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HSK 4 vocabulary list

The HSK 4 vocabulary list has 1,000 new words in the new HSK syllabus. Here is every one with pinyin, meaning and part of speech, a search box, self-test buttons and a free download.

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  • HSK 4 has 1,000 new words in the new HSK syllabus (published November 2025, in force from July 2026): 2,000 words in total from level 1 to 4.
  • Every word below comes from the official syllabus, with its pinyin and part of speech. The meanings are short study notes we wrote.
  • Some 2026 test sittings still use the older HSK 2.0 lists, with 1,200 words up to level 4. Check which version your test center runs.
  • Study them with spaced repetition: a few new words a day, reviewed just before you would forget them.
1,000new words at HSK 4
2,000words in total, levels 1 to 4
441new characters to recognize

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1,000 words
#ChinesePinyinMeaningType
1啊āoh; ah (interjection)interjection
2爱情àiqíngromantic lovenoun
3爱心àixīncompassion; caring heartnoun
4安检ānjiǎnto go through security checkverb
5安排ānpáito arrange; to planverb
6按ànto press; to follow; according toverb, preposition
7按时ànshíon time; on scheduleadverb
8按照ànzhàoaccording to; in accordance withpreposition
9白酒báijiǔbaijiu; clear distilled liquornoun
10办公bàngōngto work in an officeverb
11办理bànlǐto handle; to process (formalities)verb
12办事bànshìto handle affairs; to workverb
13棒bànggreat; excellent; strongadjective, noun
14保护bǎohùto protectverb
15保证bǎozhèngto guarantee; guaranteeverb, noun
16抱bàoto hold in arms; to hugverb
17报考bàokǎoto sign up for an examverb
18报名bàomíngto sign up; to registerverb
19抱歉bàoqiànsorry; apologeticadjective
20背bēito carry on the backverb
21背包bēibāobackpacknoun
22北部běibùnorthern partnoun
23倍bèitimes; foldmeasure word
24本科běnkēundergraduate course; bachelor'snoun
25本来běnláioriginal; originally; shouldadjective, adverb
26笨bènstupid; clumsyadjective
27鼻子bízinosenoun
28笔试bǐshìto take a written examverb
29毕业bìyèto graduateverb
30毕业生bìyèshēnggraduate; graduating studentnoun
31便于biànyúto be easy to; to facilitateverb
32标准biāozhǔnstandard; criterion; standardnoun, adjective
33表biǎowatch; table; chartnoun
34表格biǎogéform; tablenoun
35表示biǎoshìto express; to showverb
36表现biǎoxiànto behave; to show offverb
37表扬biǎoyángto praiseverb
38饼干bǐnggānbiscuit; crackernoun
39并bìngto combine; also; not at allverb, adverb, conjunction
40并且bìngqiěand also; moreoverconjunction
41播放bōfàngto play (audio or video)verb
42博士bóshìdoctorate; PhD holdernoun
43不必búbìneed not; no need toadverb
44不便búbiàninconvenient; inconvenienceadjective, verb
45不断búduàncontinuously; constantlyverb, adverb
46不够búgòunot enough; insufficientverb, adverb
47不过búguòbut; however; onlyconjunction, adverb
48不论búlùnno matter; regardless ofconjunction
49步bùstep; pacenoun
50部bùdepartment; part of wholenoun, measure word
51不得不bùdébùhave no choice but toadverb
52部分bùfenpart; portionnoun
53不管bùguǎnno matter; regardlessconjunction
54不光bùguāngnot only; not justadverb, conjunction
55不仅bùjǐnnot onlyconjunction
56不满bùmǎndissatisfied; discontentadjective
57部门bùméndepartment; ministrynoun
58不如bùrúto be not as good asverb
59擦cāto wipe; to rubverb
60猜cāito guessverb
61材料cáiliàomaterial; datanoun
62参观cānguānto visit; to tourverb
63参赛cānsàito enter a competitionverb
64餐厅cāntīngrestaurant; dining hallnoun
65操场cāochǎngsports ground; playgroundnoun
66厕所cèsuǒtoilet; restroomnoun
67查看chákànto check; to look oververb
68茶叶cháyètea leavesnoun
69查找cházhǎoto look for; to searchverb
70差点儿chàdiǎnralmost; nearlyadjective, adverb
71产生chǎnshēngto produce; to ariseverb
72厂chǎngfactory; plantnoun
73场chǎngfield; venue; occasionmeasure word
74超过chāoguòto exceed; to surpassverb
75车速chēsùvehicle speednoun
76车位chēwèiparking spacenoun
77城chéngcity; city wallnoun
78乘chéngto ride; to take (a vehicle)verb
79成功chénggōngto succeed; successfulverb, adjective
80乘客chéngkèpassengernoun
81诚实chéngshíhonestadjective
82成为chéngwéito becomeverb
83乘坐chéngzuòto travel by (vehicle)verb
84吃惊chījīngto be shocked; to be surprisedverb
85迟chílate; slowadjective
86重chóngagain; repeatadverb, verb
87重新chóngxīnanew; againadverb
88出差chūchāito go on a business tripverb
89出口chūkǒuexit; exportnoun, verb
90出现chūxiànto appear; to emergeverb
91出行chūxíngto go out; to travelverb
92出租chūzūto rent outverb
93厨房chúfángkitchennoun
94厨师chúshīcook; chefnoun
95窗chuāngwindownoun
96窗户chuānghuwindownoun
97吹chuīto blowverb
98词语cíyǔword; termnoun
99此cǐthis; herepronoun
100此次cǐ cìthis timephrase
101此外cǐwàibesides; in additionconjunction
102从此cóngcǐfrom then on; since thenadverb
103从来cóngláialways; never (with negative)adverb
104从中cóngzhōngfrom it; therefromadverb
105粗cūthick; coarseadjective
106粗心cūxīncarelessadjective
107村cūnvillagenoun
108存cúnto save; to storeverb
109错过cuòguòto miss; to let slipverb
110错误cuòwùwrong; mistakeadjective, noun
111答应dāyingto agree; to answerverb
112答dáto answer; to replyverb
113答案dá’ànanswer; solutionnoun
114达到dádàoto reach; to achieveverb
115打招呼dǎ zhāohuto greet; to say hellophrase
116打败dǎbàito defeatverb
