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HSK 4 vocabulary

1000 words · official HSK 3.0 syllabus (2025)

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interjection of surprise

security check (abbr. for 安全检查)

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

to handle official business (usu. in an office)

to handle (affairs)

to enter oneself for an examination

to carry on one's back

(two, three etc) -fold

undergraduate course

written examination

exterior surface

(of sb) to express

doctor (as an academic degree)

have no choice or option but to

not to be concerned

not the only one

to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory)

large place used for a specific purpose

to take (a ship, plane etc)

to go on an official or business trip

to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)

word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)

from among them

(of sth long) wide

to miss (train, opportunity etc)

to greet sb by word or action

to work a temporary or casual job

to affix a seal

to give a discount

to give or get an injection

(coll.) large bus

nature (the natural world)

to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)

unit (of measure)

proud of oneself

to board a plane

low temperature

to be lower than

the location below sth

electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)

(PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train

to go on holidays

the other person

(sitting) opposite

how (wonderful etc)

to issue (an order, decree etc)

rent for a room or house

to divide sth into (parts)

classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc

in accordance with

father and mother

father and daughter

to be responsible for

person in charge

to drink a toast

to keep up with

college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试)

high temperature

in all parts of (a country)

more (than sth else)

enough (sufficient)

to take care (of)

course of events

winter vacation

(scheduled) flight

easy to get along with

to meet the standard required

money wrapped in red as a gift

environmental protection

to change train (plane, bus etc)

to win an award

to move emotionally

to work overtime

to become a member

head of a household

jiànshēnfáng

to cut the price

to become cooler

traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察)

suburban district

to be connected

to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc)

to catch and hold on

to settle accounts

(of a process etc) to proceed

tourist attraction

to go to the bottom of a matter

to give an example

to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)

to get together for a meal

way of looking at a thing

classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

science and technology

colloquial speech

express delivery

there's not enough time (to do sth)

to have enough time

to get a haircut

(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible

physical strength

two (colloquial equivalent of 两个)

below zero (esp. temperature)

change (of money)

to leave (a message etc)

to leave behind

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread

to pass by or through

in confusion or disorder

beautiful scenery

culinary delicacy

(fig.) to dream of

free (of charge)

to be interviewed (as a candidate)

second (unit of time)

mother and daughter

mother and child

destination (location)

at the present time

don't tell me ...

whether one can

to be capable of

(a groaning sound)

the end of the year

(a person's) age

to arrange in order

the end of a term or semester (in school)

(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)

(meteorology) climate

air temperature

(loanword) chocolate

a relative (i.e. family relation)

guqin 古琴 (a type of zither)

sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)

fan (ball sports)

the whole world

bustling with noise and excitement

life (one's time on earth)

number of people

to enter a school or college

to check in (at a hotel etc)

to scan a QR code or barcode

°C (degrees Celsius)

(lit. and fig.) deep

shēnfènzhèng

to apply for sth

life (as the characteristic of living beings)

teachers and students

shízì lùkǒu

whether (or not)

to charge a fee

to put in order

to listen to (a radio broadcast)

shòupiàoyuán

to sustain injuries

to be familiar with

summer vacation

(bound form) commander-in-chief

to expound Buddhist teachings

(technical) manual

master's degree

(classical) you (in letters)

to raise one's head

to carry (hanging down from the hand)

to raise (an issue)

to shift to an earlier date

physical examination

(body) temperature

to fill in a form

to pull up (stop one's vehicle)

tíngchēchǎng

to pass through

at the same time

to have a headache

Internet shopping

as (in the capacity of)

(lit. and fig.) to pollute

no matter what or how

to misunderstand

thin or slender

currently existing

way of thinking

(piece of) news

(coll.) young man

Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲)

cigarette or pipe tobacco

graduate student

to perform (a play etc)

to sing (for an audience)

to act (in a play)

before one's eyes

to give rise to

impression (sth that stays in one's mind)

to accept a job offer

(loanword) humor

to amuse oneself

friendly feelings

to prepare a lesson

the head of an institution whose name ends in 院

to make an appointment

mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)

(classical) to say

to invite applications for a job

a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

(bound form) whole

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

to be in favor of

(after a noun) between

worth the money

direct (opposite: indirect 间接)

to have no other option but to ...

important point

to attach importance to sth

to congratulate

(to take) a turn for the better

(bound form) self

to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)

to have confidence in oneself

way of handling sth

to write an essay

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