Advanced Grammar Clinic HSK 6 Required 8 words

Formal Labels and Nominalization

Practice advanced Chinese grammar patterns with a tight support-word list and targeted cloze demos.

Goal

Learners can recognize the linked grammar pattern, choose its key words, and write two original examples.

Write two new sentences with the grammar pattern, then swap one support word to change the nuance.

advanced grammar pattern practice support vocabulary

所谓成功，并不只有一种标准。

suǒ wèi chéng gōng, bìng bù zhǐ yǒu yì zhǒng biāo zhǔn.

So-called success does not have only one standard.

我们先解释所谓语境这个概念。

wǒ men xiān jiě shì suǒ wèi yǔ jìng zhè ge gài niàn.

Let us first explain the concept called context.

Use 所谓 to discuss terms, labels, and claims in advanced Chinese.

所谓成功，并不只有一种标准。

So-called success does not have only one standard.

Introduce the label being examined.

我们先解释所谓语境这个概念。

Let us first explain the concept called context.

概念 is the term being explained.

所谓成功，并不只有一种标准。

So-called success does not have only one standard.

标准 is the measure being questioned.

他所说的并非事实。

What he said is not fact.

Create a formal noun phrase.

所谓

suǒ wèi

Look this over. Continue when you think you’ll remember it.

Meanings

so-called what is called

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	Level	Dictionary
所谓	suǒ wèi	so-called	HSK 2.0 5 HSK 3.0 7	Dictionary
概念	gài niàn	concept	HSK 2.0 5 HSK 3.0 5	Dictionary
标准	biāo zhǔn	standard; norm; criterion	HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 4	Dictionary
成功	chéng gōng	Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣\|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan	HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 4	Dictionary
所	suǒ	actually	HSK 2.0 5 HSK 3.0 6	Dictionary
取得	qǔ dé	to acquire; to get; to obtain	HSK 2.0 6 HSK 3.0 4	Dictionary
面临	miàn lín	to face sth; to be confronted with	HSK 2.0 5 HSK 3.0 5	Dictionary
成绩	chéng jì	achievement	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 3	Dictionary