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
程序		chéng xù	procedures
尺子		chǐ zi	ruler (measuring instrument)
充电器	充電器	chōng diàn qì	battery charger
充分		chōng fèn	ample
冲	沖	chōng	(of water) to dash against
出色		chū sè	remarkable
出席		chū xí	to attend
传统	傳統	chuán tǒng	tradition
此外		cǐ wài	besides
刺激		cì jī	to provoke
从此	從此	cóng cǐ	from now on
促进	促進	cù jìn	to promote (an idea or cause)
促使		cù shǐ	to induce
措施		cuò shī	measure
大方		dà fāng	expert
大型		dà xíng	large
待遇		dài yù	treatment
单纯	單純	dān chún	simple
单调	單調	dān diào	monotonous
单独	單獨	dān dú	alone
担任	擔任	dān rèn	to hold a governmental office or post
淡		dàn	insipid
导致	導致	dǎo zhì	to lead to
地位		dì wèi	position
的确	的確	dí què	really
登记	登記	dēng jì	to register (one's name)
敌人	敵人	dí rén	enemy
调皮	調皮	tiáo pí	naughty
顶	頂	dǐng	apex
动画片	動畫片	dòng huà piàn	animated film
豆腐		dòu fu	tofu
独立	獨立	dú lì	independent
独特	獨特	dú tè	unique
度过	度過	dù guò	to pass
对比	對比	duì bǐ	to contrast
对于	對於	duì yú	regarding
发挥	發揮	fā huī	to display
发票	發票	fā piào	invoice
法院		fǎ yuàn	court of law
翻		fān	to turn over
反而		fǎn ér	on the contrary
方		fāng	square
方案		fāng àn	plan
放松	放鬆	fàng sōng	to relax
非		fēi	to not be
分布	分佈	fēn bù	to scatter
纷纷	紛紛	fēn fēn	one after another
奋斗	奮鬥	fèn dòu	to strive
风格	風格	fēng gé	style
风俗	風俗	fēng sú	social custom
复制	複製	fù zhì	to duplicate
改善		gǎi shàn	to make better
改正		gǎi zhèng	to correct
盖	蓋	gài	lid
概括		gài kuò	to summarize
格外		gé wài	especially
个别	個別	gè bié	individually
根		gēn	root
公元		gōng yuán	CE (Common Era)
构成	構成	gòu chéng	to constitute
骨头	骨頭	gǔ tou	bone
固定		gù dìng	to fix
关闭	關閉	guān bì	to close
官		guān	government official
光临	光臨	guāng lín	(formal) to honor with one's presence
光盘	光盤	guāng pán	compact disc (CD)
规律	規律	guī lǜ	rule (e.g. of science)
规模	規模	guī mó	scale
规则	規則	guī zé	rule
果实	果實	guǒ shí	fruit (produced by a plant)
过分	過分	guò fèn	excessive
海鲜	海鮮	hǎi xiān	seafood
合同		hé tong	(business) contract
呼吸		hū xī	to breathe
忽视	忽視	hū shì	to neglect
怀念	懷念	huái niàn	to cherish the memory of
缓解	緩解	huǎn jiě	to bring relief
黄瓜	黃瓜	huáng guā	cucumber
黄金	黃金	huáng jīn	gold
汇率	匯率	huì lǜ	exchange rate
会计	會計	kuài jì	accountant
婚礼	婚禮	hūn lǐ	wedding ceremony
伙伴		huǒ bàn	partner
激烈		jī liè	(of competition or fighting) intense
及格		jí gé	to pass an exam or a test
急忙		jí máng	hastily
纪律	紀律	jì lǜ	discipline
家务	家務	jiā wù	household duties
假如		jiǎ rú	if
简历	簡歷	jiǎn lì	curriculum vitae (CV)
讲究	講究	jiǎng jiu	to pay particular attention to
讲座	講座	jiǎng zuò	a course of lectures
降落		jiàng luò	to descend
交换	交換	jiāo huàn	to exchange
交际	交際	jiāo jì	communication
角色		jué sè	role
教训	教訓	jiào xun	to provide guidance
阶段	階段	jiē duàn	stage
节省	節省	jié shěng	saving
结构	結構	jié gòu	structure
