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HSK 3 Connectors & compound sentences

一边 … 一边 …

At the same time with 一边…一边…

Structure 一边 + action 1 + 一边 + action 2

一边…一边… (yībiān… yībiān…) marks two actions done AT THE SAME TIME by the same subject: 他一边走一边唱 = "he walks and sings at the same time". Each 一边 goes before a verb. In fast speech it can be reduced. It’s for simultaneous actions, not alternating ones.

Examples

  • biānzǒubiānchàng

    He walks while singing.

  • huanbiānchīfànbiānkàndiànshì

    I like to eat while watching TV.

  • biébiānkāichēbiāndiànhuà

    Don’t talk on the phone while driving.

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.

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