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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丰富fēngfùHSK 4rich
- rich
- plentiful
- abundant
- to enrich
风景fēngjǐngHSK 4scenery
- scenery
- landscape
否则fǒuzéHSK 4otherwise
- otherwise
- if not
- or (else)
符合fúhéHSK 4in accordance with
- in accordance with
- to agree with
- to conform to
- to meet (a requirement)
- (physics) coincidence
幅fúHSK 4width
- width
- roll
- classifier for textiles or pictures
父母fùmǔHSK 4father and mother
- father and mother
- parents
父女fùnǚHSK 4father and daughter
- father and daughter
父亲fùqīnHSK 4father
- father
- CL:个
- also pr.
父子fùzǐHSK 4father and son
- father and son
付fùHSK 4to pay
- to pay
- to hand over to
- classifier for pairs or sets of things
- surname Fu
负责fùzéHSK 4to be responsible for
- to be responsible for
- to be in charge of
- to bear responsibility for
- conscientious
负责人fùzérénHSK 4person in charge
- person in charge
复印fùyìnHSK 4to photocopy
- to photocopy
- to duplicate a document
复杂fùzáHSK 4complicated
- complicated
- complex
改gǎiHSK 4to change
- to change
- to alter
- to transform
- to correct
改变gǎibiànHSK 4to change
- to change
- to alter
- to transform
赶gǎnHSK 4to overtake
- to overtake
- to catch up with
- to hurry
- to rush
- to try to catch (the bus etc)
- to drive (cattle etc) forward
- to drive (sb) away
- to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
- until
- by (a certain time)
赶紧gǎnjǐnHSK 4hurriedly
- hurriedly
- without delay
赶快gǎnkuàiHSK 4quickly
- quickly
- at once
赶上gǎnshàngHSK 4to keep up with
- to keep up with
- to catch up with
- to overtake
- to chance upon
- in time for
敢gǎnHSK 4to dare
- to dare
- daring
- (polite) may I venture
感gǎnHSK 4to feel
- to feel
- to move
- to touch
- to affect
- feeling
- emotion
- (suffix) sense of ~
感动gǎndòngHSK 4to move (sb)
- to move (sb)
- to touch (sb emotionally)
- moving
感觉gǎnjuéHSK 4feeling
- feeling
- impression
- sensation
- to feel
- to perceive
感情gǎnqíngHSK 4emotion
- emotion
- sentiment
- affection
- feelings between two persons
感人gǎnrénHSK 4touching
- touching
- moving
感受gǎnshòuHSK 4to sense
- to sense
- perception
- to feel (through the senses)
- to experience
- a feeling
- an impression
- an experience
感谢gǎnxièHSK 4to thank
- to thank
- to be grateful
干杯gānbēiHSK 4to drink a toast
- to drink a toast
- Cheers! (proposing a toast)
- Here's to you!
- Bottoms up!
- lit. dry cup
干活儿gànhuórHSK 4to work
- to work
- to be employed
钢琴gāngqínHSK 4piano
- piano
- CL:架,台
高价gāojiàHSK 4high price
- high price
高考gāokǎoHSK 4college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试)
- college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试)
- (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试)
高速gāosùHSK 4high speed
- high speed
- expressway (abbr. for 高速公路)
高温gāowēnHSK 4high temperature
- high temperature
高于gāoyúHSK 4greater than
- greater than
- to exceed
胳膊gēboHSK 4arm
- arm
- CL:只,条,双
歌声gēshēngHSK 4singing voice
- singing voice
- fig. original voice of a poet
歌手gēshǒuHSK 4singer
- singer
各gèHSK 4each
各地gèdìHSK 4in all parts of (a country)
- in all parts of (a country)
- various regions
各个gègèHSK 4every
- every
- various
- separately, one by one
各位gèwèiHSK 4everybody
- everybody
- all (guests, colleagues etc)
- all of you
各种gèzhǒngHSK 4every kind of
- every kind of
- all kinds of
- various
更加gèngjiāHSK 4more (than sth else)
- more (than sth else)
- even more
工厂gōngchǎngHSK 4factory
- factory
- CL:家,座
工人gōngrénHSK 4worker
- worker
- CL:个,名
工资gōngzīHSK 4wages
- wages
- pay
- CL:份
公共gōnggòngHSK 4public
- public
- common
- communal
公里gōnglǐHSK 4kilometer
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.