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
说服	說服	shuō fú	to persuade
思考		sī kǎo	to reflect on
缩短	縮短	suō duǎn	to curtail
缩小	縮小	suō xiǎo	to reduce
台阶	臺階	tái jiē	steps
特殊		tè shū	special
特征	特徵	tè zhēng	characteristic
天真		tiān zhēn	naive
挑战	挑戰	tiǎo zhàn	to challenge
统一	統一	tǒng yī	to unify
痛快		tòng kuài	delighted
投资	投資	tóu zī	investment
透明		tòu míng	transparent
土地		tǔ dì	land
弯	彎	wān	to bend
万一	萬一	wàn yī	just in case
微笑		wēi xiào	smile
围巾	圍巾	wéi jīn	scarf
维护	維護	wéi hù	to defend
尾巴		wěi ba	tail
未必		wèi bì	not necessarily
未来	未來	wèi lái	future
位置		wèi zhi	position
稳定	穩定	wěn dìng	steady
问候	問候	wèn hòu	to give one's respects
无数	無數	wú shù	countless
吸收		xī shōu	to absorb
系统	系統	xì tǒng	system
细节	細節	xì jié	details
下载	下載	xià zǎi	to download
县	縣	xiàn	county
相处	相處	xiāng chǔ	to be in contact (with sb)
想念		xiǎng niàn	to miss
想象		xiǎng xiàng	to imagine
项	項	xiàng	back of neck
项目	項目	xiàng mù	item
消化		xiāo huà	to digest (food)
销售	銷售	xiāo shòu	to sell
小吃		xiǎo chī	snack
小伙子		xiǎo huǒ zi	young man
效率		xiào lǜ	efficiency
心理		xīn lǐ	psychology
行业	行業	háng yè	trade
形容		xíng róng	to describe
形势	形勢	xíng shì	circumstances
性质	性質	xìng zhì	nature
兄弟		xiōng dì	brothers
学术	學術	xué shù	learning
学问	學問	xué wèn	learning
寻找	尋找	xún zhǎo	to seek
迅速		xùn sù	rapid
延长	延長	yán cháng	to prolong
阳台	陽臺	yáng tái	balcony
腰		yāo	waist
摇	搖	yáo	to shake
业余	業餘	yè yú	in one's spare time
一致		yī zhì	unanimous
依然		yī rán	still
移动	移動	yí dòng	to move
移民		yí mín	to immigrate
疑问	疑問	yí wèn	question
以及		yǐ jí	as well as
义务	義務	yì wù	duty
议论	議論	yì lùn	to comment
营业	營業	yíng yè	to do business
影子		yǐng zi	shadow
勇气	勇氣	yǒng qì	courage
用途		yòng tú	use
优美	優美	yōu měi	graceful
邮局	郵局	yóu jú	post office
幼儿园	幼兒園	yòu ér yuán	kindergarten
玉米		yù mǐ	corn
预订	預訂	yù dìng	to place an order
原料		yuán liào	raw material
原则	原則	yuán zé	principle
运气	運氣	yùn qi	luck (good or bad)
运用	運用	yùn yòng	to use
再三		zài sān	over and over again
赞成	贊成	zàn chéng	to approve
战争	戰爭	zhàn zhēng	war
长途	長途	cháng tú	long distance
召开	召開	zhào kāi	to convene (a conference or meeting)
针对	針對	zhēn duì	to target
阵	陣	zhèn	disposition of troops
争论	爭論	zhēng lùn	to argue
征求	徵求	zhēng qiú	to solicit
政府		zhèng fǔ	government
政治		zhèng zhì	politics
指挥	指揮	zhǐ huī	to conduct
治疗	治療	zhì liáo	to treat (an illness)
中介		zhōng jiè	to act as intermediary
重量		zhòng liàng	weight
逐步		zhú bù	progressively
主席		zhǔ xí	chairperson
祝福		zhù fú	blessings
抓紧	抓緊	zhuā jǐn	to keep a firm grip on
专心	專心	zhuān xīn	to focus one's attention
转告	轉告	zhuǎn gào	to pass on
追求		zhuī qiú	to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly
资料	資料	zī liào	material
资源	資源	zī yuán	natural resource (such as water or minerals)
