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Word classes › Adverbs › Attitudinal adverbs
This lesson explores speaker-attitude uses of 都, 就, and 还是. 都 can highlight “already this late/this much”, 就 can stress an exact fact or decision, and 还是 can recommend a preferred option. Also recognise 还是 meaning “still”; punctuation alone…
View detailsWord classes › Adverbs › Scope adverbs
一起 commonly expresses doing an activity together. In the adverb pattern taught here, it precedes the action phrase. Joint participation does not always require the same physical location, and the participants may be clear from context.
View detailsWord classes › Adverbs › Linking adverbs
In the HSK 2 grammar outline, 再 (zài) and 就 (jiù) are grouped under correlative adverbs (关联副词). Both link two clauses or verb phrases to show how one event follows or depends on another, but they highlight different relationships and requir…
View detailsWord classes › Adverbs › Time adverbs
Mandarin does not conjugate verbs for tense. Time adverbs help locate an action or state: 还 can mean “still”, 已经 “already”, 有时(候) “sometimes”, 快 and 快要 “soon/about to”, and 正 “in progress”. They work with context and aspect markers; 已经 does…
View detailsWord classes › Adverbs › Negative adverbs
The negative adverb 别 (bié) is the standard conversational word for "don't" in Mandarin Chinese. It is placed before a verb or adjective phrase in imperative sentences to dissuade, warn, or advise someone against doing something.
View detailsWord classes › Adverbs › Degree adverbs
The supplied Level 2 outline groups 多, 好, and 最 as degree adverbs. In the patterns here, 多 asks “how...?” or adds an exclamatory “how...!”, 好 adds a conversational “so/really”, and 最 marks the highest degree within a comparison group. Learn…
View detailsWord classes › Adverbs › Frequency adverbs
常 and 经常 both mean “often/frequently”. In the basic patterns here, they precede the action phrase. 不常 and 不经常 mean “not often”; use them to describe habits and repeated activities.
View detailsSentence components › Attributive
In the relative-clause patterns here, an action phrase or a clause describing a noun comes before that noun, linked by 的. Compare 妈妈做的菜 (“the dishes Mom made”) with 妈妈做菜 (“Mom cooks”). This lesson focuses on verbal and clausal modifiers, no…
View detailsWord classes › Conjunctions › Connecting words or phrases
In the HSK 2 grammar outline, 跟2 functions as a coordinating conjunction meaning 'and'. It connects parallel words or noun phrases—especially in everyday spoken Mandarin—without making one item subordinate to the other.
View detailsWord classes › Conjunctions › Connecting clauses or sentences
At Level 2 of the HSK syllabus, learners move beyond joining simple nouns and begin connecting full clauses or sentences. This lesson explains how to express contrast with 虽然, 但, and 但是, cause and effect with 因为 and 所以, logical follow-up wi…
View detailsFixed patterns
The fixed phrase 还是……吧 (háishì... ba) combines the adverb 还是 with the sentence-final particle 吧 to recommend a preferred course of action after considering alternatives or changing circumstances.
View detailsFixed patterns
In Chinese, the fixed expressions 要……了, 快要……了, and 就要……了 indicate that an action or change of state is about to happen very soon. While they share the same core meaning, they differ significantly when you add a specific time word to the sen…
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