# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 13 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/13 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-13 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 13 · Explore all 593 grammar points in the HSK Official Examination Outline by level and category, with available lessons, examples and explanations. # Grammar Follow the HSK Official Examination Outline, with explanations and Chinese examples. ## Explore the outline by HSK level All 593 outline points · choose a level to see its categories and available lessons. [**HSK 1**70 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1)[**HSK 2**78 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2)[**HSK 3**96 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3)[**HSK 4**95 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-4)[**HSK 5**70 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5)[**HSK 6**50 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-6)[**HSK 7–9**134 points](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-7-9) Level HSK 1 / HSK 2 / HSK 3 / HSK 4 / HSK 5 / HSK 6 / HSK 7–9 Outline category All categories / Morphemes / Word classes / Phrases / Fixed patterns / Sentence components / Sentence types / Aspect / Special expressions / Discourse ## Grammar 145–156 / 593 HSK 2 Word classes › Verbs › Modal verbs ## [HSK 2 Modal Verb 可能: Expressing Possibility and Guessing](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-verbs-77d4d1c146) In Chinese, 可能 (kěnéng) functions as a modal verb to estimate objective possibility or make an educated guess about a present, future, or past situation. It translates closely to may, might, or could in English and always precedes the main … [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-verbs-77d4d1c146) HSK 2 Word classes › Verbs › Verb reduplication ## [HSK 2 Verb Reduplication (动词重叠): AA, A一A, A了A, and ABAB](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-verbs-f46175dd50) Verb reduplication in Chinese repeats a one-syllable or two-syllable action verb to show that an action is brief, casual, or done as a quick attempt, softening requests and everyday statements. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-verbs-f46175dd50) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Degree adverbs ## [HSK 3 Degree Adverbs: 比较, 还, 更, 特别, 挺, 有些, 越, and 极](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-20564d783a) These HSK 3 degree expressions help describe relative, slight, strong, and changing degrees. Most precede the adjective or mental verb they modify. Learn 高兴极了 as a common extreme-degree pattern, while also recognizing pre-adjective 极 in exp… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-20564d783a) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Modal adverbs ## [HSK 3 Modal Adverbs (情态副词): 大概, 必须, 差不多, 一定, 好像, and 几乎](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-5e129a3e9b) In the HSK 3 syllabus outline, six key words—大概, 必须, 差不多, 一定, 好像, and 几乎—are grouped under modal adverbs (情态副词). Together, they allow speakers to express obligation, certainty, probability, impression, and near-completion before a verb or a… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-5e129a3e9b) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Attitudinal adverbs ## [HSK 3 Modal Adverbs (语气副词): 当然, 其实, 终于, 才, and 就](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-5e6da2c64c) Modal adverbs (语气副词) allow speakers to inject personal attitude, certainty, relief, or evaluation into a statement. In the Level 3 syllabus outline, this group includes 当然, 其实, 终于, and specific modal senses of 才 and 就. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-5e6da2c64c) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Negative adverbs ## [HSK 3 Negative Adverbs: 不必 (búbì) and 不用 (búyòng)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-69e5f84294) 不必 and 不用 commonly mean need not or do not have to before an action. 不用 is especially common in everyday replies; 不必 often sounds more formal. Both can form a short reply when the action is understood, but they do not have the same uses dir… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-69e5f84294) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Time adverbs ## [HSK 3 Time Adverbs: 才, 马上, 先, 一会儿, 刚, 刚刚, and 一直](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-8253c1efa2) The supplied HSK 3 outline groups 才、马上、先、一会儿、刚、刚刚 and 一直 as time adverbs. This lesson shows useful positions and contrasts: recent events, late timing, an imminent action, sequence, and continuity. The common subject + adverb + predicate or… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-8253c1efa2) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Scope adverbs ## [HSK 3 Adverbs of Scope: 就, 一块儿, 一共, 只, 到处, and 只是](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-a6e193c839) Adverbs of scope (范围副词) define the boundaries of an action, quantity, or group. At Level 3 of the supplied HSK grammar outline, six key items fall into two functional groups: restrictive adverbs that narrow down possibilities (只, 就, 只是) and… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-a6e193c839) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Linking adverbs ## [HSK 3 Correlative Adverb: 一边 (yībiān) for Simultaneous Actions](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-baa97a0caf) 一边……一边…… links activities that overlap in time. They may be performed by the same person or by different people. The overlap can be within one moment or across a longer period, such as combining work and study. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-baa97a0caf) HSK 3 Word classes › Adverbs › Frequency adverbs ## [HSK 3 Frequency Adverbs: 总, 总是, 又, and 常常](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-de21688280) This lesson explains how to express how often actions happen or repeat in Mandarin using the core frequency adverbs 总, 总是, 又, and 常常 from the HSK 3 outline. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-adverbs-de21688280) HSK 3 Word classes › Conjunctions › Connecting clauses or sentences ## [HSK 3 Clause and Sentence Conjunctions: 只有, 只要, 不但, 而且, 如果, 可, 可是, and 然后](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-conjunctions-0df9e61bf2) This lesson explains how to link clauses and sentences using eight core conjunctions listed at Level 3 of the supplied HSK grammar outline: 只有, 只要, 不但, 而且, 如果, 可, 可是, and 然后. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-conjunctions-0df9e61bf2) HSK 3 Word classes › Conjunctions › Connecting words or phrases ## [HSK 3 Grammar: Connecting Words or Phrases with 或 (huò) and 或者 (huòzhě)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-conjunctions-7eee6bb364) In Chinese, the conjunctions 或 (huò) and 或者 (huòzhě) both mean 'or' and are used to connect alternative words or phrases in statements. While 或者 is standard across everyday speech and general writing, 或 is more compact and frequently appear… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-conjunctions-7eee6bb364) ### No matching results Try another keyword or clear the filters. [‹ Previous](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/12) [1](https://hskready.app/en/grammar)[12](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/12)[13](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/13)[14](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/14)[50](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/50) [Next ›](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/14)