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HSK 4 · Unit 1

24 high-frequency HSK 4 words (unit 1 of 25)

HSK 4 · B1 (upper) · 24 words

Tone focus

Multi-tone characters: 过 is guò (to pass / experience marker) but lighter as a neutral suffix.

Vocabulary

Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
duì
To
guò
Cross
任何
rènhé
Any
生活
shēnghuó
Life
gòu
Enough
可是
kěshì
But
And
肯定
kěndìng
Sure
Hair
gàn
Dry
Dead
ér
And
好像
hǎoxiàng
Like
huǒ
Fire
最后
zuìhòu
Last
不管
bùguǎn
Regardless of
安全
ānquán
Security
mǎn
Full
所有
suǒyǒu
All
zhī
The
一切
yīqiè
Everything
抱歉
bàoqiàn
Sorry
zhǐ
Finger
最好
zuìhǎo
The best

Grammar

对 ... 来说 = as for / to ...

对 (duì) ... 来说 frames a viewpoint: 对我来说 = as far as I'm concerned.

对我来说,健康最重要。

Duì wǒ lái shuō, jiànkāng zuì zhòngyào.

To me, health matters most.

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