Course: HSK Standard Course Level 2: 2.3

New words 妹妹 mèimei n. younger sister 你有妹妹吗？ 你有几个妹妹？ Language points The structure “都……了” means already, it emphasises the phrase after 都 and sometimes the sentence has a complaining tone. …

New words 日 rì n. day, date 今 天 是 五 月 六 日 。Jīntiān shì wǔ yuè liù rì 。 or you can say 今 天 是 五 月 …

New words 班 bān n. class 长 zhǎng v. to grow 笑 xiào v. to smile, to laugh Language points “不是……吗”forms a rhetorical question, it is not an actual question, …

Dialogue 1 A：今天是12月20日，新年就要到了。Jīntiān shì shíèryuè èrshí rì, xīnnián jiù yào dàole. Today is Decemeber 20th. The New Year is coming. B：新年你准备做什么？Xīnnián nǐ zhǔnbèi zuò shénme ？ What plan do you …

New words 晴 qínɡ adj. sunny 晴天 qínɡ tiān sunny day 阴天 yīn tiān cloudy day Language points When we ask about the weather, 怎么样would be used, 怎么样 is very …

New words 虽然 suī rán conj. although in Chinese “虽然……但是……” are always used together, you can remember them as a whole. For example: 虽然外面很冷，但是房间里很热 。Suīrán wàimiàn hěn lěnɡ ，dànshì fánɡjiān …

New words 有意思 yǒu yìsi adj. interesting 很有意思 Hěn yǒu yìsi 没有意思 méi yǒu yìsi 但是 dànshì conj. but, still, yet 过 ɡuò part. used after a verb to indicate …

Dialogue 4 A: 请问，这儿离新京宾馆远吗？Qǐngwè,n, zhèr lí Xīnjīng Bīnguǎn yuǎn ma? Excuse me, is Xinjing Hotel far away from here? B: 不远，走路二十分钟就到。Bù yuǎn, zǒu lù èrshí fènzhōng jiù dào. No, it’s …

New words 着 zhe part. used to after a verb to indicate a state 门开着。Mén kāi zhe. The door is open 她穿着着红色的衣服。Tā chuān zhe hóng sè de yīfu . She …

We have learnt the intonation of an affirmative-negative question. Please pay attention to the following three points: the affirmative part is stressed while the negative part is unstressed the affirmative-negative …

Dialogue 4 A: 你在忙什么呢？Nǐ zài máng shénme ne? What are you busy with? B: 我弟弟让我帮他找个房子，现在他家离公司有点儿远。Wǒ dìdi ràng wǒ bāng tā zhǎo ge fángzi ，xiànzài tā jiā lí gōngsī yǒudiǎnr yuǎn. …

New words 妻子 qīzi n. wife Language points S+(V)O+V+得+adj In the last lesson we have learnt the particle 得 to introduce a complement of result or degree，for example: 他吃得很多。Tā chī …

New words 得 de part. used after a verb to introduce a complement of result or degree. Language points Particle word “得” used as the complement S+V+得+adj 她睡得很好。Tā shuì de …

Radicals 病字旁 bìngzìpáng “疒”， it’s usually related to disease. 病 bìng to be ill 疯 fēng mad, crazy 两点水 liǎngdiǎnshuǐ “冫”， it’s usually related to ice or coldness. 冷 lěng …

We have learnt the intonation of a specific question. There are two points we need to pay attention: The interrogative pronoun is stressed the intonation of the whole sentence falls …