Business and Relationships
商业关系
You can now describe business actions and experiences, discuss transactions and work tasks, express complex relationships and opinions, and narrate past events while making future plans.
Consolidate everything from 7 lessons — 0/7 completed.
What You Can Now Do
Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.
Listen
You can understand discussions about business transactions and work tasks, identifying opinions and standards expressed by speakers.
Speak
You can describe actions in business contexts, discuss inclusion and exclusion in transactions, and express opinions on team methods using complex sentence structures.
Read & Write
You can read narratives about past business events and write plans that articulate business strategies and opinions clearly.
Culture & Use
You can navigate business conversations with appropriate expressions of humor and understand the nuances of relationship dynamics in a professional setting.
Vocabulary Review
All 56 words from Unit 6. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
7 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Disposal & Passive: 把, 被, 叫, 让
介词:把、被、叫、让 · jiècí: bǎ, bèi, jiào, ràngUse 把 for disposal constructions and 被/叫/让 for passive constructions
我看见你把手机放在书包里了。
I saw you put the phone in the bag.
裙子被我弄脏了。
The skirt was dirtied by me.
手机叫我弄坏了。
The phone was broken by me.
Preposition: 除了 (Besides / Except)
介词:除了 · jiècí: chúleUse 除了 to express inclusion (besides/in addition to) or exclusion (except for)
除了英文,他还会说中文。
Besides English, he can also speak Chinese.
除了他,我们都是留学生。
Except for him, we are all exchange students.
除了跑步,她也喜欢游泳。
Besides running, she also likes swimming.
Prepositions: 按 & 按照 (According To)
介词:按、按照 · jiècí: àn, ànzhàoUse 按 and 按照 to express doing something according to a standard, rule, or method
房租按天或者按月计算。
Rent is calculated by the day or by the month.
他们按照地图找到了全部东西,顺利完成了任务。
They found everything according to the map and successfully completed the task.
请按照老师的要求写作文。
Please write the essay according to the teacher's requirements.
Clause Connectors: 并且, 不光, 不仅, 另外, 要是, 因此, 由于, 只有
连接分句或句子:并且、不光、不仅、另外、要是、因此、由于、只有 · liánjiē fēnjù huò jùzi: bìngqiě, bùguāng, bùjǐn, lìngwài, yàoshi, yīncǐ, yóuyú, zhǐyǒuUse eight key conjunctions to connect clauses and build complex, well-structured Chinese sentences
这星期我很忙,要上课,要准备考试,另外,还要参加一些学校活动。
This week I am very busy — I have classes, I need to prepare for exams, and in addition, I have to participate in some school activities.
这次晚会他们准备了很多吃的、喝的,另外,还准备了不少礼物。
For this party they prepared lots of food and drinks, and in addition, they prepared quite a few gifts.
他学习努力,并且很有礼貌。
He studies hard and is also very polite.
Onomatopoeia: 哈哈 (Haha)
拟声词:哈哈 · nǐshēngcí: hāhāUnderstand and use the onomatopoeia 哈哈 to express laughter in both spoken and written Chinese
我还没进门就听到同学们哈哈的声音了。
Before I even entered the door, I heard the haha sound of my classmates.
听了他的话,我们都哈哈地笑了起来。
After hearing what he said, we all burst out laughing.
哈哈,这个笑话太有意思了!
Haha, this joke is so funny!
Phrase Structure Types (Part 2)
其他结构类型2 · qítā jiégòu lèixíng èrRecognize and produce four important phrase types: prepositional phrases, positional phrases, pivotal constructions, and appositive phrases
他在房间里看书。
He is reading in the room.
从前边走过来一个人。
A person walked over from the front.
教室里有很多学生。
There are many students in the classroom.
Numeral-Measure Word Reduplication
数量重叠:数词 + 量词 + 数词 + 量词 · shùliàng chóngdié: shùcí + liàngcí + shùcí + liàngcíUse the pattern "number + measure word + number + measure word" to express iteration and progression such as "one by one" or "day by day"
图书馆里放着一排一排的书架。
The library has rows upon rows of bookshelves.
老师让学生两个两个地进教室。
The teacher had students enter the classroom two by two.
妈妈一遍一遍地告诉我要注意安全。
Mom told me again and again to pay attention to safety.
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
7 lessons still need to pass at 80% or higher. Pick one to continue.
Lessons (0 / 7 passed)
- 1Lesson 1: Transforming ConnectionsPractice →
- 2Lesson 2: Navigating Business TransactionsPractice →
- 3Lesson 3: Working TogetherPractice →
- 4Lesson 4: Ties That Bind and BreakPractice →
- 5Lesson 5: Negotiating SuccessPractice →
- 6Lesson 6: Adapting and ApplyingPractice →
- 7Lesson 7: Bridging ConnectionsPractice →
Take the HSK 3 Unit 6 Exam
A short mini-mock drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.