HSK 6
7 min
Restrictive Conditions with 除非...才
Use 除非...才 to say that an outcome is possible only under a specific condition.
HSK 3.0
HSK 6 grammar
All 55 grammar points introduced at HSK 6 (HSK 3.0), each with example sentences and a short practice drill.
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HSK 6
7 min
Alternatives with 要么...要么
Use 要么...要么 to frame choices, tradeoffs, and decisions at HSK 5.
HSK 6
8 min
Negation with 并非
Use 并非 to deny an assumption in formal HSK 6 sentences.
HSK 6
8 min
Uncertainty with 未必
Use 未必 for cautious HSK 6 disagreement and probability judgments.
HSK 6
8 min
Inevitability with 难免 and 免不了
Use 难免 and 免不了 for realistic, advanced Chinese judgments.
HSK 6
8 min
Spontaneous Reaction with 不禁
Use 不禁 for advanced descriptions of emotion and automatic response.
HSK 6
8 min
Enabled Results with 得以
Use 得以 for formal sentences about enabled outcomes and preserved opportunities.
HSK 6
8 min
Moreover with 何况
Use 何况 to build persuasive HSK 6 reasoning.
HSK 6
8 min
Suggestions with 不妨
Use 不妨 for polished suggestions in HSK 6 Chinese.
HSK 6
8 min
Nominalizing with 所...的
Use 所...的 for formal written Chinese nominalization.
HSK 6
8 min
Formal Definition with 以...为
Use 以...为 to define goals, principles, and evaluation standards in formal Chinese.
HSK 6
8 min
Scope with 就...而言
Use 就...而言 for formal scope control in HSK 6 writing.
HSK 6
8 min
Standpoint with 从...看
Use 从...看 for compact HSK 6 reasoning and interpretation.
HSK 6
8 min
Premises with 在...前提下
Use 在...前提下 for formal conditions, policies, and careful reasoning.
HSK 6
8 min
Process Framing with 在...过程中
Use 在...过程中 to describe what happens during learning, change, or work.
HSK 6
8 min
Written Connection with 而
Use written 而 beyond 而且 in advanced Chinese sentences.
HSK 6
8 min
Progression with 进而
Use 进而 for formal progression in cause-and-effect chains.
HSK 6
8 min
Intensification with 愈...愈 and 愈发
Use 愈...愈 and 愈发 for advanced written intensification.
HSK 6
7 min
Prefixes 超, 多, 反, 无, 亚 and 准
Read and build words like 超大型, 多功能, 反方向, 无线, 亚热带 and 准大学生 by knowing what each prefix adds.
HSK 6
6 min
Suffixes 化, 式, 型 and 性
Read and build words like 现代化, 中式, 新型 and 重要性 by knowing what each suffix adds, and stop mixing up 式 and 型.
HSK 6
6 min
人家 for “Others”, “He or She” and “Me”
Understand the three everyday uses of the pronoun 人家: other people, a specific person everyone knows about, and a playful way to say “me”.
HSK 6
7 min
Measure Words 串, 滴, 枝, 扇, 卷 and 番
Count keys, drops, flowers, doors, rolls and book volumes with the right measure word, and use 一番 for an action done with real effort.
HSK 6
6 min
Degree Adverbs 特, 异常 and 较为
Choose between casual 特 “really”, formal 异常 “extremely, unusually” and formal 较为 “fairly” to set both the degree and the tone.
HSK 6
6 min
Scope Adverbs 净, 一同 and 大都
Use 净 to complain that someone does nothing but one thing, 一同 to say people act together, and 大都 to say “most of them”.
HSK 6
6 min
Time Adverbs 一时 and 不时
Use 一时 for something you can’t do or did on impulse in a brief moment, and 不时 for an action that keeps happening every now and then.
HSK 6
6 min
Time Adverbs 仍旧, 依旧 and 一向
Use 仍旧 and 依旧 to say something is still the same despite change, and 一向 to say something has always been true.
HSK 6
6 min
Frequency Adverbs 一再 and 再三
Use 一再 and 再三 to say something was done or happened again and again, and know why only 再三 can follow a verb.
HSK 6
7 min
Manner Adverbs 不禁, 赶忙, 特地, 特意, 偷偷
Describe how someone acts: unable to help it (不禁), in a hurry (赶忙), on purpose for someone (特地, 特意) or in secret (偷偷).
HSK 6
6 min
Mood Adverbs 恰好, 倒是 and 总算
Use 恰好 for a lucky coincidence, 倒是 for something unexpected or a “yes, but”, and 总算 for “finally” with relief.
HSK 6
6 min
Mood Adverbs 干脆 and 明明
Use 干脆 to make a quick “let’s just…” decision and 明明 to point out a clear fact that someone is ignoring.
