HSK 4 Frequent Words

Intermediate · target vocabulary ~1,200 words. Here are 20 representative frequent words for this level, with pinyin, meanings and example sentences.

Note: these are representative words to give you a feel for the level, not the full official vocabulary list.

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WordPinyinMeaningExample
表示biǎoshìto express; indicate他表示同意。
tā biǎoshì tóngyì.
He expressed his agreement.
差不多chàbuduōalmost; about the same时间差不多了。
shíjiān chàbuduō le.
It's almost time.
复杂fùzácomplex; complicated这个问题很复杂。
zhège wèntí hěn fùzá.
This problem is very complicated.
交流jiāoliúto communicate; exchange我们经常交流经验。
wǒmen jīngcháng jiāoliú jīngyàn.
We often exchange experiences.
麻烦máfantrouble; troublesome真麻烦你了。
zhēn máfan nǐ le.
Sorry to trouble you.
内容nèiróngcontent这本书的内容很丰富。
zhè běn shū de nèiróng hěn fēngfù.
The content of this book is very rich.
批评pīpíngto criticize老师批评了他。
lǎoshī pīpíngle tā.
The teacher criticized him.
效果xiàoguǒeffect; result这个方法效果很好。
zhège fāngfǎ xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo.
This method works very well.
积极jījípositive; active他学习很积极。
tā xuéxí hěn jījí.
He is very active in his studies.
后悔hòuhuǐto regret我很后悔没去。
wǒ hěn hòuhuǐ méi qù.
I really regret not going.
安排ānpáito arrange; arrangement我已经安排好时间了。
wǒ yǐjīng ānpái hǎo shíjiān le.
I have already arranged the time.
按时ànshíon time请按时完成作业。
qǐng ànshí wánchéng zuòyè.
Please finish the homework on time.
保护bǎohùto protect我们应该保护环境。
wǒmen yīnggāi bǎohù huánjìng.
We should protect the environment.
毕业bìyèto graduate她明年从大学毕业。
tā míngnián cóng dàxué bìyè.
She will graduate from university next year.
超过chāoguòto exceed会议不会超过一个小时。
huìyì bú huì chāoguò yí ge xiǎoshí.
The meeting will not exceed one hour.
建议jiànyìto suggest; suggestion老师建议我多听中文广播。
lǎoshī jiànyì wǒ duō tīng zhōngwén guǎngbō.
My teacher suggested that I listen to more Chinese radio.
讨论tǎolùnto discuss我们正在讨论这个计划。
wǒmen zhèngzài tǎolùn zhège jìhuà.
We are discussing this plan right now.
邀请yāoqǐngto invite他邀请我参加他的生日聚会。
tā yāoqǐng wǒ cānjiā tā de shēngrì jùhuì.
He invited me to his birthday party.
支持zhīchíto support谢谢你一直支持我。
xièxie nǐ yìzhí zhīchí wǒ.
Thank you for always supporting me.
积累jīlěito accumulate; to build up学外语要慢慢积累词汇。
xué wàiyǔ yào mànmàn jīlěi cíhuì.
Learning a foreign language means building up vocabulary bit by bit.

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