# Chinese Grammar for HSK: Structures & Examples · Page 9 | HSKReady Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/grammar/page/9 Language: en Content ID: grammar-index-page-9 Scope: published website educational content; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app. Page 9 · 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 97–108 / 593 HSK 2 Sentence components › Complement › Quantity complements 2 ## [Adjective + Quantity Complement (形容词+数量补语) in Chinese](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-quantity-complements-2-g054) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-quantity-complements-2-g054) HSK 2 Sentence types › Sentence patterns › Simple sentences ## [HSK 2 Sentence Types: Sentences with a Subject-Predicate Phrase as the Predicate (主谓谓语句)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-simple-sentences-g055) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-simple-sentences-g055) HSK 2 Sentence types › Sentence functions › Questions ## [Alternative Questions with 还是 (háishì): Asking "Or" in Chinese](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-questions-g056) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-questions-g056) HSK 2 Sentence types › Sentence functions › Imperative sentences ## [HSK 2 Imperative Sentences with 别: Expressing "Don't"](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-imperative-sentences-g057) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-imperative-sentences-g057) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 是 sentences 2 ## [HSK 2 Special Sentence Patterns: The 是 (shì) Sentence for Explanation and Characteristics](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-sentences-2-g058) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-sentences-2-g058) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 有 sentences 2 ## [HSK 2 Special Sentence Patterns: “有” Sentences Expressing Reaching a Degree or Quantity](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-sentences-2-g059) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-sentences-2-g059) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Existential sentences 2 ## [HSK 2 Existential Sentences with 着 (存现句2): Describing What Is Placed or Positioned Somewhere](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-existential-sentences-2-g060) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-existential-sentences-2-g060) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 1 ## [HSK 2 Comparative Sentences: Expressing Exact and Relative Differences with 比 (bǐ)](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-comparisons-1-g062) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-comparisons-1-g062) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 1 ## [HSK 2 Comparative Sentences: Using 有 (yǒu) and 没有 (méiyǒu) to Compare Degree](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-comparisons-1-g063) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-comparisons-1-g063) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Comparisons 1 ## [Comparing Actions in Chinese: Using 比 (bǐ) with Verb + 得 (de) Complements](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-comparisons-1-g064) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-comparisons-1-g064) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › 是……的 sentences 1 ## [HSK 2 Special Sentence Pattern: The 是……的 (shì...de) Construction for Time, Place, Manner, and Agent](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-sentences-1-g065) 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 details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-sentences-1-g065) HSK 2 Sentence types › Special sentence patterns › Pivotal sentences 1 ## [HSK 2 Pivotal Sentences (兼语句1): Expressing Requests and Commands with 请, 叫, and 让](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-pivotal-sentences-1-g066) 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… [View details](https://hskready.app/en/grammar/hsk-2-pivotal-sentences-1-g066) ### No matching results Try another keyword or clear the filters. 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