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90 more HSK 4 words under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus of November 2025: family and society, law and responsibility, linking words such as 不管, 即使 and 尽管, and everyday verbs, each in an original example sentence with pinyin, with the gloss, translation and some measure words on the back.

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  1. 生命 (shēngmìng) (n.)
    水对生命非常重要。 (Shuǐ duì shēngmìng fēicháng zhòngyào.)
    life (being alive)

    Measure word: 条 (tiáo): 一条生命

    Water is vitally important for life.

    Watch out: 生命 is life as being alive; the life you lead day to day is 生活 (shēnghuó), and the course of a whole life is 人生.
    Body & Health
  2. 留 (liú) (v.)
    他把最后一个苹果留给了妹妹。 (Tā bǎ zuìhòu yī ge píngguǒ liúgěile mèimei.)
    to keep; to save (for someone); to stay; to leave (a message, a note)

    He saved the last apple for his younger sister.

    Note: It is the 留 of 留学 (liúxué), to study abroad, and 留言 (liúyán), to leave a message.
    Verbs
  3. 家庭 (jiātíng) (n.)
    他从小生活在一个很热闹的家庭里。 (Tā cóngxiǎo shēnghuó zài yī ge hěn rènao de jiātíng li.)
    family; household

    Measure word: 个 (gè): 一个家庭

    He grew up in a very lively family.

    Note: 家庭 is the family as a unit (家庭作业 is homework); the people in it are 家人 (jiārén).
    People & Pronouns
  4. 全部 (quánbù) (n.)
    我把这些书全部看完了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhèxiē shū quánbù kànwán le.)
    all; the whole (of something)

    I've finished these books, the whole lot.

    Watch out: 全部 can stand alone, go before a verb or go before a noun; 所有 (suǒyǒu), meaning 'all', goes before a noun: 所有的人.
    Numbers & Measure Words
  5. 正常 (zhèngcháng) (adj.)
    检查结果都很正常，别担心。 (Jiǎnchá jiéguǒ dōu hěn zhèngcháng, bié dānxīn.)
    normal; regular

    The test results are all normal, so don't worry.

    Note: 不正常 (bù zhèngcháng) — abnormal, not right.
    Adjectives
  6. 好好 (hǎohǎo) (adj./adv.)
    考试前你要好好复习。 (Kǎoshì qián nǐ yào hǎohǎo fùxí.)
    properly; thoroughly; (of a thing) in good condition

    Before the exam you need to revise properly.

    Note: In the erhua form 好好儿 (hǎohāor), the second syllable is said in the first tone.
    Particles & Adverbs
  7. 技术 (技術) (jìshù) (n.)
    他的开车技术是跟爸爸学的。 (Tā de kāichē jìshù shì gēn bàba xué de.)
    technology; technique; skill

    Measure word: 项 (xiàng): 一项新技术

    He learned his driving skills from his dad.
    Work & Study
  8. 气 (氣) (qì) (n./v.)
    他的话把我气坏了。 (Tā de huà bǎ wǒ qìhuài le.)
    air; gas; breath; (v.) to make angry

    What he said made me furious.

    Note: 生气 (shēngqì) is to get angry; 空气 uses the 'air' sense.
    Feelings & Character
  9. 不管 (bùguǎn) (conj.)
    不管谁打电话来，都说我不在。 (Bùguǎn shéi dǎ diànhuà lái, dōu shuō wǒ bù zài.)
    no matter (what, how, who); regardless of

    No matter who rings, say that I'm out.

    Watch out: It needs a question word, an either-or choice or 任何 after it, and usually 都 or 也 (sometimes 总) in the main clause: 不管去不去，都告诉我.
    Prepositions & Conjunctions
  10. 广告 (廣告) (guǎnggào) (n.)
    这个广告里的音乐很好听。 (Zhège guǎnggào li de yīnyuè hěn hǎotīng.)
    advertisement; commercial

    Measure word: 个 (gè): 一个广告

    The music in this ad is lovely.

    Note: 做广告 (zuò guǎnggào) — to advertise.
    Things & Objects

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  • Pinyin, tones, measure words and meanings checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Taiwan Ministry of Education's dictionaries (the Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary and the Cross-Strait Dictionary 兩岸常用詞典, via moedict.tw) (reference only). Levels follow HSK 3.0: the HSK examination syllabus (HSK 考试大纲) published by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in November 2025, a separate document from the 2021 standard GF 0025-2021, which it cites among its references. The headwords are level-4 words of the syllabus that the folder's earlier parts do not card, in frequency order (frequency ranks from drkameleon/complete-hsk-vocabulary); levels checked against two transcriptions of the syllabus word list (harukicoder/hsk30, drkameleon/complete-hsk-vocabulary). All example sentences are original.

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