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New HSK 4 Word/Vocabulary List (pinyin & free PDF)

The HSK 4 vocabulary list consists of 1200 words, including 600 new words and 600 from HSK 3, essential for passing the HSK Level 3 exam.

New HSK 4 Word List (pinyin & free PDF)

爱情ài qíngromantic love
安排ān páito arrange; plan
安全ān quánsafe; security
按时àn shíon time
按照àn zhàoaccording to
百分之bǎi fēn zhīpercent
bàngstick; staff; excellent
包子bāo zibao zi [steamed stuffed bun]
保护bǎo hùprotection; to protect
保证bǎo zhèngguarantee
bàoto hold
报名bào míngsign up
抱歉bào qiànapologise
bèitimes; double; twice as much
本来běn láioriginally
bènstupid
比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance; such as
毕业bì yègraduate
biàntime [when doing something repeatedly]
标准biāo zhǔn名/形standard; standardised
表格biǎo géform; table
表示biǎo shìexpress; indicate
表演biǎo yǎnperformance
表扬biǎo yángto praise
饼干bǐng gāncookie; biscuit
并且bìng qiěand
博士bó shìdoctor
不过bú guòhowever
不得不bù dé bùto have to
部分bù fenpart; section; portion
不管bù guǎnregardless of; no matter (what/how)
不仅bù jǐnnot only [this one]
rub
cāiguess
材料cái liàomaterial
参观cān guānto visit (a place; a museum; etc.)
餐厅cān tīngcanteen
厕所cè suǒtoilets; lavatory
差不多chà bu duō副/形almost
长城Cháng chéngThe Great Wall
长江Cháng jiāngYangtze River
chǎng[a level open space (eg. a threshing ground, market, sports field, square etc)]
超过chāo guòexceed
成功chéng gōng动/形success; successful
诚实chéng shíhonest
成为chéng wéibecome
乘坐chéng zuòto ride (in a vehicle)
吃惊chī jīngto be startled
重新chóng xīnagain
抽烟chōu yānto smoke
出差chū chāigo on business trip
出发chū fāset off; depart
出生chū shēngbirth; to be born
出现chū xiànemerge
厨房chú fángkitchen
传真chuán zhēnfax
窗户chuāng huwindow
词语cí yǔwords and expressions
从来cóng láialways
粗心cū xīncareless
cúnstore; keep; survive
错误cuò wù名/形error; mistake
答案dá ànanswer
打扮dǎ banto decorate
打扰dǎ rǎodisturb
打印dǎ yìnprint
打招呼dǎ zhāo hugreet somebody
打折dǎ zhéto give a discount
打针dǎ zhēngive/have an injection
大概dà gàiprobably; maybe
大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy
大约dà yuē形/副approximately; around; about
dàito wear (accessories)
大夫dài fudoctor
dāngwork as
当时dāng shíat that time
dāoknife
导游dǎo yóulead a site-seeing tour
dàoto reverse; turn upside down; to pour
到处dào chùeverywhere
到底dào dǐin the end
道歉dào qiànapology
de助动feel
得意dé yìproud of oneself
登机牌dēng jī páiboarding pass
děngetc.
low
bottom
地点dì diǎnlocation
地球dì qiúearth
地址dì zhǐaddress
diàolose; [as a complement after some verbs to indicate result of action]
调查diào cháinvestigation
diūlose
动作dòng zuòmovement
堵车dǔ chētraffic jam
肚子dù zibelly
短信duǎn xìntext message; SMS
对话duì huàdialogue
对面duì miànopposite
对于duì yúabout; with regard to
érand; while
儿童ér tóngchild; children
发生fā shēnghappen
发展fā zhǎndevelop
法律fǎ lǜlaw
翻译fān yì名/动to translate
烦恼fán nǎoto be worried
反对fǎn duìto fight against; to opposed to something
方法fāng fǎmethod
方面fāng miànaspect
方式fāng shìway; fashion; pattern
方向fāng xiàngdirection
房东fáng dōnglandlord/landlady
放弃fàng qìto renounce
放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation
放松fàng sōngto relax; slacken; loosen
fènportion
丰富fēng fùenrich; abundant rich; plentiful
否则fǒu zéif not
符合fú hétally with; accord with
rich
付款fù kuǎnpay a sum of money
父亲fù qīnfather
复印fù yìnto photocopy
复杂fù zácomplicated
负责fù zéresponsible for
改变gǎi biànto change
干杯gān bēicheers
gǎnto catch up
gǎndare to
感动gǎn dòngmove (emotionally)
感觉gǎn juéfeel
感情gǎn qíngfeeling
感谢gǎn xièto thank
gàntrunk; main part; do; work
gāngjust
高速公路gāo sù gōng lùexpressway; motorway; freeway
胳膊gē boarm
each
功夫gōng fulabour; ability; kung fu
公里gōng lǐkilometre
工资gōng zīwage; salary
共同gòng tóngjointly
gòuenough
购物gòu wùshopping
估计gū jìto estimate
鼓励gǔ lìencourage
