Grammar
Chinese grammar · HSK 4
The 50 grammar points at HSK 4 (indicative level), grouped by topic. Tap any one to see it with examples.
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.
Connectors & compound sentences
不是 … 而是 …Not… but rather… (不是…而是…)不是 … 就是 …Either… or… (不是…就是…)既 … 又 …Both… and… (既…又…)无论 … 都 …No matter… with 无论…都…即使 … 也 …Even if… with 即使…也…尽管 … 还是 …Despite with 尽管…还是…于是And so (consequence) with 于是不过But / however (mild) with 不过否则Otherwise with 否则既然 … 就 …Since / now that with 既然…就…不管 … 都 …No matter… with 不管…都…一方面 … 一方面 …On one hand… on the other… (一方面…一方面…)与其 … 不如 …Rather than… better… (与其…不如…)总之In short with 总之万一In case / what if with 万一
Complements
Adverbs
几乎Almost with 几乎仍然Still (formal) with 仍然反而On the contrary with 反而居然 / 竟然Surprisingly with 居然/竟然毕竟After all with 毕竟难道Rhetorical question with 难道恐怕I’m afraid that with 恐怕互相Each other with 互相逐渐 / 渐渐Gradually with 逐渐/渐渐只好Have no choice but with 只好不得不Forced to with 不得不其实Actually with 其实原来It turns out / originally with 原来多么How…! with 多么怪不得No wonder with 怪不得何必Why bother with 何必不见得Not necessarily with 不见得多亏Thanks to (luckily) with 多亏