Roadmap Grammar

HSK Grammar Words: Structural particle

The HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists 5 words as structural particle. 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

WordPinyinRoleMeaning
的destructural particle; sentence-final particlepossessive particle ('s); attribute marker; nominalizer
地destructural particleadverbial particle (-ly)

HSK 2

WordPinyinRoleMeaning
得destructural particle; modal verbstructural particle: links verbs/adjectives to complements of degree, result, or possibility

HSK 6

WordPinyinRoleMeaning
所suǒstructural particlenoun or location; place; classifier for institutions or buildings

HSK 7–9

WordPinyinRoleMeaning
之zhīstructural particlepossessive particle; him/her/it

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