HSK 4 (汉语水平考试四级)

At HSK 4, you're able to:

1. Talk about your background, your career and the work you do in some detail.
2. Deal with more involved business such as posting a parcel, filling in an application or reporting something to the police.
3. Introduce people, places and Chinese cultural traditions to someone who knows nothing about them.
4. Read a straightforward article and take the sense of it without stopping at every line for a dictionary.

HSK 4 covers 3,245 words, 1,200 characters and 286 grammar points, counted from the start of the standard.

HSK 4 vocabulary list (1,520 words)

Essential HSK 4 articles

1. Understanding 把 (bǎ) in ten minutes
2. The 是…的 (shì…de) construction in Chinese grammar
3. Chinese grammar 把 structure: a basic introduction
4. Chinese grammar de particles summary: 的, 地 and 得

Important HSK 4 articles

1. How to use 学 (xué) and 学会 (xuéhuì) in Mandarin Chinese Grammar
2. How to use 拿起来 (náqilai) and 拿上来 (náshanglai) correctly in Chinese grammar
3. 没关系 (méi guānxi): it doesn't matter, not related

Supplementary HSK 4 articles

1. How to use 关于 (guānyú) and 对于 (duìyú) correctly in Chinese
2. How to use 碰 (pèng), 碰见 (pèngjiàn) and 碰上 (pèngshàng) in Chinese grammar
3. 接 (jiē) and 接到 (jiēdào) in Chinese grammar: answering and receiving
4. How to use 对 (duì) and 跟 (gēn) as prepositions in Chinese grammar
5. "Sorry" and "excuse me" in Chinese: 对不起, 请问, 麻烦你, 劳驾
6. 长 (zhǎng) vs 长得 (zhǎngde) in Chinese grammar
7. How to use 划算 (huásuàn) in Mandarin Chinese: to be a bargain
8. The difference between 终于 (zhōngyú) and 最后 (zuìhòu) in Mandarin Chinese: 'finally' vs 'the last'
9. When 给 (gěi) comes directly after verbs in Mandarin Chinese (verb-给 compounds)
10. The difference between 半 (bàn), 一半 (yí bàn) and 一个半 (yí ge bàn) in Chinese grammar
11. Common mistakes with 把 (bǎ) in Chinese grammar