HSK 4 vocabulary list

The 970 words of new HSK band 4, the intermediate stage of the 2021 standard, with pinyin and English meanings.

970 words

Ordered by pinyin

镜子jìng zimirror 酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks)究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all 局júoffice; situation 聚jùto assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-具备jù bèito possess; to have 巨大jù dàhuge; immense 聚会jù huìparty; gathering 距离jù lídistance; to be apart from 居民jū mínresident; inhabitant 居住jū zhùto reside; to dwell 卷juǎnto roll up; roll 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc 角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc)开花kāi huāto bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open 开水kāi shuǐboiled water; boiling water 看不起kàn bu qǐto look down upon; to despise 看来kàn laiapparently; it seems that 看望kàn wàngto pay a visit to; to see (sb)考察kǎo cháto inspect; to observe and study 考虑kǎo lǜto think over; to considerIn context 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc 可见kě jiànit can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear 空间kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway 口袋kǒu dàipocket; bag; sack 口语kǒu yǔcolloquial speech; spoken language 苦kǔbitter; hardship 快递kuài dìexpress delivery 会计kuài jìaccountant; accountancy 宽kuānwide; broad 宽广kuān guǎngwide; broad 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water 扩大kuò dàto expand; to enlarge 括号kuò hàoparentheses; brackets 扩展kuò zhǎnto extend; to expand 辣làhot (spicy); pungent 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set 垃圾lā jītrash; refuse 拉开lā kāito pull open; to pull apart 来不及lái bu jíthere's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth)来得及lái de jíto have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it 来源lái yuánsource (of information etc); origin 老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband 老家lǎo jiānative place; place of origin 老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife 老实lǎo shihonest; sincere; well-behaved 乐趣lè qùdelight; pleasure; joy 泪lèitears 泪水lèi shuǐteardrop; tears 类型lèi xíngtype; kind; category; (computer programming) type 冷静lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet 离不开lí bu kāiinseparable; inevitably linked to 立即lì jíimmediately 厘米lí mǐcentimeter 力气lì qiphysical strength 历史lì shǐhistory 利息lì xīinterest (on a loan)利益lì yìbenefit; (in sb's) interest 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both 量liángto measure 两边liǎng biāneither side; both sides 良好liáng hǎogood; favorable 粮食liáng shifoodstuff; cereals 了不起liǎo bu qǐamazing; terrific 了解liǎo jiěto understand; to realizeIn context 疗养liáo yǎngto get well; to heal 列lièto arrange; to line up 列车liè chē(railway) train 列入liè rùto include on a list 列为liè wéito be classified as 临时lín shías the time draws near; at the last moment 零食líng shíbetween-meal nibbles; snacks 流传liú chuánto spread; to circulate 楼梯lóu tīstair; staircase 陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)录取lù qǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student)律师lǜ shīlawyer 陆续lù xùin turn; successively 轮lúnwheel; disk; ring; steamship 轮船lún chuánsteamship; steamer; steamboat 论文lùn wénpaper; treatise 轮椅lún yǐwheelchair 轮子lún ziwheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner 毛巾máo jīntowel 毛衣máo yī(wool) sweater 帽子mào zihat; cap 没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!没法儿méi fǎ r(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ...美金Měi jīnUS dollar; USD 美女měi nǚbeautiful woman 没想到méi xiǎng dàodidn't expect 梦mèngdream; (bound form) to dream 梦见mèng jiànto dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream 梦想mèng xiǎng(fig.) to dream of; dream 密mìsecret; confidential 密码mì mǎcipher; secret code; password; PIN 秘密mì mìsecret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret 密切mì qièclose; familiar 秘书mì shūsecretary 免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)

Practice HSK 4 with flashcards

Each list contains the words with an exact simplified-spelling match in our CC-CEDICT dictionary, ordered by pinyin. The official word lists are slightly larger; spellings outside the dictionary do not appear here. Read how the three HSK word lists compare.