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91 more HSK 4 words under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus of November 2025: rules and work, feelings and relationships, arts and events, and verbs of cause and result, each in an original example sentence with pinyin, with the gloss, translation and some measure words on the back.

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  1. 规定 (規定) (guīdìng) (v./n.)
    图书馆规定每个人一次最多借五本书。 (Túshūguǎn guīdìng měi ge rén yī cì zuìduō jiè wǔ běn shū.)
    to stipulate, to set as a rule; rule, regulation

    Measure word: 条 (tiáo): 一条规定

    The library's rules say each person can borrow at most five books at a time.
    Work & Study
  2. 产生 (產生) (chǎnshēng) (v.)
    他对中国历史产生了很大的兴趣。 (Tā duì Zhōngguó lìshǐ chǎnshēngle hěn dà de xìngqù.)
    to produce, to give rise to; to emerge

    He developed a great interest in Chinese history.

    Watch out: 产生 goes with abstract results (interest, problems, effects); making goods in a factory is 生产 (shēngchǎn).
    Verbs
  3. 对方 (對方) (duìfāng) (n.)
    说话的时候，要先听对方把话说完。 (Shuōhuà de shíhou, yào xiān tīng duìfāng bǎ huà shuōwán.)
    the other party; the other side

    In a conversation, hear the other person out first.

    Note: In a match it is the other team: 对方踢进了一个球 — the other side scored.
    People & Pronouns
  4. 火 (huǒ) (n./adj.)
    山上不能用火，太危险了。 (Shān shang bù néng yòng huǒ, tài wēixiǎn le.)
    fire; (colloquial) hot, popular

    Measure word: 场 (cháng), for a blaze: 一场大火

    You can't use fire on the mountain; it's too dangerous.

    Note: 这家饭馆最近很火 — this restaurant is very popular lately.
    Things & Objects
  5. 日子 (rìzi) (n.)
    孩子们长大以后，爷爷奶奶的日子过得很轻松。 (Háizimen zhǎngdà yǐhòu, yéye nǎinai de rìzi guò de hěn qīngsōng.)
    day, date; life (the days as one lives them)

    Now that the children have grown up, Grandpa and Grandma have an easy life.

    Note: 下个月十号是他们结婚的日子。 — The tenth of next month is their wedding day.
    Time
  6. 祝 (zhù) (v.)
    祝你这次考试顺利！ (Zhù nǐ zhè cì kǎoshì shùnlì!)
    to wish (someone something)

    Good luck with your exam this time!

    Watch out: 祝 offers good wishes to someone (祝你…); hoping that something will happen is 希望 (xīwàng).
    Expressions
  7. 内容 (內容) (nèiróng) (n.)
    你还记得昨天会上讲的内容吗？ (Nǐ hái jìde zuótiān huì shang jiǎng de nèiróng ma?)
    content; contents

    Measure word: 项 (xiàng): 一项内容

    Do you still remember what was covered at yesterday's meeting?
    Ideas & Activities
  8. 油 (yóu) (n.)
    做这个菜不要放太多油。 (Zuò zhège cài bù yào fàng tài duō yóu.)
    oil (cooking oil; fuel)

    Don't put too much oil in this dish.

    Note: 加油 (jiāyóu) — to fill up with fuel; also "come on!" to cheer someone on.
    Food & Drink
  9. 速度 (sùdù) (n.)
    家里网络的速度太慢了，看个电影都很难。 (Jiā li wǎngluò de sùdù tài màn le, kàn ge diànyǐng dōu hěn nán.)
    speed

    The internet at home is so slow that even watching a film is hard.

    Note: 加快速度 — to speed up.
    Travel & Transport
  10. 不仅 (不僅) (bùjǐn) (conj.)
    她不仅学习好，还经常帮助别的同学。 (Tā bùjǐn xuéxí hǎo, hái jīngcháng bāngzhù biéde tóngxué.)
    not only

    She not only does well at school but also often helps other students.

    Note: 不仅 A，而且/还/也 B works like 不但 A，而且 B.
    Prepositions & Conjunctions

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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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