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

面临miàn línto face sth; to be confronted with 面试miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview 描述miáo shùto describe; description 描写miáo xiěto describe; to depict 名牌儿míng pái rerhua variant of 名牌 (míngpái)名片míng piàn(business) card 名人míng rénpersonage; celebrity 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch 末mòtip; end 默默mò mòin silence; not speaking 模特儿mó tè r(fashion) model (loanword)模型mó xíngmodel; mold 哪怕nǎ pàeven; even if 难免nán miǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from 男女nán nǚmale-female; male and female 男士nán shìman; gentleman 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous 脑袋nǎo daihead; skull 闹钟nào zhōngalarm clock 内部nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section)内科nèi kēinternal medicine; general medicine 能干néng gàncapable; competent 宁静níng jìngtranquil; tranquility 浓nóngconcentrated; dense 女士nǚ shìlady; madam 暖气nuǎn qìcentral heating; heater 牌páimahjong tile; playing card 排列pái lièto arrange in order; (math.) permutation 拍照pāi zhàoto take a picture 盘pánplate; dish 盘子pán zitray; plate 胖子pàng zifat person; fatty 培训péi xùnto cultivate; to train 培训班péi xùn bāntraining class 培养péi yǎngto cultivate; to breed 培育péi yùto train; to breed 批pīto ascertain; to act on 片面piàn miànunilateral; one-sided 品质pǐn zhìcharacter; intrinsic quality (of a person)平方píng fāngsquare (as in square foot, square mile, square root)平静píng jìngtranquil; undisturbed 平均píng jūnaverage; on average; evenly; in equal proportions 平稳píng wěnsmooth; steady 破产pò chǎnto go bankrupt; to become impoverished 迫切pò qièurgent; pressing 期待qī dàito look forward to; to awaitIn context 器官qì guān(physiology) organ; apparatus 期间qī jiānperiod of time; time 期末qī mòend of term 气球qì qiúballoon 汽水qì shuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink 期限qī xiàntime limit; deadline 企业qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation 汽油qì yóugasoline 其余qí yúthe rest; the others 期中qī zhōnginterim; midterm 妻子qī ziwife 前头qián touin front; at the head 前途qián túprospects; future outlook 巧克力qiǎo kè lìchocolate (loanword)切qiēto cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential 亲爱qīn àidear; beloved 亲密qīn mìintimate; close 青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness 情景qíng jǐngscene; spectacle; circumstances; situation 轻松qīng sōnglight; gentle 清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober 轻易qīng yìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedly 穷qióngpoor; destitute 穷人qióng rénpoor people; the poor 秋季qiū jìautumn; fall 趋势qū shìtrend; tendency 权利quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth 却quèbut; yet 确认què rènto confirm; to verify 然而rán érhowever; but; yet 燃料rán liàofuel 燃烧rán shāoto ignite; to combust 热闹rè naobustling with noise and excitement; livelyIn context 热心rè xīnenthusiastic; ardent; zealous 人家rén jiaother people; sb else 日记rì jìdiary 日历rì lìcalendar 如今rú jīnnowadays; now 弱ruòweak; feeble; young 伞sǎnumbrella; parasol 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc)扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 色sècolor; look 色彩sè cǎitint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character 森林sēn línforest 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)闪shǎnto dodge; to duck out of the way 闪电shǎn diànlightning 善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted 善于shàn yúto be good at; to be adept at 赏shǎngto bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior)上个月shàng gè yuèlast month 伤害shāng hàito injure; to harm 上楼shàng lóuto go upstairs

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.