Read longer narratives and discuss familiar subjects with vocabulary for relationships, explanations, and abstract ideas.
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.
Only the 1,000 words assigned to HSK 4.
(technical) manual; (book of) directions
名master's degree; person who has a master's degree
名to die; impassable
动、形、（副）speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
名plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
名sour; tart
形yogurt
名to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in
动、副as one wishes; as one pleases
动、形、连along with; in the wake of
介son's daughter; granddaughter
名grandson; son's son
名all; to have; to possess; to own
形、（动、名）Taiwan (abbr.); surname Tai
量、（名）to lift; to raise
动to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth
动manner; bearing
名to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument)
动to speak; to talk
动soup; hot or boiling water
名to recline; to lie down
动classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time
量to discuss; to talk over
动to dislike; to loathe
形、动characteristic; trait; feature
名to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift
动to raise (an issue); to propose
动to mention; to raise (a subject)
动to offer; to supply
动to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time
动to remind; to call attention to
动abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]
动(body) temperature
名body weight
名to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
动condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification
名hearing; listening ability
名audience; listeners
名to stop; to halt
动to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
动parking lot; car park
名to stop; to halt; to cease
动to go through; to know well
动、形、（量）to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
动、介to notify; to inform
动、名childhood
名at the same time; simultaneously
名、连same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
形bucket; (trash) can
名ache; pain
形、（副）to have a headache
形diagram; picture
名、（动）picture; photograph
名earth; dust
名、（形）to push; to cut
动to postpone; to put off
动to push out; to release
动to shed; to take off
动socks; stockings
名to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)
动outer garment; jacket; coat
名complete; whole; totally; entirely
形、副Good night!; Good evening!
动evening meal; dinner
名Internet shopping; to purchase online
动usually; in many cases
副web page
名online friend; netizen; Internet user
名web address; URL
名danger; dangerous
形、名as (in the capacity of); to take sth as
动taste; smell
名flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
名hygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation
形、名temperature
名to hear; news
动document; file
名article; essay
名character; script
名(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
动not to have; no
动unable to; incapable of
动bored; boring
形no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
连lunch; luncheon
名to misunderstand; to mistake
动、名to breathe; to suck in
动western part
名tomato
名to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
动thin or slender; finely particulate
形meticulous; careful; attentive
形to decline; to drop
动fresh; bright (in color)
形flower; fresh flowers
名salted; salty
形cash
名to envy; to admire
动online
名offline; below the line
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.