HSK 4 word list

All 600 words of HSK level 4, with pinyin and English meanings. Characters are coloured by tone. This list follows the classic HSK 2.0 syllabus.

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The fourth level of the classic HSK syllabus: 600 words. The word, its reading and a short English meaning — the same data that fills the flashcards in the app.

#	Word	Pinyin	Meaning
1	爱情	àiqíng	romantic love
2	安排	ānpái	to arrange; plan
3	安全	ānquán	safe; security
4	按时	ànshí	on time
5	按照	ànzhào	according to
6	百分之	bǎifēnzhī	percent
7	棒	bàng	stick; staff; excellent
8	包子	bāozi	bao zi [steamed stuffed bun]
9	保护	bǎohù	protection; to protect
10	保证	bǎozhèng	guarantee
11	抱	bào	to hold
12	报名	bàomíng	sign up
13	抱歉	bàoqiàn	apologise
14	倍	bèi	times; double; twice as much
15	本来	běnlái	originally
16	笨	bèn	stupid
17	比如	bǐrú	for example; for instance; such as
18	毕业	bìyè	graduate
19	遍	biàn	time [when doing something repeatedly]
20	标准	biāozhǔn	standard; standardised
21	表格	biǎogé	form; table
22	表示	biǎoshì	express; indicate
23	表演	biǎoyǎn	performance
24	表扬	biǎoyáng	to praise
25	饼干	bǐnggān	cookie; biscuit
26	并且	bìngqiě	and
27	博士	bóshì	doctor
28	不过	búguò	however
29	不得不	bùdébù	to have to
30	部分	bùfen	part; section; portion
31	不管	bùguǎn	regardless of; no matter (what/how)
32	不仅	bùjǐn	not only [this one]
33	擦	cā	rub
34	猜	cāi	guess
35	材料	cáiliào	material
36	参观	cānguān	to visit (a place; a museum; etc.)
37	餐厅	cāntīng	canteen
38	厕所	cèsuǒ	toilets; lavatory
39	差不多	chàbuduō	almost
40	长城	Chángchéng	The Great Wall
41	长江	Chángjiāng	Yangtze River
42	场	chǎng	[a level open space (eg. a threshing ground, market, sports field, square etc)]
43	超过	chāoguò	exceed
44	成功	chénggōng	success; successful
45	诚实	chéngshí	honest
46	成为	chéngwéi	become
47	乘坐	chéngzuò	to ride (in a vehicle)
48	吃惊	chījīng	to be startled
49	重新	chóngxīn	again
50	抽烟	chōuyān	to smoke
51	出差	chūchāi	go on business trip
52	出发	chūfā	set off; depart
53	出生	chūshēng	birth; to be born
54	出现	chūxiàn	emerge
55	厨房	chúfáng	kitchen
56	传真	chuánzhēn	fax
57	窗户	chuānghu	window
58	词语	cíyǔ	words and expressions
59	从来	cónglái	always
60	粗心	cūxīn	careless
61	存	cún	store; keep; survive
62	错误	cuòwù	error; mistake
63	答案	dáàn	answer
64	打扮	dǎban	to decorate
65	打扰	dǎrǎo	disturb
66	打印	dǎyìn	print
67	打招呼	dǎzhāohu	greet somebody
68	打折	dǎzhé	to give a discount
69	打针	dǎzhēn	give/have an injection
70	大概	dàgài	probably; maybe
71	大使馆	dàshǐguǎn	embassy
72	大约	dàyuē	approximately; around; about
73	戴	dài	to wear (accessories)
74	大夫	dàifu	doctor
75	当	dāng	work as
76	当时	dāngshí	at that time
77	刀	dāo	knife
78	导游	dǎoyóu	lead a site-seeing tour
79	倒	dào	to reverse; turn upside down; to pour
80	到处	dàochù	everywhere
81	到底	dàodǐ	in the end
82	道歉	dàoqiàn	apology
83	得	de	feel
84	得意	déyì	proud of oneself
85	登机牌	dēngjīpái	boarding pass
86	等	děng	etc.
87	低	dī	low
88	底	dǐ	bottom
89	地点	dìdiǎn	location
90	地球	dìqiú	earth
91	地址	dìzhǐ	address
92	掉	diào	lose; [as a complement after some verbs to indicate result of action]
93	调查	diàochá	investigation
94	丢	diū	lose
95	动作	dòngzuò	movement
96	堵车	dǔchē	traffic jam
97	肚子	dùzi	belly
98	短信	duǎnxìn	text message; SMS
99	对话	duìhuà	dialogue
100	对面	duìmiàn	opposite

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Character colour shows the tone: first red, second green, third blue, fourth purple, neutral grey. The reading is then remembered together with the character instead of separately.

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