{
  "name": "HSK 2 grammar syllabus",
  "source": "The official HSK 3.0 考试大纲, published November 2025.",
  "compiledBy": "Gushi — https://gushi-chinese.online/",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "attribution": "HSK 2 grammar syllabus by Gushi (https://gushi-chinese.online/hsk-3.0/grammar/2), CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "page": "https://gushi-chinese.online/hsk-3.0/grammar/2",
  "sources": {
    "lists": "The word, character and grammar lists: the official HSK 3.0 考试大纲, published November 2025. Facts out of a published document.",
    "meanings": "The English meanings: adapted from CC-CEDICT (https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=cc-cedict), CC BY-SA 4.0. This is why this data is share-alike.",
    "examples": "The example sentences: largely from the Tatoeba Project (https://tatoeba.org), CC BY 2.0 FR, plus sentences written for Gushi.",
    "compilation": "The selection, the pinyin, the tone numbers, the sense ordering and the checking: Gushi."
  },
  "audioNote": "Free to play from gushi-chinese.online. NOT covered by this licence: the recordings are synthesised speech and are not ours to relicense as a corpus.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "kind": "grammar",
  "level": 2,
  "count": 48,
  "fields": {
    "level": "HSK 3.0 level, 1 to 9.",
    "point": "The grammar point as the syllabus names it.",
    "pattern": "The pattern the syllabus prints beside the point, where it prints one.",
    "categoryChinese": "The syllabus category, in Chinese.",
    "categoryEnglish": "The same category in English.",
    "explanation": "What the point does, in one sentence.",
    "exampleChinese": "Example sentence in simplified Chinese.",
    "exampleEnglish": "The example sentence in English."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "后缀“-面”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "语素",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word parts",
      "explanation": "The suffix -面 attaches to direction words to form location words: 上面, 里面, 外面.",
      "exampleChinese": "书在桌子上面。",
      "exampleEnglish": "The book is on the table."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "方位名词（左、右）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The locality nouns 左 “left” and 右 “right” combine with 边/面 to give directions.",
      "exampleChinese": "医院在商店的左边。",
      "exampleEnglish": "The hospital is to the left of the store."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "动词重叠",
      "pattern": "AA／A一A／A了A／ABAB",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "Reduplicating a verb (看看, 看一看) makes the action brief, casual, or tentative.",
      "exampleChinese": "我可以看看吗？",
      "exampleEnglish": "May I take a look?"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "能愿动词“可能”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The modal verb 可能 expresses possibility: “might / maybe”.",
      "exampleChinese": "他可能生病了。",
      "exampleEnglish": "He might be sick."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "离合词（帮忙、游泳、跳舞、跑步）",
      "pattern": "游泳 → 游（半个小时的）泳",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "More separable verbs: activity words like 游泳 and 跑步 behave as verb+object compounds, and split when you say how long or how often.",
      "exampleChinese": "我会游泳。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I can swim."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "疑问代词“为什么”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "为什么 asks for the reason: “why?”.",
      "exampleChinese": "你为什么不吃饭？",
      "exampleEnglish": "Why aren’t you eating?"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "人称代词“自己”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "自己 “oneself” reflects back on the subject or emphasizes doing something personally.",
      "exampleChinese": "这是我自己做的菜。",
      "exampleEnglish": "This is a dish I made myself."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "指示代词（这么、那么、这样、那样、每）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "这么/那么 before an adjective mean “so / this …”, pointing at degree or manner.",
      "exampleChinese": "今天怎么这么热？",
      "exampleEnglish": "Why is it so hot today?"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "形容词重叠",
      "pattern": "AA／AABB",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "Reduplicated adjectives (好好, 高高兴兴) intensify and vivify the description.",
      "exampleChinese": "你好好休息吧。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Have a good rest."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "数词（万、好多、多）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "万 counts ten-thousands; Chinese numbers group by 万, not by thousand.",
      "exampleChinese": "这个电脑一万块钱。",
      "exampleEnglish": "This computer costs ten thousand yuan."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "名量词（条、位、间、名；包）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "More measure words: 条 for long thin things and animals, 位 politely for people, 间 for rooms.",
      "exampleChinese": "我买了一条鱼。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I bought a fish."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "动量词“次”",
      "pattern": "动词＋数词＋次",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The verbal measure word 次 counts how many times an action happens.",
      "exampleChinese": "我去过一次北京。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I have been to Beijing once."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "程度副词（多、好、最）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The degree adverb 最 marks the superlative: “the most”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我最喜欢吃苹果。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I like eating apples the most."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "范围副词“一起”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The adverb 一起 before the verb means doing something together.",
