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
电动车	電動車	diàndòngchē	Electric vehicle
电源	電源	diàn yuán	electric power source
定		dìng	to set
冬季		dōng jì	winter
动摇	動搖	dòng yáo	to sway
独自	獨自	dú zì	alone
堵		dǔ	to block up (a road, pipe etc)
对付	對付	duì fu	to handle
多次		duō cì	many times
多年		duō nián	many years
多样	多樣	duō yàng	diverse
多种	多種	duō zhǒng	many kinds of
恶心	惡心	ě xīn	nausea
而是		ér shì	rather
耳机	耳機	ěr jī	headphones
二手		èr shǒu	indirectly acquired
法		fǎ	law
法官		fǎ guān	judge (in court)
烦	煩	fán	to feel vexed
反		fǎn	contrary
方针	方針	fāng zhēn	policy
肥		féi	fat
分散		fēn sàn	to scatter
分手		fēn shǒu	to part company
分为	分為	fēn wéi	to divide sth into (parts)
封闭	封閉	fēng bì	to close
符号	符號	fú hào	symbol
付出		fù chū	to pay
负担	負擔	fù dān	to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)
夫妇	夫婦	fū fù	a (married) couple
夫妻		fū qī	husband and wife
夫人		fū ren	lady
感兴趣	感興趣	gǎn xìng qù	to be interested
高潮		gāo cháo	high tide
高价	高價	gāo jià	high price
高尚		gāo shàng	noble
高铁	高鐵	gāo tiě	high speed rail
隔		gé	to separate
隔开	隔開	gé kāi	to separate
个体	個體	gè tǐ	individual
各个	各個	gè gè	every
工程		gōng chéng	engineering
供应	供應	gōng yìng	to supply
共		gòng	common
构造	構造	gòu zào	structure
购买	購買	gòu mǎi	to purchase
瓜		guā	melon
怪		guài	bewildering
官方		guān fāng	government
归	歸	guī	to return
海水		hǎi shuǐ	seawater
含		hán	to keep in the mouth
含量		hán liàng	content
含义	含義	hán yì	meaning (implicit in a phrase)
含有		hán yǒu	to contain
寒冷		hán lěng	cold (climate)
航空		háng kōng	aviation
毫米		háo mǐ	millimeter
毫升		háo shēng	milliliter
好友		hǎo yǒu	close friend
黑暗		hēi àn	dark
红包	紅包	hóng bāo	money wrapped in red as a gift
后头	後頭	hòu tou	behind
户	戶	hù	a household
划	劃	huà	to delimit
回复	回復	huí fù	to reply
汇	匯	huì	to remit
汇报	匯報	huì bào	to report
伙		huǒ	meals (abbr. for 食)
或许	或許	huò xǔ	perhaps
货	貨	huò	goods
获	獲	huò	(literary) to catch
获奖	獲獎	huò jiǎng	to win an award
获取	獲取	huò qǔ	to gain
机构	機構	jī gòu	mechanism
机遇	機遇	jī yù	opportunity
即将	即將	jí jiāng	on the eve of
记载	記載	jì zǎi	to write down
技巧		jì qiǎo	skill
季		jì	season
季度		jì dù	quarter of a year
既		jì	already
加入		jiā rù	to become a member
坚固	堅固	jiān gù	firm
减	減	jiǎn	to lower
检测	檢測	jiǎn cè	to detect
健身		jiàn shēn	to exercise
渐渐	漸漸	jiàn jiàn	gradually
江		jiāng	river
奖	獎	jiǎng	prize
奖学金	獎學金	jiǎng xué jīn	scholarship
降		jiàng	to drop
降价	降價	jiàng jià	to cut the price
降温	降溫	jiàng wēn	to become cooler
结	結	jié	knot
姐妹		jiě mèi	sisters
尽快	儘快	jǐn kuài	as quickly as possible
紧密	緊密	jǐn mì	inseparably close
镜头	鏡頭	jìng tóu	camera lens
居民		jū mín	resident
居住		jū zhù	to reside
