HSK 6 Pronouns & determiners
一切
All / everything (一切)
Structure 一切 (+ noun) = all / everything; as subject or object
一切 (yī qiè) is the abstract universal quantifier: "all, the whole, everything". It works alone, as a pronoun (一切都会好起来的 "everything will be fine"), or before a noun, as a determiner (一切努力 "every effort", 一切问题 "all problems"). Unlike 所有 (HSK 4), which counts concrete things and usually takes 的 ("all the books" = 所有的书), 一切 is more total and abstract, covering what isn't itemised: life, efforts, hardships, whatever it may be. It is also more emphatic and literary than colloquial 都. It often combines with 都 for emphasis: 一切都….
Examples
- 别担心,一切都会好起来的。
Don't worry, everything will turn out fine.
- 他为了家人付出了一切。
He gave everything for his family.
- 我们将尽一切努力解决这个问题。
We will make every effort to solve this problem.
- 在真相面前,一切辩解都显得苍白。
In the face of the truth, every excuse looks feeble.
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.