自信		zì xìn	to have confidence in oneself
综合	綜合	zōng hé	comprehensive
总共	總共	zǒng gòng	altogether
总理	總理	zǒng lǐ	premier
总统	總統	zǒng tǒng	president (of a country)
总之	總之	zǒng zhī	in a word
阻止		zǔ zhǐ	to prevent
最初		zuì chū	first
作为	作為	zuò wéi	one's conduct
矮小		ǎi xiǎo	short and small
爱国	愛國	ài guó	to love one's country
安		ān	(bound form) calm
安置		ān zhì	to find a place for
暗示		àn shì	to hint
巴士		bā shì	bus (loanword)
百货	百貨	bǎi huò	general merchandise
摆动	擺動	bǎi dòng	to sway
摆脱	擺脫	bǎi tuō	to break away from
败	敗	bài	to defeat
办事	辦事	bàn shì	to handle (affairs)
宝	寶	bǎo	jewel
宝宝	寶寶	bǎo bao	darling
宝石	寶石	bǎo shí	precious stone
保密		bǎo mì	to keep sth confidential
保守		bǎo shǒu	conservative
被迫		bèi pò	to be compelled
比分		bǐ fēn	score
毕业生	畢業生	bì yè shēng	graduate
避		bì	to avoid
编	編	biān	to weave
冰		bīng	ice
冰雪		bīng xuě	ice and snow
兵		bīng	soldiers
不在乎		bù zài hu	not to care
布置	佈置	bù zhì	to put in order
步行		bù xíng	to go on foot
财富	財富	cái fù	wealth
操作		cāo zuò	to work
测	測	cè	to survey
测量	測量	cè liáng	survey
测试	測試	cè shì	to test (machinery etc)
曾		céng	once
茶叶	茶葉	chá yè	tea
唱片		chàng piàn	gramophone record
抄写	抄寫	chāo xiě	to copy
潮		cháo	tide
潮流		cháo liú	tide
潮湿	潮濕	cháo shī	damp
沉		chén	to submerge
沉重		chén zhòng	heavy
成人		chéng rén	adult
诚信	誠信	chéng xìn	genuine
尺		chǐ	a Chinese foot
尺寸		chǐ cun	size
充电	充電	chōng diàn	to recharge (a battery)
虫子	蟲子	chóng zi	insect
抽		chōu	to draw out
抽奖	抽獎	chōu jiǎng	to draw a prize
出售		chū shòu	to sell
处	處	chù	place
处于	處於	chǔ yú	to be in (some state, position, or condition)
穿上		chuān shang	to put on (clothes etc)
窗台	窗臺	chuāng tái	window sill
窗子		chuāng zi	window
春季		chūn jì	springtime
纯	純	chún	pure
纯净水	純淨水	chún jìng shuǐ	purified water
词汇	詞彙	cí huì	vocabulary
此		cǐ	this
刺		cì	thorn
粗		cū	coarse
促销	促銷	cù xiāo	to promote sales
打败	打敗	dǎ bài	to defeat
打雷		dǎ léi	to rumble with thunder
大巴		dà bā	(coll.) large bus
大多		dà duō	for the most part
大哥		dà gē	eldest brother
大规模	大規模	dà guī mó	large scale
大会	大會	dà huì	general assembly
大姐		dà jiě	big sister
大楼	大樓	dà lóu	building (a relatively large, multistory one)
大陆	大陸	dà lù	continent
大妈	大媽	dà mā	father's elder brother's wife
大爷	大爺	dà yé	arrogant idler
大众	大眾	dà zhòng	the masses
袋		dài	pouch
单	單	dān	bill
担保	擔保	dān bǎo	to guarantee
倒闭	倒閉	dǎo bì	to go bankrupt
倒车	倒車	dǎo chē	to change buses, trains etc
地面		dì miàn	floor
地下		dì xià	underground
灯光	燈光	dēng guāng	(stage) lighting
登		dēng	to scale (a height)
登录	登錄	dēng lù	to register
登山		dēng shān	to climb a mountain
典型		diǎn xíng	model
点名	點名	diǎn míng	roll call
电灯	電燈	diàn dēng	electric light

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