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Chinese Grammar: "emphasis" | HaoHSK

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46 grammar points related to "emphasis", organised by HSK 3.0 and HSK 2.0 level.

HSK Grammar · HSK 3.020 grammar points

HSK 1 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

是Affirmative sentence with 是 (shì)To be (identity, profession, nationality)

HSK 2 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

是……的The 是...的 Construction (Focus / Cleft Sentence)Emphasizes time, place, manner, or purpose of a past completed event

HSK 3 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

一点也不/没

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Total negation with 一点也不/没 (not... at all)Not... at all / not in the slightest

是…的Emphasis structure 是…的 (shì... de)It was [time/place/manner] that... (emphasizing details of a past event)

多(么)…啊Exclamatory sentence with 多(么)…啊 (How...!)How [adjective]! / What a...!

HSK 4 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

连…都/也…Structure 连…都/也… (lián... dōu/yě...): Even... also/all...Even... (emphatic structure)
究竟/到底Adverbs 究竟 and 到底 (On Earth / In the End / After All)On earth, after all, in the end (emphasizes inquiry)
是……的Extended 是...的 Construction (Focus on Time/Place/Manner/Purpose)Emphasizes specific circumstances of a past completed action

HSK 5 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

别说…就是…也…Progressive Emphatic Structure 别说……就是……也…… – Let Alone... Even...Progressive structure emphasizing an extreme degree
简直Modal Adverb 简直 (jiǎnzhí): Simply / Virtually / Almost like...Simply, virtually, practically (exaggeration)
倒装与存在强调句Existential Sentences and Emphatic Inversion (倒装句)Fronting a location, object, or predicate for description or emphasis
甚至 / 甚至于Adverb / Conjunction 甚至 (shènzhì): Even / So much so that...Even, to the point that, so much so that

HSK 6 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

莫非 / 莫不 / 无不Adverbs 莫非 / 莫不 / 无不 (mòfēi / mòbù / wúbù)could it be that, none but, all without exception
之所以……是因为…… / 正因为……才……Structures 之所以...是因为... / 正因为...才...the reason why... is that; precisely because... that
简直 / 几乎Simply/Virtually vs. Almost: 简直 / 几乎 (jiǎnzhí / jīhū)Simply / Virtually (简直) vs. Almost / Nearly (几乎)

HSK 7-9 Grammar (HSK 3.0)

把Advanced Expressive 把-Constructions: 把他个... & Dramatic State ComplementsHighly expressive variant of the 把-construction focusing on emotional impact or physiological states of people
是…所…的Formal Emphatic Nominalization "是…所…的"Is that which (someone) V-s
务必/必将/势必/必定/想必High-Modality Adverbs of Certainty & Necessity: 务必, 必将, 势必, 必定, 想必Must without fail / Will surely / Inevitably / Presumably
「给我」加强命令Emphatic Imperative: 给我 + V ("You [do V] right now!")[Do V] for me / right now! (colloquial intensifier of a command or warning)
状语前置（在…下 / 唯有… / 如此一来）Fronted Adverbials for Emphasis & CohesionPlacing adverbials before the subject for emphasis

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是……的The Emphatic 是……的 (shì...de) ConstructionThe 'shì...de' construction (emphasizing time, place, manner of past event)

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都……了Structure 都……了 (dōu...le) - Already / It's already the case thatAlready (emphasizing lateness, quantity, or expressing mild complaint)
呢Modal particle 呢 (ne) - Affirmation(indicating affirmation)
是……的Structure 是……的 (shì...de) - EmphasisIt is... that...
是不是Verification Questions with 是不是 (shì bú shì) - Is it... or notIs it...? / Yes or no?
不是……吗？Rhetorical Questions with 不是……吗？ (bú shì...ma) - Isn't it...?Isn't it...? / Aren't you...?

HSK 3 Grammar (HSK 2.0)

一……也不Absolute Negation: 一……也/都 + 不/没…… (Not Even a Single...)Expresses complete, 100% absolute negation down to the minimal unit ('not even a single cent', 'not tired at all').

HSK 4 Grammar (HSK 2.0)

并 + 不 / 没并 + 不 / 没 (bìng + bù / méi) – not at all, actually notnot at all, actually not
确实确实 (quèshí) – indeed, reallyindeed, really
尤其尤其 (yóuqí) – especially, particularlyespecially, particularly
难道难道 (nándào) – can it be that …? surely … not?

HSK 5 Grammar (HSK 2.0)

简直简直 (jiǎnzhí) – simply, practically (exaggeration)simply, practically (exaggeration)
反正反正 (fǎnzhèng) – anyway, in any caseanyway, in any case
毕竟毕竟 (bìjìng) – after allafter all
非非 (fēi) – non-; must, insist on

HSK 6 Grammar (HSK 2.0)

无不无不 (wúbù) – without exception, allwithout exception, all
并非并非 (bìngfēi) – is by no means, is not actuallyis by no means, is not actually
务必务必 (wùbì) – must, be sure tomust, be sure to
明明明明 (míngmíng) – obviously, clearly (and yet…)

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can it be that …? surely … not?

连……都 / 也……连……都 / 也…… (lián……dōu / yě……) – even … (emphatic)even … (emphatic)

non-; must, insist on

数数 (shǔ) – rank first, be counted as (the most)rank first, be counted as (the most)

根本根本 (gēnběn) – (not) at all; fundamentally(not) at all; fundamentally

obviously, clearly (and yet…)

终归终归 (zhōngguī) – after all, in the end (inevitably)after all, in the end (inevitably)

终究终究 (zhōngjiū) – eventually, in the endeventually, in the end

左……右……左……右…… (zuǒ……yòu……) – again and again, over and overagain and again, over and over

归根到底归根到底 (guīgēn dàodǐ) – in the final analysis, ultimatelyin the final analysis, ultimately