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HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6
HSK C1HSK C2HSK C3HSK C4HSK C5HSK C6HSK C7-9HSK V1HSK V2HSK V3HSK V4HSK V5HSK V6HSK V7-9HSK W1HSK W2HSK W3
HSK KeyHSKIdiomGrammar
- 只要……就…… vs 只有……才…… HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "earliness and lateness"
- 快要 vs 就要 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "about to happen"
- 跟……一样 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "two things are the same"
- 方位词 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "direction and location"
- 对……来说 vs 拿……来说 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "take ... for example"
- 不是……而是…… vs 不是……就是…… HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "rather than"
- 既……又 vs 既……也 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "both ... and ..."
- 连……也(都)…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "even"
- 除了 HSK 5 HSK V3 Grammar
expressing "except, in addition"
- 下来 vs 下去 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "directional" as complement
- 越……越……vs 越来越…… HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "the more ... the more"
- 先……再……然后……最后…… HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "sequencing"
- 很 vs 真 vs 太 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "very, so, quite"
- 要是……就…… vs 如果……就…… HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "if"
- A是A,不过…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "A is A, but/however"
- 无论……都…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "no matter what, no matter how"
- 不但……而且…… HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "not only...but also... "
- 把 Sentence HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "the result or influence of an action"
- 一方面……另一方面…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "on one hand ... on the other hand ..."
- 一点儿 vs 有点儿 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "a little bit"
- 因为……所以…… vs 既然……就…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "cause and effect, and since"
- 一……都没有 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "have nothing at all"
- 动词重叠 HSK 2 Grammar
repeat a verb to express "a little bit" or "briefly"
- 兼语句 HSK 1 Grammar
subject1 + verb1 + object1 (= subject2) + verb2 + object2
- 但是 vs 可是 vs 不过 vs 只是 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "but, nothing but, however"
- 起来 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "upward movement, recall, change"
- 非……不可 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "must/have to/to insist on doing something"
- 即使……也…… vs 别说……即使……也…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "even if, even though"
- 着 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "doing" as aspect particle
- 要么……要么…… HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "either ... or ..."
- 趋向补语 HSK 5 Grammar
a complement that indicates the trend/direction of an action
- 件 HSK 2 HSK C2/W2/V2 Grammar
used for "clothes, events or legal cases" as a measure word
- 得 de HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "the result of the action", [Verb + 得]
- 数量补语 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "quantity" as complement
- 过来 HSK 4 HSK V2 Grammar
expressing "direction of action" as a directional complement
- 比 Sentence HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "comparisons"
- 几 vs 多 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "how many and how much"
- 既然……就…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "cause and effect, since"
- 差一点儿 vs 差不多 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "nearly, almost"
- 虽然……但是…… HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "although"
- 按照 vs 根据 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "according to"
- 主谓谓语句 HSK 1 Grammar
major subject + minor (subject + predicate) structure
- 被 Sentence HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "passive voice"
- 在……上 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "in a certain aspect"
- 又 vs 再 vs 还 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "again"
- 凡是 HSK 6 HSK V6 Grammar
expressing "as long as"
- 出来-出去 vs 进来-进去 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "go in, go out, come in, move out"
- 了1 vs 了2 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "the completion of an action, a change, a tone"
- 竟然 vs 居然 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "at all"
- 一……就…… HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "as soon as"
- 结果补语 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "result/changes of an action"
- 程度补语 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "degree" as a complement
- 大概 vs 左右 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "approximate quantity"
- 像 HSK 2 HSK C2/W2/V2/V7-9 Grammar
expressing "as if, seem"
- 望子成龙,望女成凤
- 几乎 vs 差不多 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "rough approximations"
- 好吗 vs 行吗 vs 可以吗 vs 对吗 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "alright? right?"
