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HSK 2Unit 2 Review

Animals & Expressions

动物表达 Dòng wù biǎo dá

You can now describe animals and express preferences using vivid language, refer to others with expanded pronouns, and count large numbers accurately.

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31 words 6 grammar 35 exercises 100 XP
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Pets and Plates宠物与美食Chǒngwù yǔ Měishí8 words · 2 grammar
Jason
Amy
Sage
Xin
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Counting the Pain数痛苦shù tòngkǔ7 words · 2 grammar
Jason
Amy
Xin
Liu Ping
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What You Can Now Do

Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.

Listen

You can understand descriptions of animals and their characteristics, as well as identify large numbers in conversations.

Speak

You can use expanded pronouns to refer to yourself and others, describe animals with vivid adjectives, and express degrees and manners of actions.

Read & Write

You can write simple sentences describing animals using reduplication and express numerical information clearly.

Culture & Use

You can recognize how animal references are used in everyday expressions and understand their cultural significance in conversations.

Vocabulary Review

All 31 words from Unit 2. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.

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Grammar Review

6 grammar patterns covered in this unit.

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Pronouns: 别人, 大家, 它, 咱们, 自己

人称代词：别人、大家、它、它们、咱、咱们、自己 · rénchēng dàicí: biérén, dàjiā, tā, tāmen, zán, zánmen, zìjǐ

Refer to others, everyone, animals/things, and oneself using expanded pronouns

PatternSubject position: 别人/大家/它/咱们/自己 + verbThese pronouns replace specific nouns. They function like 他/她/你 but cover broader or more specific referents: other people, everyone, animals/things, "us" (inclusive), and oneself.

我想听听别人的意见。

Wǒ xiǎng tīngting biérén de yìjiàn.

I want to hear other people's opinions.

大家一起唱歌吧。

Dàjiā yìqǐ chànggē ba.

Let's all sing together!

那个书包很好看，我喜欢它的颜色。

Nàge shūbāo hěn hǎokàn, wǒ xǐhuan tā de yánsè.

That backpack is nice — I like its color.

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About to Happen: 要/快要/就要……了

要/快要/就要……了 · yào / kuàiyào / jiùyào … le

Express that something is about to happen using 要……了, 快要……了, and 就要……了

Pattern(主语 +) 要/快要/就要 + 动词 + 了All three patterns express imminent action — something is about to happen. 要……了 is general ("about to"). 快要……了 emphasizes urgency ("very soon"). 就要……了 often pairs with a specific time word and implies the moment is fixed.

要下雨了。

Yào xiàyǔ le.

It is about to rain.

我们快要放假了。

Wǒmen kuàiyào fàngjià le.

We are about to go on vacation.

他们明天就要考试了。

Tāmen míngtiān jiùyào kǎoshì le.

They have their exam tomorrow.

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Demonstratives: 那么, 那样, 这么, 这样

指示代词：那么、那样、这么、这样 · zhǐshì dàicí: nàme, nàyàng, zhème, zhèyàng

Describe degree and manner using "so / like this / like that"

Pattern这么/那么 + adjective / 这样/那样 + verb这么 and 那么 modify adjectives to express degree ("so / this / that much"). 这样 and 那样 modify verbs or describe manner ("like this / like that").

你女朋友有她那么漂亮吗？

Nǐ nǚpéngyou yǒu tā nàme piàoliang ma?

Is your girlfriend as beautiful as her?

筷子不能那样拿。

Kuàizi bù néng nàyàng ná.

You can't hold chopsticks like that.

他哥哥有你这么高。

Tā gēge yǒu nǐ zhème gāo.

His older brother is as tall as you.

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Pivotal Sentences (兼语句): Causatives with 请 / 叫 / 让

兼语句1：表使令 · jiānyǔ jù 1: biǎo shǐlìng

Have one person ASK / TELL / LET another person do something

PatternSubject + 请/叫/让 + Person + V (+ Object)A 兼语句 ("pivot sentence") packs two verbs and two subjects into one clause. The middle noun PIVOTS: it's the object of the first verb (请/叫/让) AND the subject of the second verb. 我请他吃饭 = "I invite him + he eats" → "I invite him to eat."

我请你吃饭。

Wǒ qǐng nǐ chīfàn.

I invite you to dinner. (My treat.)

妈妈叫我去买东西。

Māma jiào wǒ qù mǎi dōngxi.

Mom told me to go shopping.

老师让我们回家。

Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen huíjiā.

The teacher let us go home.

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Adjective Reduplication: AA & AABB

形容词重叠：AA、AABB · xíngróngcí chóngdié: AA, AABB

Make descriptions more vivid and emphatic by reduplicating adjectives

PatternAA (的) / AABB (的) + noun or as predicateSingle-character adjectives reduplicate as AA (大 → 大大的). Two-character adjectives where AB are both adjectives reduplicate as AABB (高兴 → 高高兴兴).

那个女孩儿高高的个子，大大的眼睛，非常漂亮。

Nàge nǚháir gāogāo de gèzi, dàdà de yǎnjing, fēicháng piàoliang.

That girl has a tall figure and big eyes — very beautiful.

这个房间干干净净的。

Zhège fángjiān gāngān-jìngjìng de.

This room is perfectly clean.

他们都高高兴兴地回家了。

Tāmen dōu gāogāo-xìngxìng de huíjiā le.

They all went home happily.

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Large Numbers: 千, 万, 亿

千、万、亿 · qiān, wàn, yì

Count and express numbers in the thousands, ten-thousands, and hundreds of millions

Pattern数字 + 千/万/亿Chinese groups large numbers in units of 万 (10,000), not thousands. 千 = 1,000, 万 = 10,000, 亿 = 100,000,000. Use 零 for placeholders.

一千三百五十二

yīqiān sānbǎi wǔshí èr

1,352

三千五百

sānqiān wǔbǎi

3,500

三千零五

sānqiān líng wǔ

3,005

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