117打工dǎgōngto do part-time workverb
118打扰dǎrǎoto disturb; to botherverb
119打印dǎyìnto printverb
120打印机dǎyìnjīprinternoun
121打折dǎzhéto give a discountverb
122打针dǎzhēnto give an injectionverb
123大巴dàbācoach bus; large busnoun
124大大dàdàgreatly; considerablyadverb
125大夫dàifudoctornoun
126大量dàliànga large amount ofadjective
127大赛dàsàicompetition; contestnoun
128大厅dàtīnghall; lobbynoun
129大约dàyuēabout; approximatelyadverb
130大自然dàzìránnaturenoun
131待dāito stay; to lingerverb
132戴dàito wear; to put onverb
133袋子dàizibag; sacknoun
134单位dānwèiunit; workplacenoun
135当dāngto serve as; whenverb, preposition
136当时dāngshíat that timenoun
137刀dāoknifenoun
138导游dǎoyóuto guide; tour guideverb, noun
139倒dàoto pour; to fall oververb
140道dàoroad; way; stripenoun, measure word
141到底dàodǐafter all; in the endadverb
142到来dàoláito arrive; to comeverb
143道路dàolùroad; pathnoun
144道歉dàoqiànto apologizeverb
145得意déyìsmug; pleased with oneselfadjective
146登机dēngjīto board a planeverb
147等děngand so on; etc.particle
148等到děngdàoby the time; whenpreposition
149低dīlow; to loweradjective, verb
150低价dījiàlow pricenoun
151低温dīwēnlow temperaturenoun
152低于dīyúto be lower thanverb
153底dǐbottom; basenoun
154底下dǐxiaunderneath; belownoun
155地球dìqiúthe earth; globenoun
156地址dìzhǐaddressnoun
157点名diǎnmíngto call the rollverb
158点头diǎntóuto nodverb
159电动车diàndòngchēelectric vehiclenoun
160电视剧diànshìjùTV seriesnoun
161掉diàoto fall; to drop; to loseverb
162调查diàocháto investigate; to surveyverb
163订dìngto book; to orderverb
164定dìngto decide; to fixverb
165东部dōngbùeastern partnoun
166动车dòngchēbullet trainnoun
167动作dòngzuòmovement; actionnoun
168读者dúzhěreadernoun
169堵车dǔchēto be stuck in trafficverb
170度假dùjiàto take a vacationverb
171肚子dùzibelly; stomachnoun
172短信duǎnxìntext messagenoun
173队duìteam; linenoun, measure word
174对方duìfāngthe other partynoun
175对面duìmiànopposite; acrossnoun
176对于duìyúregarding; with regard topreposition
177队员duìyuánteam membernoun
178队长duìzhǎngteam captainnoun
179顿dùnmeasure word for mealsmeasure word
180多么duōmehow (exclamation)adverb
181多数duōshùmajoritynoun
182多样duōyàngdiverse; variedadjective
183而érand; but; yetconjunction
184儿童értóngchildrennoun
185发出fāchūto emit; to send outverb
186发送fāsòngto send; to transmitverb
187法fǎlaw; methodnoun
188法律fǎlǜlawnoun
189翻译fānyìto translate; translatorverb, noun
190烦fánannoying; to botheradjective, verb
191烦恼fánnǎoworried; troubledadjective
192反对fǎnduìto opposeverb
193方面fāngmiànaspect; respectnoun
194方式fāngshìway; mannernoun
195房东fángdōnglandlordnoun
196房租fángzūrentnoun
197放弃fàngqìto give upverb
198放松fàngsōngto relaxverb
199费fèifee; to spendnoun, verb
200费用fèiyongexpense; costnoun
201分数fēnshùscore; gradenoun
202分为fēnwéito divide intoverb
203份fènportion; copy; jobmeasure word
204丰富fēngfùrich; abundantadjective
205风景fēngjǐngscenery; landscapenoun
206否则fǒuzéotherwise; or elseconjunction
207幅fúmeasure word for paintingsmeasure word
208符合fúhéto match; to conform toverb
209付fùto payverb
210父母fùmǔparentsnoun
211父女fùnǚfather and daughternoun
212父亲fùqīnfathernoun
213复印fùyìnto photocopyverb
214复杂fùzácomplicated; complexadjective
215负责fùzéto be responsible; conscientiousverb, adjective
216负责人fùzérénperson in chargenoun
217父子fùzǐfather and sonnoun
218改gǎito change; to correctverb
219改变gǎibiànto change; to alterverb
220干gāndryadjective
221干杯gānbēito toast; cheersverb
222赶gǎnto rush; to catch up; to driveverb
223敢gǎnto dareverb
224感gǎnsense of; feeling ofsuffix
225感动gǎndòngmoving; to move emotionallyadjective, verb
226赶紧gǎnjǐnat once; hurriedlyadverb
227感觉gǎnjuéfeeling; to feelnoun, verb
228赶快gǎnkuàiquickly; hurry upadverb
229感情gǎnqíngemotion; affectionnoun
230感人gǎnréntouching; movingadjective
231赶上gǎnshàngto catch up with; to make itverb
232感受gǎnshòuto feel; feelingverb, noun
233感谢gǎnxièto thankverb
234干活儿gànhuórto do manual workverb
235钢琴gāngqínpianonoun
236高价gāojiàhigh pricenoun
237高考gāokǎocollege entrance examnoun
238高速gāosùhigh-speedadjective
239高温gāowēnhigh temperaturenoun
240高于gāoyúto be higher thanverb
241胳膊gēboarmnoun
242歌声gēshēngsinging voicenoun
243歌手gēshǒusingernoun
244各gèeach; everypronoun, adverb
245各地gèdìvarious placesnoun
246各个gègèeach; individuallypronoun, adverb
247各位gèwèieveryone; ladies and gentlemenpronoun
248各种gèzhǒngall kinds ofpronoun
249更加gèngjiāeven moreadverb
250工厂gōngchǎngfactorynoun
251功夫gōngfukung fu; skill; timenoun
252公共gōnggòngpublic; commonadjective
253功课gōngkèhomework; schoolworknoun
254公里gōnglǐkilometermeasure word
255公路gōnglùhighway; roadnoun
256工人gōngrénworkernoun
257工资gōngzīwages; salarynoun
258共gòngaltogether; in totaladverb
259共同gòngtóngcommon; sharedadjective
260够gòuto be enough; enoughverb, adverb
261购买gòumǎito purchase; to buyverb
262购物gòuwùto go shoppingverb
263估计gūjìto estimate; to reckonverb
264姑娘gūnianggirl; young womannoun
265鼓励gǔlìto encourageverb
266顾客gùkècustomernoun
267故意gùyìon purpose; deliberatelyadverb
268挂guàto hangverb
269关键guānjiànkey point; crucialnoun, adjective
270观看guānkànto watch; to viewverb
271观众guānzhòngaudiencenoun
272管guǎnto manage; to take care ofverb
273管理guǎnlǐto manage; to administerverb
274光guānglight; bare; only; to use upnoun, adjective, verb, adverb
