# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 3 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/3 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-3 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 3 · 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 25–36 / 593 HSK 1 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Serial-verb sentences 1 ## [HSK 1 Serial Verb Sentences: Expressing Manner and Means (连动句)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-serial-verb-sentences-1-g057) In this Mandarin pattern, the first verb phrase gives the manner or means of performing the action in the second phrase: for example, 坐车去学校, go to school by vehicle. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-serial-verb-sentences-1-g057) HSK 1 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Double-object sentences 1 ## [HSK 1 Double-Object Sentences (双宾语句1): Subject + Verb + Object 1 + Object 2](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-double-object-sentences-1-g058) In Mandarin Chinese, a double-object sentence allows a single verb of giving, teaching, asking, or telling to take two objects directly in sequence: first the person receiving the action (Object 1), and second the item or information transf… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-double-object-sentences-1-g058) HSK 1 Sentence types › Complex sentences › Complex sentences without connectives ## [HSK 1 Compound Sentences Without Connective Words (不用关联词语的复句)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-complex-sentences-without-connectives-g059) In Chinese, two or more clauses can be joined into a single compound sentence simply by placing them side by side with a comma, without using explicit conjunctions like 'and', 'then', or 'so'. Meaning and logic are conveyed through context … [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-complex-sentences-without-connectives-g059) HSK 1 Sentence types › Complex sentences › Coordinative clauses ## [HSK 1 Coordinate Compound Sentences with ……，也……](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-coordinative-clauses-g060) ……，也…… links parallel information across clauses. In the second clause, 也 normally follows the stated subject and precedes the predicate, including a modal, negation or degree phrase such as 也会、也不、也很干净. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-coordinative-clauses-g060) HSK 1 Sentence types › Complex sentences › Coordinative clauses ## [HSK 1 Coordinate Compound Sentences with ……，还…… (And Also / In Addition)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-coordinative-clauses-g061) The pattern ……，还…… (hái) connects two clauses in a coordinate compound sentence to add another action, state, or item related to the same topic or subject. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-coordinative-clauses-g061) HSK 1 Aspect › Completion ## [HSK 1 Completed Aspect: Using the Dynamic Particle 了 (le1)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-completion-g062) The outline calls this 完成态. Post-verbal 了1 presents an action as realized or viewed as a bounded event in context. It is not a past-tense ending and does not by itself mean “finish every part of the task”. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-completion-g062) HSK 1 Aspect › Change of state ## [HSK 1 Change of State Aspect: Sentence-Final 了 (了2)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-change-of-state-g063) Sentence-final 了2 marks a new or changed situation relative to the relevant context. The reference point is often “now”, but may be in a narrative or the future. It is not a past-tense ending. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-change-of-state-g063) HSK 1 Aspect › Progressive aspect ## [Expressing Ongoing Actions in Chinese: The Progressive Aspect with 在 and 正在](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-progressive-aspect-g064) In Mandarin Chinese, placing the adverbs 在 (zài) or 正在 (zhèngzài) directly before an action verb marks the progressive aspect, showing that an activity is actively underway at a specific reference time. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-progressive-aspect-g064) HSK 1 Aspect › Progressive aspect ## [HSK 1 Progressive Aspect: Expressing Ongoing Actions with 在 / 正在 ... 呢](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-progressive-aspect-g065) This lesson explains the combined progressive pattern using 在 (zài) or 正在 (zhèngzài) before the verb and the modal particle 呢 (ne) at the end of the clause, showing how to describe actions in progress at a specific reference time. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-progressive-aspect-g065) HSK 1 Aspect › Progressive aspect ## [Expressing Ongoing Actions with Sentence-Final 呢 (ne) in HSK 1](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-progressive-aspect-g066) In spoken Mandarin, the sentence-final particle 呢 (ne) can mark the progressive aspect on its own, showing that an action is underway at the reference time without requiring pre-verbal markers like 在 (zài) or 正在 (zhèngzài). [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-progressive-aspect-g066) HSK 1 Special expressions › Number expressions ## [Talking About Prices in Chinese: Money Amounts](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-number-expressions-g067) Learn how to state prices and totals in Chinese with 元, 块钱, and smaller units. See when everyday shorthand is natural and how it differs from a fully specified amount. [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-number-expressions-g067) HSK 1 Special expressions › Number expressions ## [Ordinal numbers with 第](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-number-expressions-g068) Use 第 (dì) before a number to mark an ordinal such as “first,” “second,” or “third.” It identifies an item’s position in an ordered sequence, and it usually appears directly before the number. The item being counted may follow, often with a… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-1-number-expressions-g068) ### No matching results Try another keyword or clear the filters. [‹ Previous](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/2) [1](https://hskready.app/en/grammar)[2](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/2)[3](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/3)[4](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/4)[50](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/50) [Next ›](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/4)