Old HSK 4 vocabulary list

The 598 words of level 4 in the 2010 six-level HSK, the version most textbooks still follow.

598 words

Ordered by pinyin

爱情ài qíngromance; love (romantic)暗àndark; to turn dark 安排ān páito arrange; to plan 安全ān quánsafe; secure; safety; security 按时àn shíon time; before deadline 按照àn zhàoaccording to; in accordance with 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms)报道bào dàoto report (news); report 保护bǎo hùto protect; to defend 包括bāo kuòto comprise; to include 报名bào míngto sign up; to enter one's name 抱歉bào qiànto be sorry; to feel apologetic 保证bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier)笨bènstupid; foolish 本来běn láioriginal; originally 笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery); notebook (computing)毕业bì yègraduation; to graduate 遍biàneverywhere; all over 表达biǎo dáto express; to convey 表格biǎo géform; table 表扬biǎo yángto praise; to commend 标准biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard 饼干bǐng gānbiscuit; cracker; cookie 并且bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition 博士bó shìdoctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade 不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to; cannot but 部分bù fenpart; share 不管bù guǎnnot to be concerned; regardless of 不过bù guòonly; merely 不仅bù jǐnnot just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish 猜cāito guess 材料cái liào(raw) material; data 参观cān guānto look around; to tour 差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly 尝chángto taste; to experience (variant of 尝 (cháng))场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage 长城Cháng chéngthe Great Wall 长江Cháng JiāngYangtze River, or Chang Jiang 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise 超过chāo guòto surpass; to exceed 成功chéng gōngto succeed; success 诚实chéng shíhonest 成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen 成为chéng wéito become; to turn into 乘坐chéng zuòto ride (in a vehicle)吃惊chī jīngto be startled; to be shocked 重点zhòng diǎnimportant point; main point; focus; key (project etc)重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-抽烟chōu yānto smoke (tobacco) (variant of 抽烟 (chōuyān))出差chū chāito go on an official or business trip 出发chū fāto set off; to start (on a journey)出生chū shēngto be born 传真chuán zhēnfax; facsimile 窗户chuāng huwindow 词典cí diǎndictionary 从来cóng láialways; at all times 粗心cū xīncareless; thoughtless 答案dá ànanswer; solution 打扮dǎ banto decorate; to dress 大夫dài fudoctor; physician 大概dà gàiroughly; probably 打扰dǎ rǎoto disturb; to bother 大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy 打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal; to stamp 大约dà yuēapproximately; probably 打折dǎ zhéto give a discount 打针dǎ zhēnto give or have an injection 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect 代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate 代替dài tìto replace; to take the place of 弹tánto pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument)当dāngto be; to act as 当地dāng dìlocal 当时dāng shíthen; at that time 刀dāoknife; blade 到处dào chùeverywhere 到底dào dǐfinally; in the end 道歉dào qiànto apologize 导游dǎo yóutour guide; guidebook 底dǐbackground; bottom 得意dé yìproud of oneself; pleased with oneself 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till 地球dì qiúthe earth 地址dì zhǐaddress 掉diàoto fall; to drop 调查diào cháinvestigation; inquiry 丢diūto lose; to put aside 动作dòng zuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move 堵车dǔ chētraffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested 肚子dù zibelly; abdomen 断duànto break; to snap 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for 对话duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation 对面duì miàn(sitting) opposite; across (the street)顿dùnto stop; to pause 朵duǒflower; earlobe 而érand; as well as

Practice Old 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.