Family and Relationships
家庭关系
You can now discuss complex family dynamics, express nuanced emotions in relationships, and narrate events with a focus on dual qualities.
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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 follow conversations that express unexpected contrasts in family relationships and infer deeper meanings behind emotional tones.
Speak
You can articulate observations about family dynamics, convey nuanced emotions in friendships, and narrate family events while highlighting dual qualities.
Read & Write
You can read discussions on family relationships critically and write about events emphasizing contrasting emotions and dual actions.
Culture & Use
You can navigate discussions about family with sensitivity to emotional nuances and understand the implications of tone in relational contexts.
Vocabulary Review
All 36 words from Unit 1. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
8 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Modal Verb: 得 (děi) — Must / Have to
能愿动词：得 · néngyuàn dòngcí: děiExpress necessity or obligation using 得 (děi) meaning "must" or "have to"
今天下课我得早点儿回家。
After class today, I have to go home early.
时间不早了，我得回家了。
It's getting late — I have to go home.
你再忙也得好好吃饭啊！
No matter how busy you are, you still have to eat properly!
Scope Adverb: 共 (Altogether / In Total)
范围、协同副词：共 · fànwéi, xiétóng fùcí: gòngUse 共 to express totals, sums, and collective scope in statements
共有三十人出席会议。
A total of thirty people attended the meeting.
这本书共十五课。
This book has fifteen lessons in total.
我们班共有二十五个学生。
Our class has twenty-five students in total.
Interjection: 啊 (ah / oh)
叹词：啊² · tàncí: aUse the interjection 啊 to express surprise, realization, admiration, and other emotions naturally
啊，你怎么在这里？
Oh! How come you are here?
啊，我明白了。
Ah, I understand now.
啊！太美了！
Wow! So beautiful!
Pronoun: 人家 (Other People / That Person / I)
人称代词：人家 · rénchēng dàicí: rénjiaUnderstand and use the versatile pronoun 人家 in its three common meanings: other people, a specific person, and a colloquial "I"
人家也是为你好啊。
They are doing it for your own good, you know.
人家现在有困难，咱们应该帮他。
He is having difficulties now — we should help him.
你看人家经常锻炼，身体多好。
Look at how often they exercise — how healthy they are!
Preposition: 自 (from/since)
介词引出时间处所：自 · jiècí yǐnchū shíjiān chùsuǒ: zìUse the formal preposition 自 to indicate a starting point in time or place
自1978年以来，中国发生了很大的变化。
Since 1978, China has undergone great changes.
我们的航班准时自北京出发。
Our flight departs from Beijing on time.
自古以来，中国人就非常重视教育。
Since ancient times, Chinese people have placed great importance on education.
Pattern: 大A大B (big A big B)
大A大B · dà A dà BUse the four-character pattern 大A大B to describe actions or things done on a grand or exaggerated scale
你这大吃大喝的毛病对身体不好，一定要改改。
Your habit of eating and drinking extravagantly is bad for your health — you really must change it.
她心情不好，为一点儿小事就大吵大闹。
She was in a bad mood and made a huge fuss over a small matter.
他花钱大手大脚的，很快就把钱花完了。
He spends money extravagantly and quickly used it all up.
Measure Words: 打, 袋, 根, 卷, 棵, 批
名量词：打、袋、根、卷、棵、批 · míng liàngcí: dá, dài, gēn, juǎn, kē, pīUse six new nominal measure words correctly to describe dozens, bags, thin items, rolls, trees, and batches
请给我一打啤酒。
Please give me a dozen beers.
妈妈买了两袋米。
Mom bought two bags of rice.
地上有一根头发。
There is a strand of hair on the floor.
Borrowed Measure Words
借用量词 · jièyòng liàngcíUnderstand how nouns and verbs can be "borrowed" as measure words to create vivid, descriptive expressions
给我来一碗汤。
Bring me a bowl of soup.
他跑完步，一脸汗。
After his run, his face was covered in sweat.
别碰，我一手油呢。
Don't touch me — my hands are covered in oil.
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
4 lessons still need to pass at 80% or higher. Pick one to continue.
Lessons (0 / 4 passed)
Take the HSK 4 Unit 1 Exam
A short mini-mock — listening + reading — drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.