Identity and Trends
身份潮流
You can now analyze identity trends through characteristics, discuss the interplay of trends and traditions, express nuanced contrasts, and articulate the relationship between identity and history.
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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 comprehend discussions on identity trends and recognize how speakers use conjunctions to link ideas about tradition and modernity.
Speak
You can articulate generalizations about identity trends, express unexpected contrasts, and engage in nuanced dialogues about identity and history.
Read & Write
You can write effectively using formal conjunctions and adverbs to express contrasts and analyze the relationship between expectations and reality.
Culture & Use
You can navigate discussions on identity with sensitivity to how trends and traditions are perceived in different contexts.
Vocabulary Review
All 53 words from Unit 9. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
5 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
And So / Thereupon: ...于是...
……，于是…… · …, yúshì…Connect a situation to its natural consequence or resulting action using 于是
风停了，下起雨来，于是人们纷纷打起了雨伞。
The wind stopped and it started to rain, so people opened their umbrellas one after another.
他不喜欢这个工作，于是离开了这家公司。
He didn't like this job, so he left the company.
离开会的时间还早，于是我们去逛了逛书店。
It was still early before the meeting, so we went and browsed a bookstore.
Even / To the Extent That: ...甚至...
……，甚至…… · …, shènzhì…Express an extreme degree or surprising extent using 甚至 to emphasize escalation
他什么都不会，甚至连最简单的汉字也写不了。
He can't do anything — he can't even write the simplest Chinese characters.
她病得很严重，甚至要做手术。
She is seriously ill — to the point that she needs surgery.
妈妈真的很生气，甚至晚饭都没有吃。
Mom was really angry — she didn't even eat dinner.
Either...Or: 或者...或者...
或者……，或者…… · huòzhě…, huòzhě…Present two or more alternatives in a selective compound sentence using 或者...或者...
这件事或者赶快停止，或者重新开始。
This matter should either be stopped immediately or started over.
暑假或者去上海，或者去杭州，反正得出去旅行。
For summer break, either go to Shanghai or Hangzhou — either way, we need to travel.
咱们三个人，或者你去，或者我去，或者他去，谁去都可以。
Among the three of us, either you go, or I go, or he goes — whoever goes is fine.
However / Nevertheless: ...然而...
……，然而…… · …, rán'ér…Express contrast between expectation and reality using the formal connector 然而
我知道中文很有用，然而中文也太难了。
I know Chinese is very useful; however, Chinese is just too hard.
他说他不喜欢这部电影，然而我觉得很有意思。
He said he didn't like this movie; however, I think it's very interesting.
这个计划看起来很完美，然而实施起来却很困难。
This plan looks perfect; however, it is very difficult to implement.
Otherwise: ...否则...
……，否则…… · …, fǒuzé…State a condition or instruction followed by the negative consequence using 否则 (otherwise)
我要认真复习，否则考试会不及格的。
I need to review seriously; otherwise, I'll fail the exam.
记得带卡，否则进不了办公室。
Remember to bring your card; otherwise, you can't get into the office.
上课前一定要预习好生词和课文，否则就听不懂老师讲的。
You must preview vocabulary and the text before class; otherwise, you won't understand what the teacher says.
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 4 Unit 9 Exam
A short mini-mock — listening + reading — drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.