HSK 6 Grammar
Complete list of HSK 6 Grammar points with meaning, formation, examples and audio. Tap any point for a full explanation.
- 况且 况且: 'besides / moreover', adds a further reason
- 反之 反之: 'conversely / otherwise' (formal, written)
- 不见得 不见得: not necessarily (colloquial equivalent of 未必)
- 恨不得 恨不得: to wish desperately one could (but can't)
- 巴不得 巴不得: to be only too eager for something to happen
- 不妨 不妨: might as well; there's no harm in (doing)
- 大不了 大不了: at worst; the most that can happen is …
- 生怕 for fear that / be terribly afraid that (sth bad might happen)
- 舍得 be willing to part with / spend / give up (without regret)
- 免不了 be unavoidable / bound to happen / can't help but
- V个不停 / V个没完 V + 个 + 不停/没完: describes an action that goes on and on without stopping — 说个不停 'talk nonstop', 忙个没完 'endlessly busy'.
- 有 V 有 V 有 V 有 V: pairs two verbs to depict a lively scene where both actions happen together — 有说有笑 'chatting and laughing', 有吃有喝 'plenty to eat and drink'.
- 「而已 / 罢了」 …而已 / …罢了: 'that's all', 'nothing more' — plays something down
- 「来着」 …来着: '…again?' — recalling something just said or a recent fact
- 冲（着） 冲（着）'facing / toward' someone, or colloquially 'because of / for the sake of'
- 就……而言 / 就……来说 就……而言 / 就……来说 'as far as … is concerned / speaking of …'
- 论 论 'in terms of / when it comes to', or 'by (the unit)' for pricing
- 有所 + 动词 有所 + verb: to some extent, to a certain degree (formal/written)
- 加以 + 动词 加以 + verb: to carry out (an action) on the thing just mentioned (formal)
- 给予 / 予以 给予 / 予以: to give, grant, render (formal, written)
- 便于 + 动词 便于 + verb: to be convenient for, to make it easy to (formal)
- 有利于 / 有助于 有利于 / 有助于: to be beneficial to / to help, contribute to (formal)
- 急于 / 忙于 急于 / 忙于: be anxious/eager to do / be busy with doing
- …之久 / …之多 …之久 / …之多: as long as / as many as (emphatic)
- 高达 / 多达 高达 / 多达: to reach as high/many as (a figure)
- 顶多 顶多: at most, no more than
- 越发 越发: increasingly, more and more (formal)
- …般 Literary simile suffix: 'like…', 'as… as' — X般
- A是A（，不过/但…） 'It's true that A, but…' — concede A then qualify — A 是 A，不过…
- 要…有… 'has everything / to whatever degree you want' — 要什么有什么 / 要多…有多…
- 顾得上／顾不上 to be able / unable to attend to (spare attention for) something
- 犯得着／犯不着 to be worth / not worth the trouble of doing something
- 说得过去／说不过去 to be justifiable / passable, or unjustifiable (of a reason or conduct)
- 靠得住／靠不住 to be reliable / unreliable, trustworthy / untrustworthy
- 由不得 由不得: not be up to (someone); leave one no choice
- 相比之下 By comparison / in contrast
- 由此可见 From this it can be seen (that) / this shows that
- 偏偏 偏偏: of all things / just my luck — contrary to wish or expectation
- 索性 might as well, simply just (make up one's mind to go all the way)
- 好在 fortunately, luckily (a favorable factor averted a bad outcome)
- 万万 absolutely (not) (used mostly with negation, for the utmost degree)
- 到头来 in the end, after all that (final outcome, usually a disappointing one)
- 归根结底 when all is said and done, at bottom (getting to the root of it)
- 得了 that's enough, all right (stop it, or let it drop; tone word)