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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公路gōnglùHSK 4highway
- highway
- road
- CL:条
功夫gōngfuHSK 4skill
- skill
- art
- kung fu
- labor
- effort
功课gōngkèHSK 4homework
- homework
- assignment
- task
- classwork
- lesson
- study
- CL:门
共gòngHSK 4common
- common
- general
- to share
- together
- total
- altogether
- abbr. for 共产党, Communist party
共同gòngtóngHSK 4common
- common
- joint
- jointly
- together
- collaborative
购买gòumǎiHSK 4to purchase
- to purchase
- to buy
购物gòuwùHSK 4shopping
够gòuHSK 4enough (sufficient)
- enough (sufficient)
- enough (too much)
- (coll.) (before adj.) really
- (coll.) to reach by stretching out
估计gūjìHSK 4to estimate
- to estimate
- to assess
- to calculate
- (coll.) to reckon
- to think (that ...)
姑娘gūniangHSK 4girl
- girl
- young woman
- young lady
- daughter
- paternal aunt (old)
- CL:个
鼓励gǔlìHSK 4to encourage
- to encourage
故意gùyìHSK 4deliberately
- deliberately
- on purpose
顾客gùkèHSK 4customer
- customer
- client
- CL:位
挂guàHSK 4to hang
- to hang
- to suspend (from a hook etc)
- to hang up (the phone)
- (of a line) to be dead
- to be worried
- to be concerned
- to register (at a hospital)
- to make an appointment (with a doctor)
- (slang) to kill
- to die
- to be finished
- to fail (an exam)
- classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- (dialect) to make a phone call
关键guānjiànHSK 4crucial point
- crucial point
- crux
- CL:个
- key
- crucial
- pivotal
观看guānkànHSK 4to watch
- to watch
- to view
观众guānzhòngHSK 4spectators
- spectators
- audience
- visitors (to an exhibition etc)
管guǎnHSK 4to take care (of)
- to take care (of)
- to control
- to manage
- to be in charge of
- to look after
- to run
- to care about
- tube
- pipe
- woodwind
- classifier for tube-shaped objects
- particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions
- writing brush
- (coll.) to
- towards
- surname Guan
- variant of 管
管理guǎnlǐHSK 4to supervise
- to supervise
- to manage
- to administer
- management
- administration
- CL:个
光guāngHSK 4light
- light
- ray (CL:道)
- bright
- shiny
- only
- merely
- used up
- finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
广播guǎngbōHSK 4broadcast
- broadcast
- CL:个
- broadcasting
- to broadcast
- (formal) to propagate
- to publicize
广告guǎnggàoHSK 4to advertise
- to advertise
- a commercial
- advertisement
- CL:项
逛guàngHSK 4to stroll
- to stroll
- to visit
规定guīdìngHSK 4to stipulate
- to stipulate
- to specify
- to prescribe
- to fix (a price)
- to set (a quota)
- regulations
- rules
- provisions
- stipulations
国籍guójíHSK 4nationality
- nationality
国际guójìHSK 4international
- international
果汁guǒzhīHSK 4fruit juice
- fruit juice
过程guòchéngHSK 4course of events
- course of events
- process
咳kéHSK 4sound of sighing
- sound of sighing
- (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh
- damn
- wow
- cough
咳嗽késouHSK 4to cough
- to cough
- CL:阵
海洋hǎiyángHSK 4ocean
- ocean
害羞hàixiūHSK 4shy
- shy
- embarrassed
- bashful
寒假hánjiàHSK 4winter vacation
- winter vacation
寒冷hánlěngHSK 4cold (climate)
- cold (climate)
- frigid
- very cold
喊hǎnHSK 4to yell
- to yell
- to shout
- to call out for (a person)
汗hànHSK 4perspiration
- perspiration
- sweat
- CL:滴,头,身
- to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
- see 可汗, 汗国
航班hángbānHSK 4(scheduled) flight
- (scheduled) flight
- (scheduled) sailing
好处hǎochùHSK 4benefit
- benefit
- advantage
- merit
- gain
- profit
- also pr.
好好hǎohǎoHSK 4properly
- properly
- well
- in perfectly good condition
- perfectly all right
- well
- thoroughly
- carefully
- properly
好笑hǎoxiàoHSK 4laughable
- laughable
- funny
- ridiculous
合格hégéHSK 4to meet the standard required
- to meet the standard required
- qualified
- eligible (voter etc)
盒子héziHSK 4box
- box
- case
- hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
红包hóngbāoHSK 4money wrapped in red as a gift
- money wrapped in red as a gift
- bonus payment
- kickback
- bribe
后悔hòuhuǐHSK 4to regret
- to regret
- to feel remorse
厚hòuHSK 4thick
- thick
- deep or profound
- kind
- generous
- rich or strong in flavor
- to favor
- to stress
忽然hūránHSK 4suddenly
- suddenly
- all of a sudden
互联网hùliánwǎngHSK 4Internet
- Internet
互相hùxiāngHSK 4each other
- each other
- mutually
- mutual
护士hùshiHSK 4nurse
- nurse
话剧huàjùHSK 4stage play
- stage play
- modern drama
- CL:台,部
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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