Perception and Reality
表面真实
You can now clarify descriptions using prefixes, discuss clarity versus reality with suffixes, express courage and necessity in various contexts, and describe ongoing actions and potential outcomes.
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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 that utilize prefixes and suffixes to clarify order and categories in conversations about reality.
Speak
You can narrate past events involving bravery, express necessity using '需要', and discuss ongoing actions using separable verbs.
Read & Write
You can read texts that differentiate between clarity and reality and write about potential outcomes using verb-complement separable compounds.
Culture & Use
You can navigate discussions about courage and necessity appropriately, recognizing how these concepts are perceived in different contexts.
Vocabulary Review
All 48 words from Unit 1. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
6 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Prefixes: 第～, 老～, 小～
前缀：第～、老～、小～ · qiánzhuì: dì~, lǎo~, xiǎo~Use the prefixes 第, 老, and 小 to form ordinal numbers and familiar forms of address
我是第一次来中国。
This is my first time coming to China.
他在比赛中得了第三名。
He got third place in the competition.
老王，好久不见！
Old Wang, long time no see!
Suffixes: ～儿, ～家, ～们, ～头, ～子
后缀：～儿、～家、～们、～头、～子 · hòuzhuì: ~ér, ~jiā, ~men, ~tóu, ~ziUnderstand and use five common Chinese noun suffixes to form new words and express plural or categorical meaning
墙上挂了一幅画儿。
A painting is hanging on the wall.
你有空儿吗？我想找你聊聊。
Do you have free time? I want to chat with you.
她长大以后想当作家。
She wants to become a writer when she grows up.
Modal Verb: 敢 (dare)
能愿动词：敢 · néngyuàn dòngcí: gǎnUse the modal verb 敢 to express courage, daring, or the nerve to do something
这儿有两米高，你敢跳下去吗？
It is two meters high here — do you dare to jump down?
我不敢在河里游泳。
I don't dare to swim in the river.
他很勇敢，什么都敢做。
He is very brave — he dares to do anything.
Modal Verb: 需要 (need)
能愿动词：需要 · néngyuàn dòngcí: xūyàoUse 需要 to express necessity, needs, and requirements in various contexts
她生病了，需要休息。
She is sick and needs to rest.
我们不需要买吃的，家里有很多。
We don't need to buy food — there is a lot at home.
这个工作需要很多经验。
This job requires a lot of experience.
Separable Verbs (Verb-Object Compounds)
动宾式离合词 · dòngbīn shì líhécíUnderstand and correctly use separable verbs like 帮忙, 见面, 结婚, and others where elements can be split apart
他经常帮我的忙。
He often helps me out.
他点了一下头，表示同意。
He nodded once to show agreement.
我想放了假就去旅行。
I want to go traveling as soon as the holiday starts.
Verb-Complement Separable Compounds
动补式离合词：打开、看见、离开、完成 · dòngbǔ shì líhécí: dǎkāi, kànjiàn, líkāi, wánchéngUse verb-complement compounds and understand how potential complements (得/不) split them apart
你的文件我打不开，你能再给我发一下儿吗？
I can't open your file — could you send it to me again?
黑板上的字很小，我们都看不见。
The writing on the blackboard is so small that none of us can see it.
放心吧，孩子这么大，离得开妈妈了。
Don't worry — the child is old enough to be apart from mom.
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
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Take the HSK 3 Unit 1 Exam
A short mini-mock drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.