顾客gù kècustomer
故意gù yìintentional
guàhang up
关键guān jiàncrucial (point)
观众guān zhòngaudience
管理guǎn lǐto supervise
guāng副/形light
广播guǎng bōbroadcast
广告guǎng gàoadvertisement
guàngstroll
规定guī dìngrule
国籍guó jínationality
国际guó jìinternational
果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice
过程guò chéngcourse of events
海洋hǎi yángocean
害羞hài xiūshy
寒假hán jiàwinter holiday
hànsweat
航班háng bānflight
好处hǎo chuadvantage; benefit
好像hǎo xiàngto seem
号码hào mǎnumber
合格hé géqualified
合适hé shìsuitable
盒子hé zismall box
hòuthick
后悔hòu huǐto regret
互联网hù lián wǎngInternet
护士hù shinurse
互相hù xiāngeach other
怀疑huái yídoubt
回忆huí yìto recall
活动huó dòng动/名activity
活泼huó pobrisk; lively
huǒfire
获得huò déobtain; win
基础jī chǔbase
激动jī dòngto excite
积极jī jíactive
积累jī lěito accumulate
及时jí shí形/副in time
即使jí shǐeven if
to send (mail; post)
计划jì huàplan
既然jì ránsince
技术jì shùtechnology
继续jì xùto carry on; continue
记者jì zhějournalist
加班jiā bānover work
家具jiā jùfurniture
加油站jiā yóu zhànpetrol station
jiǎFALSE
价格jià géprice
坚持jiān chíto persevere with
减肥jiǎn féito lose weight
减少jiǎn shǎoto reduce; to cut back; decrease
建议jiàn yìto propose; suggest; recommend
将来jiāng láiin the future; future
奖金jiǎng jīnpremium
降低jiàng dīto reduce
降落jiàng luòto land [plane]; to descend
jiāoexchange to hand over; to accociate with
骄傲jiāo àoproud; arrogant
交流jiāo liúexchange; communication
郊区jiāo qūsuburbs; outskirts
交通jiāo tōngtransport; traffic
饺子jiǎo zidumpling
教授jiào shòuprofessor
教育jiào yù动/名education
接受jiē shòuaccept
接着jiē zheto catch; to carry on
jiéfestival; [measure word for something segmented (e.g. lesson; paragraph, railway coach, etc.)]
结果jié guǒresult; outcome; fruit
节约jié yuēto save; economise
解释jiě shìto justify; explanation
尽管jǐn guǎnwithout hesitating; despite
紧张jǐn zhāngnervous; anxious
进行jìn xíngadvance; progress
禁止jìn zhǐto ban; prohibit; forbid
精彩jīng cǎibrilliant
经济jīng jìeconomics
京剧jīng jùBeijing opera
经历jīng lì名/动experience
经验jīng yànexperience
警察jǐng chápolice
景色jǐng sèscenery; view; landscape
竟然jìng rán[indicates unexpectedness]
竞争jìng zhēngto compete
镜子jìng zimirror
究竟jiū jìngafter all; when all is said and done
raise up; hold up
举办jǔ bànhold; conduct; run [an event]
举行jǔ xínghold (an event)
聚会jù huìget together; meet; gathering
拒绝jù juéto refuse
距离jù lídistance; be away from
开玩笑kāi wán xiàojoke
开心kāi xīnpleased; happy
看法kàn fǎopinion
考虑kǎo lǜconsider
烤鸭kǎo yāroast duck
individual [measure word for trees, cabbages, plants etc]
科学kē xuéscience
咳嗽ké soucough
可怜kě liánpitiful; to have pity on
可是kě shìbut
可惜kě xīit’s a pity
客厅kè tīngliving room
肯定kěn dìng形/副certain; definite
kōngair/space
空气kōng qìair
恐怕kǒng pàafraid
bitter
矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
kùndifficulty; sleepy
困难kùn nan名/形difficulty
to play (a bowed instrument) to pull
垃圾桶lā jī tǒngrubbish bin
spicy
来不及lái bu jíthere’s not enough time (to do something)
来得及lái de jíthere’s still time
来自lái zìcome from
lǎnlazy
浪费làng fèiwaste
浪漫làng mànromantic
老虎lǎo hǔtiger
冷静lěng jìngcalm
礼拜天lǐ bài tiānSunday
理发lǐ fàhair-dressing
理解lǐ jiěcomprehend; understanding
礼貌lǐ màocourtesy; politeness
理想lǐ xiǎngideal; ambition
厉害lì haidifficult to deal with
力气lì qistrength
例如lì rúfor example
liǎtwo; both (people)
liánconnect
联系lián xìto make contact
凉快liáng kuaicool
零钱líng qián(small) change [money]
另外lìng wài连/代another
liúremain
流利liú lìfluent
流行liú xíngpopular
luànchaotic
旅行lǚ xíngto travel
律师lǜ shīlawyer
麻烦má fan名/动hassle; to trouble somebody
马虎mǎ hucareless
mǎnreach a quota or limit; full
máohair; fur; crude
毛巾máo jīntowel
美丽měi lìpretty
mèngdream
迷路mí lùlose the way; get lost
密码mì mǎcode
免费miǎn fèifree
miǎosecond
民族mín zúnationality
母亲mǔ qīnmother
目的mù dìobjective; purpose
耐心nài xīnpatient
难道nán dàocould it be…?
