HSK · HSK · HSK 5

5:28 Topik 1 HSK 5 Grammar 1: Adjectives — Extreme and Plenty Four reactions at a busy station. You miss a seat, the carriage is packed, the snack costs more than you… 9:27 Topik 2 HSK 5 Grammar 2: Adverbs — Focus and Judgment The group is still in the office. The clock says eleven forty, later than anyone planned. One classmate … 2:40 Topik 3 HSK 5 Grammar 3: Auxiliary Words — Listing with 啊 A friend is about to leave and asks what usually gets forgotten. You skip the checklist and think aloud:… 2:31 Topik 4 HSK 5 Grammar 4: 要不 + Suggestion + 吧 You and a friend have queued at a night market for nearly an hour. The noodle stall is still twenty peop… 2:46 Topik 5 HSK 5 Grammar 5: Nouns and Time Frames Dangzhong places someone or something inside a group, a place or a process. The meanings are among, in t… 2:09 Topik 6 HSK 5 Grammar 6: Particles Verb-attached le marks a bounded or completed action. Sentence-final le often signals a new or newly rel… 1:15 Topik 7 HSK 5 Grammar 7: Prepositional Phrases The yi family sets four different boundaries. Yishang means at or above a line: nian shouru wu wan yisha… 4:15 Topik 8 HSK 5 Grammar 8: Prepositions Zicong or cong starts from a point: since graduating, I have been in Beijing. Wei plus a person names a … 2:04 Topik 9 HSK 5 Grammar 9: Sentence Patterns — Focus & Existence Yaobushi introduces a counterfactual condition. Yaobushi ni tixing wo, wo jiu wang le dai yaoshi, if you… 3:16 Topik 10 HSK 5 Grammar 10: Verbs — Comparison and Change Verb plus shenme pushes back at an action. Mang shenme, what do you mean busy. Jinzhang shenme, relax, w… 0:32 Topik 11 HSK 5 Grammar 11: Auxiliary Verbs Jiang, jiangyao and jianghui are the formal written-register future markers, the equivalents of hui or y… 0:35 Topik 11 HSK 5 Grammar 11: Auxiliary verbs This frame covers 将 / 将要 / 将会 — formal future. The frame is Subject + **将 / 将要 / 将会** + verb phrase., Co… 1:53 Topik 12 HSK 5 Grammar 12: Verb phrases This frame covers 难免 + verb. 难免 means "hard to avoid" or "bound to". Inside the word, 难 means "hard" and… 0:50 Topik 12 HSK 5 Grammar 12: Verb Phrases Nanyi means unavoidable or bound to. It softens a negative by saying it cant be helped: nanyi fan cuo, m… 0:38 Topik 13 HSK 5 Grammar 13: "But" Statements Faner is an adverb marking a contrary result inside one clause. Chi shuiguo budan mei haochu, faner you … 0:50 Topik 13 HSK 5 Grammar 13: But" statements This frame covers …… ，反而 ……. 反而 means the result is the opposite of what you expected. In English we oft… 1:00 Topik 14 HSK 5 Grammar 14: "Even if" Statements Three even-if frames, from mild to extreme. Jiushi ye is the mild even if. Jiusuan ye is even supposing,… 1:40 Topik 14 HSK 5 Grammar 14: Even if" statements This frame covers 就是 …… ，也 …… — even if. 就是……，也…… means "even if …, still …." You imagine a case and say… 0:54 Topik 15 HSK 5 Grammar 15: "If" Statements Three if frames. Jiaru jiu is the formal ruguo, written register. Wanyi zenme ban asks what if the worst… 1:45 Topik 15 HSK 5 Grammar 15: If" statements This frame covers 假如……，就……. 假如 states a hypothetical: if this holds, 就 introduces what follows. 假 sugges… 0:52 Topik 16 HSK 5 Grammar 16: Adverbs with adjectives This frame covers 格外 + 形容词 / 动词. 