HSK 4 vocabulary
598 words at HSK level 4. Tap any word for its meaning, pinyin, stroke order, and audio.
对duìcorrect, right; toward, facing; (measure word for pairs); yes过guò(guò) to pass, to cross; (experiential aspect particle, 'have done before')死sǐto die; dead; death; (intensifier, 'extremely')等děngto wait; class, grade; etc., and so on而érand; but; (conjunction between adjectives or clauses)当dāng(dāng) to be (in a role); when, at the time of; to serve as; (dàng) appropriate干gàn(gàn) to do, to work; (gān) dry; trunk所有suǒ yǒuall呀yaparticle used to express surprise一切yī qièeverything起来qi lai(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state发生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out之zhī(classical possessive particle); him/her/it/them; to go to抱歉bào qiànto be sorry也许yě xǔperhaps; maybe行xíng(xíng) to go, to walk; OK, all right; (háng) row; profession与yǔand; with; (yù) to take part不过bù guòonly生活shēng huóto live任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever感觉gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation可是kě shìbut; however以yǐwith, by means of; according to; so as to肯定kěn dìngto be certain; to be positive最好zuì hǎobest掉diàoto drop, to fall; (verb suffix, 'off, away', e.g. 卖掉 sell off)警察jǐng chápolice; police officer继续jì xùto continue; to proceed with; to go on with最后zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate拉lāto pull, to drag; to play (a stringed instrument)到底dào dǐfinally弄nòngto do, to make; to play with, to fiddle with父亲fù qīnfather只要zhǐ yàoso long as; provided; if好像hǎo xiàngas if却quèhowever, but, yet永远yǒng yuǎnforever完全wán quáncomplete; whole够gòuenough; to reach情况qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation留liúto stay, to remain; to keep; to leave (something behind)安全ān quánsafe; secure份fèn(measure word for portions/copies); share, portion成为chéng wéito become; to turn into谈tánto talk, to discuss不管bù guǎnnot to be concerned麻烦má fantrouble; inconvenience猜cāito guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel计划jì huàplan场chǎngfield, open space; market, square; stage甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that挺tǐngto straighten, to stand upright; rigid, stiff消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true连liánto join, to connect; continuous; even由yóucause, reason; from母亲mǔ qīnmother改变gǎi biànto change戴dàito support; to respect; to put on, to wear; surname往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former生命shēng mìnglife (as the characteristic of living beings)接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce从来cóng láialways感谢gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful内nèiinside原因yuán yīncause保护bǎo hùto protect至少zhì shǎoat least无wúno, not; lacking, -less当时dàng shíimmediately; right then成功chéng gōngto succeed俩liǎtwo, a pair, a couple算suànto calculate, to count; to figure, to plan保证bǎo zhèngguarantee试shìto try, to experiment; exam, test赢yíngto win, to gain; surplus, profit危险wēi xiǎndanger难道nán dàodon't tell me ...刚刚gāng gangjust recently样子yàng ziappearance通过tōng guòto pass through; to get through进行jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway有趣yǒu qùinteresting; fascinating; amusing醒xǐngto wake up, to startle; to sober up主意zhǔ yiplan解释jiě shìexplanation调查diào cháinvestigation开玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair全部quán bùwhole; all讨厌tǎo yànto dislike理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand冷静lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate结果jié guǒoutcome; result; consequence咱们zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)其中qí zhōngamong考虑kǎo lǜto think over因此yīn cǐthus; consequently; as a result指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease血xuèblood律师lǜ shīlawyer嘴zuǐmouth, lips光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely证明zhèng míngproof确实què shíindeed陪péito accompany, to be with, to keep company任务rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role大概dà gàiroughly丢diūto lose; to discard博士bó shìdoctor (as an academic degree)联系lián xìconnection正常zhèng chángnormal; regular方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-座zuòseat; stand, base放弃fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1])使用shǐ yòngto use火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage原谅yuán liàngto excuse即使jí shǐeven if; even though精神jīng shenvigor; vitality正确zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper负责fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for否则fǒu zéotherwise; if not; or (else)遍biàneverywhere, all over, throughout梦mèngdream骗piànto cheat, to defraud, to swindle群qúngroup, crowd; multitude, mob紧张jǐn zhāngnervous本来běn láioriginal翻译fān yìto translate地球dì qiúthe earth可怜kě