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HSK 3Unit 3 Review

Unity and Possibilities

整体多样 Zhěng tǐ duō yàng

You can now express nuanced degrees of intensity, discuss limitations and minimums, narrate past events with time relationships, and describe habitual actions and patterns.

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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 conversations that include nuanced expressions of intensity and limitations, as well as discussions about habitual actions and sequences.

Speak

You can articulate your thoughts on various topics using degree, scope, and time adverbs, while narrating past events and discussing habits with clarity.

Read & Write

You can read texts that employ complex adverbial structures and write about actions using manner and frequency adverbs to convey your experiences and intentions effectively.

Culture & Use

You can navigate discussions about personal involvement and effort, recognizing the importance of expressing limitations and habitual behaviors in social contexts.

Vocabulary Review

All 48 words from Unit 3. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.

Grammar Review

6 grammar patterns covered in this unit.

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Degree Adverbs: 比较, 更加, 还, 相当

程度副词:比较、更加、还³、相当 · chéngdù fùcí: bǐjiào, gèngjiā, hái, xiāngdāng

Express nuanced degrees of intensity using 比较, 更加, 还, and 相当

Pattern主语 + 比较/更加/还/相当 + 形容词/动词Place the degree adverb before an adjective or verb to modify its intensity. Each adverb occupies a different position on the intensity spectrum, from moderate (比较) to considerable (相当).

我比较喜欢游泳。

Wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan yóuyǒng.

I relatively prefer swimming.

她以前学习就很努力,现在更加努力了。

Tā yǐqián xuéxí jiù hěn nǔlì, xiànzài gèngjiā nǔlì le.

She was already hardworking before; now she works even harder.

这个房间不干净,那个房间还干净一些。

Zhège fángjiān bù gānjìng, nàge fángjiān hái gānjìng yìxiē.

This room is not clean; that room is somewhat cleaner.

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Scope Adverbs: 光, 仅, 仅仅, 就, 至少

范围、协同副词:光、仅、仅仅、就³、至少 · fànwéi, xiétóng fùcí: guāng, jǐn, jǐnjǐn, jiù, zhìshǎo

Use scope adverbs to express limitation ("only") and minimum thresholds ("at least")

Pattern主语 + 光/仅/仅仅/就/至少 + VPPlace the scope adverb before the verb phrase to limit the scope of the action or set a minimum threshold. 光, 仅, 仅仅, and 就 all express "only/merely," while 至少 expresses "at least."

他每天光玩儿不学习。

Tā měitiān guāng wánr bù xuéxí.

He does nothing but play every day — no studying at all.

今天来上课的仅有五个学生。

Jīntiān lái shàngkè de jǐn yǒu wǔ ge xuésheng.

Only five students came to class today.

这次旅行仅仅花了三千块。

Zhè cì lǚxíng jǐnjǐn huā le sānqiān kuài.

This trip only cost 3,000 yuan.

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Time Adverbs: 本来, 才, 曾经, 从来, 赶紧, 赶快, 立刻, 连忙, 始终, 已, 早已

时间副词:本来、才²、曾经、从来、赶紧、赶快、立刻、连忙、始终、已、早已 · shíjiān fùcí: běnlái, cái, céngjīng, cónglái, gǎnjǐn, gǎnkuài, lìkè, liánmáng, shǐzhōng, yǐ, zǎoyǐ

Express nuanced time relationships including original plans, lateness, past experience, urgency, and persistence

Pattern主语 + 时间副词 + VPPlace the time adverb before the verb phrase to indicate temporal nuances such as original intention (本来), lateness (才), past experience (曾经), habitual negation (从来), urgency (赶紧/赶快/立刻/连忙), persistence (始终), or completed state (已/早已).

会议本来在星期一举行,但是现在改时间了。

Huìyì běnlái zài xīngqīyī jǔxíng, dànshì xiànzài gǎi shíjiān le.

The meeting was originally on Monday, but the time has been changed.

他才起床,让我们等一下儿。

Tā cái qǐchuáng, ràng wǒmen děng yíxiàr.

He only just got up — let us wait a moment.

你怎么才来就要走?

Nǐ zěnme cái lái jiù yào zǒu?

How come you just arrived and already want to leave?

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Frequency Adverbs: 通常, 往往, 总, 总是

频率、重复副词:通常、往往、总、总是 · pínlǜ, chóngfù fùcí: tōngcháng, wǎngwǎng, zǒng, zǒngshì

Describe habitual actions and recurring patterns using frequency adverbs

Pattern主语 + 通常/往往/总/总是 + VPPlace the frequency adverb before the verb phrase to express how regularly or predictably an action occurs. These adverbs all describe recurring patterns but differ in nuance and formality.

李经理通常很早就到公司。

Lǐ jīnglǐ tōngcháng hěn zǎo jiù dào gōngsī.

Manager Li usually arrives at the company very early.

为了记住一个汉字,他往往要写很多遍。

Wèile jì zhù yí ge Hànzì, tā wǎngwǎng yào xiě hěn duō biàn.

In order to remember a character, he often has to write it many times.

我总弄不明白什么时候用"把"字句,常常一说就错。

Wǒ zǒng nòng bù míngbai shénme shíhou yòng "bǎ" zìjù, chángcháng yì shuō jiù cuò.

I can never figure out when to use 把-sentences — I always get it wrong as soon as I speak.

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Correlative Adverb: 再 (Sequential Actions)

关联副词:再² · guānlián fùcí: zài

Use 再 to sequence actions, expressing "do A first, then do B"

PatternVP₁ + 再 + VP₂Place 再 between two actions to indicate that the second action should happen after the first is completed. This creates a sequential relationship: "first do this, then do that."

我们做完作业再玩儿游戏。

Wǒmen zuò wán zuòyè zài wánr yóuxì.

Let's finish our homework and then play games.

你洗了手再吃水果。

Nǐ xǐ le shǒu zài chī shuǐguǒ.

Wash your hands before eating the fruit.

先听老师讲,再自己练习。

Xiān tīng lǎoshī jiǎng, zài zìjǐ liànxí.

First listen to the teacher, then practice on your own.

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Manner Adverbs: 互相, 尽量, 亲自, 相互

方式副词:互相、尽量、亲自、相互 · fāngshì fùcí: hùxiāng, jǐnliàng, qīnzì, xiānghù

Describe how actions are performed using manner adverbs for reciprocity, effort, and personal involvement

Pattern主语 + 互相/尽量/亲自/相互 + VPPlace the manner adverb before the verb phrase to describe the way an action is carried out. 互相 and 相互 indicate reciprocal actions (each other). 尽量 indicates best effort (as much as possible). 亲自 indicates personal involvement (in person/personally).

大家要互相帮助。

Dàjiā yào hùxiāng bāngzhù.

Everyone should help each other.

志愿者要尽量自己克服困难。

Zhìyuànzhě yào jǐnliàng zìjǐ kèfú kùnnan.

Volunteers should try their best to overcome difficulties on their own.

校长亲自联系学生实习的公司。

Xiàozhǎng qīnzì liánxì xuésheng shíxí de gōngsī.

The principal personally contacted the companies for student internships.

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