to love; to be fond of; to like; affection
动HSK 4
vocabulary.
Read longer narratives and discuss familiar subjects with vocabulary for relationships, explanations, and abstract ideas.
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.
All 2,000 words from HSK 1 through HSK 4.
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection
动eight
数(coll.) father; dad; father
名(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?
助daytime; during the day
名hundred; numerous
数half; semi-
数、(副)baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
名cup; glass
名(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source
量side; edge
名、后缀illness; disease
名、动no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
副you're welcome; don't mention it
—don't!; must not
副vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
名tea; tea plant
名to sing; to call loudly
动supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3])
名car; vehicle
名to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
动taxi; rental car
名to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)
动to make a telephone call
—big; large; great; older (than another person)
形everyone; influential family
代university; college
名university student; college student
名to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to
动of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
助(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
前缀younger brother; junior male
名to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
量、(名)inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
名telephone; phone call
名computer
名television; TV
名movie; film
名cinema; movie theater
名thing; stuff
名all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even
副to read out; to read aloud; to read
动to read a book; to study
动right; correct; towards; at; for
形、介、(动、量)I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
动many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess
形、动、代、(数、副)how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
代son
名two; 2
数cooked rice; meal
名restaurant; hotel
名room
名very; really; unusual; extraordinary
副airplane
名to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate
量、(动、名)minute
量happy; glad
形song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
名older brother; elder brother
名(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
量to; for
动、(介)company; firm; corporation
名to work; (of a machine) to operate
动、名dog
名expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious
形country; nation; state; (bound form) national
名still; still in progress
副child
名Chinese language
名Chinese character(s)
名good; appropriate; proper
形、(副)、(动)tasty; delicious
形good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
形pleasant to hear
形erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]
形(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet
名、量to drink
动old variant of 和[he2]; and; together with; with
介、连very; quite
副empress; queen
名to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer
动、(量)can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to
动train
名(chicken) egg; hen's egg
名how many; how much; several; a few
代、数home; family
名、量、(后缀)family member; servant
名to see; to meet
动item; component
量dumpling; pot-sticker
名to shout; to call
动、(介)older sister
名this year
名today; the present time; now
名nine; 9
数to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
动to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
动to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
动to see; to look at; to read
动to visit a doctor; to see a patient
动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.