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HSK Grammar Words: Question word
The HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists 14 words as question word. Each is listed under the HSK level whose grammar introduces it, which is sometimes lower than the level of the word itself.
All grammar words · tone adverb (53) · measure word (44) · time adverb (43) · clause connector (33) · degree adverb (31) · demonstrative (26) · direction noun (24) · scope adverb (20) · frequency adverb (18) · personal pronoun (17) · preposition: target (15) · manner adverb (14) · question word (14) · separable verb (13) · attitude adverb (11) · conjunction (11) · modal verb (11) · preposition: basis (11) · sentence-final particle (11) · verbal measure word (11) · linking adverb (7) · negation (7) · preposition: time, place (7) · preposition: agent, object (6) · preposition: direction (5) · structural particle (5) · particle (4) · preposition: purpose, cause (4) · time measure word (4) · aspect particle (3) · numeral (3) · interjection (2) · preposition: exclusion (2) · preposition: time (1)
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HSK 1
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 多 | duō | question word; degree adverb | many; much; too many; (after numeral) ... odd |
| 什么 | shén me | question word | what, something, anything |
| 几 | jǐ | question word | how many, several, a few |
| 哪 | nǎ | question word | which? |
| 哪些 | nǎ xiē | question word | which ones?; who?; what? |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | question word | where?; wherever; somewhere |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | question word | where? |
| 多少 | duō shao | question word | how much/many; what (number/ID) |
| 怎么 | zěn me | question word | how; why; what |
| 谁 | shéi | question word | who |
HSK 2
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | question word | why; for what reason |
| 多久 | duō jiǔ | question word | how long (time); (not) a long time |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | question word | how?, how about?; how are things? |
| 怎样 | zěn yàng | question word | how; what kind of |
GoMando practises every one of these words inside its full HSK 1–9 catalogue, with tone colouring and a review queue that brings back the ones you keep getting wrong.
