Learning Outcomes

Usage of Words and Structure of Sentences

Comparisons and Expressions

Society and Relationships

Service Firms and Career

Lesson Summary

HSK Level 4 includes more than 90 keywords and new grammar points. This module will cover some new words and sentence forms with the help of passages and dialogues in Mandarin. You will learn the usage of keywords like 好, 总算 and 终于, among others. The topics have two parts: Part 1 is reading and explanation, while Part 2 is practice exercises.

Emotions and Conditions

Reading and Describing

Business Conversations

Revision Lesson

In this module, the passages used as examples will focus on having conversations in different circumstances. You will learn to convey your emotions along with carrying on a business conversation. How can you use conjunctions to form complex sentences? There are new grammar and vocabulary to help you move ahead in the Chinese language skill.

Discussing Employment Status

Family Matters

Health and Medicine

Final Revision Lesson

A conversational language has varied tones and forms. Many new sentence structures and grammar points in this course section will explore these tones and forms. This module includes passages related to job search, family and medicine to help you express yourself better. Your vocabulary for HSK Level 4 exam will expand as you continue practising

Course assessment

This free online course will help you master the HSK Level 4 grammar and intermediate daily conversations in Chinese.

Diploma in HSK Level 4 Conversational Chinese

If you have completed the HSK Levels 1, 2 and 3, this level 4 course will add more vocabulary and grammar points to further your Chinese language skills. The video lessons are short, with passages related to different scenarios covering all walks of life. After completing this course, your confidence in conversational Chinese will increase and you can benefit socially or by tapping newer opportunities at work or in education.

After learning more than 600 new words in the previous levels of HSK, this course will prepare you for the level 4 exam by adding many more new words to your vocabulary. Many learners want to know if HSK level 4 is intermediate level Chinese or if this level is difficult. The HSK level 4 examination assesses your ability to apply everyday Chinese Mandarin like the previous levels. The intermediate level of daily conversations in Chinese Mandarin includes different tones and expressions. This course has passages related to discussions around service firms, career, business, employment, family and health. You will learn relevant new words. The practice questions at the end of each lesson will help you progress effectively by reinforcing the latest grammar and vocabulary learning. Like the earlier course on HSK 3, you will learn to identify and recognise the Chinese characters without their pinyin.
The first module focuses on sentence forms. How can I remember the Chinese sentence structure? This question haunts many learners and rightly so. Retaining the sentence structures is demanding but not impossible. As you progress through the first module, repeated practice and revision will enable you to master new grammar and vocabulary related to service firms, society, relationships and careers. The course's second module will continue with the conversations in different environments. New sentence patterns and discussions related to conditions, reading and business will enrich your proficiency level in Mandarin. Describing emotions, using adjectives and understanding the Chinese business language are covered. You will learn to use specific words to describe or express feelings and understand complex sentences. A revision lesson in this module will reinforce your learning and recap the essential grammar points.
The course's final module will cover many more conversations in different settings. The passages included will enable you to master the language so that you can converse on various topics with native speakers. The detailed explanations on how and where to use different words will continue adding value to your Mandarin language skill. There are notable advantages of learning Chinese, one of the most spoken languages globally. Taiwan and Singapore natives can also understand Mandarin since it is one of their official languages. Chinese and Japanese languages share some familiar characters: Kanji in Japanese is similar to Hanzi or Chinese characters. The numbers are also identical in both languages. Added proficiency in conversational Chinese will thus offer fresh opportunities abroad. As students, you can explore new avenues. Enrol in this course now and clear yet another HSK level.

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