HSK 6
6 min
Formal Prepositions 于, 至于 and 因
Use 于 for a formal time or place, 至于 to turn to a related point, and 因 to give a reason in written Chinese.
HSK 6
6 min
除…外 for “Except” and “Besides”
Use the written 除…外 to leave something out with 都, or to add something with 还 and 也.
HSK 6
6 min
Particles 啦, 嘛 and 也好
Add a lively change with 啦, an “it’s obvious” or coaxing tone with 嘛, and accept options with 也好 or A也好，B也好.
HSK 6
6 min
放着X不Y for Wasted Chances
Use 放着X不Y to criticize someone for ignoring something good that is right there, like an elevator, a job or a chance.
HSK 6
6 min
A这A那 and 左A右B for “This and That” and “Over and Over”
Use 问这问那 for doing something to lots of different things, and 左想右想 for doing something again and again.
HSK 6
5 min
不X不...，一X... for “You Don’t Know Until You Try”
Use 不X不……，一X…… to say you only discovered something surprising once you actually did X.
HSK 6
5 min
不料 for “Unexpectedly”
Use 不料 to start a second clause where things turn out differently from what you expected.
HSK 6
5 min
到...为止 for “Up To” and “Until”
Use 到……为止 to mark the end point of a time span, a total so far, or an action that continues until a goal is reached.
HSK 6
6 min
东一A，西一A and A一+Measure，B一+Measure for “Here and There”
Use 东一件西一件 for things scattered everywhere, and 你一句我一句 or 左一个右一个 for turns and repeats.
HSK 6
5 min
凡是...都... for “Anyone Who …, Every …”
Use 凡是……，都…… to say that everything in a group, without exception, has the same result.
HSK 6
5 min
好（不）容易 for “Finally, After Much Effort”
Use 好不容易 or 好容易 before a verb, usually with 才, to say something happened only after a lot of effort.
HSK 6
5 min
好你个X for Playful “Why, You …!”
Use 好你个 + name to tease or mock-scold someone who has surprised you, like English “Why, you …!”
HSK 6
6 min
看把你X得 and 看你X的 for “Look How … You Are!”
Use 看/瞧把你高兴得 or 看你高兴的 to comment, often teasingly, on how a feeling shows on someone.
HSK 6
5 min
那倒（也）是 for “That’s True, Fair Point”
Reply with 那倒是 or 那倒也是 when someone makes a point you hadn’t thought of and you accept it.
HSK 6
6 min
算了 and 得了 for “Forget It” and “That’s Enough”
Use 算了 to drop a plan or let something go, and 得了 to say “that’s enough,” “that’ll do” or “come off it.”
HSK 6
6 min
Verb/Adjective + 透了 for “Completely, Through and Through”
Add 透了 after a verb or adjective to say something is complete or extreme: soaked through, fully ripe, really awful.
HSK 6
5 min
X到Y头上来了 for “Even Doing It to Me”
Use X到Y头上来了 to protest, often half-jokingly, that someone has now turned an unwelcome action on you.
HSK 6
5 min
X了就X了 for “What’s Done Is Done”
Use X了就X了 plus 没什么 or 有什么…… to accept something that has already happened and say it doesn’t matter.
HSK 6
5 min
早不X，晚不X for “It Had to Happen Right Now”
Use 早（也）不X，晚（也）不X to complain that something happened at exactly the worst moment.
HSK 6
5 min
这也不X，那也不Y for “Nothing Is Good Enough”
Use 这也不X，那也不Y to complain that someone rejects one thing after another.
HSK 6
6 min
把 with a Cause as Subject: 这件事把我累坏了
In advanced 把 sentences the subject can be a thing or event (一场大雨把衣服淋湿了), and the object after 把 can be the person who ends up laughing, worrying or tired (这个笑话把大家都逗笑了).
HSK 6
6 min
除非...，否则/不然... for “Unless …, Otherwise …”
除非 names the only condition that works, and 否则 or 不然 says what will happen if it is not met: 除非你提前报名，否则不能参加.
HSK 6
6 min
虽...，但/可/却/也... for Written “Although”
虽 is the written, one-character form of 虽然; it usually follows the subject, and the next clause turns with 但, 可, 却 or 也.
HSK 6
5 min
X归X，Y归Y for “X Is X and Y Is Y”
X归X，Y归Y keeps two things apart (朋友归朋友，规定归规定), and X归X alone admits a point before a “but” (贵归贵，味道真不错).
HSK 6
5 min
一时...一时... for “Now …, Now …”
一时……一时…… describes something switching back and forth between two states: 天气一时冷一时热, 心情一时好一时坏.
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