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HSK 4 (3.0): 2,000 words and 1,096 characters — 2026 syllabus

Everything HSK 4 requires under the syllabus in force since 1 July 2026. Figures are cumulative: the level is also tested on everything below it. Counted from the official syllabus rather than copied from summaries — why that distinction matters here.

Requirements in numbers

Words
2,000
+1,000 at this level
Characters to read
1,096
+441 at this level
Of those, to write
400
by hand
Under HSK 2.0
1,200
words at this level

HSK 4 characters: 441 new

Characters introduced at this level, with their stroke count underneath. The ones you also need to write by hand, rather than only recognise, are underlined in red — 150 of 441.

Individual character pages currently cover HSK 1–3; for the rest, paste characters into the practice sheet builder to see their stroke order. Printable practice sheets take any characters you paste in.

HSK 4 vocabulary: 1,000 new words

The start of the level’s word list, in syllabus order, with official pinyin and a short gloss. 1,000 glosses on this level were written by hand for the list rather than taken from a dictionary entry.

  1. 啊āah!; oh!
  2. 爱情àiqínglove; romance
  3. 爱心àixīnkindness; compassion
  4. 安检ānjiǎna security check
  5. 安排ānpáito arrange; to plan
  6. 按ànto press; according to
  7. 按时ànshíon time; punctually
  8. 按照ànzhàoaccording to; in line with
  9. 白酒báijiǔbaijiu, Chinese spirit
  10. 办公bàngōngto work in an office
  11. 办理bànlǐto handle; to process
  12. 办事bànshìto handle affairs; to work
  13. 棒bànggreat; a stick
  14. 保护bǎohùto protect; to safeguard
  15. 保证bǎozhèngto guarantee; a guarantee
  16. 抱bàoto hug; to hold
  17. 报考bàokǎoto sign up for an exam
  18. 报名bàomíngto sign up; to register
  19. 抱歉bàoqiànto be sorry; apologetic
  20. 背bēito carry on one's back
  21. 背包bēibāoa rucksack; a backpack
  22. 北部běibùthe northern part
  23. 倍bèitimes; -fold
  24. 本科běnkēan undergraduate degree
  25. 本来běnláioriginally; actually
  26. 笨bènstupid; clumsy
  27. 鼻子bízia nose
  28. 笔试bǐshìa written exam
  29. 毕业bìyèto graduate; graduation
  30. 毕业生bìyèshēnga graduate
  31. 便于biànyúeasy to; convenient for
  32. 标准biāozhǔna standard; standard
  33. 表biǎoa watch; a table
  34. 表格biǎogéa form; a table
  35. 表示biǎoshìto express
  36. 表现biǎoxiànto display; a performance
  37. 表扬biǎoyángto praise
  38. 饼干bǐnggāna biscuit; a cracker
  39. 并bìngmoreover; not at all
  40. 并且bìngqiěand also; moreover
Full HSK 4 word list — 1,000 words →