      "exampleChinese": "我们一起去吃饭吧。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Let’s go eat together."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "时间副词（已经、还、有时候、快、正）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "Time adverbs like 已经 “already” stand before the verb, often with sentence-final 了.",
      "exampleChinese": "他已经走了。",
      "exampleEnglish": "He has already left."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "频率副词“常、经常”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The adverb 经常 before the verb means “often / frequently”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我经常去游泳。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I often go swimming."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "否定副词“别”",
      "pattern": "别＋动词（＋了）",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "别 before a verb tells someone not to do something: “don’t”.",
      "exampleChinese": "上课别说话。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Don’t talk in class."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "关联副词“就”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The adverb 就 links two actions in quick sequence: as soon as one happens, the next follows.",
      "exampleChinese": "你到了就给我打电话。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Call me as soon as you arrive."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "介词“从”",
      "pattern": "从＋时间/处所",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The preposition 从 marks the starting point in time or space: “from”.",
      "exampleChinese": "他从中国来。",
      "exampleEnglish": "He comes from China."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "介词“往”",
      "pattern": "往＋方向＋动词",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The preposition 往 marks the direction of movement: “toward”.",
      "exampleChinese": "请往前走。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Please go forward."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "介词“给”",
      "pattern": "给＋对象＋动词",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The preposition 给 introduces the beneficiary or recipient of an action: “for / to”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我晚上给你打电话。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I will call you this evening."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "介词“跟”",
      "pattern": "跟＋对象＋动词",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The preposition 跟 introduces the person one does something with or learns from.",
      "exampleChinese": "明天我跟妈妈去买东西。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Tomorrow I am going shopping with Mom."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "连词“那”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The conjunction 那 “then / in that case” draws a conclusion from what was just said.",
      "exampleChinese": "你不去，那我自己去。",
      "exampleEnglish": "If you are not going, then I will go myself."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "结构助词“得”（状态补语）",
      "pattern": "动词＋得＋形容词性短语",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "得 after a verb links a complement describing how the action is done.",
      "exampleChinese": "他跑得很快。",
      "exampleEnglish": "He runs very fast."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "结构助词“地”",
      "pattern": "形容词＋地＋动词",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "地 links an adjective to the verb it modifies, forming an adverbial: 高兴地说.",
      "exampleChinese": "孩子们高兴地唱歌。",
      "exampleEnglish": "The children sing happily."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "动态助词“过”",
      "pattern": "动词＋过",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The aspect particle 过 after a verb marks past experience: “have (ever) done”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我去过中国。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I have been to China."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "动态助词“着”",
      "pattern": "动词＋着",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "The aspect particle 着 after a verb marks an ongoing state or continuing action.",
      "exampleChinese": "门开着呢。",
      "exampleEnglish": "The door is open."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "语气助词“啊”",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "词类",
      "categoryEnglish": "Word classes",
      "explanation": "Sentence-final 啊 adds exclamation, agreement, or urging to the sentence.",
      "exampleChinese": "今天天气真好啊！",
      "exampleEnglish": "The weather is so nice today!"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "固定短语“什么的”",
      "pattern": "……、……什么的",
      "categoryChinese": "固定格式",
      "categoryEnglish": "Fixed expressions",
      "explanation": "什么的 after a list means “and so on / and such”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我买了苹果、茶什么的。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I bought apples, tea, and so on."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "还是……吧",
      "pattern": "还是＋……＋吧",
      "categoryChinese": "固定格式",
      "categoryEnglish": "Fixed expressions",
      "explanation": "还是……吧 proposes the better alternative after weighing options: “we’d better…”.",
      "exampleChinese": "太晚了，我们还是回家吧。",
      "exampleEnglish": "It is too late - we had better go home."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "要/快要/就要……了",
      "pattern": "要/快要/就要＋动词＋了",
      "categoryChinese": "固定格式",
      "categoryEnglish": "Fixed expressions",
      "explanation": "The frame 要……了 (also 快要/就要……了) marks something about to happen.",
      "exampleChinese": "火车就要开了。",
      "exampleEnglish": "The train is about to leave."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "都……了",
      "pattern": "都＋……＋了",
      "categoryChinese": "固定格式",
      "categoryEnglish": "Fixed expressions",
      "explanation": "The frame 都……了 stresses that a point has already been reached: “it’s already…”.",