难受nán shòufeel unwell; difficult to bear
nèiwithin
内容nèi róngcontent
能力néng lìskills; ability
年龄nián língage
nòngplay with; fix; manage
暖和nuǎn huowarm
偶尔ǒu ěroccasionally
排队pái duìqueue up; line up
排列pái lièarray
判断pàn duànto decide
péiaccompany
批评pī píngcriticise
皮肤pí fūskin
脾气pí qitemperament; disposition
piānsheet
piàndeceive; cheat
乒乓球pīng pāng qiútable tennis; ping-pong
平时píng shíordinarily
break
葡萄pú taograpes
普遍pǔ biànuniversal
普通话pǔ tōng huàStandard Chinese [language]
其次qí cìnext
其中qí zhōngamong which
气候qì hòuclimate
千万qiān wànten million
签证qiān zhèngvisa
qiāoto hit
qiáobridge
巧克力qiǎo kè lìchocolate
亲戚qīn qirelatives
qīnglight-weight
轻松qīng sōnggentle
情况qíng kuànghappening
qióngpoor
区别qū biédifference
take; get
全部quán bùall
缺点quē diǎndisadvantage
缺少quē shǎolack
quèbut
确实què shíindeed
然而rán érhowever
热闹rè naobustling; lively
任何rèn héany
任务rèn wutask
rēngto throw
仍然réng ránstill
日记rì jìdiary
入口rù kǒuentrance [to a building]
散步sàn bùto go for a walk; stroll
森林sēn línforest
沙发shā fāsofa
商量shāng liangto consult
伤心shāng xīnsad
稍微shāo wēia little bit
勺子sháo zispoon; ladle; scoop
社会shè huìsociety
shēndark [colour]; deep
申请shēn qǐngto apply; application
甚至shèn zhìeven
生活shēng huólife
生命shēng mìnglife
生意shēng yibusiness
shěngto save
shèngspare
失败shī bàifail
师傅shī fumaster
失望shī wàngdisappointed
十分shí fēncompletely; utterly [literally “ten points”]
实际shí jìreality; specific; actual
实在shí zàitruly
使shǐto send (someone); cause
使用shǐ yònguse
是否shì fǒuwhether or not
适合shì hésuitable for
世纪shì jìcentury
适应shì yìngto adapt
shōuto receive
收入shōu rùincome
收拾shōu shito put in order
首都shǒu dūcapital (city)
首先shǒu xiānfirst
受不了shòu bù liǎocannot bear it
受到shòu dàoreceive
售货员shòu huò yuánsales assistant
shūto lose
熟悉shú xīto be familiar with
数量shù liàngamount
数字shù zìdigital
shuàihandsome
顺便shùn biànin passing; incidentally
顺利shùn lìsmooth
顺序shùn xùsequence
说明shuō míngto explain; instruction
硕士shuò shìmaster’s degree
die; extremely; rigid
速度sù dùspeed
塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
suānsour
随便suí biànas one wishes
随着suí zhealong with
孙子sūn zigrandson [father’s family]
所有suǒ yǒuall
táito lift
táiplatform
态度tài dumanner
tántalk
弹钢琴tán gāng qínto play the piano
tāngsoup
tángsugar
tǎnglie down
tàng[measure word for trips, times and rows]
讨论tǎo lùnto discuss
讨厌tǎo yàndislike; loathe
特点tè diǎncharacteristic feature
to carry
提供tí gōngto offer
提前tí qiánin advance
提醒tí xǐngremind
填空tián kòngfill in blanks
条件tiáo jiàncondition
tíngstop
tǐngquite
通过tōng guò介/动by means of; through; via
通知tōng zhī动/名notify
同情tóng qíngto sympathize with
同时tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously; concurrently
tuīto push; refuse
推迟tuī chíto postpone
tuōto escape; shed
袜子wà zisocks
完全wán quáncomplete
网球wǎng qiútennis
往往wǎng wǎngoften
网站wǎng zhànwebsite
危险wēi xiǎndangerous; danger
味道wèi dàoflavour
卫生间wèi shēng jiāntoilet
温度wēn dùtemperature
文章wén zhāngessay
污染wū rǎnpollution; to contaminate
without
无聊wú liáobored; boring
无论wú lùnno matter what or how
误会wù huì名/动to misunderstand
