Grammar

Chinese grammar · HSK 5

The 49 grammar points at HSK 5 (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

哪怕 … 也 …Even if / no matter how… (哪怕…也…)除非 … 才 / 否则 …Unless… (除非)之所以 … 是因为 …The reason why… is that… (之所以…是因为…)要么 … 要么 …Either… or… (要么…要么…)凡是 … 都 …Everything / anyone that… (凡是…都…)然而However (然而)因而Therefore / consequently (因而)从而Thereby / thus (从而)可见Which shows that… (可见)一来 … 二来 …For one thing… for another… (一来…二来…)

Adverbs

简直Simply / downright (简直)反正Anyway / in any case (反正)究竟On earth / exactly (究竟)始终All along / consistently (始终)偏偏Of all things / just so happens (偏偏)难免Hard to avoid / bound to (难免)尽量As much as possible (尽量)不禁Can’t help but (不禁)明明Clearly / obviously (yet…) (明明)干脆Just / might as well (干脆)总算Finally / at last (总算)

Special structures (把 · 被 · 是…的 · 让)

连 … 都 / 也 …Even… (连…都/也…)对 … 来说For… / as far as… is concerned (对…来说)在 … 下Under / with the help of (在…下)以 … 为 …Take… as… (以…为…)把 … 当作 …Regard / treat… as… (把…当作…)由By / handled by / made up of (由)在 … 方面In terms of / when it comes to (在…方面)被 … 所 …Formal passive (被…所…)

Comparison

相当 / 相当于Quite / equivalent to (相当)比起 … 来Compared with… (比起…来)不比No more… than… (不比)

Complements

动词 + 下来Verb + 下来 (settle / fix / record)动词 + 得 / 不 + 了 (liǎo)Able / unable to (manage) — V 得/不了动词 + 得 / 不起Can / can’t afford — V 得/不起 … 得不得了Extremely / like crazy (…得不得了)

Particles

… 罢了That’s all / nothing more (罢了)… 而已Merely / just (而已)… 似的As if / like (似的)

Verb usage

进行To carry out / conduct (进行)加以To apply (an action) to (加以)令To make (someone feel) — 令

Modal verbs

值得To be worth (值得)舍不得To be reluctant to part with (舍不得)免得 / 以免So as to avoid / lest (免得 / 以免)

Prepositions (coverbs)

随着As / along with (随着)凭By / on the basis of / by what right (凭)据 / 据说According to / it is said (据)针对Aimed at / in response to (针对)