liánpitiful仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet顿dùnto pause; to bow; to arrange美丽měi lìbeautiful安排ān páito arrange代表dài biǎorepresentative并且bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition扔rēngto throw, to hurl, to cast away收shōuto collect, to gather, to harvest原来yuán láioriginal; former随便suí biànas one wishes假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation乱luànanarchy, chaos; revolt支持zhī chíto be in favor of钥匙yào shikey厉害lì hai(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding挂guàto suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense组织zǔ zhīto organize刀dāoknife; old coin; measure另外lìng wàiadditional提供tí gōngto offer到处dào chùeverywhere坚持jiān chíto persevere with约会yuē huìappointment打扰dǎ rǎoto disturb破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy首先shǒu xiānfirst of all; in the first place幸福xìng fúhappiness严重yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to值得zhí deworth the money能力néng lìcapability信任xìn rènto trust许多xǔ duōmany差不多chà bu duōalmost脱tuōto take off, to shed; to escape from后来hòu láiafterwards; later深shēndeep, profound; depth法律fǎ lǜlaw道歉dào qiànto apologize通知tōng zhīto notify取qǔto take, to receive, to obtain; to select受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)躺tǎngto recline, to lie down撞zhuàngto bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against号码hào mǎnumber抱bàoto embrace, to hold in one's arms; to enfold教授jiào shòuprofessor怀疑huái yíto doubt (sth); to be skeptical of拒绝jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject既然jì ránsince; as; this being the case适合shì héto fit; to suit部分bù fenpart; portion; piece满mǎnto fill; full, packed; satisfied浪费làng fèito waste猪zhūpig, hog, wild boar允许yǔn xǔto permit吵chǎoto argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb实在shí zàireally味道wèi daoflavor; taste汤tāngsoup, gravy, broth; hot water方面fāng miànrespect台táiplatform; unit; term of address经历jīng lìto experience; to go through出发chū fāto set off讨论tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over无论wú lùnno matter what or how愉快yú kuàicheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted答案dá ànanswer推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline输shūto carry, to haul, to transport自然zì ránnature交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix获得huò déto obtain; to receive; to get失败shī bàito be defeated方向fāng xiàngdirection; orientation收拾shōu shito put in order邀请yāo qǐngto invite爱情ài qíngromance; love (romantic)包括bāo kuòto comprise赚zhuànto earn, to profit, to make money失望shī wàngdisappointed反对fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter尽管jǐn guǎndespite弹dànbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy恐怕kǒng pàfear修xiūto study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate活动huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out出生chū shēngto be born超过chāo guòto surpass责任zé rènresponsibility; duty; liability感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment竟然jìng ránunexpectedly演员yǎn yuánactor; actress; performer可惜kě xīit is a pity寄jìto mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective暗àndark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert社会shè huìsociety意见yì jiànidea提醒tí xǐngto remind剩shèngleftovers, residue, remains辛苦xīn kǔexhausting于是yú shìthereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence记者jì zhěreporter; journalist故意gù yìdeliberately; on purpose兴奋xīng fènexcited尊重zūn zhòngto esteem十分shí fēnvery技术jì shùtechnology; technique; skill擦cāto clean, to erase, to polish; a brush顺利shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch演出yǎn chūto act (in a play)压力yā lìpressure地址dì zhǐaddress心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind速度sù dùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo周围zhōu wéienvirons; surroundings; periphery轻松qīng sōnglight正好zhèng hǎojust (in time)困kùnto surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy困难kùn nandifficult干杯gān bēito drink a toast动作dòng zuòmovement; motion; action合适hé shìsuitable; fitting; appropriate肚子dù zibelly倍bèito double; to increase or multiply无聊wú liáobored勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave; courageous千万qiān wànten million尤其yóu qíespecially; particularly帅shuàicommander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt说明shuō míngto explain森林sēn línforest趟tàngtime, occasion; to make a journey制造zhì zàoto manufacture; to make大约dà yuēapproximately由于yóu yúdue to交流jiāo liúto exchange艺术yì shùart好处hǎo chubenefit; advantage; merit关键guān jiàncrucial point轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy复杂fù zácomplicated; complex仔细zǐ xìcareful; attentive; cautious笨bènstupid, foolish, dull, awkward硬yìngfirm, hard, strong; obstinate尝chángto