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HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Passive sentences 1

The 被 Passive: Subject + 被 + Verb + Other Material

Learn to use the HSK 3 pattern 主语+被+动词+其他成分 to put the affected person or thing first, identify when the actor can be omitted, and distinguish statements from questions.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Serial-verb sentences 2

Using 着 for an Accompanying Action

In this HSK level 3 pattern, 着 follows one verb to show an accompanying state, posture, or manner while a second action takes place. Learn to identify the main action, form natural sentences, and distinguish this pattern from simply listing…

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2

Comparing Two Things with 更 and 还

Use A比B更/还+adjective to say that A has a quality to a greater degree than B. Place 更 or 还 after 比B and before the adjective.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2

Comparing Similarity with 跟……一样

Use A跟B一样 to say that A and B are the same in a relevant respect. Learn the pattern's basic meaning, question form, and limits.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2

Saying Two Things Are Equally [Adjective] in Chinese

Use A 跟 B 一样 + adjective to say that A and B share the same degree of a quality. Learn the word order, how to ask about equality, and how this pattern differs from a comparison that says one thing is more than another.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2

Using A不比B+Adjective to Make a Careful Comparison

Learn how to form A不比B+adjective and use it to say that A is not more adjective than B, or to challenge the expectation that A is more so. Context matters: the sentence does not always mean that A is worse or less than B.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2

Comparing How Much or When an Action Happens

Learn to use 多、少、早 and 晚 after 比 to compare the amount or timing of an action, then place the action and its quantity phrase in a natural order.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Existential sentences 3

Describing Someone or Something Appearing: HSK 3 存现句3

Introduce a person or thing through an event at a place: someone walks in, a flower emerges, or a new building is completed. Learn the outline’s location-first pattern with a directional or result complement and context-sensitive 了. Disting…

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Existential sentences 3

Disappearance Sentences: Saying What Is Gone

This lesson explains the HSK 3 outline pattern for reporting that a person or thing has disappeared from a location or is no longer there after an action. It covers the sentence order, the role of result complements and 了, natural contexts,…

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 是……的 sentences 2

Using 是……的 to Express a View or Attitude

In this HSK 3 outline point, 是……的 can frame a speaker’s evaluation or attitude toward a situation. Learn to recognize the framing, place it in context, and distinguish it from a plain description.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Verb-copying sentences

The 重动句: Repeating a Verb After Its Object

The 重动句 pattern lets you keep a verb–object expression together and then add information about the action by repeating the verb before a complement.

HSK 3

Sentence types › Complex sentences › Sequential clauses

Sequencing Actions with 先……，再/然后……

Use 先……，再…… or 先……，然后…… to present one action before a later action. Both forms make the sequence clear; 再 is especially common for the next step in a plan or instruction, while 然后 explicitly moves the account forward.