# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 29 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/29 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-29 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 29 · 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 337–348 / 593 HSK 4 Word classes › Verbs › Modal verbs ## [HSK 4 Modal Verb 敢 (gǎn): Expressing Courage, Confidence, and Hesitation](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-4-verbs-c3e105122b) The modal verb 敢 (gǎn) means to dare or to have the courage to do an action. Placed directly before a main verb phrase, it highlights a subject's psychological willingness to face fear, risk, or social pressure, as well as a speaker's confi… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-4-verbs-c3e105122b) HSK 5 Sentence components › Adverbial ## [Multiple Adverbials (多项状语) in Chinese Sentence Structure](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbials-a52f009fd6) When a Chinese sentence includes several adverbial modifiers (多项状语) such as time, location, manner, and target, they generally appear before the main verb in a sequence moving from broader background conditions to specific action details. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbials-a52f009fd6) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Modal adverbs ## [HSK 5 Modal Adverbs: 似乎 and 仿佛](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-070196e643) 似乎 and 仿佛 can express “seem” or “as if.” 似乎 commonly softens an inference; 仿佛 is especially useful for a vivid resemblance or feeling. Their uses overlap, and neither word guarantees an objective or verified conclusion. Both often sound mor… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-070196e643) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Manner adverbs ## [HSK 5 Manner Adverbs: 尽量 and 亲自](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-179369f58e) Both 尽量 and 亲自 are manner adverbs that appear before the verb phrase to describe how an action is carried out. 尽量 means doing something to the greatest extent possible within realistic limits, while 亲自 means doing something in person rather… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-179369f58e) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Frequency adverbs ## [HSK 5 Frequency Adverbs: 老是, 通常, and 时常](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-49a9681a78) While 老是, 通常, and 时常 all indicate that an action happens repeatedly, they belong to different registers and carry distinct attitudes. 老是 is conversational and often expresses impatience with undesirable repetition; 通常 states neutral routine… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-49a9681a78) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Time adverbs ## [HSK 5 Time Adverbs: 时刻, 曾经, 立刻, 连忙, 始终, 早已, 即将, 急忙, 渐渐, 尽快, 早晚](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-58b0ad6924) This lesson explains the 11 core time adverbs listed at Level 5 of the supplied HSK outline, showing how to place them before predicates and how to distinguish near-synonyms of immediacy, duration, past experience, and future certainty. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-58b0ad6924) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Linking adverbs ## [HSK 5 Conjunctive Adverbs: 便 (biàn) and 一旦 (yīdàn)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-5c69e41665) The HSK 5 outline groups 便 and 一旦 as conjunctive adverbs. 便 links a following action or result, often with a more written tone than 就. 一旦 frames an event as the condition that triggers what follows, meaning “once” or “if it happens”; the ev… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-5c69e41665) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Attitudinal adverbs ## [HSK 5 Modal Adverbs (语气副词): Expressing Attitude, Expectation, and Emphasis](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-7fbf9c8992) Modal adverbs in Mandarin allow speakers to inject personal judgment, surprise, certainty, or concession directly into a statement. This guide covers the twelve Level 5 modal adverbs from the HSK outline, organizing them by communicative fu… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-7fbf9c8992) HSK 5 Word classes › Adverbs › Degree adverbs ## [HSK 5 Adverbs of Degree: 过于, 相当, 较, 可, 格外, and 极其](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-ed129bbfd3) The HSK 5 outline lists six degree modifiers: 过于、相当、较、可、格外 and 极其. They differ in excess, relative degree, emphasis and register. Learn their usual combinations without turning syllable preferences into a rule that formal adverbs can modify… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-adverbs-ed129bbfd3) HSK 5 Sentence components › Complement › Potential complements 2 ## [HSK 5 Potential Complement 2: Verb + 得 / 不得](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-complements-81140e4c3d) Verb + 得 / 不得 can express whether an action is possible, tolerable or appropriate. Context distinguishes inability, reluctance and warnings. Learn familiar combinations rather than freely adding 得 to every verb or assuming that 不得 can never… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-complements-81140e4c3d) HSK 5 Word classes › Conjunctions › Connecting clauses or sentences ## [Connecting Clauses and Sentences in HSK 5: 从而, 可见, 假如, and 总之](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-conjunctions-16cba4d60a) This lesson explains four HSK 5 conjunctions used to link clauses or full sentences: 从而 for resulting actions, 可见 for evidence-based deductions, 假如 for hypothetical conditions, and 总之 for overall summaries. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-conjunctions-16cba4d60a) HSK 5 Word classes › Conjunctions › Connecting words or phrases ## [Connecting Words and Phrases with 以及 and 同 (HSK 5)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-5-conjunctions-df22d73093) At the HSK 5 level of the supplied syllabus outline, learners expand beyond basic everyday connectors to master formal conjunctions. 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