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Sentence components › Complement › Quantity complements 2
A quantity phrase after an adjective can measure an absolute property, a comparison difference or a change. Compare 高一米 (one metre tall), 比我高十厘米 (ten centimetres taller than me) and 高了十厘米 (ten centimetres taller than before). Interpret the …
View detailsSentence types › Sentence patterns › Simple sentences
In Chinese, a whole subject-predicate clause can act as the predicate describing a larger main subject. This pattern, called 主谓谓语句, is widely used in everyday speech to describe a person's health, body parts, or the specific features of a p…
View detailsSentence types › Sentence functions › Questions
还是 connects alternatives when asking which option applies or is preferred. A useful reply names an option or explains that both, neither or another choice is wanted; a plain “yes” normally does not identify a choice.
View detailsSentence types › Sentence functions › Imperative sentences
In Chinese, imperative sentences with 别 are the standard conversational way to tell someone not to do something, give a gentle reminder, or comfort someone. Placed directly before the verb or adjective, 别 functions like the English "don't."
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › 是 sentences 2
At HSK 2, the verb 是 (shì) goes beyond simple noun-to-noun identification. It is used to classify items by their attributes (often paired with 的) and to introduce explanatory clauses that clarify a reason, problem, or situation.
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › 有 sentences 2
Beyond basic possession and existence, the verb 有 (yǒu) is used in Chinese to state that a subject reaches, equals, or measures up to a certain quantity, dimension, or benchmark. This lesson covers how to form statements, questions, and neg…
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › Existential sentences 2
This lesson explains the HSK 2 existential pattern 处所 + 动词 + 着 (+ 数量短语) + 名词. You will learn how to describe a location by stating both what exists there and the physical posture or manner in which it remains there, along with when to inclu…
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 1
To state how much two things differ in Mandarin, place a quantity complement or a degree complement directly after the adjective in a 比 (bǐ) comparative sentence.
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 1
This lesson explains the HSK 2 comparative pattern A 有/没有 B (+这么/那么) + Adjective, showing how to express whether one item reaches the same degree of a quality as another.
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 1
To compare how well, fast, or early two subjects perform an action, Mandarin combines the comparative preposition 比 (bǐ) with the complement marker 得 (de). You can place the comparison phrase either before the verb or after 得 (de) without c…
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › 是……的 sentences 1
This 是……的 pattern highlights time, place, manner or the agent of an event treated as established background. That background may be known already or taken for granted in the conversation; it need not have been explicitly stated by both peop…
View detailsSentence types › Special sentence patterns › Pivotal sentences 1
In Mandarin, a pivotal sentence (兼语句, jiānyǔjù) links two actions through a central noun or pronoun that acts as both the object of the first verb and the subject of the second verb. At the HSK 2 syllabus level, this pattern is introduced w…
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