- 本 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1/V6 Key
root/stem/origin/source/this/the current/original/inherent/o
- 量词和数量短语重叠 HSK 1 Grammar
repeat measure words to "emphasize each on in a group"
- 怎么 vs 怎么样 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "how, how about"
- 每……都…… HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "everyone/everything shares the same attribute"
- 一边……一边…… vs 一面……一面…… HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "at the same time; one side, the other side"
- 已经 vs 曾经 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "already, once, has been"
- 多 + Adj HSK1 Grammar
expressing "ask a question about the degree"
- 逐步 vs 逐渐 vs 渐渐 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "gradually"
- 本来 vs 原来 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "originally"
- 副 vs 对 vs 双 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "a pair of" as measure words
- Verb + 出来 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "come out, grow out of nothing, complete ..."
- 从来 vs 一直 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "always"
- 一下儿 vs 一下子 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "do something quickly, all at once"
- 反问句 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "rhetorical question"
- 正在……呢 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "what is going on"
- 为 vs 为了 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "in order to"
- 吧 vs 呢 vs 吗 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "yes-no question, the alternative question"
- 于 HSK 4 HSK C2/W2/V6 Grammar
expressing "from/in/at a certain place"
- 大概 vs 大约 vs 恐怕 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "about, roughly-approximately", as adverbs of sco
- 因为 vs 由于 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "owing to; because; for"
- 打是亲,骂是爱
- 连动句 HSK 1 Grammar
subject + verb1 + verb2 structure
- 往 vs 向 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "directions or locations"
- 等 vs 等等 vs 什么的 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "and so on"
- 正 vs 在 vs 正在 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "proceed of an action, or continuation state"
- 一日为师,终身为父
- 过去 HSK 3 HSK V2/V3 Grammar
expressing "move away from the speaker" as motion verb
- 好容易 HSK 5 HSK V6 Grammar
expressing "extremely difficult to do something"
- 刚才 vs 刚刚 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "just now"
- 也 vs 都 vs 全 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "all, too, also"
- 到底 vs 究竟 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "after all", strengthen the tone of the questions
- 从 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1 Grammar
expressing "where the action starts, or pass someplace"
- 不如 HSK 4 HSK V2 Grammar
expressing "less than, A is not good as B"
- 对 HSK 2 HSK C1/W1/V1/V2 Grammar
expressing "regard to" as a preposition
- 偶尔 vs 偶然 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "occasionally"
- 来 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1 Key
to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next
- 每 vs 各 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "individual member"
- 形容词谓语句 HSK 1 Grammar
adjectives act as predicates, to describe a person or thing
- 是……的 HSK 2 Grammar
emphasize "a past event occurred at a certain time or place"
- 不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 形容词重叠 HSK 4 Grammar
repeat an adjective to "increase degrees or express feelings
- 正反问句 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "have or not" question
- 常常 vs 往往 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "often, frequently"
- 左右 vs 前后 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "estimation, around, about"
- 极了 vs 得要命 HSK 6 Grammar
expressing "extremely" as degree complement
- 最 HSK 2 HSK C1/W2/V1 Grammar
expressing "best, most"
- 跟 vs 和 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "and, following"
- 双宾语句 HSK 1 Grammar
the sentence where the verb is followed by the two objects
- 场 vs 部 vs 出 HSK 4 Grammar
used for "dramas" as measure words
- 意义上的被动句 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "a passive without a passive word"
- 朝 vs 向 vs 往 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "towards" as preposition
- 一点儿 vs 一下儿 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "small number or slight degree"
- 在 vs 到 vs 给 HSK 2 Grammar
introducing different objects
- 一分钱一分货
- 从 vs 离 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "distance, period"
