Hsk 2 Level 2

There are several ways to express the meaning “again", "once more” in Chinese. Let's look at the adverbs 又 and 再.

Let’s learn how we can express an ongoing or an incomplete action.

Let’s talk about constructions which are used to show that one action happened during another action.

In Chinese, nouns are the same in both singular and plural forms. For example, 苹果 is both “an apple” and “apples”. However sometimes it is important to emphasize the plural form (复数). There are several ways to do this.

This structure expresses that actions take place one after another.

Apart from being an adjective with the meaning “good”, 好 can also be an adverb of degree meaning “very”.

(双兵语句) A double-object sentence is a sentence where a verb is followed by two objects.

There are some cases when 在 is stated after a verb and acts as a complement of the location.

In Chinese, these sentences are called "比"字句. They are often used in spoken language.

靠 has several meanings.

Adverbs of degree (程度副词) are used to intensify or modify the degree of an adjective or verb: very, really, extremely.

The alternative conjunctions (转折连接词) are function words that express contrast and differentiation.

"From..., to..."

The adverbs 刚才, 刚 and 刚刚 have similar meanings, but differ on a few key uses.

The preposition 从 has several functions and can be translated in different ways. Let's look at all of them.

The doubling of nouns expresses the plural form of a noun and means “everybody”, “each”.