Level
HSK 3
Stories with real plots and the patterns that join clauses: because, although, if, as soon as.
All 488 HSK 3 words, with pinyin, meaning and a recording.
Stories
同事的谎言
A Colleague's Lie
北京的早晨
Beijing Morning
七号实验室
Lab Seven
妈妈的秘密
Mother's Secret
夜市
Night Market
假票
The Fake Tickets
球迷
The Fan
太便宜的房子
The Flat That Was Too Cheap
山路上的客店
The Inn on the Mountain Road
展览的最后一天
The Last Day of the Exhibition
面包店的灯
The Light in the Bakery
新来的
The New Hire
武馆的新学生
The New Student
老屋
The Old House
手机里的照片
The Photos on the Phone
星期四的客人
The Thursday Passenger
迷路的旅行
The Wrong Bus
Grammar
…的时候
…的时候 — when
X什么
X什么（啊）— what's there to X! (dismissive)
X就X吧
X就X（点儿）吧 — fine, let it be X then (reluctant acceptance)
X是X
X是X，就是/不过… — X is X, but … (concession)
一…也/都+不/没
一…也/都不 — not … at all / not even one
一…就
一…就 — as soon as
数量重叠
一个一个 — one by one (in turn)
一会儿…一会儿
一会儿…一会儿… — now … now … (alternating)
一边…一边
一边…一边 — doing two things at once
不A不B
不A不B — neither … nor (just right)
不但…而且
不但…而且 — not only…but also
不是…就是
不是…就是… — if not … then … (one of two)
主谓谓语句
主谓谓语句 — subject-predicate as predicate (topic + comment)
也…也
也…也… — both … and … / neither … nor
从…起
从…起 — starting from (a time / point)
再
再 — again (future) / then after
又…又
又…又 — both…and
反问句
反问句 — rhetorical questions (for emphasis)
只要…就
只要…就 — as long as
可能补语
可能补语 — potential complements
地
地 — adverbial marker
好像
好像 — seem like
如果…就
如果…就 — if…then
并且
并且 — and; moreover; furthermore
把
把 — the 把 disposal construction
按照
按／按照 — according to / in accordance with
敢
敢 — dare to
时量补语
时量补语 — duration complement (how long)
是（强调）
是 — emphatic 是 ("I really do / it really is")
有的是
有的是 — have plenty of / no shortage
朝
朝 — facing / toward (a direction)
由
由 — by (who does / handles it)
疑问语调
疑问语调 — questions by rising intonation
看起来
看起来／看上去 — it looks like / seems
离合词
离合词 — separable verb-object words
自从
自从 — ever since (a past start)
被
被 — the passive marker
要是…就
要是…就 — if … then (colloquial)
让/叫
让/叫 — causative (make/let someone do)
疑问代词的非疑问用法
谁/什么/哪儿… — non-question (any / every) uses
越…越
越…越 — the more…the more
越来越
越来越 — more and more
趋向补语
趋向补语 — directional complements
连…也/都
连…也/都 — even
都…了
都…了 — already (emphatic, more than expected)
重动句
重动句 — verb-copying (V + Obj + V + complement)
量词重叠
量词重叠 — reduplicated measure (every / each)
除了…以外
除了…以外 — besides / except
需要
需要 — need to / need
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