taste; to experience, to experiment with空气kōng qìair距离jù lídistance骄傲jiāo àopride条件tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor受不了shòu bù liǎounbearable职业zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation墙qiángwall经验jīng yànexperience精彩jīng cǎiwonderful发展fā zhǎndevelopment互相hù xiāngeach other巧克力qiǎo kè lì(loanword) chocolate正式zhèng shìformal; official激动jī dòngto move emotionally引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse暂时zàn shítemporary; provisional; for the time being科学kē xuéscience各gèindividual; each, every; all吸引xī yǐnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate毕业bì yègraduation数字shù zìnumeral免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)观众guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)印象yìn xiàngimpression (sth that stays in one's mind)响xiǎngto make noise, to make sound; sound世纪shì jìcentury抬táito carry, to lift, to raise顺便shùn biànconveniently密码mì mǎcipher; secret code禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit过程guò chéngcourse of events; process管理guǎn lǐto supervise伤心shāng xīnto grieve后悔hòu huǐto regret; to feel remorse然而rán érhowever; but; yet窗户chuāng huwindow广告guǎng gàoto advertise脏zàngorgans, viscera; dirty, filthy浪漫làng mànromantic底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath专业zhuān yèspecialty估计gū jìto estimate; to assess; to calculate租zūto rent, to lease; tax, rent国际guó jìinternational阳光yáng guāngsunshine教育jiào yùto educate看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing笑话xiào huajoke; jest杂志zá zhìmagazine亮liàngbright, brilliant, radiant, light护士hù shinurse聊天liáo tiānto chat; to gossip报道bào dàoto report (news)香xiāngincense; fragrant, aromatic申请shēn qǐngto apply for sth敲qiāoto hammer, to pound, to strike回忆huí yìto recall市场shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar信心xìn xīnconfidence熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well误会wù huìto misunderstand著名zhù míngfamous重点zhòng diǎnimportant point; main point; focus经济jīng jìeconomy公里gōng lǐkilometer语言yǔ yánlanguage工具gōng jùtool海洋hǎi yángocean抽烟chōu yānto smoke (tobacco)盒子hé zibox; case桥qiáobridge; beam, crosspiece按照àn zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; on the basis of将来jiāng láiin the future增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase优秀yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent篇piānchapter, section; article, essay范围fàn wéirange规定guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)儿童ér tóngchild当地dāng dìlocal态度tài dumanner不仅bù jǐnnot just; not limited to表达biǎo dáto express; to convey随着suí zhealong with文章wén zhāngarticle内容nèi róngcontent; substance; details猴子hóu zimonkey苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering耐心nài xīnto be patient商量shāng liangto consult年龄nián líng(a person's) age共同gòng tóngcommon打扮dǎ banto decorate礼貌lǐ màocourtesy; politeness; manners效果xiào guǒresult皮肤pí fūskin果然guǒ ránreally座位zuò wèiseat饮料yǐn liàodrink师傅shī fumaster小说xiǎo shuōnovel成熟chéng shúmature; ripe整理zhěng lǐto arrange区别qū biédifference标准biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion只好zhǐ hǎoto have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to理想lǐ xiǎngan ideal诚实chéng shíhonest交通jiāo tōngto be connected起飞qǐ fēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off饼干bǐng gānbiscuit; cracker; cookie沙发shā fā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1])同情tóng qíngto sympathize with祝贺zhù hèto congratulate相反xiāng fǎnopposite稍微shāo wēia little bit页yèpage, sheet, leaf省shěngprovince; frugal; to save, to leave out网站wǎng zhànwebsite散步sàn bùto take a walk; to go for a walk提前tí qiánto shift to an earlier date适应shì yìngto adapt判断pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment植物zhí wùplant高级gāo jíhigh level棵kēmeasure word for trees孤单gū dānlone符合fú héin accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement)软ruǎnsoft, pliable, flexible; weak镜子jìng zimirror流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate材料cái liào(raw) material广播guǎng bōbroadcast朵duǒcluster of flowers; earlobe; an item on both sides偶尔ǒu ěroccasionally价格jià géprice知识zhī shiknowledge工资gōng zīwages; pay航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing对面duì miàn(sitting) opposite代替dài tìto replace; to take the place of孙子sūn zigrandson竞争jìng zhēngto compete顾客gù kècustomer; client集合jí héto gather; to assemble信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card限制xiàn zhìto restrict辣làpepper; hot, spicy; cruel害羞hài xiūshy吃惊chī jīngto be startled例如lì rúfor example; for instance; such as实际shí jìreality对话duì huàto talk (with sb)食品shí pǐnfoodstuff; food; provisions老虎lǎo hǔtiger参观cān guānto visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around专门zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose)汗hànperspiration, sweat难受nán