275广播guǎngbōto broadcast; broadcastverb, noun
276广告guǎnggàoadvertisementnoun
277逛guàngto stroll; to go window shoppingverb
278规定guīdìngto stipulate; regulationverb, noun
279国籍guójínationalitynoun
280国际guójìinternationaladjective, noun
281果汁guǒzhīfruit juicenoun
282过程guòchéngprocess; coursenoun
283海洋hǎiyángoceannoun
284害羞hàixiūshy; bashfuladjective
285寒假hánjiàwinter vacationnoun
286寒冷hánlěngcold; freezingadjective
287喊hǎnto shout; to callverb
288汗hànsweatnoun
289航班hángbānscheduled flightnoun
290好处hǎochùbenefit; advantagenoun
291好好hǎohǎoproperly; carefullyadjective, adverb
292好笑hǎoxiàofunny; amusingadjective
293合格hégéqualified; up to standardadjective
294盒子hézibox; casenoun
295红包hóngbāored envelope; bonusnoun
296厚hòuthickadjective
297后悔hòuhuǐto regretverb
298忽然hūránsuddenlyadverb
299互联网hùliánwǎnginternetnoun
300护士hùshinursenoun
301互相hùxiāngeach other; mutuallyadverb
302话剧huàjùstage play; dramanoun
303怀疑huáiyíto doubt; to suspectverb
304坏处huàichùharm; disadvantagenoun
305环保huánbǎoenvironmental protection; eco-friendlynoun, adjective
306换乘huànchéngto transfer (transport)verb
307回复huífùto replyverb
308回信huíxìnto write back; reply letterverb, noun
309回忆huíyìto recall; to reminisceverb
310会员huìyuánmembernoun
311活huóto live; lively; workverb, adjective, noun
312活动huódòngto exercise; activityverb, noun
313活泼huópōlively; vivaciousadjective
314火huǒfire; angry; popularnoun, adjective
315货huògoods; merchandisenoun
316获得huòdéto obtain; to gainverb
317获奖huòjiǎngto win a prizeverb
318获取huòqǔto acquire; to obtainverb
319基本jīběnbasic; basicallyadjective, adverb
320基本上jīběnshàngbasically; mostlyadverb
321基础jīchǔfoundation; basisnoun
322激动jīdòngexcited; to exciteadjective, verb
323积极jījípositive; activeadjective
324积累jīlěito accumulateverb
325及时jíshítimely; promptlyadjective, adverb
326即使jíshǐeven if; even thoughconjunction
327既jìalready; both...andadverb, conjunction
328寄jìto mail; to sendverb
329计划jìhuàplan; to plannoun, verb
330既然jìránsince; now thatconjunction
331技术jìshùtechnology; skillnoun
332继续jìxùto continueverb
333记者jìzhěreporter; journalistnoun
334加班jiābānto work overtimeverb
335家具jiājùfurniturenoun
336加快jiākuàito speed upverb
337加强jiāqiángto strengthenverb
338加入jiārùto join; to add inverb
339加上jiāshàngplus; in additionconjunction
340家庭jiātíngfamily; householdnoun
341家乡jiāxiānghometownnoun
342加油jiāyóuto refuel; to cheer onverb
343加油站jiāyóuzhàngas stationnoun
344家长jiāzhǎngparent; guardiannoun
345假jiǎfake; falseadjective
346价格jiàgépricenoun
347价钱jiàqiánpricenoun
348假日jiàrìholiday; day offnoun
349减jiǎnto subtract; to reduceverb
350减轻jiǎnqīngto lighten; to relieveverb
351减少jiǎnshǎoto reduce; to decreaseverb
352健身jiànshēnto work out; to exerciseverb
353健身房jiànshēnfánggymnoun
354建议jiànyìto suggest; suggestionverb, noun
355江jiāngrivernoun
356将jiāngto take (formal); willpreposition, adverb
357将来jiāngláifuturenoun
358将要jiāngyàowill; be about toadverb
359奖jiǎngprize; awardnoun
360奖金jiǎngjīnbonusnoun
361奖学金jiǎngxuéjīnscholarshipnoun
362降jiàngto descend; to dropverb
363降低jiàngdīto lower; to reduceverb
364降价jiàngjiàto cut the priceverb
365降落jiàngluòto landverb
366降温jiàngwēnto cool downverb
367交jiāoto hand in; to make (friends)verb
368骄傲jiāo’àoproud; arrogant; prideadjective, noun
369交警jiāojǐngtraffic policenoun
370交流jiāoliúto exchange; to communicateverb
371郊区jiāoqūsuburbnoun
372交通jiāotōngtraffic; transportnoun
373教练jiàoliàncoach; trainernoun
374教师jiàoshīteachernoun
375教授jiàoshòuprofessornoun
376教学jiàoxuéteachingnoun
377教育jiàoyùeducation; to educatenoun, verb
378叫作jiàozuòto be called; to be known asverb
379街道jiēdàostreetnoun
380接受jiēshòuto acceptverb
381接着jiēzheto continue; thenverb, adverb
382结果jiéguǒresult; as a resultnoun, conjunction
383节假日jiéjiàrìholidays and weekendsnoun
384节约jiéyuēto save; to economizeverb
385结账jiézhàngto pay the billverb
386解释jiěshìto explainverb
387今后jīnhòufrom now on; in futurenoun
388仅jǐnonly; merelyadverb
389尽管jǐnguǎnalthough; feel free toadverb, conjunction
390仅仅jǐnjǐnonly; merelyadverb
391紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; tenseadjective
392进入jìnrùto enterverb
393进行jìnxíngto carry out; to conductverb
394禁止jìnzhǐto prohibit; to banverb
395精彩jīngcǎiwonderful; brilliantadjective
396经济jīngjìeconomy; economicnoun, adjective
397京剧jīngjùPeking operanoun
398经历jīnglìto experience; experienceverb, noun
399经验jīngyànexperiencenoun
400警察jǐngchápolicenoun
401景点jǐngdiǎnscenic spot; attractionnoun
402景区jǐngqūscenic areanoun
403景色jǐngsèscenery; viewnoun
404竟然jìngránunexpectedly; to one's surpriseadverb
405竞争jìngzhēngto competeverb
406镜子jìngzimirrornoun
407究竟jiūjìngon earth; after alladverb, noun
408就是jiùshìjust; exactly; even ifparticle, adverb, conjunction
409举jǔto lift; to raiseverb
410举办jǔbànto hold (an event)verb
411举例jǔlìto give an exampleverb
412举行jǔxíngto hold (a meeting)verb
413聚jùto gatherverb
414聚餐jùcānto have a group mealverb
415聚会jùhuìto get together; gatheringverb, noun
416拒绝jùjuéto refuseverb
417距离jùlíto be apart from; distanceverb, noun
418剧院jùyuàntheaternoun
419开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto joke; to kidphrase
420看法kànfǎview; opinionnoun
421烤kǎoto roast; to bakeverb
422考虑kǎolǜto considerverb
