# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 17 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/17 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-17 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 17 · 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 193–204 / 593 HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Passive sentences 1 ## [The 被 Passive: Subject + 被 + Verb + Other Material](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-passive-sentences-1-g071) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-passive-sentences-1-g071) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Serial-verb sentences 2 ## [Using 着 for an Accompanying Action](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-serial-verb-sentences-2-g072) 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… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-serial-verb-sentences-2-g072) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2 ## [Comparing Two Things with 更 and 还](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g073) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g073) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2 ## [Comparing Similarity with 跟……一样](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g074) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g074) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2 ## [Saying Two Things Are Equally [Adjective] in Chinese](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g075) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g075) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2 ## [Using A不比B+Adjective to Make a Careful Comparison](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g076) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g076) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 2 ## [Comparing How Much or When an Action Happens](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g077) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-comparisons-2-g077) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Existential sentences 3 ## [Describing Someone or Something Appearing: HSK 3 存现句3](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-existential-sentences-3-g078) 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… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-existential-sentences-3-g078) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Existential sentences 3 ## [Disappearance Sentences: Saying What Is Gone](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-existential-sentences-3-g079) 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,… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-existential-sentences-3-g079) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 是……的 sentences 2 ## [Using 是……的 to Express a View or Attitude](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-2-g080) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sentences-2-g080) HSK 3 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Verb-copying sentences ## [The 重动句: Repeating a Verb After Its Object](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-verb-copying-sentences-g081) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-verb-copying-sentences-g081) HSK 3 Sentence types › Complex sentences › Sequential clauses ## [Sequencing Actions with 先……，再/然后……](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sequential-clauses-g082) 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. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-3-sequential-clauses-g082) ### No matching results Try another keyword or clear the filters. [‹ Previous](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/16) [1](https://hskready.app/en/grammar)[16](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/16)[17](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/17)[18](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/18)[50](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/50) [Next ›](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/18)