Grammar
Chinese grammar · HSK 6
The 166 grammar points at HSK 6 (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.
Pronouns & determiners
Numbers & measure words
… 之一One of… (之一)… 之多 / 之久As many as / for as long as (之多 / 之久)多达 / 高达 / 长达 …Reach as many / as high / as long as (多达 / 高达 / 长达)近 … / 约 …Nearly / approximately (近/约)数十 / 数百 / 数千Several tens/hundreds/thousands (数十/数百…)成千上万 / 成百上千By the thousands (成千上万)… 以上 / 以下 / 以内Above / below / within (以上/以下/以内)… 之大 / 之高 / 之深Of such magnitude (之大/之高…)不下于 …No fewer than / not less than (不下于)… 余 / 有余And more / odd (余/有余)
Adjectives
Adverbs
愈 … 愈 …The more… the more… (愈…愈…)日益 / 日趋Day by day / increasingly (日益 / 日趋)势必 / 必将 / 必定Bound to / will surely (势必 / 必将)务必 / 切勿Be sure to / by all means do not (务必 / 切勿)未免Rather too / a bit too (未免)不免Inevitably / can't help but (不免)未必Not necessarily / may not (未必)索性Might as well / just go ahead (索性)不料 / 岂料 / 孰料Unexpectedly / who would have thought (不料/岂料)竟 / 竟自Actually / to one's surprise (竟)终究 / 终归In the end / after all (终究/终归)向来 / 一向 / 历来Always / all along / historically (向来/一向/历来)屡次 / 一再 / 再三Repeatedly / time and again (屡次 / 一再 / 再三)一律 / 一概 / 统统Uniformly / without exception (一律 / 一概)未Not yet / not (formal 未)行将 / 即将About to / on the verge of (行将 / 即将)决 / 断 / 绝 / 万万 (+ 不/无)Absolutely (not) — 决 / 断 / 绝 / 万万不妨Might as well / no harm in (不妨)不至于Not to the point of (不至于)未尝 / 未尝不Not that … not / may well (未尝不)无非(是)Nothing but / merely (无非)只不过 … （罢了）Only / nothing but (只不过)不外乎 / 无外乎Nothing more than / boils down to (不外乎)何止 / 岂止 / 不止Far more than / not just (何止/岂止)何苦 / 何须Why bother / no need (何苦/何须)诚然Indeed / admittedly (诚然)充其量At best / at most (充其量)至多 / 至少 / 起码At most / at least (至多/至少/起码)恨不得 / 巴不得Wish one could / be only too glad to (恨不得/巴不得)
Verb usage
毫无Utterly without (毫无)有所 + 动词To some extent / somewhat (有所 + verb)无所 + 动词Nothing to… (无所 + verb)得以 + 动词得以 + verb (be enabled to)予以 / 给予 + 名词予以 / 给予 (to grant / carry out — formal support verb)促使 / 迫使To prompt / to compel (促使 / 迫使 — causatives)受到 / 遭到 / 遭受To receive / to suffer (受到 / 遭到 / 遭受 — quasi-passives)备受 / 深受 / 饱受 / 广受 …To receive / suffer to the utmost (备受 / 深受 / 饱受 / 广受)… 在于 …To lie in / consist in (在于)旨在 / 意在 …To aim to / with the intent of (旨在 / 意在)… 不乏 …There is no lack of (不乏)任凭 / 听凭 …To leave at the mercy of / let (任凭/听凭)
Modal verbs
Particles
Questions
Prepositions (coverbs)
以 + 名词 (+来) + 动词Instrumental 以 (with / by means of)基于 / 出于 …Based on / out of (基于/出于)于 …（在于 / 源于 / 取决于 / 限于）In / from / at (literary postverbal 于)之于 …In relation to / to (之于)经 / 经过 … (+ 批准 / 讨论)Upon / through (process 经 / 经过)本着 … (的原则 / 精神)In keeping with / on the principle of (本着)围绕 … (展开 / 进行)Centering on / revolving around (围绕)
Comparison
Complements
Connectors & compound sentences