423考生kǎoshēngexam candidatenoun
424棵kēmeasure word for treesmeasure word
425科技kējìscience and technologynoun
426科学kēxuéscience; scientificnoun, adjective
427咳kéto coughverb
428咳嗽késouto coughverb
429可惜kěxīunfortunate; a pityadjective
430克kègrammeasure word
431课程kèchéngcourse; curriculumnoun
432客气kèqipolite; to stand on ceremonyadjective, verb
433课堂kètángclassroom; classnoun
434客厅kètīngliving roomnoun
435肯定kěndìngto affirm; definite; surelyverb, adjective, adverb
436空kōngemptyadjective
437空气kōngqìairnoun
438恐怕kǒngpàto fear; I'm afraid; probablyverb, adverb
439空kòngto leave empty; free; spare timeverb, adjective, noun
440口语kǒuyǔspoken languagenoun
441苦kǔbitter; hardadjective
442快餐kuàicānfast foodnoun
443快递kuàidìexpress delivery; couriernoun
444快速kuàisùfast; rapidadjective
445困kùnsleepy; tiredadjective
446困难kùnnandifficult; difficultyadjective, noun
447拉lāto pull; to dragverb
448垃圾lājīgarbage; trashnoun
449辣làspicy; hotadjective
450来不及láibujíto have no time to; too lateverb
451来得及láidejíto have enough time toverb
452懒lǎnlazyadjective
453浪费làngfèito wasteverb
454浪漫làngmànromanticadjective
455老虎lǎohǔtigernoun
456老家lǎojiāhometown; old homenoun
457老年lǎoniánold age; the elderlynoun
458老是lǎoshìalways; constantlyadverb
459冷静lěngjìngcalm; soberadjective
460理发lǐfàto get a haircutverb
461理解lǐjiěto understandverb
462礼貌lǐmàomanners; politenoun, adjective
463理想lǐxiǎngideal; idealnoun, adjective
464厉害lìhaiterrific; fierceadjective
465力气lìqistrength; physical effortnoun
466例如lìrúfor exampleverb
467例子lìziexamplenoun
468俩liǎtwo (people); bothnumeral and measure word
469连liáneven; including; to linkpreposition
470联系liánxìto contact; to connectverb
471凉liángcool; coldadjective
472量liángto measureverb
473两liǎngtwo (before measure words)measure word
474亮liàngbright; to light upadjective, verb
475列lièto arrange in rows; train carsverb, measure word
476零下líng xiàbelow zerophrase
477零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowancenoun
478零钱língqiánsmall changenoun
479零食língshísnacknoun
480另lìngother; anotherpronoun
481另外lìngwàiin addition; otherpronoun, adverb, conjunction
482留liúto stay; to keep; to leave behindverb
483流liúto flowverb
484流利liúlìfluentadjective
485留下liúxiato leave behind; to keepverb
486流行liúxíngto be popular; to spreadverb
487路过lùguòto pass by; to stop oververb
488旅馆lǚguǎnhotel; innnoun
489旅客lǚkètraveler; guestnoun
490旅行lǚxíngto travelverb
491律师lǜshīlawyernoun
492乱luànmessy; chaotic; recklesslyadjective, adverb
493落luòto fall; to dropverb
494麻烦máfantroublesome; to bother; troubleadjective, verb, noun
495馒头mántousteamed bunnoun
496满mǎnfull; to filladjective, verb
497毛巾máojīntowelnoun
498毛衣máoyīsweaternoun
499帽子màozihat; capnoun
500美měibeautifuladjective
501美好měihǎobeautiful; wonderfuladjective
502美景měijǐngbeautiful scenerynoun
503美丽měilìbeautiful; prettyadjective
504美食měishídelicious food; cuisinenoun
505梦mèngdream; to dreamnoun, verb
506梦想mèngxiǎngto dream of; dream; idealverb, noun
507密码mìmǎpassword; secret codenoun
508免费miǎnfèito be free of chargeverb
509面对miànduìto face; to confrontverb
510面试miànshìto have an interviewverb
511秒miǎosecond (of time)measure word
512民族mínzúethnic group; nationnoun
513末mòend; last partnoun
514母女mǔnǚmother and daughternoun
515母亲mǔqīnmothernoun
516母子mǔzǐmother and sonnoun
517目标mùbiāogoal; targetnoun
518目的mùdìpurpose; aimnoun
519目的地mùdìdìdestinationnoun
520目前mùqiánat present; currentlynoun
521耐心nàixīnpatient; patienceadjective, noun
522南部nánbùsouthern partnoun
523难道nándàocould it be that; surely notadverb
524男士nánshìgentleman; man (polite)noun
525难受nánshòuto feel unwell; upsetadjective
526难忘nánwàngunforgettable; hard to forgetverb
527男性nánxìngmale; masculine gendernoun
528内nèiinside; withinnoun
529内容nèiróngcontent; substancenoun
530内心nèixīninner heart; inner worldnoun
531能否néng fǒuwhether or not; can or cannotphrase
532能够nénggòuto be able to; canverb
533能力nénglìability; capabilitynoun
534嗯ǹguh-huh; hm (agreement)interjection
535年底niándǐend of the yearnoun
536年龄niánlíngagenoun
537农村nóngcūncountryside; rural areanoun
538弄nòngto do; to handle; to fixverb
539女性nǚxìngfemale; womennoun
540暖和nuǎnhuowarm; to warm upadjective, verb
541偶尔ǒu’ěroccasionally; once in a whileadverb, adjective
542拍pāito pat; to film; to take (photo)verb, noun
543排páito arrange; row; line upverb, noun, measure word
544牌páicard; brand; tilenoun
545排队páiduìto line up; to queueverb
546排球páiqiúvolleyballnoun
547牌子páizibrand; makenoun
548判断pànduànto judge; to decideverb
549陪péito accompany; to keep companyverb
550批评pīpíngto criticizeverb
551皮肤pífūskinnoun
552脾气píqitemper; dispositionnoun
553皮鞋píxiéleather shoesnoun
554篇piānarticle; piece of writing; classifier for textsnoun, measure word
555片piànslice; flake; measure word for slicesnoun, measure word
556乒乓球pīngpāngqiútable tennis; ping-pongnoun
557平常píngchángordinary; usual timesadjective, noun
558破pòbroken; to break; worn outverb, adjective
559葡萄pútaograpenoun
560葡萄酒pútaojiǔwinenoun
561普遍pǔbiàncommon; widespreadadjective
562普通pǔtōngordinary; commonadjective
563普通话pǔtōnghuàMandarin; standard Chinesenoun
564期qīissue; period; measure word for issuesmeasure word
565期末qīmòend of term; final examnoun
