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90 more HSK 4 words under HSK 3.0, the HSK exam syllabus of November 2025: getting around and travel, home and daily life, places and directions, feelings and people, each in an original example sentence with pinyin, with the gloss, translation and some measure words on the back.

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  1. 收费 (收費) (shōufèi) (v.)
    这个公园不收费，大家都可以进去玩。 (Zhège gōngyuán bù shōufèi, dàjiā dōu kěyǐ jìnqù wán.)
    to charge (for something); to make people pay

    This park doesn't charge for entry, so anyone can go in.

    Note: The opposite is 免费 (miǎnfèi) — free of charge.
    Verbs
  2. 小伙子 (小夥子) (xiǎohuǒzi) (n.)
    楼下新搬来了一个小伙子，人很热情。 (Lóuxià xīn bānláile yī ge xiǎohuǒzi, rén hěn rèqíng.)
    young man; lad

    Measure word: 个 (gè): 一个小伙子

    A young man has just moved in downstairs, and he's very friendly.

    Note: Informal; a young woman is 姑娘 (gūniang).
    People & Pronouns
  3. 午餐 (wǔcān) (n.)
    这家饭馆的午餐只要二十块钱。 (Zhè jiā fànguǎn de wǔcān zhǐ yào èrshí kuài qián.)
    lunch

    Measure word: 顿 (dùn): 一顿午餐

    Lunch at this restaurant costs only twenty yuan.

    Note: Also called 午饭 (wǔfàn); likewise 早餐 = 早饭 and 晚餐 = 晚饭.
    Food & Drink
  4. 等到 (děngdào) (prep.)
    等到我们把饭做好，客人都已经到了。 (Děngdào wǒmen bǎ fàn zuòhǎo, kèrén dōu yǐjīng dào le.)
    by the time; when (once something has happened)

    By the time we'd finished cooking, the guests had all arrived.

    Note: With 才 it means "not until": 等到十点他才来 — he didn't come until ten.
    Prepositions & Conjunctions
  5. 环保 (環保) (huánbǎo) (n./adj.)
    这种车不用加油，很环保。 (Zhè zhǒng chē bùyòng jiāyóu, hěn huánbǎo.)
    environmental protection; environmentally friendly

    This kind of car doesn't need petrol, so it's very green.

    Note: Short for 环境保护 (huánjìng bǎohù).
    Ideas & Activities
  6. 家乡 (家鄉) (jiāxiāng) (n.)
    我的家乡变化很大，很多老房子都不见了。 (Wǒ de jiāxiāng biànhuà hěn dà, hěn duō lǎo fángzi dōu bùjiàn le.)
    hometown; home region

    My hometown has changed a lot; many of the old houses are gone.

    Note: 老家 (lǎojiā) also means one's hometown.
    Places & Directions
  7. 阅读 (閱讀) (yuèdú) (v.)
    这本杂志的文章很短，适合在地铁上阅读。 (Zhè běn zázhì de wénzhāng hěn duǎn, shìhé zài dìtiě shang yuèdú.)
    to read (books, articles)

    The articles in this magazine are short: just right for reading on the subway.

    Note: 阅读理解 (yuèdú lǐjiě) is reading comprehension.
    Work & Study
  8. 座位 (zuòwèi) (n.)
    请问，这个座位有人吗？ (Qǐngwèn, zhège zuòwèi yǒu rén ma?)
    seat (a place to sit)

    Measure word: 个 (gè): 一个座位

    Excuse me, is this seat taken?
    Travel & Transport
  9. 忽然 (hūrán) (adv.)
    我正在看书，灯忽然不亮了。 (Wǒ zhèngzài kàn shū, dēng hūrán bù liàng le.)
    suddenly

    I was reading when the light suddenly went out.

    Watch out: 忽然 is only an adverb; 突然 (tūrán) can also be an adjective: 这件事很突然.
    Particles & Adverbs
  10. 此次 (cǐcì) (pron.)
    此次活动一共有两百多人参加。 (Cǐcì huódòng yīgòng yǒu liǎngbǎi duō rén cānjiā.)
    this time; this (occasion)

    More than two hundred people took part in this event.

    Note: 此 means 这 (this), so 此次 is 这次 (zhè cì).
    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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