2025 HSK examination syllabus

HSK 4
vocabulary.

四级词汇

Read longer narratives and discuss familiar subjects with vocabulary for relationships, explanations, and abstract ideas.

1,000new words
2,000cumulative words
What to learn

Notice word combinations and sentence context instead of memorizing isolated translations.

How to use this list

Use the list as a reading reference: search for an unfamiliar word, hear it, and return to the sentence where you found it.

2026 rollout: This syllabus was published in November 2025 and became effective in July 2026. The official second-round HSK 3.0 global trial is scheduled for September 20, 2026, so confirm the syllabus and test format with your center.

List scope

All 2,000 words from HSK 1 through HSK 4.

HSK 4 only 1,000HSK 1–4 combined 2,000
Official 2025 syllabus

HSK 4 vocabulary

Words 1,201–1,300 of 2,000Hear any word · Save useful vocabulary

classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc

in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence

to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious

动、形

feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive

名、动

emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons

erhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]

college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4])

high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])

to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)

spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)

to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

动、名

Vocabulary levels, pinyin, parts of speech, and counts follow the official 2025 HSK examination syllabus, published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation and effective July 2026. English glosses are adapted from CC-CEDICT under CC BY-SA 4.0; context may change the best translation.