格外 means "especially", "exceptionally", or "particularly". It takes an … 0:46 Topik 17 HSK 5 Grammar 17: Cause & effect statements This frame covers 之所以……，是因为……. Your classmate points at the finished team project and asks why it went s… 4:22 Topik 18 HSK 5 Grammar 18: Complements This frame covers the 形容词 + 得 + 很 / 不得了 / 要命 / 不行 section. After an adjective, 得 plus a short ending pus… 4:07 Topik 18 HSK 5 Grammar 18: Complements This frame covers 形容词 + 得 + 很 / 不得了 / 要命 / 不行. After an adjective, 得 plus a short ending pushes the qual… 0:47 Topik 19 HSK 5 Grammar 19: Conditional statements This frame covers 一旦……，就……. 一旦 marks the condition as a turning point, a line that changes the situation… 7:53 Topik 20 HSK 5 Grammar 20: Sentence patterns — advanced This frame covers 把: force, regard, and mix-ups. 把 takes an object, and the verb says what happens to th… 0:47 Topik 21 HSK 5 Grammar 21: Complex sentence patterns This frame covers 怪不得 / 难怪 — "no wonder". 怪不得 and 难怪 mark that click. You have just learned something ne… 0:45 Topik 21 HSK 5 Grammar 21: Complex sentence patterns This frame covers 怪不得 / 难怪 — "no wonder". 怪不得 and 难怪 mark that click. You have just learned something ne… 0:41 Topik 22 HSK 5 Grammar 22: Either… or… This frame covers 或者……，或者……. Doubling 或者 means "either …, or …" inside a statement. Each 或者 introduces o… 0:39 Topik 22 HSK 5 Grammar 22: Either… or… This frame covers 或者……，或者……. Doubling 或者 means "either …, or …" inside a statement. Each 或者 introduces o… 1:34 Topik 23 HSK 5 Grammar 23: Let alone… This frame covers 别说 …… ，就是 / 连 …… 也 / 都 ……. The characters 别说 look like "don't say", but here they mean… 1:29 Topik 23 HSK 5 Grammar 23: Let alone… This frame covers 别说 …… ，就是 / 连 …… 也 / 都 ……. The characters 别说 look like "don't say", but here they mean… 0:42 Topik 24 HSK 5 Grammar 24: Comparing similar adverbs This frame covers 常常 vs 经常. 常常 and 经常 are both adverbs meaning "often" or "frequently". Place either one… 0:39 Topik 24 HSK 5 Grammar 24: Comparing similar adverbs This frame covers 常常 vs 经常. 常常 and 经常 are both adverbs meaning "often" or "frequently". Place either one… 0:31 Topik 25 HSK 5 Grammar 25: Comparing similar auxiliary words This frame covers 总算 vs 终于. Subject + 总算 / 终于 + verb The handout gives the full form, meaning, boundary … 0:30 Topik 25 HSK 5 Grammar 25: Comparing similar auxiliary words This frame covers 总算 vs 终于. Subject + 总算 / 终于 + verb, See the handout for full form and boundary. 0:44 Topik 26 HSK 5 Grammar 26: Comparing similar conjunctions This frame covers 跟 vs 对 — "with" vs "to / towards". Both words come before the verb. The person comes n… 0:45 Topik 26 HSK 5 Grammar 26: Comparing similar conjunctions This frame covers 跟 vs 对 — "with" vs "to / towards". Both words come before the verb. The person comes n… 1:59 Topik 27 HSK 5 Grammar 27: Comparing similar prepositions This frame covers 朝 vs 向 vs 往. 朝, 向 and 往 all point somewhere. Before a verb, for plain movement, they u… 1:54 Topik 27 HSK 5 Grammar 27: Comparing similar prepositions This frame covers 朝 vs 向 vs 往. 朝, 向 and 往 all point somewhere. Before a verb, for plain movement, they u… 2:02 Topik 28 HSK 5 Grammar 28: Comparing similar time words This frame covers 平时 and 平常. As adverbs, 平时 and 平常 both mean "usually" or "ordinarily". They stand befor… 2:00 Topik 28 HSK 5 Grammar 28: Comparing similar time words This frame covers 平时 and 平常. As adverbs, 平时 and 平常 both mean "usually" or "ordinarily". They stand befor… 1:24 Topik 29 HSK 5 Grammar 29: Comparing similar verbs This frame covers 看起来 vs 看来. 看起来 tells you how something looks from what you can see or notice: a face, … 1:21 Topik 29 HSK 5 Grammar 29: Comparing similar verbs This frame covers 看起来 vs 看来. 看起来 tells you how something looks from what you can see or notice: a face, …