局	侷	jú	narrow
聚		jù	to congregate
开花	開花	kāi huā	to bloom
开水	開水	kāi shuǐ	boiled water
看望		kàn wàng	to pay a visit to
考察		kǎo chá	to inspect
口袋		kǒu dài	pocket
口语	口語	kǒu yǔ	colloquial speech
快递	快遞	kuài dì	express delivery
宽广	寬廣	kuān guǎng	wide
扩展	擴展	kuò zhǎn	to extend
括号	括號	kuò hào	parentheses
垃圾		lā jī	trash
拉开	拉開	lā kāi	to pull open
来源	來源	lái yuán	source (of information etc)
老公		lǎo gōng	(coll.) husband
老家		lǎo jiā	native place
老婆		lǎo pó	(coll.) wife
乐趣	樂趣	lè qù	delight
泪	淚	lèi	tears
泪水	淚水	lèi shuǐ	teardrop
类型	類型	lèi xíng	type
离不开	離不開	lí bu kāi	inseparable
两边	兩邊	liǎng bian	either side
量		liáng	to measure
疗养	療養	liáo yǎng	to get well
列		liè	to arrange
列车	列車	liè chē	(railway) train
列入		liè rù	to include on a list
列为	列為	liè wéi	to be classified as
楼梯	樓梯	lóu tī	stair
率先		shuài xiān	to take the lead
轮	輪	lún	wheel
轮船	輪船	lún chuán	steamship
轮椅	輪椅	lún yǐ	wheelchair
轮子	輪子	lún zi	wheel
落		luò	to fall or drop
毛衣		máo yī	(wool) sweater
没错	沒錯	méi cuò	that's right
没法儿	沒法兒	méifǎr	Can't
没想到	沒想到	méi xiǎng dào	didn't expect
美金		měi jīn	US dollar
美女		měi nǚ	beautiful woman
梦见	夢見	mèng jiàn	to dream about (sth or sb)
梦想	夢想	mèng xiǎng	(fig.) to dream of
密		mì	secret
面试	面試	miàn shì	to be interviewed (as a candidate)
描述		miáo shù	to describe
名牌儿	名牌兒	míngpáir	Famous brand
名人		míng rén	personage
模特儿	模特兒	mó tè r	(fashion) model (loanword)
模型		mó xíng	model
末		mò	tip
默默		mò mò	in silence
男女		nán nǚ	male-female
男士		nán shì	man
难免	難免	nán miǎn	hard to avoid
闹	鬧	nào	noisy
闹钟	鬧鐘	nào zhōng	alarm clock
内部	內部	nèi bù	interior
宁静	寧靜	níng jìng	tranquil
暖气	暖氣	nuǎn qì	central heating
拍照		pāi zhào	to take a picture
牌		pái	mahjong tile
盘	盤	pán	plate
胖子		pàng zi	fat person
培训	培訓	péi xùn	to cultivate
培训班	培訓班	péi xùn bān	training class
培育		péi yù	to train
品质	品質	pǐn zhì	character
平稳	平穩	píng wěn	smooth
期末		qī mò	end of term
期限		qī xiàn	time limit
期中		qī zhōng	interim
气球	氣球	qì qiú	balloon
汽水		qì shuǐ	soda pop
器官		qì guān	(physiology) organ
前头	前頭	qián tou	in front
亲密	親密	qīn mì	intimate
轻易	輕易	qīng yì	easily
清醒		qīng xǐng	clear-headed
穷人	窮人	qióng rén	poor people
秋季		qiū jì	autumn
燃料		rán liào	fuel
人家		rén jiā	household
散		sàn	to scatter
扫	掃	sǎo	to sweep
色		sè	color
色彩		sè cǎi	tint
闪	閃	shǎn	to dodge
伤害	傷害	shāng hài	to injure
商务	商務	shāng wù	commercial affairs
赏	賞	shǎng	to bestow (a reward)
上个月	上個月	shàng gè yuè	last month
上楼	上樓	shàng lóu	to go upstairs
上门	上門	shàng mén	to drop in
烧	燒	shāo	to burn
设置	設置	shè zhì	to set up
身高		shēn gāo	(a person's) height

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