HSK 3.0 vocabulary

HSK 3.0 Level 4 Vocabulary List

All 972 words for the HSK 3.0 Level 4 exam — the fourth band of the 2021 HSK standard for intermediate learners. Every word links to a full entry with example sentences, pinyin, and traditional characters.

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Word	Traditional	Pinyin	Meaning
些		xiē	classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
妻子		qī zǐ	wife and children
西瓜		xī guā	watermelon
丈夫		zhàng fu	husband
阿姨		ā yí	maternal aunt
矮		ǎi	low
冰箱		bīng xiāng	icebox
迟到	遲到	chí dào	to arrive late
打扫	打掃	dǎ sǎo	to clean
担心	擔心	dān xīn	anxious
电梯	電梯	diàn tī	elevator
锻炼	鍛鍊	duàn liàn	to toughen
发烧	發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness)
附近		fù jìn	nearby
根据	根據	gēn jù	according to
关于	關於	guān yú	pertaining to
极	極	jí	extremely
几乎	幾乎	jī hū	almost
季节	季節	jì jié	time
街道		jiē dào	street
了解		liǎo jiě	to understand
历史	歷史	lì shǐ	history
帽子		mào zi	hat
盘子	盤子	pán zi	tray
伞	傘	sǎn	umbrella
叔叔		shū shu	father's younger brother
刷		shuā	to brush
新鲜	新鮮	xīn xiān	fresh (experience, food etc)
兴趣	興趣	xìng qù	interest (desire to know about sth)
选择	選擇	xuǎn zé	to select
眼镜	眼鏡	yǎn jìng	spectacles
遇到		yù dào	to meet
着急	著急	zháo jí	to worry
按时	按時	àn shí	on time
暗		àn	dark
包括		bāo kuò	to comprise
抱		bào	to hold
倍		bèi	(two, three etc) -fold
笨		bèn	stupid
毕业	畢業	bì yè	graduation
表扬	表揚	biǎo yáng	to praise
不管		bù guǎn	not to be concerned
擦		cā	to rub
材料		cái liào	(raw) material
诚实	誠實	chéng shí	honest
吃惊	吃驚	chī jīng	to be startled
抽烟	抽煙	chōu yān	to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
窗户	窗戶	chuāng hu	window
粗心		cū xīn	careless
答案		dá àn	answer
打折		dǎ zhé	to give a discount
打针	打針	dǎ zhēn	to give or have an injection
代替		dài tì	to replace
戴		dài	to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
导游	導遊	dǎo yóu	tour guide
地址		dì zhǐ	address
得意		dé yì	proud of oneself
底		dǐ	background
堵车	堵車	dǔ chē	traffic jam
肚子		dù zi	belly
儿童	兒童	ér tóng	child
而		ér	and
法律		fǎ lǜ	law
翻译	翻譯	fān yì	to translate
反映		fǎn yìng	to mirror
分之		fēn zhī	(indicating a fraction)
风景	風景	fēng jǐng	scenery
否则	否則	fǒu zé	otherwise
符合		fú hé	in keeping with
购物	購物	gòu wù	shopping
逛		guàng	to stroll
寒假		hán jià	winter vacation
航班		háng bān	(scheduled) flight
号码	號碼	hào mǎ	number
厚		hòu	thick
护士	護士	hù shi	nurse
怀疑	懷疑	huái yí	to doubt (sth)
获得	獲得	huò dé	to obtain
积累	積累	jī lěi	to accumulate
激动	激動	jī dòng	to move emotionally
极其	極其	jí qí	extremely
集合		jí hé	to gather
既然		jì rán	since
寄		jì	to send
加班		jiā bān	to work overtime
加油站		jiā yóu zhàn	gas station
减肥	減肥	jiǎn féi	to lose weight
减少	減少	jiǎn shǎo	to lessen
奖金	獎金	jiǎng jīn	premium
降低		jiàng dī	to reduce
教授		jiào shòu	professor
解释	解釋	jiě shì	explanation
禁止		jìn zhǐ	to prohibit
竟然		jìng rán	unexpectedly
