Hsk 3 Level 3

The modal adverb (语气副词) expresses subjective judgment or assurance toward an action.

These prepositions indicate some standard, idea, or basis for which an action takes place.

Rhetorical questions are questions where an answer is not really expected. It is often used to express indignation or astonishment.

The directional complements (趋向补语) are words or phrases that specify the direction of the verb.

Cardinal numerals (基数词) are numerals used for counting: one, two, three. They indicate the number of objects, people, phenomena.

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

The potential complement (可能补语) indicates whether or not an action is possible.

The modal adverb (语气副词) expresses subjective judgment or assurance toward an 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.

You can say “except” using the structure 除了…以外 or its parts. Let's look at how to use them.

Earlier, we learned how to talk about the value of something in Chinese without using verbs. For example: 苹果3块钱 "apples cost 3 yuan". However, we can also use the special verb to express how much something costs.

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

A coordinating conjunction (联合连接词) is a conjunction that connects words, phrases, and clauses that are coordinate, or equal to each other.

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

Let's take a look at the adverbs 一般 and 通常.

The action-measure complement (动量补语) indicates how many times an action has happened or will happen. It can be used to construct sentences like: “I went to China once”, “I’ve watched this movie twice”.

"On the one hand..., on the other hand…"

These structures are used to state the topic of a sentence or to express a personal opinion. For example: "I think that...", " My mother thinks that...".

正好 most often is used as an adverb. But it also can be used as an adjective and as a part of the state complement.