Independent Chinese
HSK 3 (HSK 3.0): giving opinions and comparing, describing people, telling stories about the past, change and continuation, the 被 passive and more 把, conditions with 只要, 只有 and 不论, emphasis with 连…都, purpose and cause, rhetorical questions, work, travel, study, health, money, sport and society -- the 1,000-word HSK 3 list.
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- speakingI can give and ask for opinions, and compare things, including the best and the worst.
- interactionI can talk about what I'm interested in and ask how old, far or big something is.
- speakingI can say when, where and how something happened.
- interactionI can say whether I can manage something -- understand, find, finish -- and how things look or sound.
- speakingI can say what has just happened, what happens as soon as something else does, and that something happened again or will happen again.
- speakingI can report things that happened to me, and say what I did with things.
- interactionI can talk about my job and handle a hotel stay.
- writingI can link ideas: not only, besides, even, as long as and only if.
- speakingI can say anything, everyone, nowhere and the like with question words.
- speakingI can describe my feelings, tell a story in order and talk about my studies.
- interactionI can make suggestions, agree and disagree politely, and compare two things in detail.
- speakingI can give ages, sizes, rough numbers and proportions, and say how many times something happened.
- speakingI can describe what people look like and what they're like, and say how well or badly something is done.
- readingI can follow short news items and headlines, including long noun phrases.
- speakingI can tell my life story: what I have and have never done, and what has happened since.
- speakingI can say how things have changed, are still the same, or will keep going.
- interactionI can report accidents, losses and emergencies and get help.
- interactionI can rent and arrange a flat, and talk about meetings, job titles and tasks at work.
- interactionI can plan routes around China, handle formalities and talk about sights.
- speakingI can complain, say something is not at all the case, and talk about strengths and faults.
- readingI can understand rules, conditions and public notices, and fill in forms.
- speakingI can tell a story with surprises, turns and endings, including folk tales.
- interactionI can talk about classes, exams, revising and studying abroad, and ask a teacher for help.
- speakingI can weigh risks, say what's worth doing, and say how sure I am.
- interactionI can talk about friends and family relationships, host guests and handle a quarrel.
- speakingI can talk about sport, results and rankings, and review a film, show or concert.
- interactionI can talk about prices, paying, fees, saving and the economy.
- writingI can write a simple email and talk about devices and staying in touch.
- speakingI can talk about society and social trends, and about health, stress and seeing a doctor.
- speakingI can talk about my goals, chances and talents, and wish others success.
Independent Chinese short stories · graded reading practice with audio and English
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The Most and Fairly: 最 and 比较
最 for the top of the scale (最好, 最喜欢), and 比较 for a mild "fairly, rather" -- the softer cousin of 很.
Pattern Practice: The Best, the Most, Fairly
最 + adjective for the top of a group, 最 + verb for favourites, and 比较 to soften -- drilled with everyday topics.
Drill: The Most and Fairly: 最 and 比较
Say who or what is top of a group with 最 and soften a statement with 比较, from single gaps to full sentences that set the two side by side.
Spaced review
Back again, just as you might be forgetting: 所有, 大部分, 少数, 了, 过, 着 or 在, 得, result or direction, Everyday Chinese connectors together and more.
Suggestions and Ideas: 建议, 主意, 主张
Make a suggestion with 我建议 + a full clause, talk about good ideas and changing your mind with 主意, state a position with 主张, and soften a proposal with 要不…吧 and 最好.
Mission: Plan the Team Outing
Your team has a free Friday afternoon. Read the suggestions in the group chat, weigh them up, and make, accept or politely turn down proposals in Chinese.
Drill: Suggestions and Ideas: 建议, 主意, 主张
Make suggestions with 我建议 + a clause, 提建议, 要不…吧 and 最好, and talk about ideas and changing your mind with 主意 and 主张.
Compared With: 跟…相比
Set up a comparison with 跟/和 A 相比, say what's similar (相似, 类似) and what the difference is (区别), and choose between plain 比 and the fuller 相比.
Pattern Practice: Compared With…
Compare cities, phones and jobs with 跟…相比 and 更, ask and answer 有什么区别, and build longer comparisons step by step.
Drill: Compared With: 跟…相比
Compare two things with 跟/和…相比 and 更, say what's similar (相似, 类似) and ask about or state the difference (区别).
Agreeing and Disagreeing: 同意, 反对, 支持
Say whether you agree with a person or an idea (同意, 反对, 支持, 认可, 否定), and disagree the Chinese way: politely, with a reason and without a flat 不.
Dialogue: The Office Coffee Machine Vote
Follow four colleagues arguing for and against buying a coffee machine for the office, then translate their positions and add your own vote.
Drill: Agreeing and Disagreeing: 同意, 反对, 支持
Agree with a person or a view, support or oppose a plan, and disagree politely with 不太同意 and 有道理，不过…
Actually: 其实, 事实上, 实际上, 确实
Correct a wrong impression with 其实, confirm a right one with 确实, argue from the facts with 事实上 and 实际上, and say what's real, obvious or clear with 现实, 真实, 显然 and 明显.
Drill: Actually: 其实, 事实上, 实际上, 确实
Correct an impression with 其实 or 实际上, confirm one with 确实, and say what's real, realistic or obvious with 真实, 现实, 显然 and 明显.
Even More, Quite, Rather: 更加, 相当, 较
Push a comparison further with 更加, say 'quite, considerably' with 相当, read the written 较 on signs and in reports, and rate things as simple or complicated, reasonable, perfect or intense.
Drill: Even More, Quite, Rather: 更加, 相当, 较
Push a comparison further with 更加, say 'quite' with 相当, read written 较, and rate things as simple, complicated, reasonable, perfect or intense.
Isn't It? 不是…吗
Use rhetorical 不是…吗 to remind someone or object (你不是说…吗？), answer it naturally, hear surprise versus reproach in it, and add emphasis with 就是.
Tone Pairs: 不是…吗 in Connected Speech
Say 不是…吗 at natural speed: bú shì with a rising 不, a light toneless 吗, and the stress on the word being challenged.
Drill: Isn't It? 不是…吗
Remind or object with rhetorical 不是…吗, answer it with 是啊 or 没有啊, and add stubborn emphasis with 就是.
Unit 1 review
A quiz, listening and speaking on 最 and 比较, Suggestions: 建议, 主意, 主张, 跟…相比 and 区别, Agreeing and disagreeing and more.
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