镜子	鏡子	jìng zi	mirror
究竟		jiū jìng	to go to the bottom of a matter
距离	距離	jù lí	distance
考虑	考慮	kǎo lǜ	to think over
棵		kē	classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
苦		kǔ	bitter
宽	寬	kuān	wide
扩大	擴大	kuò dà	to expand
辣		là	hot (spicy)
来不及	來不及	lái bu jí	there's not enough time (to do sth)
来得及	來得及	lái de jí	to have enough time
冷静	冷靜	lěng jìng	calm
力气	力氣	lì qi	strength
俩	倆	liǎ	two (colloquial equivalent of 两个)
律师	律師	lǜ shī	lawyer
毛巾		máo jīn	towel
梦	夢	mèng	dream
密码	密碼	mì mǎ	cipher
免费	免費	miǎn fèi	free (of charge)
排列		pái liè	to arrange in order
巧克力		qiǎo kè lì	chocolate (loanword)
轻松	輕鬆	qīng sōng	light
穷	窮	qióng	poor
却	卻	què	but
然而		rán ér	however
热闹	熱鬧	rè nao	bustling with noise and excitement
日记	日記	rì jì	diary
申请	申請	shēn qǐng	to apply for sth
甚至		shèn zhì	even
失败	失敗	shī bài	to be defeated
失望		shī wàng	disappointed
受不了		shòu bù liǎo	unbearable
售货员	售貨員	shòu huò yuán	salesperson
帅	帥	shuài	(bound form) commander-in-chief
顺序	順序	shùn xù	sequence
塑料袋		sù liào dài	plastic bag
酸		suān	sour
孙子	孫子	sūn zi	grandson
躺		tǎng	to recline
提供		tí gōng	to offer
提醒		tí xǐng	to remind
填空		tián kòng	to fill a job vacancy
同情		tóng qíng	to sympathize with
推迟	推遲	tuī chí	to postpone
脱	脫	tuō	to shed
袜子	襪子	wà zi	socks
无	無	wú	not to have
无聊	無聊	wú liáo	bored
无论	無論	wú lùn	no matter what or how
误会	誤會	wù huì	to misunderstand
吸引		xī yǐn	to attract
咸		xián	all
限制		xiàn zhì	to restrict
相反		xiāng fǎn	opposite
醒		xǐng	to wake up
兴奋	興奮	xīng fèn	excited
呀		ya	(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
严格	嚴格	yán gé	strict
严重	嚴重	yán zhòng	grave
研究生		yán jiū shēng	graduate student
盐	鹽	yán	salt
养成	養成	yǎng chéng	to cultivate
叶子	葉子	yè zi	leaf
引起		yǐn qǐ	to give rise to
勇敢		yǒng gǎn	brave
优秀	優秀	yōu xiù	outstanding
有趣		yǒu qù	interesting
于是	於是	yú shì	thereupon
语法	語法	yǔ fǎ	grammar
圆	圓	yuán	circle
约会	約會	yuē huì	appointment
阅读	閱讀	yuè dú	to read
著名		zhù míng	famous
植物		zhí wù	plant
质量	質量	zhì liàng	quality
逐渐	逐漸	zhú jiàn	gradually
准时	準時	zhǔn shí	on time
爱护	愛護	ài hù	to cherish
摆	擺	bǎi	to arrange
包裹		bāo guǒ	to wrap up
包含		bāo hán	to contain
薄		báo	thin
宝贝	寶貝	bǎo bèi	treasured object
宝贵	寶貴	bǎo guì	valuable
背景		bèi jǐng	background
本科		běn kē	undergraduate course
避免		bì miǎn	to avert
辩论	辯論	biàn lùn	debate
标志	標誌	biāo zhì	sign
表情		biǎo qíng	(facial) expression
不然		bù rán	not so
不要紧	不要緊	bù yào jǐn	unimportant
财产	財產	cái chǎn	property
采访	採訪	cǎi fǎng	to interview
参考	參考	cān kǎo	consultation
参与	參與	cān yù	to participate (in sth)
操场	操場	cāo chǎng	playground
产品	產品	chǎn pǐn	goods
常识	常識	cháng shí	common sense
抄		chāo	to make a copy
彻底	徹底	chè dǐ	thorough
沉默		chén mò	taciturn
称赞	稱讚	chēng zàn	to praise
承担	承擔	chéng dān	to undertake
承认	承認	chéng rèn	to admit
承受		chéng shòu	to bear

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