结论	結論	jié lùn	conclusion
尽力	盡力	jìn lì	to strive one's hardest
近代		jìn dài	the not-very-distant past
进口	進口	jìn kǒu	to import
经典	經典	jīng diǎn	the classics
精力		jīng lì	energy
酒吧		jiǔ bā	bar
巨大		jù dà	huge
具备	具備	jù bèi	to possess
聚会	聚會	jù huì	party
卷		juàn	scroll
看不起		kàn bu qǐ	to look down upon
看来	看來	kàn lai	apparently
可见	可見	kě jiàn	it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)
空间	空間	kōng jiān	space
矿泉水	礦泉水	kuàng quán shuǐ	mineral water
老实	老實	lǎo shi	honest
了不起		liǎo bu qǐ	amazing
厘米	釐米	lí mǐ	centimeter
立即		lì jí	immediately
利息		lì xī	interest (on a loan)
利益		lì yì	benefit
良好		liáng hǎo	good
粮食	糧食	liáng shi	foodstuff
临时	臨時	lín shí	as the time draws near
零食		líng shí	between-meal nibbles
流传	流傳	liú chuán	to spread
陆地	陸地	lù dì	dry land (as opposed to the sea)
陆续	陸續	lù xù	in turn
录取	錄取	lù qǔ	to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
论文	論文	lùn wén	paper
秘密		mì mì	secret
秘书	秘書	mì shū	secretary
密切		mì qiè	close
面临	面臨	miàn lín	to face sth
描写	描寫	miáo xiě	to describe
名片		míng piàn	(business) card
摸		mō	to feel with the hand
哪怕		nǎ pà	even
脑袋	腦袋	nǎo dai	head
内科	內科	nèi kē	internal medicine
能干	能幹	néng gàn	capable
浓	濃	nóng	concentrated
女士		nǚ shì	lady
培养	培養	péi yǎng	to cultivate
批		pī	to ascertain
片面		piàn miàn	unilateral
平方		píng fāng	square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
平静	平靜	píng jìng	tranquil
平均		píng jūn	average
迫切		pò qiè	urgent
破产	破產	pò chǎn	to go bankrupt
期待		qī dài	to look forward to
期间	期間	qī jiān	period of time
其余	其餘	qí yú	the rest
企业	企業	qǐ yè	company
汽油		qì yóu	gasoline
前途		qián tú	prospects
浅	淺	qiǎn	shallow
切		qiē	to cut
亲爱	親愛	qīn ài	dear
青春		qīng chūn	youth
情景		qíng jǐng	scene
趋势	趨勢	qū shì	trend
圈		quān	circle
权利	權利	quán lì	right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
确认	確認	què rèn	to confirm
燃烧	燃燒	rán shāo	to ignite
热心	熱心	rè xīn	enthusiastic
日历	日曆	rì lì	calendar
如今		rú jīn	nowadays
弱		ruò	weak
晒	曬	shài	(of the sun) to shine on
闪电	閃電	shǎn diàn	lightning
善良		shàn liáng	good and honest
善于	善於	shàn yú	to be good at
设施	設施	shè shī	facilities
身材		shēn cái	stature
身份		shēn fèn	identity
神话	神話	shén huà	legend
神秘		shén mì	mysterious
失业	失業	shī yè	unemployment
诗	詩	shī	poem
实用	實用	shí yòng	practical
士兵		shì bīng	soldier
似的		shì de	seems as if
似乎		sì hū	it seems
事物		shì wù	thing
事先		shì xiān	in advance
试卷	試卷	shì juàn	examination paper
是否		shì fǒu	whether (or not)
收获	收穫	shōu huò	to harvest
手工		shǒu gōng	handwork
手术	手術	shǒu shù	(surgical) operation
手套		shǒu tào	glove
舒适	舒適	shū shì	cozy
熟练	熟練	shú liàn	practiced
数据	數據	shù jù	data
数码	數碼	shù mǎ	number
说不定	說不定	shuō bu dìng	can't say for sure

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