      "exampleChinese": "都十点了，你怎么还在睡觉？",
      "exampleEnglish": "It is already ten - why are you still sleeping?"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "结果补语1",
      "pattern": "动词＋错/懂/好/会/完",
      "categoryChinese": "句子成分",
      "categoryEnglish": "Parts of the sentence",
      "explanation": "A result complement right after the verb states the outcome: 完 “finished”, 错 “wrongly”, 懂 “understood”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我吃完饭了。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I have finished eating."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "趋向补语1",
      "pattern": "动词＋来/去",
      "categoryChinese": "句子成分",
      "categoryEnglish": "Parts of the sentence",
      "explanation": "Directional complements 来/去 (and 进来, 回来…) after a verb show movement toward or away from the speaker.",
      "exampleChinese": "你快进来吧。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Come on in."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "数量补语2（时量）",
      "pattern": "动词＋了＋时段",
      "categoryChinese": "句子成分",
      "categoryEnglish": "Parts of the sentence",
      "explanation": "A duration complement after the verb states how long the action lasts.",
      "exampleChinese": "我睡了八个小时。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I slept for eight hours."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "主谓句4：主谓谓语句",
      "pattern": "主语＋[主语＋谓语]",
      "categoryChinese": "句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "A subject-predicate phrase itself serves as the predicate: 我身体很好 “my health is good”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我身体很好。",
      "exampleEnglish": "My health is very good."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "选择问句“还是”",
      "pattern": "A＋还是＋B？",
      "categoryChinese": "句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "还是 joins two alternatives in a choice question: “A or B?”.",
      "exampleChinese": "你喝茶还是喝咖啡？",
      "exampleEnglish": "Do you want tea or coffee?"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "“是”字句2（说明或特征）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "是 links the subject to a description or characteristic, often with a 的-phrase.",
      "exampleChinese": "这件衣服是红的。",
      "exampleEnglish": "This piece of clothing is red."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "“有”字句2（达到）",
      "pattern": "",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "有 before a quantity or comparison states that an amount or degree is reached.",
      "exampleChinese": "从我家到学校有二十分钟。",
      "exampleEnglish": "It takes a good twenty minutes from my home to school."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "存现句2",
      "pattern": "处所＋动词＋着（＋数量短语）＋名词",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "An existence sentence with verb+着: a place comes first, then what is there in that state.",
      "exampleChinese": "椅子上坐着一个人。",
      "exampleEnglish": "A person is sitting on the chair."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "比较句1",
      "pattern": "A＋比＋B＋形容词",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "比 compares two things: A is more … than B; a measure of difference can follow.",
      "exampleChinese": "他比我高。",
      "exampleEnglish": "He is taller than me."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "“是……的”句1",
      "pattern": "是＋时间/地点/方式＋动词＋的",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "The 是……的 frame highlights the time, place, manner, or agent of a past action.",
      "exampleChinese": "你是什么时候来的？",
      "exampleEnglish": "When was it that you came?"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "兼语句1",
      "pattern": "主语＋请/叫/让＋宾语1＋动词（＋宾语2）",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "A pivotal sentence: the object of 请/叫/让 is also the subject of the following verb.",
      "exampleChinese": "我想请你吃饭。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I would like to invite you to a meal."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "双宾语句2",
      "pattern": "主语＋动词＋给＋宾语1＋宾语2",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊句型",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special sentence patterns",
      "explanation": "Verbs like 送 and 带 combine with 给 before the recipient and the thing given.",
      "exampleChinese": "他送给我一本书。",
      "exampleEnglish": "He gave me a book as a gift."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "紧缩复句“一……就……”",
      "pattern": "一＋动词1＋就＋动词2",
      "categoryChinese": "复句",
      "categoryEnglish": "Multi-clause sentences",
      "explanation": "The frame 一…就… means “as soon as A happens, B happens”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我一到家就给你打电话。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I will call you as soon as I get home."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "转折复句“虽然……但是……”",
      "pattern": "虽然……，但是……",
      "categoryChinese": "复句",
      "categoryEnglish": "Multi-clause sentences",
      "explanation": "虽然…但是… links two clauses with a contrast: “although… , but…”.",
      "exampleChinese": "虽然很贵，但是我很喜欢。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Although it is expensive, I like it very much."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "因果复句“因为……所以……”",
      "pattern": "因为……，所以……",
      "categoryChinese": "复句",
      "categoryEnglish": "Multi-clause sentences",
      "explanation": "因为…所以… links cause and result: “because… , therefore…”.",
      "exampleChinese": "因为下雨，所以我没去跑步。",
      "exampleEnglish": "Because it rained, I did not go running."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "point": "概数表达法1",
      "pattern": "数词＋多＋量词",
      "categoryChinese": "特殊表达法",
      "categoryEnglish": "Special ways of saying things",
      "explanation": "Approximate numbers use 几 or add 多 after the numeral: 十多个 “ten-odd”.",
      "exampleChinese": "我买了十多个苹果。",
      "exampleEnglish": "I bought more than ten apples."
    }
  ]
}