566期中qīzhōngmidtermnoun
567其次qícìnext; secondlypronoun
568其中qízhōngamong them; of whichnoun
569起到qǐdàoto play a role; to have an effectverb
570气qìair; gas; anger; to get angrynoun, verb
571气候qìhòuclimatenoun
572汽水qìshuǐsoda; soft drinknoun
573气温qìwēnair temperaturenoun
574千克qiānkèkilogrammeasure word
575千万qiānwànbe sure to; mustadverb
576签证qiānzhèngvisa; to issue a visaverb, noun
577前方qiánfāngahead; the frontnoun
578前后qiánhòuaround (a time); front and backnoun
579强qiángstrong; powerfuladjective
580敲qiāoto knock; to tapverb
581桥qiáobridgenoun
582巧qiǎoclever; coincidentaladjective
583巧克力qiǎokèlìchocolatenoun
584亲戚qīnqirelative; relativesnoun
585琴qínstringed instrument; pianonoun
586轻qīnglight (weight); gentleadjective
587青年qīngniányoung person; youthnoun
588轻松qīngsōngrelaxed; easyadjective
589情况qíngkuàngsituation; circumstancesnoun
590庆祝qìngzhùto celebrateverb
591球队qiúduìsports teamnoun
592球迷qiúmífan (of ball games)noun
593区qūdistrict; areanoun
594区别qūbiéto distinguish; differenceverb, noun
595取qǔto take; to fetch; to withdrawverb
596取得qǔdéto obtain; to achieveverb
597取消qǔxiāoto cancelverb
598全quánwhole; all; entirelyadjective, adverb
599全部quánbùall; the wholenoun
600全都quándōuall; without exceptionadverb
601全球quánqiúglobal; the whole worldnoun
602全身quánshēnwhole bodynoun
603缺quēto lack; to be missingverb
604缺点quēdiǎnshortcoming; weaknessnoun
605缺少quēshǎoto lack; to be short ofverb
606却quèbut; yet; howeveradverb
607确实quèshíindeed; reallyadverb
608然而rán’érhowever; butconjunction
609热闹rènaolively; bustling; to liven upadjective, verb, noun
610人生rénshēnglife (course of life)noun
611人数rénshùnumber of peoplenoun
612人员rényuánpersonnel; staffnoun
613任何rènhéany; whateverpronoun
614任务rènwutask; assignmentnoun
615扔rēngto throw; to throw awayverb
616仍réngstill; yetadverb
617仍然réngránstill; neverthelessadverb
618日常rìchángdaily; everydayadjective
619日记rìjìdiarynoun
620日期rìqīdatenoun
621日子rìziday; days; lifenoun
622入rùto enter; to joinverb
623入口rùkǒuentrancenoun
624入学rùxuéto start school; to enrollverb
625入住rùzhùto check in; to stay atverb
626散步sànbùto take a walkverb
627扫码sǎomǎto scan a codeverb
628森林sēnlínforestnoun
629商量shāngliangto discuss; to consultverb
630商品shāngpǐngoods; merchandisenoun
631伤心shāngxīnsad; heartbrokenadjective
632上门shàngménto visit a home; to call at the doorverb
633稍shāoslightly; a littleadverb
634稍微shāowēislightly; a bitadverb
635少见shǎojiànrare; seldom seenadjective
636少量shǎoliànga small amountadjective
637少数shǎoshùminority; a fewnoun
638少年shàoniánteenager; youthnoun
639社会shèhuìsocietynoun
640摄氏度shèshìdùdegree Celsiusmeasure word
641身shēnbody; measure word for clothesnoun, measure word
642深shēndeep; profoundadjective, adverb
643身份证shēnfènzhèngID cardnoun
644申请shēnqǐngto apply forverb
645甚至shènzhìeven; so much so thatconjunction
646生shēngto give birth; to grow; to be bornverb
647生shēngraw; unfamiliar; unripeadjective, adverb
648生命shēngmìnglifenoun
649生意shēngyibusiness; tradenoun
650省shěngprovince; (also: to save)noun
651剩shèngto remain; to be left oververb
652失败shībàito fail; failedverb, adjective
653师傅shīfumaster worker; teachernoun
654失去shīqùto loseverb
655师生shīshēngteachers and studentsnoun
656失望shīwàngto be disappointed; disappointedverb, adjective
657十分shífēnvery; extremelyadverb
658实际shíjìreality; actual; practicalnoun, adjective
659时间表shíjiānbiǎoschedule; timetablenoun
660实际上shíjìshàngin fact; actuallyadverb
661食品shípǐnfood productsnoun
662食堂shítángcanteen; cafeterianoun
663食物shíwùfoodnoun
664实在shízàireal; honestly; trulyadjective, adverb
665十字路口shízì lùkǒucrossroads; intersectionphrase
666使shǐto make; to cause; to enableverb
667使馆shǐguǎnembassynoun
668使用shǐyòngto useverb
669市场shìchǎngmarketnoun
670是否shìfǒuwhether or notadverb
671适合shìhéto suit; to be suitable forverb
672世纪shìjìcenturynoun
673视频shìpínvideonoun
674市区shìqūurban area; downtownnoun
675试题shìtíexam questionnoun
676适应shìyìngto adapt toverb
677收费shōufèito charge a feeverb
678收入shōurùto take in; incomeverb, noun
679收拾shōushito tidy up; to packverb
680收听shōutīngto listen (to radio)verb
681首shǒumeasure word for songs and poemsmeasure word
682首都shǒudūcapital citynoun
683首先shǒuxiānfirst of all; firstadverb, pronoun
684受不了shòubuliǎocannot stand; unbearableverb
685售票员shòupiàoyuánticket sellernoun
686受伤shòushāngto be injuredverb
687输shūto lose; to be defeatedverb
688熟shú/shóuripe; cooked; familiaradjective
689熟悉shúxito be familiar withverb
690暑假shǔjiàsummer vacationnoun
691数shùnumber; several; to countnoun, numeral
692数量shùliàngquantity; amountnoun
693树林shùlínwoods; grovenoun
694数字shùzìnumber; digitnoun
695帅shuàihandsome; cooladjective
696顺便shùnbiànby the way; convenientlyadverb
697顺利shùnlìsmooth; successfuladjective
698顺序shùnxùorder; sequencenoun
699说法shuōfǎway of saying; statementnoun
700说明shuōmíngto explain; explanationverb, noun
701说明书shuōmíngshūinstruction manualnoun
702硕士shuòshìmaster's degreenoun
703死sǐto die; dead; extremelyverb, adjective, adverb
704速度sùdùspeednoun
705塑料sùliàoplasticnoun
706酸suānsour; acidicadjective
707酸奶suānnǎiyogurtnoun
708算suànto count; to be consideredverb, adverb
709随便suíbiàncasual; as one wishes; no matterverb, adjective, conjunction