- 反而 vs 相反 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "instead, opposite, contrary"
- 有的 vs 一些 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "some"
- 偏偏 vs 偏 HSK 6 Grammar
expressing "emphasize against one's will" as a modal adverb
- 至多 vs 至少 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "at most, at least"
- 或者 vs 还是 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "or"
- 夕阳无限好,只是近黄昏
- 就 vs 只 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "just, only"
- 笑一笑,十年少
- 哪儿 vs 什么 vs 怎么 vs 谁 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "ask questions"
- 都 vs 已经 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "already"
- 把……当做 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "regard as, treat as"
- 猪八戒照镜子,里外不是人
- 跟 vs 对 vs 向 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "the object of an action, towards" as preposition
- 上去 vs 下去 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "move away from the speaker"
- 习惯 HSK 3 HSK V2 Key
habit/custom/usual practice/to be used to
- 不 vs 没 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "negation"
- 在 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1 Grammar
expressing "existence"
- 时点 vs 时段 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "time point and duration"
- 存现句 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "existence"
- Adj + 透 + 了 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "extremely" as degree complement
- 在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
- 好马不吃回头草
- 路遥知马力,日久见人心
- 再说 HSK 4 HSK V6 Grammar
expressing "what's more, besides"
- 对 vs 对于 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "regard to" as preposition
- 人情味
- 此处不留人,自有留人处
- 上 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1 Grammar
expressing "an upward movement, or the completion of action"
- 越来越 HSK 3 HSK V2 Key
more and more
- 我们 vs 咱们 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "us, we"
- 全 vs 都 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "all, whole, full"
- 通过 vs 经过 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "pass, go through"
- 是福不是祸,是祸躲不过
- 张 vs 条 HSK 3 Grammar
used fo "flat objects, strip-shapes objects" as measure word
- 马上 vs 立刻 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "immediately, at once"
- 千万 vs 万万 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "strongly command someone (not) to do something"
- 开 HSK 5 HSK C1/W1/V1 Grammar
expressing "open, spread, unfold"
- 不得不 vs 得 HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "have to, should, must"
- 钻牛角尖
to take unnecessary pains to study an insignificant or insol
- 一直 vs 总 vs 总是 HSK 3 Grammar
expressing "do something repeatedly"
- 地 de HSK 3 Grammar
used to "describe/explain an action", [Adjective + 地 + Noun]
- 简直 vs 几乎 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "close to, almost"
- 好人有好报
- 应该 vs 该 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "ought to; should"
- 一方水土养一方人
- 想 vs 要 vs 得 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "would, should" as a helping verb
- 吃的盐比你吃的饭还多
- 能 vs 会 HSK 1 Grammar
expressing "one's ability" as helping words
- 正好 HSK 4 HSK V2 Key
just (in time)/just right/just enough/to happen to/to chance
- 姜还是老的辣
- 能 vs 可以 HSK 2 Grammar
expressing "can, may" as helping verbs
- 抬头不见低头见
- 会 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1/V2 Grammar
expressing "can, may, able to" as helping word
- 不怕一万,就怕万一
- 贪小便宜
- 杯子 HSK 1 HSK V1
cup/glass
- 除非 HSK 5 HSK V5 Grammar
expressing "unless"
- 东南西北
- 一家人不说两家话
- 何况 HSK 5 HSK V7-9 Grammar
expressing "let alone, all the more"
- 爱 HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1 Key
to love/to be fond of/to like/affection/to be inclined (to d
- 空手套白狼
- 给 HSK 2 HSK C1/W1/V1 Grammar
expressing "for" as preposition
- 撞到枪口上
- 不见不散
- 名词谓语句 HSK 1 Grammar
noun-predicated sentence, a noun (phrase) used as a predicat
- 给 HSK 2 HSK C1/W1/V1 Key
to/for/for the benefit of/to give/to allow/to do sth (for sb
- 不到长城非好汉
- 生死有命,富贵在天
- 上来 HSK 4 HSK V3 Grammar
expressing "approach something from far to near"
- 台上几分钟,台下十年功
- 还 HSK 2 HSK C1/W1/V1/V1 Grammar
expressing "in addition"
- 一再 vs 再三 HSK 5 Grammar
expressing "again and again"
- 含在嘴里怕化了捧在手上怕摔了
- 人无完人,金无足赤
- 家和万事兴
- 打屁股
- 得 děi HSK 4 Grammar
expressing "need, must, should" as an auxiliary verb
- 三天打鱼,两天晒网
- 心急吃不了热豆腐
- 人比人,气死人
- 上梁不正下梁歪
- 远在天边,近在眼前
- 还是 HSK 3 HSK V1 Grammar
expressing "options" as conjunction
- 麻烦 HSK 4 HSK V3 Key
inconvenient/troublesome/annoying/to trouble or bother sb/to
- 一码归一码
- 顿 HSK 5 HSK C3/W3/V3 Key
to stop/to pause/to arrange/to lay out/to kowtow/to stamp (o
- 脑子一热