# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 16 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/16 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-16 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 16 · 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 181–192 / 593 HSK 3 Sentence components › Complement › Directional complements 2 ## [HSK 3 Directional Complements for Beginning an Action: Verb + 上 and Verb + 起来](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-directional-complements-2-g059) In Mandarin, directional complements often extend beyond physical movement to express aspectual meanings. At HSK Level 3, both Verb + 上 and Verb + 起来 indicate that an action, habit, or psychological state has begun, though they pair with di… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-directional-complements-2-g059) HSK 3 Sentence components › Complement › Directional complements 2 ## [HSK 3 Directional Complements for Continuation: Verb + 下去 and 下来](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-directional-complements-2-g060) In their continuation uses, 下去 looks forward from a reference point, while 下来 looks back over a process reaching that point or a retained result. The reference point need not be the moment of speaking. Both also have other meanings, so inte… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-directional-complements-2-g060) HSK 3 Sentence components › Complement › Potential complements 1 ## [HSK 3 Potential Complements 1: Verb + 得/不 + Verb/Adjective](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-potential-complements-1-g061) In Chinese, potential complements insert 得 (de) or 不 (bu) between an action verb and a resultative verb or adjective to indicate whether an outcome is achievable under specific conditions. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-potential-complements-1-g061) HSK 3 Sentence components › Complement › Degree complements 1 ## [HSK 3 Degree Complement: Adjective + 得很](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-degree-complements-1-g062) Adjective + 得很 expresses a high degree, roughly “really/very [adjective]”. The adjective phrase often serves as a predicate; 得很 is the degree complement inside it. It is usually more emphatic than unstressed 很 before an adjective, but conte… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-degree-complements-1-g062) HSK 3 Sentence components › Complement › Degree complements 1 ## [HSK 3 Degree Complements: Expressing Extreme Degree with 极了 and 坏了](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-degree-complements-1-g063) In Chinese, to express that a quality or feeling has reached an extreme level, you can place the degree complements 极了 or 坏了 directly after an adjective or mental verb. While 极了 works broadly across positive, neutral, and negative situation… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-degree-complements-1-g063) HSK 3 Sentence components › Complement › Quantity complements 3 ## [HSK 3 Quantity Complements 3: Time Elapsed Since an Action Ended](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-quantity-complements-3-g064) In Chinese, a time-duration phrase placed after a verb does not always measure how long an action lasted. When paired with an instantaneous or non-continuous verb—such as arriving, graduating, or stopping—the quantity complement measures th… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-quantity-complements-3-g064) HSK 3 Sentence types › Sentence functions › Questions ## [HSK 3 Specific Questions: Asking How to Do Something with 怎样 (zěnyàng) + Verb](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-questions-g065) In Chinese, specific questions asking about the method, manner, or way of performing an action can be formed by placing 怎样 (zěnyàng) directly before the action verb. This lesson covers the exact word order, appropriate registers, and common… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-questions-g065) HSK 3 Sentence types › Sentence functions › Rhetorical questions 1 ## [HSK 3 Rhetorical Questions for Emphasis: 不是……吗？](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-rhetorical-questions-1-g066) In its rhetorical use, 不是……吗？ presents a proposition as something the speaker expects the listener to accept. It can remind, challenge or express surprise. The same negative-question form can also seek genuine confirmation; context and into… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-rhetorical-questions-1-g066) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 把 sentences 1 ## [Using 把 to Put Things in Places](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-1-g067) This lesson explains the HSK 3 pattern 主语 + 把 + 宾语 + 动词 + 在/到 + 处所. Use it to present an object as being handled and placed or moved to a location. Learn how 在 and 到 guide the meaning, how to form a question, and when ordinary subject–verb–… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-1-g067) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 把 sentences 1 ## [Using 把 with 给 to Show Who Receives Something](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-1-g068) This lesson explains the HSK 3 pattern 主语+把+宾语1+动词（+给）+宾语2. It shows how the construction presents an affected object and, in common giving or handing situations, identifies its recipient. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-1-g068) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 把 sentences 1 ## [The 把 Pattern with Complements](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-1-g069) In 主语+把+宾语+动词+补语, the complement can specify a result, a direction, or a description of manner, degree or state. The object is presented as something being handled; a state complement need not mean that the object was physically changed. 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