HSK 5

Adj + 得不得了 (extremely) Adj + 得很 (very) Adj + 了 + (一)点儿 (a bit too) 有的是 + Noun (have plenty of)

Advanced 都 (already / even) Advanced 还 … 呢 总 (always / keep on) 毕竟 (after all) 差点没: near misses and context 反正 (anyway / in any case) 尽量 + Verb (as much as possible) 互相 + Verb (each other) 尽管 + Verb (feel free to) 干脆 (just / simply / might as well) 再也 + 不 / 没 + … 了 (never again) 曾经 + Verb + 过 (once / formerly) 再三 + Verb (over and over) 简直: strong evaluation and comparison 顺便 (while you're at it / by the way) 再不…就…了: a conditional warning 好(不)容易 (with great difficulty) 白 + Verb (in vain / for nothing) Verb + 了 + 又 + Verb (again and again) 差很多 (differ a lot)

… 啊，… 啊 (casual listing)

要不 … 吧 (how about …) Reading: cloze, logical links and paragraph meaning Read a claim and its qualification

当中 (among / in the middle of) 彼此 (each other / one another) … 以来 (ever since) 当 … 的时候 (when …) Noun + 这个 + Category (sizing up)

Final 了: change and completion in context Verb + 了 + Complement (le after the verb) Statement + 嘛 (obviously / you know) 呢: follow-up questions and shared context

以上 / 以下 (and above / and below)

自从 (ever since) 为 + Person (for someone's sake) 对 … 而言 (as far as … is concerned) … 在内 (including) 凭 (on the basis of / by) 至于 (as for / when it comes to) 给 (colloquial passive) 就 … 来说 (as far as … goes) 趁 (while / taking advantage of)

要不是 (if it weren't for) 多亏 (thanks to / luckily) … 而已 (that's all / nothing more) 将 (a formal 把)

Verb + 什么 (a rebuke) 不像 … 那么 … (not as … as) 比起 … 来 (compared with) A 不如 B (not as good as) Noun / Adj + 化 (-ize / -ify) 算 + Adj + 的 (counts as / considered) 难怪 (no wonder) Writing: connected events and a short response Write a connected story with a turning point

将 / 将要 / 将会 (formal future)

难免 (hard to avoid / bound to) 受 (receive / be affected)

反而 (on the contrary / instead)

就是 … ，也 … (even if) 就算 … ，也 … (even if) 哪怕 … ，也 … (even if)

假如 … ，就 … (if / supposing) 万一 … 怎么办? (what if) Clause + 的话 (if / conditional frame)

格外 (especially / exceptionally)

之所以 … 是因为 … (effect before cause) Retell an explanation and develop a spoken comparison

Advanced degree complements (得 + 很 / 要命 …) Verb + 得了 / 不了 (can / can't manage) Result complements 住 / 开 / 出来 Verb / Adj + 坏了 (broken / to an extreme) Verb + 着 (zháo) (managed to / succeeded) Verb + 到 (succeed in reaching) Verb + 来 + Verb + 去 (back and forth)

一旦 … ，就 … (once …, then …)

Advanced 把 (把 + Obj + Verb + result) N1 + 不比 + N2 + Adj (no more … than) 要 + Verb + 就 + Verb (if you're going to, do it right) 少不了 (can't do without) A 等于 B (equals / amounts to) 从 … 中 (from within) 无 … 可 … (have no … to …) 不但 …，甚至连 … 也 … (not only …, even …) 跟 / 和 … 有关的 + Noun (related to) 所谓 (the so-called …) 在 + Time + 内 (within a span) 宁可 … ，也 … (would rather) Verb + 就 + Verb (indifference / a shrug) Action，好 + Purpose (so that) 一面 … ，一面 … (two things at once) 不是 … ，就是 … (either … or …) Develop a story across four pictures

怪不得 (no wonder) Develop a two-hundred-character topic response

或者 … ，或者 … (either … or …)

别说 … ，就是 … 也 … (let alone) 更不用说 (let alone / not to mention) Choose language for the reader

常常 vs 经常 (often / regularly)

总算 vs 终于 (finally)

跟 vs 对 (with vs toward)

朝 vs 向 vs 往 (towards) 对 vs 对于 (to/toward vs regarding) 关于 vs 对于 vs 至于 给 vs 为 (to/for vs for the sake of)

平时 vs 平常 (usually / ordinary) 以后 vs 之后 (after / afterwards)

看起来 vs 看来 (looks vs it seems) 显得 vs 看起来 (comes across as vs looks)