# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 7 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/7 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-7 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 7 · 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 73–84 / 593 HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Attitudinal adverbs ## [HSK 2 Modal Adverbs: 都 (dōu), 就 (jiù), and 还是 (háishì)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-12f13aaeb9) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-12f13aaeb9) HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Scope adverbs ## [HSK 2 Scope Adverb 一起: Expressing Joint Actions in Chinese](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-1cd8c7c7ea) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-1cd8c7c7ea) HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Linking adverbs ## [Connecting Actions with Correlative Adverbs: 再 (zài) and 就 (jiù)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-22c1f90f71) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-22c1f90f71) HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Time adverbs ## [HSK 2 Time Adverbs: 还, 已经, 有时(候), 快, 快要, and 正](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-3b9aa72ac8) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-3b9aa72ac8) HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Negative adverbs ## [HSK 2 Negative Adverb 别 (bié): Saying "Don't" in Chinese](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-553977c777) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-553977c777) HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Degree adverbs ## [HSK 2 Adverbs of Degree: 多 (duō), 好 (hǎo), and 最 (zuì)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-868f11daa9) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-868f11daa9) HSK 2 Word classes › Adverbs › Frequency adverbs ## [HSK 2 Frequency Adverbs: Using 常 and 经常 Naturally](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-d0f4ffe4bb) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-adverbs-d0f4ffe4bb) HSK 2 Sentence components › Attributive ## [Verbs, Verb Phrases, and Subject-Predicate Phrases as Attributives (定语)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-attributes-72699480b9) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-attributes-72699480b9) HSK 2 Word classes › Conjunctions › Connecting words or phrases ## [Using 跟 (gēn) as a Conjunction to Link Words and Phrases (HSK 2)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-conjunctions-ce05a181a8) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-conjunctions-ce05a181a8) HSK 2 Word classes › Conjunctions › Connecting clauses or sentences ## [Connecting Clauses and Sentences in HSK 2: 但, 但是, 那, 虽然, 还是, 因为, and 所以](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-conjunctions-fc2487286f) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-conjunctions-fc2487286f) HSK 2 Fixed patterns ## [HSK 2 Fixed Phrase: 还是……吧 (háishì... ba) for Soft Suggestions and Preferred Choices](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-fixed-phrases-51eafdd374) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-fixed-phrases-51eafdd374) HSK 2 Fixed patterns ## [HSK 2 Fixed Expressions: Expressing the Immediate Future with 要/快要/就要……了](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-fixed-phrases-950cdf3646) 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. 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