710随着suízhealong with; aspreposition
711孙女sūnnǚgranddaughternoun
712孙子sūnzigrandsonnoun
713所有suǒyǒuall; everyadjective, verb, noun
714台táimeasure word for machinesmeasure word, noun
715抬táito lift; to raiseverb
716抬头táitóuto raise one's head; to look upverb
717态度tàidùattitudenoun
718弹tánto play (an instrument); to flickverb
719谈tánto talk; to discussverb
720汤tāngsoupnoun
721躺tǎngto lie downverb
722趟tàngmeasure word for tripsmeasure word
723讨论tǎolùnto discussverb
724讨厌tǎoyànannoying; to dislikeadjective, verb
725特点tèdiǎncharacteristic; featurenoun
726提títo carry; to mention; to raiseverb
727提出tíchūto put forward; to raiseverb
728提到tídàoto mentionverb
729提供tígōngto provide; to supplyverb
730提前tíqiánto do in advance; to move upverb
731提醒tíxǐngto remindverb
732体检tǐjiǎnto have a physical examverb
733体温tǐwēnbody temperaturenoun
734体重tǐzhòngbody weightnoun
735填写tiánxiěto fill in; to fill outverb
736条件tiáojiàncondition; requirementnoun
737听力tīnglìlistening comprehensionnoun
738听众tīngzhòngaudience; listenersnoun
739停tíngto stop; to parkverb
740停车tíngchēto park a carverb
741停车场tíngchēchǎngparking lotnoun
742停止tíngzhǐto stop; to ceaseverb
743通tōngto go through; open; connectedverb, adjective, measure word
744通过tōngguòto pass through; by means ofverb, preposition
745通知tōngzhīto notify; noticeverb, noun
746童年tóngniánchildhoodnoun
747同时tóngshíat the same time; meanwhilenoun, conjunction
748同样tóngyàngsame; similaradjective
749桶tǒngbucket; barrelnoun
750痛tòngpainful; soreadjective, adverb
751头痛tóutòngheadacheadjective
752图túpicture; chart; diagramnoun, verb
753图片túpiànpicture; imagenoun
754土tǔsoil; earth; rusticnoun, adjective
755推tuīto pushverb
756推迟tuīchíto postponeverb
757推出tuīchūto launch; to releaseverb
758脱tuōto take off (clothes)verb
759袜子wàzisock; socksnoun
760外出wàichūto go outverb
761外套wàitàocoat; jacketnoun
762完全wánquáncomplete; entirelyadjective, adverb
763晚安wǎn’ānto say good nightverb
764晚餐wǎncāndinner; evening mealnoun
765网购wǎnggòuto shop onlineverb
766往往wǎngwǎngoften; frequentlyadverb
767网页wǎngyèweb pagenoun
768网友wǎngyǒuonline friendnoun
769网址wǎngzhǐwebsite address; URLnoun
770危险wēixiǎndangerous; dangeradjective, noun
771为wéito be; to act as; to becomeverb
772味wèiflavor; taste; smellnoun
773味道wèidàotaste; flavornoun
774卫生wèishēngclean; hygieneadjective, noun
775温度wēndùtemperaturenoun
776闻wénto smell; to sniffverb
777文件wénjiànfile; documentnoun
778文章wénzhāngarticle; essaynoun
779文字wénzìwritten characters; writingnoun
780污染wūrǎnto pollute; pollutionverb
781无wúnot to have; withoutverb
782无法wúfǎunable to; cannotverb
783无聊wúliáoboring; dulladjective
784无论wúlùnno matter; regardlessconjunction
785午餐wǔcānlunchnoun
786误会wùhuìto misunderstand; misunderstandingverb, noun
787吸xīto inhale; to suck; to absorbverb
788西部xībùwestern partnoun
789西红柿xīhóngshìtomatonoun
790吸引xīyǐnto attractverb
791细xìthin; fine; slenderadjective
792细心xìxīncareful; attentiveadjective
793下降xiàjiàngto decline; to dropverb
794鲜xiānfreshadjective
795鲜花xiānhuāfresh flowersnoun
796咸xiánsaltyadjective
797现金xiànjīncashnoun
798羡慕xiànmùto envy; to admireverb
799线上xiànshàngonlinenoun
800线下xiànxiàofflinenoun
801现有xiànyǒuexisting; currently availableverb, adjective
802香xiāngfragrant; aromaticadjective
803相比xiāngbǐto compareverb
804相反xiāngfǎnopposite; on the contraryadjective, conjunction
805相互xiānghùmutually; each otheradverb
806相同xiāngtóngidentical; the sameadjective
807详细xiángxìdetailedadjective
808响xiǎngto sound; loudverb, adjective
809想法xiǎngfǎidea; opinionnoun
810项xiàngmeasure word for items and tasksmeasure word
811消息xiāoxinews; informationnoun
812小吃xiǎochīsnack; street foodnoun
813小伙子xiǎohuǒziyoung man; ladnoun
814小说xiǎoshuōnovel; fictionnoun
815小组xiǎozǔgroup; teamnoun
816效果xiàoguǒeffect; resultnoun
817笑话xiàohuajoke; to laugh atnoun, verb
818血xiěbloodnoun
819心xīnheart; mindnoun
820辛苦xīnkǔhard; laborious; to troubleadjective, verb
821心情xīnqíngmood; state of mindnoun
822信号xìnhàosignalnoun
823信息xìnxīinformation; messagenoun
824信心xìnxīnconfidencenoun
825兴奋xīngfènexcited; to exciteadjective, verb
826星星xīngxingstar; starsnoun
827醒xǐngto wake up; to be awakeverb
828性xìngsuffix for nature or qualitysuffix
829性别xìngbiégender; sexnoun
830幸福xìngfúhappiness; happynoun, adjective
831性格xìnggépersonality; characternoun
832兄弟xiōngdìbrothers; younger brothernoun
833熊xióngbearnoun
834修xiūto repair; to build; to studyverb
835修理xiūlǐto repair; to fixverb
836许多xǔduōmany; a lot ofnumeral
837学费xuéfèituition feenoun
838学院xuéyuàncollege; institutenoun
839压yāto press; to pressureverb
840压力yālìpressure; stressnoun
841牙膏yágāotoothpastenoun
842亚洲YàzhōuAsianoun
843烟yānsmoke; cigarettenoun
844盐yánsaltnoun
845严格yángéstrict; to be strict withadjective, verb
846研究yánjiūto research; to studyverb
847研究生yánjiūshēnggraduate studentnoun
848严重yánzhòngserious; severeadjective
849演yǎnto perform; to actverb
850演唱yǎnchàngto sing (a performance)verb
851演出yǎnchūto perform; to put on a showverb
852眼镜yǎnjìngglasses; eyeglassesnoun
853眼前yǎnqiánat present; before one's eyesnoun
854演员yǎnyuánactor; actress; performernoun
855阳光yángguāngsunlightnoun
856养成yǎngchéngto develop (a habit); to formverb
857样子yàngziappearance; looknoun
