HSK 1 Basics
S + V + O
Basic word order: subject + verb + object
Structure Subject + Verb + Object
A basic Chinese sentence has the same core order as English: subject (who), then verb (the action), then object (what). The big difference is that Chinese words never change shape: verbs are not conjugated and nouns have no plural or gender. Meaning comes from WORD ORDER, so keeping it right matters more than anything. Time and place words do not go at the end as in English; they come before the verb (see other points).
Examples
- 我喝茶。
I drink tea.
- 他吃米饭。
He eats rice.
- 我们学习中文。
We study Chinese.
- 你看书。
You read a book.
Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.
This point and the other 370, with audio on every example, inside Wanyu.
