HSK 3 flashcards

32 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.

听力第四部分结构

HSK 3 listening Part 4 covers questions 31-40. Each item is a 3-5 sentence monologue or conversation, followed by one spoken question. Items test main idea, reason, and the next action.

但是 不过 其实

Contrast markers in dialogue. The speaker's real answer usually follows these words, so the information before them is background and often the distractor in HSK 3 listening options.

第二个数字原则

In HSK 3 listening, prices, times, and quantities are often revised mid-sentence. The number stated after 后来, 其实, or 应该是 is normally the correct answer, not the first number heard.

差点儿

Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'. With an unwanted outcome it means the event did not happen; with a desired outcome it means it nearly happened but did not. Meaning flips by context.

除了…以外

Pattern meaning 'besides' or 'except'. With 还/也 after it, the noun is included; without 还/也, the noun is excluded. Listening items use this to test whether an item is added or removed.

HSKK 初级题量

The beginner HSKK speaking test has 27 items in three parts and lasts about 17 minutes. Part 1 is 15 repeat-after-hearing sentences; Part 2 is 5 dialogue answers; Part 3 is 7 read-aloud passages.

了 过 在 要

Aspect markers that carry time in spoken Chinese: 了 for completed action, 过 for past experience, 在/正在 for ongoing action, 要…了 for imminent action. Omitting them is a frequent HSK 3 speaking error.

把字句语序

Subject + 把 + object + verb + result element (了, 完, 给, 在, 到). The verb cannot stand alone after 把; a bare verb with no result or particle is ungrammatical.

被字句语序

Receiver + 被 + optional agent + verb + result. Traditional usage marks an adverse or unwanted event, so neutral statements usually avoid 被 and use a topic-comment order instead.

越来越

Pattern meaning 'more and more'. It precedes an adjective or psychological verb, as in 越来越冷 or 越来越喜欢, and cannot take 很 or 非常 after it.

一边…一边

Pattern linking two simultaneous actions by the same subject, as in 一边吃饭一边看电视. Both verbs must be voluntary actions; stative verbs such as 是 or 喜欢 cannot fill the slots.

动量词 次 遍

Frequency measure words placed after the verb: 次 counts occurrences, 遍 counts a full pass through something from start to finish. 我去过三次 means three visits; 我读了三遍 means three complete readings.

时量补语位置

A duration phrase follows the verb, and the verb is often repeated with 了: 我学汉语学了两年. Placing the duration before the verb, as in English, is ungrammatical in Chinese.

HSK 3 阅读题型

Reading has 30 items in 3 parts over about 30 minutes: sentence-to-picture matching (1-10), three-option blank filling (11-20), and two short passages with five questions each (21-30).

搭配 提高水平

Fixed verb-noun collocations tested in reading Part 2: 提高水平, 养成习惯, 积累经验, 解决问题, 举办活动, 发生事故. A grammatically possible but non-collocating pairing is the standard distractor.

只有…才

Pattern meaning 'only if… then'. 只有 introduces the sole necessary condition and 才 follows in the result clause. Swapping 才 for 就 reverses the logic and marks the sentence wrong.

只要…就

Pattern meaning 'as long as… then'. 只要 introduces a sufficient condition and 就 follows in the result. It contrasts with 只有…才, which marks a necessary and exclusive condition.

即使…也

Concessive pattern meaning 'even if… still'. The 也 clause states a result that holds regardless of the hypothetical condition, so a contradictory second clause makes the sentence wrong.

竟然 居然

Adverbs marking unexpectedness, roughly 'unexpectedly' or 'to my surprise'. In reading attitude questions they signal the author's surprise, not a neutral report of fact.

可惜

Adverb or adjective meaning 'it is a pity'. It marks regret about a fact already stated, so it signals a negative evaluation rather than plain description in attitude questions.

HSK 3 书写题型

Writing has 15 items in about 15 minutes. Part 1 (1-5) assembles jumbled words into sentences; Part 2 (6-15) fills ten blanks from a character bank larger than the number of blanks.

汉语句子基本语序

Subject + time + place + manner + verb + complement + object. Time and place precede the verb; 了 and 过 follow the verb; 的 precedes the noun it modifies.

比字句

Comparison pattern A 比 B + adjective, optionally with 一点儿, 得多, or 多了 after the adjective. 很 and 非常 cannot appear in the adjective slot after 比.

不如 没有…那么

Two ways to express inferiority: A 不如 B (A is not as good as B) and A 没有 B 那么 + adjective. Both replace 比, which only states difference, not direction.

又…又

Pattern joining two adjectives or stative verbs that hold at the same time, as in 又便宜又好看. It cannot link two sequential actions; 一边…一边 handles simultaneous actions.

如果…就

Conditional pattern meaning 'if… then'. 如果 opens the condition clause and 就 opens the result clause. 就 is normally omitted only in very short colloquial results.

连…都 也

Emphatic pattern meaning 'even'. The emphasized element sits between 连 and 都/也, as in 他连饭都没吃. It highlights an extreme case to imply a broader statement.

HSK 翻译出现级别

HSK 3 has no translation section. Translation first appears at HSK 4, where Part 3 asks for five English sentences rendered into Chinese, and expands at HSK 5 and HSK 6.

时态译为助词

English tense is rendered by Chinese aspect particles, not verb endings: past completed with 了, past experience with 过, progressive with 在 or 正在, future with 会, 要, or 将.

定语前置

Chinese relative clauses precede the noun and take 的: 'the book I bought yesterday' becomes 我昨天买的那本书. English post-modifying clauses must be reversed in order.

被动语态翻译

English passive need not become 被. Neutral passives use 是…的 or 由…; 被 is preferred when the subject is adversely affected or strongly acted upon.

数字四位分组

Chinese groups large numbers by four digits: 万 (ten thousand) and 亿 (hundred million). English groups by three (thousand, million), so regrouping is required before translating figures.