Courses
Practice
Exams
Podcast
Story
Resources
Start learning
Start learning
Home
Courses
HSK 1: Your First Steps in Chinese
Grammar
HSK 1: Your First Steps in Chinese
Grammar
51 entries
Search grammar
是: Identity and Category
主语＋是＋名词
是 is used for identity, category, or equivalence relationships.
吗: Yes‑No Question Particle
陈述句＋吗？
吗 turns a declarative statement into a yes‑no question.
呢: Connecting a question and asking about location
名词／代词＋呢？
A noun or pronoun followed by 呢 can continue a previous question or ask where something is.
Interrogative Words and In‑situ Questions
谁／什么／哪／哪儿／怎么／怎么样
Interrogative words such as who, what, where, how are placed in the original position of the constituent being asked about.
可以: permission
主语＋可以＋动词
"可以" is often used to ask for or indicate permission.
一下: brief action
动词＋一下
Adding 一下 after a verb indicates a brief, tentative action, often softening a request.
请: Polite request
请＋动词
Place 请 before an action to express a polite request.
Personal Pronouns and Plural
我／你／您／他／她／它；我们／你们／他们／她们／它们
「我／你／他」 and related pronouns refer to the speaker, listener or others. 「我们／你们／他们」 are plural forms.
都: Generalization
复数主语＋都＋谓语
都 indicates that all the mentioned multiple objects share the same condition.
也: also
主语＋也＋谓语；……，也……
also indicates that another subject or item shares the same situation.
Negation with 不 and 没（有）
不＋动词／形容词；没（有）＋动词；没有＋名词
不 usually negates habits, intentions or states; 没 (有) usually negates actions that have occurred; 没有 can also negate possession.
的: possession and modification
修饰语＋的＋名词
The particle 的 links a possessor or modifier to a noun.
和: joining nouns
名词＋和＋名词
He connects parallel people or things.
二 and 两
二＋十；两＋量词＋名词
Both 二 and 两 refer to the number two, but they appear in different positions.
Quantity and Measure Words
数词＋本／个／家／口／块／件／只＋名词
Quantity phrases usually consist of a numeral, a measure word, and a noun.
Age and Duration
数词＋岁；数词＋年／天／小时／分钟
「岁」 indicates age. 「年／天／小时／分钟」 can indicate a length of time.
几, 多少 and 多 + adjective
几＋量词＋名词；多少＋名词；多＋形容词
「几／多少」 ask about quantity. 「多 + adjective」 asks about degree or age, as in 「多大」.
Demonstratives
这／那＋量词＋名词；这些／那些
这 refers to a nearer object and 那 to a more distant one; 这些 and 那些 refer to plural objects.
Previous
1 / 3
Next
