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90 more HSK 4 words under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus of November 2025: work and school, shopping and travel, feelings and character, and verbs of decrease such as 下降, 降低 and 减少, each in an original example sentence with pinyin, with the gloss, translation and some measure words on the back.

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  1. 有着 (有著) (yǒuzhe) (v.)
    这座城市有着很长的历史。 (Zhè zuò chéngshì yǒuzhe hěn cháng de lìshǐ.)
    to have; to possess

    This city has a long history.
    Verbs
  2. 及时 (及時) (jíshí) (adj./adv.)
    有问题要及时告诉老师。 (Yǒu wèntí yào jíshí gàosu lǎoshī.)
    timely; in time; promptly

    If you have a problem, tell the teacher right away.

    Note: After 得 it means just in time: 你来得很及时 — you got here just in time.
    Particles & Adverbs
  3. 厂 (廠) (chǎng) (n.)
    城外新开了一家汽车厂，需要很多工人。 (Chéngwài xīn kāile yī jiā qìchē chǎng, xūyào hěn duō gōngrén.)
    factory; plant; works

    Measure word: 家 (jiā): 一家厂

    A new car factory has opened outside the town, and it needs a lot of workers.

    Note: 厂 often follows what is made (汽车厂, 啤酒厂); 工厂 (gōngchǎng) also means factory.
    Work & Study
  4. 苦 (kǔ) (adj.)
    这种茶刚喝的时候有点儿苦，过一会儿就甜了。 (Zhè zhǒng chá gāng hē de shíhou yǒudiǎnr kǔ, guò yīhuìr jiù tián le.)
    bitter; hard (of life)

    This tea is a little bitter when you first drink it, but after a while it turns sweet.

    Note: It also means hard or tough: 他小时候生活很苦 — he had a hard childhood.
    Food & Drink
  5. 球队 (球隊) (qiúduì) (n.)
    这支球队今年一场比赛也没输过。 (Zhè zhī qiúduì jīnnián yī chǎng bǐsài yě méi shūguo.)
    (sports) team

    Measure word: 支 (zhī): 一支球队

    This team hasn't been beaten once this year.

    Note: For ball games: 足球队 (football team), 篮球队 (basketball team).
    Ideas & Activities
  6. 道路 (dàolù) (n.)
    下雪以后，道路很难走，开车要小心。 (Xià xuě yǐhòu, dàolù hěn nán zǒu, kāichē yào xiǎoxīn.)
    road; way; path

    Measure word: 条 (tiáo): 一条道路

    After snow the roads are hard going, so drive carefully.

    Note: Also a path in life: 走自己的道路 — to go your own way.
    Travel & Transport
  7. 再说 (再說) (zàishuō) (v./conj.)
    买房子的事，等我们有了钱再说。 (Mǎi fángzi de shì, děng wǒmen yǒule qián zàishuō.)
    to leave until later; besides, what's more

    We'll think about buying a home once we have the money.

    Note: As a conjunction it adds another reason: 太晚了，再说外面还在下雨 — it's late, and besides, it's still raining.
    Prepositions & Conjunctions
  8. 工人 (gōngrén) (n.)
    那些工人每天早上六点就开始工作。 (Nàxiē gōngrén měitiān zǎoshang liù diǎn jiù kāishǐ gōngzuò.)
    worker; workman

    Measure word: 个 (gè) or 名 (míng): 一名工人

    Those workers start work at six every morning.
    People & Pronouns
  9. 村 (cūn) (n.)
    这个村里的人差不多都姓王。 (Zhège cūn li de rén chàbuduō dōu xìng Wáng.)
    village

    Measure word: 个 (gè): 一个村

    Almost everyone in this village has the surname Wang.

    Note: 村子 (cūnzi) also means village; 农村 (nóngcūn) is the countryside in general.
    Places & Directions
  10. 到来 (到來) (dàolái) (v.)
    下个星期冷空气就要到来了，你该买件厚衣服了。 (Xià ge xīngqī lěng kōngqì jiù yào dàolái le, nǐ gāi mǎi jiàn hòu yīfu le.)
    to arrive; to come

    A cold spell is due to set in next week; it's time you bought some thicker clothes.

    Note: Also used as a noun: 欢迎你们的到来 — welcome, everyone.
    Time

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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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