位
- Miss
- Ms
朋友péngyouHSK 1friend
- friend
- CL:个,位
漂亮piàoliangHSK 1pretty
- pretty
- beautiful
苹果píngguǒHSK 1apple
七qīHSK 1seven
起床qǐchuángHSK 1to get out of bed
- to get out of bed
- to get up
千qiānHSK 1thousand
- thousand
- used in 秋千
前qiánHSK 1front
- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
钱qiánHSK 1money
- money
- coin
- money
- CL:笔
- unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
- surname Qian
请qǐngHSK 1to ask
- to ask
- to invite
- please (do sth)
- to treat (to a meal etc)
- to request
请问qǐngwènHSK 1Excuse me, may I ask...?
- Excuse me, may I ask...?
去qùHSK 1to go
- to go
- to go to (a place)
- (of a time etc) last
- just passed
- to send
- to remove
- to get rid of
- to reduce
- to be apart from in space or time
- to die (euphemism)
- to play (a part)
- (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
- (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
- (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
去年qùniánHSK 1last year
热rèHSK 1hot
- hot
- heat
- to warm up
- to heat up
- hot (of weather)
- heat
- fervent
人rénHSK 1person
- person
- people
- CL:个,位,名
认识rènshiHSK 1to know
- to know
- to recognize
- to be familiar with
- to get acquainted with sb
- knowledge
- understanding
- awareness
- cognition
日rìHSK 1day
- day
- sun
- (bound form) sun
- day
- day of the month
- (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本)
- (vulgar) to fuck
- to have sex with
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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