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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低于dīyúHSK 4to be lower than
- to be lower than
底dǐHSK 4bottom
- bottom
- base
- background
- foundation
- copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record
- (suffix) end of a year or month
- (math.) radix
- base (abbr. for 底数)
- (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
底下dǐxiaHSK 4the location below sth
- the location below sth
- afterwards
点名diǎnmíngHSK 4roll call
- roll call
- to mention sb by name
- (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
点头diǎntóuHSK 4to nod
- to nod
电动车diàndòngchēHSK 4electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
- electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
电视剧diànshìjùHSK 4TV series
- TV series
- TV drama
- CL:部
调查diàocháHSK 4investigation
- investigation
- inquiry
- to investigate
- to survey
- survey
- (opinion) poll
- CL:项,个
掉diàoHSK 4to fall
- to fall
- to drop
- to lag behind
- to lose
- to go missing
- to reduce
- fall (in prices)
- to lose (value, weight etc)
- to wag
- to swing
- to turn
- to change
- to exchange
- to swap
- to show off
- to shed (hair)
- (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
订dìngHSK 4to agree
- to agree
- to conclude
- to draw up
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)
- to order
定dìngHSK 4to fix
- to fix
- to set
- to make definite
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)
- to book (tickets etc)
- to order (goods etc)
- to congeal
- to coagulate
- (literary) definitely
东部dōngbùHSK 4the east
- the east
- eastern part
动车dòngchēHSK 4(PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train
- (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train
- power car
- multiple-unit train (abbr. for 动车组)
动作dòngzuòHSK 4movement
- movement
- motion
- action
- to act
- to move
读者dúzhěHSK 4reader
- reader
堵车dǔchēHSK 4traffic jam
- traffic jam
- (of traffic) to get congested
肚子dùziHSK 4belly
- belly
- abdomen
- stomach
- CL:个
度假dùjiàHSK 4to go on holidays
- to go on holidays
- to spend one's vacation
短信duǎnxìnHSK 4text message
- text message
- SMS
队duìHSK 4team
- team
- line (of people)
- squadron
- team
- group
- CL:个
队员duìyuánHSK 4team member
- team member
队长duìzhǎngHSK 4captain
- captain
- team leader
- CL:个
对方duìfāngHSK 4the other person
- the other person
- the other side
- the other party
对面duìmiànHSK 4opposite
- opposite
- across (the street etc)
- directly in front of one
- up ahead
- face to face
对于duìyúHSK 4regarding
- regarding
- as far as (sth) is concerned
- with regard to
顿dùnHSK 4to stop
- to stop
- to pause
- to arrange
- to lay out
- to kowtow
- to stamp (one's foot)
- at once
- classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
多么duōmeHSK 4how (wonderful etc)
- how (wonderful etc)
- what (a great idea etc)
- however (difficult it may be etc)
- (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
- to what extent
多数duōshùHSK 4majority
- majority
- most
多样duōyàngHSK 4diverse
- diverse
- diversity
- manifold
儿童értóngHSK 4child
- child
而érHSK 4and
- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
发出fāchūHSK 4to issue (an order, decree etc)
- to issue (an order, decree etc)
- to send out
- to dispatch
- to produce (a sound)
- to let out (a laugh)
发送fāsòngHSK 4to transmit
- to transmit
- to dispatch
- to issue (an official document or credential)
法fǎHSK 4law
- law
- method
- way
- to emulate
- (Buddhism) dharma
- (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists
- (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
- law
- France
- French
- Taiwan pr.
- old variant of 法
- abbr. for 法国
- variant of 法
法律fǎlǜHSK 4law
- law
- CL:条, 套, 个
翻译fānyìHSK 4to translate
- to translate
- to interpret
- translator
- interpreter
- translation
- interpretation
- CL:个,位,名
烦fánHSK 4to feel vexed
- to feel vexed
- to bother
- to trouble
- superfluous and confusing
- edgy
烦恼fánnǎoHSK 4to be worried
- to be worried
- to be distressed
- worries
反对fǎnduìHSK 4to oppose
- to oppose
- to be against
- to object to
方面fāngmiànHSK 4respect
- respect
- aspect
- field
- side
- CL:个
方式fāngshìHSK 4way
- way
- method
- manner
- mode
- pattern (of behavior etc)
- CL:种
房东fángdōngHSK 4landlord
- landlord
房租fángzūHSK 4rent for a room or house
- rent for a room or house
放弃fàngqìHSK 4to renounce
- to renounce
- to abandon
- to give up
放松fàngsōngHSK 4to relax
- to relax
- to slacken
- to loosen
费fèiHSK 4to cost
- to cost
- to spend
- fee
- wasteful
- expenses
- surname Fei
费用fèiyongHSK 4cost
- cost
- expenditure
- expense
- CL:笔,个
分数fēnshùHSK 4(exam) grade
- (exam) grade
- mark
- score
- fraction
分为fēnwéiHSK 4to divide sth into (parts)
- to divide sth into (parts)
- to subdivide
份fènHSK 4classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- variant of 分
Stories that use these HSK 4 words
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