HSK 3

Adjective + 极了 (extremely) Doubling adjectives (AA / AABB) Adjective + 地 + Verb (making an adverb) 这么 / 那么 + Adjective (so …) A 跟 / 和 B 一样 (the same as) 又 … 又 … (both … and …) Subject + 比较 + Adjective (fairly, rather) 多 + Adjective + 啊! (how …!) Adjective + 的 + Noun (describing a noun) 越来越 (more and more)

又 + Verb + 了 (again, in the past) 一直 (all along, continuously) 总是 (always — a habit) 终于 (finally, at last) 几乎 (nearly, almost) 只 (only) Duration + 没 + Verb + 了 (how long you haven't …) Time + 才 (not until — lateness) 先 … ，再 … (first …, then …) 一边 … 一边 … (doing two things at once) 老是 (always — a complaint) 才 + Number (only — a small amount) 才 vs 就 (late vs early) 刚 vs 刚才 (just now: adverb vs time-word) 有点 vs 一点 (a bit too… vs a little …er) 再 vs 又 (again: future vs past)

看起来 (looks / seems) 让 / 叫 / 请 / 使 (make / let / ask someone do) 经过 (after going through) 应该 / 该 (should, ought to) 难 + Verb (unpleasant to …) Verb + 了 + Duration (did for a length of time) Verb + 了 + Duration + 了 (have been …-ing) 没办法 + Verb (no way to / can't) Verb reduplication (do a bit / give it a try) 很 + Verb (feeling verbs with 很) Direction complement 来 / 去 (toward / away) Potential complement 得 / 不 (can / can't do it) Verb + 下去 (keep …-ing) Result complements 好 / 完 / 错 (how it turned out)

没(有) comparisons (not as … as) 跟 … 比(起来) (compared with …) 比 … 更 / 还 (even more than) 比 … Adj + 多了 (much more than) N1 + 有 + N2 + Adj (as … as)

Time / Verb + 以前 (before …) 以前，… (in the past, …) 刚才 (a moment ago) Time / Verb + 时 (when …) 以后 (after / in the future) … ，后来 … (afterwards / later — past) Approximating with sequential numbers Big numbers: 万 / 亿 Times to the minute (点 … 分) Telling the hour (Number + 点) Verb + 着 (ongoing state) Sentence-final 了 (change of state) Questions with 呢 (and you? / where?) 的 / 得 / 地 (the three “de”) 有的 (some / some…, others…) 半 (half / and a half) 以后 vs 然后 vs 后来 (then / after)

一 … 也 / 都 … 不 / 没 (not even one) 越 … 越 … (the more …, the more …) 把 sentences (do something to the object) 被 sentences (the passive) Place + Verb + 着 + Noun (existential) 想 + QW + 就 + QW (whatever you like) Question Word + 都 (every / all) Question words as “some- / any-” 为了 (in order to / for the sake of)

A 或者 B (or — in statements) 那么 … (then / in that case) 跟 + Person + Verb (with someone) A 还是 B? (or — in questions) 关于 + Topic (about / regarding) 直到 … ，… 才 … (all the way until) 向 + Direction / Person + Verb (towards) 只要 … ，就 … (as long as) … ，才 … (only then / only after) 只有 … ，才 … (only if) 除了 … 都 / 还 (except / besides) 如果 … 的话 (if …) 如果 … ，就 … (if …, then …) 不但 … ，而且 … (not only … but also) 还是 vs 或者 (or: question vs statement)