西红柿xī hóng shìtomato
吸引xī yǐnto attract (interest, investment etc)
xiánsalty
现金xiàn jīncash
羡慕xiàn mùto envy
xiāngfragrant
相反xiāng fǎn形/连opposite; on the contrary
相同xiāng tóngsame
详细xiáng xìdetailed
xiǎngecho
橡皮xiàng pírubber; eraser
消息xiāo xinews
小吃xiǎo chīsnack
小伙子xiǎo huǒ ziyoungster; lad
小说xiǎo shuōnovel
效果xiào guǒresult
笑话xiào huàjoke
辛苦xīn kǔhard; tough [work; life]
心情xīn qíngmood
信封xìn fēngenvelope
信息xìn xīnews; information
信心xìn xīnconfidence
兴奋xīng fènexcited
xíng动/形OK
xǐngwake; awake
性别xìng biésex; gender
幸福xìng fúhappiness
性格xìng gétemperament
修理xiū lǐrepair; mend; fix
许多xǔ duōmany
学期xué qīschool term; semester
压力yā lìpressure
牙膏yá gāotoothpaste
亚洲Yà zhōuAsia
yaah
yánsalt
严格yán géstrict
研究yán jiū动/名to study
严重yán zhòngserious
演出yǎn chūperformance
眼镜yǎn jìng(eye) glasses
演员yǎn yuánactor/actress
阳光yáng guāngoptimistic; cheerful; sunlight
养成yǎng chéngto cultivate
样子yàng ziappearance
邀请yāo qǐnginvitation
钥匙yào shikey
要是yào shiif; suppose; in case
也许yě xǔperhaps
page
叶子yè zifoliage
一切yī qièeverything
using because of; so as to
以为yǐ wéithink; feel; reckon
意见yì jiànidea
艺术yì shùart
因此yīn cǐbecause of this
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to
印象yìn xiàngimpression
yíngwin
应聘yìng pìnaccept an offer of employment
勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave
永远yǒng yuǎnforever
优点yōu diǎnadvantage
幽默yōu mòhumorous
优秀yōu xiùoutstanding
yóufrom
邮局yóu júpost office
尤其yóu qíespecially
由于yóu yú介/连due to
友好yǒu hǎofriendly
有趣yǒu qùinteresting; fascinating
友谊yǒu yìcompanionship
愉快yú kuàijoyful
于是yú shìas a result
介/连together with
语法yǔ fǎgrammar
羽毛球yǔ máo qiúbadminton
语言yǔ yánlanguage
预习yù xíto prepare a lesson
原来yuán lái副/形originally
原谅yuán liàngto excuse
原因yuán yīnreason
约会yuē huìappointment
阅读yuè dúreading
yúncloud
允许yǔn xǔallow; permit
杂志zá zhìmagazine
咱们zán menwe [you and me etc.]
暂时zàn shífor the time being; temporary
zāngdirty
责任zé rènresponsibility
增加zēng jiāto increase; add; raise
占线zhàn xiànbusy line; engaged (line)
招聘zhāo pìnrecruitment
zhàotake (a photo)
真正zhēn zhèngreal
整理zhěng lǐto arrange
正常zhèng chángnormal; fine; generally speaking
正好zhèng hǎo形/副just right
证明zhèng míng名/动proof
正确zhèng quècorrect
正式zhèng shìformal
zhī[a more literary form of 的; showing possession]
支持zhī chíto be in favour of
知识zhī shiknowledge
值得zhí deworthy
直接zhí jiēdirect
植物zhí wùplants
职业zhí yèprofession; career
zhǐfinger; point at
只好zhǐ hǎohave to; forced to
只要zhǐ yàoso long as …
质量zhì liàngquality
至少zhì shǎoat least
zhòngheavy; serious; once more
重点zhòng diǎnmain point
重视zhòng shìvalue
周围zhōu wéiaround
主意zhǔ yiidea
祝贺zhù hèto congratulate
著名zhù míngfamous
专门zhuān ménspecialised
专业zhuān yèprofessional
zhuǎnturn
zhuànto earn
准确zhǔn quèaccurate
准时zhǔn shípunctual
仔细zǐ xìcareful
自然zì rán名/副natural
自信zì xìnself-confident; believe in oneself
总结zǒng jié动/名to sum up
to rent
最好zuì hǎobest
尊重zūn zhòngto honour
左右zuǒ yòuleft and right; about
zuòseat
作家zuò jiāwriter
座位zuò wèiplace; seat
作用zuò yòngeffect
作者zuò zhěauthor

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