Essentials and Creativity
必需创意
You can now express nuanced reasoning through concession, purpose, and hypothetical scenarios while employing precise language in comparisons and descriptions.
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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 conversations that utilize complex sentence structures to express concession, purpose, and hypothetical reasoning.
Speak
You can articulate nuanced arguments using a variety of sentence structures, including concession, purpose, and conditional expressions, while comparing items effectively.
Read & Write
You can read and write texts that employ complex sentence formations and precise vocabulary, particularly in fashion-related contexts and comparative analyses.
Culture & Use
You can navigate discussions around creativity and essentials with an understanding of the appropriate register and nuanced expression of intentions.
Vocabulary Review
All 71 words from Unit 12. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
7 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Demonstrative Pronouns: 彼此 & 如此
指示代词：彼此、如此 · zhǐshì dàicí: bǐcǐ, rúcǐUse 彼此 to express reciprocity and 如此 to express "so / such / like this" in formal contexts
朋友之间应该彼此信任。
Friends should trust each other.
我们是多年的好朋友，不分彼此。
We have been good friends for years — we make no distinction between yours and mine.
十年后，两座城市的发展状况如此不同。
After ten years, the development of the two cities is so different.
Measure Words: 册, 朵, 幅, 届, 颗, 匹, 扇
名量词：册、朵、幅、届、颗、匹、扇 · míng liàngcí: cè, duǒ, fú, jiè, kē, pǐ, shànUse seven new measure words accurately for books/volumes, flowers, paintings, graduating classes, small round objects, horses/cloth, and doors/windows
图书馆里有好几册古书。
The library has several volumes of ancient books.
她送给我一朵玫瑰花。
She gave me a rose.
墙上挂着一幅山水画。
A landscape painting hangs on the wall.
Degree Adverbs: 过于, 可, 稍, 稍微, 尤其
程度副词：过于、可、稍、稍微、尤其 · chéngdù fùcí: guòyú, kě, shāo, shāowēi, yóuqíExpress fine-grained degrees of intensity — from "excessively" to "slightly" to "especially"
这件事发生得过于突然了。
This happened way too suddenly.
他女朋友可漂亮了！
His girlfriend is SO pretty!
这幅画再挂得稍高一点儿。
Hang this painting just a little bit higher.
Scope Adverb: 大都
范围副词：大都 · fànwéi fùcí: dàdōuUse 大都 to express "mostly / for the most part" when describing general tendencies of a group
参加划船比赛的大都是女生。
Most of those in the rowing competition are girls.
我们班的学生大都很爱学习。
Most students in our class love studying.
小孩儿大都喜欢吃甜的。
Children mostly like eating sweet things.
Time Adverbs: 不时, 将, 将要, 仍旧, 时常, 时刻, 依旧, 一向
时间副词：不时、将、将要、仍旧、时常、时刻、依旧、一向 · shíjiān fùcí: bùshí, jiāng, jiāngyào, réngjiù, shícháng, shíkè, yījiù, yíxiàngExpress nuanced time relationships — from "occasionally" and "constantly" to "still" and "about to"
我不时想起过去的事情。
I think of past events from time to time.
明年我们将去国外考察。
Next year we will go abroad for a study tour.
电视剧将要开始了。
The TV drama is about to start.
Frequency Adverbs: 偶尔 & 再次
频率、重复副词：偶尔、再次 · pínlǜ, chóngfù fùcí: ǒuěr, zàicìUse 偶尔 to express "occasionally" and 再次 to express "once again" in formal contexts
他不常请假，只是偶尔迟到一次。
He rarely takes time off — he is just occasionally late.
我们决不让类似的事情再次发生。
We will never let a similar incident happen again.
我偶尔会去那家咖啡馆坐坐。
I occasionally go sit in that cafe.
Manner Adverb: 偷偷
方式副词：偷偷 · fāngshì fùcí: tōutōuUse 偷偷 to describe actions done secretly, stealthily, or without others knowing
我偷偷送给他一件礼物。
I secretly gave him a gift.
她偷偷地从窗户向外看。
She secretly peeked outside through the window.
小孩儿偷偷吃了一块巧克力。
The child secretly ate a piece of chocolate.
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.
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Take the HSK 5 Unit 12 Exam
A short mini-mock — listening + reading — drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.