shòuto feel unwell准确zhǔn quèaccurate; exact; precise感动gǎn dòngto move (sb)访问fǎng wènto visit; to call on (a person or place)丰富fēng fùto enrich穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust大夫dài fudoctor; physician烦恼fán nǎoto be worried脾气pí qicharacter; temperament; disposition圆yuáncircle; circular, round; complete严格yán géstrict; stringent; tight; rigorous平时píng shíordinarily现代xiàn dàimodern times收入shōu rùto take in亲戚qīn qia relative (i.e. family relation)友好yǒu hǎofriendly; amicable日记rì jìdiary详细xiáng xìdetailed来不及lái bu jíthere's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late购物gòu wùshopping狮子shī zilion基础jī chǔbase; foundation; basis友谊yǒu yìcompanionship毛巾máo jīntowel性格xìng génature鼓励gǔ lìto encourage厚hòugenerous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)入口rù kǒuentrance及时jí shítimely; at the right time减少jiǎn shǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower盐yánsalt数量shù liàngamount; quantity组成zǔ chéngto form主动zhǔ dòngto take the initiative作者zuò zhěauthor; writer瓶子píng zibottle准时zhǔn shíon time温度wēn dùtemperature阅读yuè dúto read宽kuānbroad, spacious, vast, wide污染wū rǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate逐渐zhú jiàngradually幽默yōu mò(loanword) humor袜子wà zisocks民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group奖金jiǎng jīnpremium力气lì qiphysical strength亚洲yà zhōuAsia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])富fùabundant, ample; rich, wealthy风景fēng jǐngscenery; landscape笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3])家具jiā jùfurniture举办jǔ bànto conduct; to hold (an event)降低jiàng dīto reduce; to lower; to bring down积极jī jíactive握手wò shǒuto shake hands酸suāntart, sour; spoiled; acid咳嗽ké souto cough逛guàngto ramble, to stroll, to wander鼓掌gǔ zhǎngto applaud质量zhì liàng(physics) mass首都shǒu dūcapital (city)羡慕xiàn mùto envy气候qì hòu(meteorology) climate大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy缺少quē shǎolack增长zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase来得及lái de jíto have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it批评pī píngto criticize; criticism忽然hū ránsuddenly; all of a sudden请客qǐng kèto give a dinner party极其jí qíextremely加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station个子gè zistature; height; size (of a person or object)中文zhōng wénChinese language不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)性别xìng biésex; gender减肥jiǎn féito lose weight往往wǎng wǎngusually热闹rè naobustling with noise and excitement加班jiā bānto work overtime重视zhòng shìto attach importance to sth; to value垃圾桶lā jī tǒngrubbish bin出差chū chāito go on an official or business trip咸xiánall, together, united; salted乘坐chéng zuòto take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)扩大kuò dàto expand暖和nuǎn huowarm顺序shùn xùsequence表格biǎo géform; table缺点quē diǎnweak point反映fǎn yìngto mirror推迟tuī chíto postpone网球wǎng qiútennis叶子yè zileaf (CL:片[pian4])合格hé géto meet the standard required其次qí cìnext懒lǎnlazy, languid, listless优点yōu diǎnmerit得意dé yìproud of oneself报名bào míngto sign up签证qiān zhèngvisa打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal流泪liú lèito shed tears按时àn shíon time整齐zhěng qíorderly传真chuán zhēnto fax普遍pǔ biànuniversal窄zhǎinarrow, tight; narrow-minded长城cháng chéngthe Great Wall干燥gān zào(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid特点tè diǎncharacteristic; trait; feature总结zǒng jiéto sum up请假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence理发lǐ fàto get a haircut; to have one's hair done导游dǎo yóutour guide打针dǎ zhēnto give or get an injection活泼huó polively排列pái lièto arrange in order凉快liáng kuaipleasantly cool (weather etc)洗衣机xǐ yī jīwashing machine; washer硕士shuò shìmaster's degree牙膏yá gāotoothpaste复印fù yìnto photocopy农村nóng cūnrural area招聘zhāo pìnto invite applications for a job打折dǎ zhéto give a discount堵车dǔ chētraffic jam西红柿xī hóng shìtomato表扬biǎo yángto praise积累jī lěito accumulate节约jié yuēto economize乒乓球pīng pāng qiútable tennis饺子jiǎo zidumpling研究生yán jiū shēnggraduate student湿润shī rùnmoist塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag长江cháng jiāngYangtze River, or Chang Jiang粗心cū xīncareless流利liú lìfluent留学liú xuéto study abroad马虎mǎ hucareless语法yǔ fǎgrammar亿yìhundred million; many养成yǎng chéngto cultivate分之fēn zhī(indicating a fraction)羽毛球yǔ máo qiúbadminton售货员shòu huò yuánsales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson人民币rén mín bìRenminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)词典cí diǎndictionary寒假hán jiàwinter vacation京剧jīng jùBeijing opera做生意zuò shēng yìto do business填空tián kòngto fill a job vacancy放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation预习yù xíto prepare a lesson