858邀请yāoqǐngto inviteverb
859要是yàoshiif; in caseconjunction
860钥匙yàoshikeynoun
861也许yěxǔmaybe; perhapsadverb
862夜yènight; measure word for nightsnoun, measure word
863夜晚yèwǎnnight; eveningnoun
864叶子yèzileaf; leavesnoun
865一切yíqièeverything; allpronoun
866已yǐalreadyadverb
867以内yǐnèiwithin; insidenoun
868意见yìjiànopinion; objectionnoun
869一生yìshēngwhole life; lifetimenoun
870艺术yìshùartnoun
871因此yīncǐtherefore; for this reasonconjunction
872引起yǐnqǐto cause; to arouseverb
873印象yìnxiàngimpressionnoun
874赢yíngto winverb
875赢得yíngdéto win; to earnverb
876应聘yìngpìnto apply for a jobverb
877勇敢yǒnggǎnbrave; courageousadjective
878永远yǒngyuǎnforever; alwaysadverb, noun
879用来yòngláito be used forverb
880用于yòngyúto be used in; to apply toverb
881优点yōudiǎnstrong point; meritnoun
882幽默yōumòhumorousadjective
883优秀yōuxiùexcellent; outstandingadjective
884由yóuby; from; due topreposition
885油yóuoil; fatnoun
886尤其yóuqíespecially; particularlyadverb
887游玩yóuwánto play; to have fun sightseeingverb
888由于yóuyúbecause of; sincepreposition, conjunction
889友好yǒuhǎofriendlyadjective
890友情yǒuqíngfriendshipnoun
891有趣yǒuqùinteresting; funadjective
892有效yǒuxiàoeffective; validverb
893友谊yǒuyìfriendshipnoun
894有着yǒuzheto have; to possessverb
895愉快yúkuàihappy; cheerfuladjective
896于是yúshìso; then; thereuponconjunction
897与yǔwith; andpreposition, conjunction
898语法yǔfǎgrammarnoun
899预习yùxíto prepare lessons; to previewverb
900原来yuánláioriginal; originally; as it turns outnoun, adjective, adverb
901原谅yuánliàngto forgiveverb
902原因yuányīnreason; causenoun
903远离yuǎnlíto stay away fromverb
904院长yuànzhǎngpresident (of institution)noun
905院子yuànzicourtyard; yardnoun
906约yuēto arrange; about; approximatelyverb, adverb
907约会yuēhuìto have a date; date; appointmentverb, noun
908月饼yuèbingmooncakenoun
909阅读yuèdúto readverb
910月份yuèfènmonth (of the year)noun
911云yúncloudnoun
912允许yǔnxǔto allow; to permitverb
913杂志zázhìmagazinenoun
914再次zàicìonce more; againadverb
915再说zàishuōbesides; moreoververb, conjunction
916暂时zànshítemporaryadjective
917暂停zàntíngto pauseverb
918早餐zǎocānbreakfastnoun
919早晨zǎochenearly morningnoun
920责任zérènresponsibilitynoun
921增加zēngjiāto increase; to addverb
922增长zēngzhǎngto grow; to increaseverb
923招聘zhāopìnto recruit; to hireverb
924着zháoto catch (fire); to fall asleepverb
925着火zháohuǒto catch fireverb
926者zhěperson who does; -erparticle
927真正zhēnzhèngtrue; real; genuinelyadjective, adverb
928整zhěngwhole; entire; neatadjective
929整个zhěnggèwhole; entireadjective
930整理zhěnglǐto organize; to sort outverb
931证zhèngcertificate; cardnoun
932正常zhèngchángnormaladjective
933正好zhènghǎojust right; happen toadjective, adverb
934证件zhèngjiànID document; credentialsnoun
935证明zhèngmíngto prove; proofverb, noun
936正确zhèngquècorrectadjective
937正式zhèngshìformal; officialadjective
938之zhīof (possessive)particle
939支持zhīchíto supportverb
940支付zhīfùto payverb
941之后zhīhòuafter; afterwardsnoun
942之间zhījiānbetween; amongnoun
943之前zhīqiánbefore; prior tonoun
944知识zhīshiknowledgenoun
945之中zhīzhōngin; amidnoun
946值zhíto be worth; worthverb, adjective
947值得zhídéto be worth itverb
948直接zhíjiēdirectadjective
949植物zhíwùplantnoun
950职业zhíyèoccupation; professionnoun
951指zhǐto point; to refer toverb
952指出zhǐchūto point outverb
953只好zhǐhǎohave no choice but toadverb
954纸巾zhǐjīntissue; paper napkinnoun
955质量zhìliàngqualitynoun
956至少zhìshǎoat leastadverb
957中餐zhōngcānChinese meal; Chinese foodnoun
958中年zhōngniánmiddle agenoun
959种zhòngto plant; to growverb
960重zhòngweight; heavy; seriousnoun, adjective
961重点zhòngdiǎnfocus; key point; mainlynoun, adverb
962重视zhòngshìto attach importance toverb
963周围zhōuwéisurroundings; aroundnoun
964主意zhǔyiidea; plannoun
965祝zhùto wishverb
966祝贺zhùhèto congratulateverb
967著名zhùmíngfamous; well-knownadjective
968专门zhuānménspecially; specializedadverb, adjective
969专业zhuānyèmajor; profession; professionalnoun, adjective
970转zhuǎnto turn; to transferverb
971转发zhuǎnfāto forward; to repostverb
972转机zhuǎnjīto change planes; to transferverb
973赚zhuànto earn; to make a profitverb
974装zhuāngto pack; to load; to installverb
975准zhǔnaccurate; exactadjective, adverb
976准确zhǔnquèaccurate; preciseadjective
977准时zhǔnshípunctual; on timeadjective
978资料zīliàomaterial; datanoun
979仔细zǐxìcareful; meticulousadjective
980自zìfrom; sincepreposition
981自然zìránnature; natural; naturallynoun, adjective, adverb
982自习zìxíto study on one's own at schoolverb
983自信zìxìnto be confident; confidence; self-assuredverb, noun, adjective
984自学zìxuéto teach oneselfverb
985总结zǒngjiéto sum up; summaryverb, noun
986租zūto rent; to leaseverb
987组zǔgroup; to form; setnoun, verb, measure word
988最终zuìzhōngin the end; final resultnoun
989尊重zūnzhòngto respect; respectfulverb, adjective
990左右zuǒyòuaround; approximatelynoun, verb
991座zuòseat; mountain; buildingnoun, measure word
992做法zuòfǎmethod; way of doingnoun
993作家zuòjiāwriter; authornoun
994做梦zuòmèngto dream; to daydreamverb
995作品zuòpǐnwork (of art); creationnoun
996作为zuòwéito regard as; to act as; asverb, preposition
997座位zuòwèiseatnoun
998作文zuòwénto write a composition; essayverb, noun
999作用zuòyòngeffect; functionnoun, verb
1000作者zuòzhěauthornoun

