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Word classes › Measure words › Nominal measure words
Learn four useful nominal classifiers from the supplied Level 2 outline: 条 for common long-shaped items and fixed collocations, 位 for respectful reference to people, 名 for formal descriptions or headcounts, and 间 for rooms. Practise numeral…
View detailsWord classes › Nouns › Locality nouns
In the HSK 2 syllabus outline, 左 (zuǒ, left) and 右 (yòu, right) are classified as monosyllabic locality nouns (方位名词). Unlike ordinary nouns, single-syllable 左 and 右 do not usually stand alone as the object of 在 (zài) or follow 的 (de); inste…
View detailsWord classes › Numerals
This lesson explains the three numeral forms grouped under HSK 2 in the 2025-11 syllabus outline: the ten-thousand unit 万, the conversational quantifier 好多, and the approximation word 多, focusing on exact placement with measure words.
View detailsWord classes › Particles › Aspect particles
着 (zhe) follows a verb and presents a situation as continuing. This lesson focuses on maintained postures, states such as an open door, and a background action accompanying another action. 着 is not limited to motionless scenes, and English …
View detailsWord classes › Particles › Structural particles
In Mandarin, the structural particles 得 and 地 are both pronounced with a neutral tone (de), which often causes confusion in writing and sentence building. However, their grammatical positions and functions are completely distinct: 得 appears…
View detailsWord classes › Particles › Modal particles
The supplied Level 2 row lists 呢4, 吧2, 的2, and 啊1. Here you will practise topic pauses with 呢, several conversational uses of 吧, certainty with final 的, and expressive 啊. The row gives labels, not full dictionary definitions; do not infer a…
View detailsPhrases › Structural types › Basic structural types
A verb-complement phrase places extra information after a verb. This lesson practises descriptive complements introduced by 得, such as 跑得快 and 说得很好. They can describe a habit, a particular event, or a desired future performance; they are no…
View detailsWord classes › Particles › Aspect particles
In the experiential use taught here, 过 (guo) follows a verb to present an earlier experience: 去过上海 means “have been to Shanghai”. It does not tell you the person’s current location, and 过 is not a past-tense ending for every use.
View detailsSentence components › Predicate
In Mandarin Chinese, a noun or nominal phrase can function directly as the predicate of a sentence without a linking verb like 是 (shì). This pattern is commonly used in everyday conversation to state time, dates, age, price, and native orig…
View detailsWord classes › Prepositions › Introducing direction or path
Beyond marking a simple starting point in time or space, the preposition 从 (cóng) is used before a location, doorway, or directional reference to indicate the path, channel, or route along which an action moves.
View detailsWord classes › Prepositions › Introducing time or place
The preposition 从 (cóng) introduces the starting point of an action in time or space. In Chinese sentence order, the prepositional phrase formed with 从 comes before the main verb.
View detailsWord classes › Prepositions › Introducing a cause
While many learners first meet 因为 (yīnwèi) as a conjunction meaning 'because', the HSK 2 outline specifically highlights its role as a preposition meaning 'because of' or 'on account of'. In this structure, it attaches directly to a noun ph…
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