与其 … 宁可 / 宁愿 …Rather than A, prefer B (与其…宁可)宁可 / 宁愿 … 也(不) …Would rather… than… (宁可…也不)固然 … 但 / 却 …Admittedly… but… (固然)何况 / 更何况Let alone / much less (何况/更何况)尚且 … 何况 …Even… let alone… (尚且…何况…)且不说 / 姑且不论 … 单 / 光 … 就 …Not to mention… just… already… (且不说)进而And then further (进而)继而 / 随即Then / immediately after (继而 / 随即)时而 … 时而 …Now… now… (时而…时而…)或 … 或 …Either… or… (literary 或…或…)因 … 而 …Because of… (因…而…)为 … 而 …For the sake of… (为…而…)以 … 来 …By means of… in order to (以…来…)以便 / 以求So that / in order to (以便 / 以求)以至(于) / 以致(于)To the point that / so that (以至于 / 以致)致使 / 使得 / 导致To cause / result in (致使 / 使得 / 导致)乃 / 乃是 / 乃至(于)Namely / even up to (乃 / 乃至)则Then / whereas (formal 则)故 / 是故Therefore / hence (literary 故)为此For this reason / to this end (为此)由此 / 由此可见 / 据此Hence / on this basis (由此 / 据此)鉴于 / 鉴于此 / 有鉴于此In view of / given that (鉴于)再者 / 此外 / 况且 / 加之Furthermore / besides / moreover (再者 / 此外 / 况且)及 / 以及And / as well as (formal 及/以及)并 (enlace de verbos)And / moreover (verb-linking 并)另外 / 至于Besides / as for (connector 另外/至于)一旦 … 就 / 便 …Once… then… (一旦…就/便)一 … 便 …As soon as… then… (一…便)既然 … 那(么) … / 既 … 何必 …Since… then… / since… why bother (既然…那么/既…何必)正因为 … 才 / 所以 …It is precisely because… that… (正因为…才)若 … 则 …If… then… (literary 若…则)倘若 / 倘使 …（则 / 便）…If / supposing… (倘若/倘使)假使 / 假如 …（的话）…Supposing / if… (假使)无论 … 总 …No matter what… always… (无论…总)纵然 / 纵使 … 也 …Even if / even though… (纵然/纵使)即便 … 也 / 亦 …Even if / even though (即便…也/亦…)尽管如此 / 话虽如此Even so / that said (尽管如此 / 话虽如此)退一步说 / 退一步讲Even granting that / to take a step back (退一步说)首先 … 其次 … 最后 …First… second… lastly… (首先…其次…最后…)一则 … 二则 …For one thing… for another… (一则…二则)… 也罢，… 也罢 / … 也好，… 也好Whether… or…, it makes no difference (也罢/也好)连 … 带 …Both… and… / along with (连…带…)不但不 / 非但 … 反而 / 反倒 …Far from…, on the contrary… (不但不/非但…反而)反之 / 与此相反Conversely / on the contrary (反之 / 与此相反)与此同时Meanwhile / at the same time (与此同时)换言之 / 也就是说In other words / that is to say (换言之 / 也就是说)可以说 / 不妨说It can be said that / one might well say (可以说 / 不妨说)总而言之 / 简而言之In short / to put it briefly (总而言之 / 简而言之)总的来说 / 总的来看Generally speaking / on the whole (总的来说 / 总的来看)综上所述 / 归根结底To sum up the above / in the final analysis (综上所述 / 归根结底)无论如何 / 总归In any case / after all (无论如何 / 总归)正如 … 所 …（那样）/ 一如Just as… (as someone put it) (正如…所)如下 / 如上As follows / as above (如下/如上)据 …（据悉 / 据称 / 据报道）It is learned that / according to reports (据悉/据报道)
Time & dates
Special structures (把 · 被 · 是…的 · 让)
为 … 所 …为…所… (literary passive)有 / 派 / 委托 … + 动词 (兼语)Pivot construction (兼语: 有 / 派 / 委托…)所谓 …So-called / what is called (所谓)凡 … (皆 / 均 / 者)All who / whatever (凡…皆/均/者)唯有 … 方 / 才 …Only … can / it is only by (唯有…方)不 … 不 …不…不… (unless… not / neither… nor)无 … 不 … / 无不There is no… without… / all without exception (无…不…/无不)无所不 …There is nothing one does not… (无所不)不无 …Not without (some) (不无)不失为 …May well be regarded as (不失为)不愧 (为 / 是) …To be worthy of the name / live up to (不愧)无从 / 无以 …Have no way to / no means to (无从/无以)非 … 莫属Belongs to none but… (非…莫属)… 之际 / 之初 / 之余At the moment of / at the start of / in addition to (之际/之初/之余)… 之下Under (such circumstances) (… 之下)就 … 而言As far as… is concerned (就…而言)以 … 为基础On the basis of / at the cost of (以…为基础/代价)以 … 起见For the sake of / so as to (以…起见)诸如 … 之类 / 等Such as… and the like (诸如…之类)众所周知 / 不言而喻As is well known (众所周知)