Source: HSK syllabus (中文水平考试 HSK 考试大纲), Center for Language Education and Cooperation, November 2025. Meanings: SuanSupply study notes.

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Is this the new or the old HSK 4 list?

This is the new list from the HSK syllabus published in November 2025, which takes effect from July 2026. It splits the test into nine levels and asks for more words at each one. The older HSK 2.0 (2010) had six levels and 1,200 words in total up to level 4. Test centers are switching over during 2026, so check your registration: if your sitting still uses HSK 2.0, study the older list instead.

New HSK (2025 syllabus)HSK 2.0 (2010)
Words up to level 42,0001,200
Levels9 (7 to 9 tested together)6

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in HSK 4?

In the new HSK syllabus (November 2025), HSK 4 adds 1,000 new words, for 2,000 words in total from level 1 to 4. The older HSK 2.0 had 1,200 words up to level 4.

Which HSK 4 list should I study in 2026?

It depends on your test sitting. The new syllabus takes effect from July 2026, but some 2026 sittings still use HSK 2.0. Check your registration with your test center.

Can I download the HSK 4 word list?

Yes. Use the download button on this page to get all 1,000 words with pinyin, meaning and part of speech as a CSV file for Anki, Quizlet or a spreadsheet.

How many characters do I need for HSK 4?

The new syllabus lists 441 new characters to recognize at HSK 4. Handwriting is tested from separate, shorter character lists.

Where does this word list come from?

The words, pinyin and parts of speech come from the official HSK syllabus published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025. The short meanings are our own study notes.

Word list from the official HSK syllabus (November 2025, in force from July 2026); meanings are SuanSupply study notes, checked but not official. SuanSupply is not affiliated with Chinese Testing International or the Center for Language Education and Cooperation.