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101 HSK 5 (HSK 2.0) grammar points in 8 groups. Open any point to see its pattern, usage, examples and notes.
Time adverbs, prepositions, and nouns indicating duration, temporal points, onset, or future progression in HSK 5.
Adverbs expressing tone, contrast, unexpectedness, urgency, emphasis, and rhetorical intention in HSK 5.
Formal conjunctions for cause-effect inference, progressive contrast, preference, and conditional constraints.
Prepositions of location, basis, orientation, and classic passive voice structures in HSK 5.
Diverse versatile words including pronouns, prefixes, comparative particles, and evaluative adverbs in HSK 5.
Extreme degree complements, figurative directional complements, potential forms, and psychological verbs.
Dedicated noun classifiers for peaked items, elongated objects, institutions, news items, piles, and slices.
Indefinite demonstratives, olfactory verbs, action nouns, approximate numerical particles, and interjections.
Structures: Subject + 居然 / 反而 / 倒 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: 居然 highlights unexpected facts; 反而 marks outcomes contrary to expectations; 倒 expresses mild concession or surprising turns.
Structures: Subject + 为 + Agent + 所 + Verb
Exam tip: Equivalent to the 被 passive voice: 为 introduces the agent, and 所 immediately precedes the verb.
Structures: Verb + 得起 / 不起 · 舍不得 + Verb / Noun
Exam tip: 买不起/经得起 denotes financial or emotional endurance; 舍不得 indicates reluctance to part with or spend something.
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Structures: 除非 + Condition，才 / 否则 + Result · 万一 + Condition，就 + Verb phrase
Exam tip: 除非 sets an exclusive condition paired with 才 or 否则; 万一 introduces low-probability contingency precautions.
Structures: 与其 + A，不如 / 宁可 + B
Exam tip: 与其 A 不如 B rejects A in favor of B ('rather than A, better B'). Essential for sentence ordering.
Structures: 何必 + Verb phrase · 反正 + Conclusion · 难怪 + Fact
Exam tip: 何必 discourages unnecessary action rhetorically; 反正 asserts an inevitable baseline; 难怪 expresses realization.
Structures: Adjective + 得 + 不行 / 不得了
Exam tip: Indicates extreme intensity (tired to death, thrilled beyond measure). Ideal for the 80-word writing task.
Structures: Number + 顶 / 根 / 所 / 支 / 则 + Noun
Exam tip: Master exact pairs: 一顶帽子 (hat), 一根头发 (hair), 一所学校 (school), 一则消息 (news item), 一支笔 (pen).
Structures: 像 + Noun + 似的 · Noun + 般
Exam tip: 像……似的 equals 像……一样 for vivid imagery; ……般 is literary suffix meaning '-like'.
Structures: 80字 = 开头 20 + 中间 40 + 结尾 20
Exam tip: Must include all 5 keywords (Item 99) or reflect the core theme of the picture (Item 100). Incorporate at least two HSK 5 conjunctions.
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