HSK 6 grammar · new HSK syllabus
Word endings: 化, 性, 式, 型
现代化 modernisation; 重要性 importance; 中式 Chinese-style; 大型 large-scale.
Structure
- noun / adjective + 化 (-isation)
- noun / adjective + 性 (-ness, -ity)
- noun + 式 / 型 (style, type)
How it works
化 turns a word into a process, like “-ise”: 现代化 modernisation, 国际化 internationalisation, 绿化 greening.
性 forms abstract nouns, like “-ness / -ity”: 重要性 importance, 可能性 possibility, 积极性 enthusiasm.
式 means “style”: 中式 Chinese-style, 西式 Western-style. 型 means “type, size”: 大型 large-scale, 新型 new type.
Examples
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这座城市正在快速实现现代化。
This city is modernising fast.
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我们都明白学习外语的重要性。
We all understand the importance of learning foreign languages.
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这家餐厅提供中式和西式早餐。
This restaurant serves Chinese and Western breakfasts.
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明天体育馆有一场大型演唱会。
There’s a big concert at the stadium tomorrow.
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这种可能性很小。
That possibility is very small.
Words in these examples (35)
| 这 | zhè | this | HSK 1 |
| 座 | zuò | (measure word for mountains, buildings, bridges); seat | HSK 4 |
| 城市 | chéngshì | city | HSK 3 |
| 正在 | zhèngzài | in the middle of (doing) | HSK 1 |
| 快速 | kuàisù | fast | HSK 4 |
| 实现 | shíxiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about | HSK 5 |
| 现代化 | xiàndàihuà | modernization | HSK 5 |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we; us | HSK 1 |
| 都 | dōu | all; both | HSK 1 |
| 明白 | míngbai | to understand; clear | HSK 3 |
| 学习 | xuéxí | to study; to learn | HSK 1 |
| 外语 | wàiyǔ | foreign language | HSK 3 |
| 的 | de | (particle linking a describer to a noun, like "'s") | HSK 1 |
| 重要 | zhòngyào | important | HSK 3 |
| 性 | xìng | (ending meaning "-ness", "-ity", as in 重要性) | HSK 4 |
| 家 | jiā | home; family; (measure word for shops and companies) | HSK 1 |
| 餐厅 | cāntīng | restaurant; dining room | HSK 4 |
| 提供 | tígōng | to provide | HSK 4 |
| 中 | zhōng | middle; in; among | HSK 3 |
| 式 | shì | type; form; pattern | HSK 5 |
| 和 | hé | and; with | HSK 1 |
| 西 | xī | west | HSK 3 |
| 早餐 | zǎocān | breakfast | HSK 4 |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow | HSK 1 |
| 体育馆 | tǐyùguǎn | gym; sports hall | HSK 3 |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is | HSK 1 |
| 一 | yī | one | HSK 1 |
| 场 | chǎng | (measure word for games, films, performances, rain) | HSK 4 |
| 大型 | dàxíng | large; large-scale | HSK 5 |
| 演唱 | yǎnchàng | to sing (on stage) | HSK 4 |
| 会 | huì | can; to know how to | HSK 1 |
| 种 | zhǒng | kind; type | HSK 3 |
| 可能 | kěnéng | possible; maybe | HSK 2 |
| 很 | hěn | very | HSK 1 |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; little; young | HSK 1 |
Common mistakes
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✗很重要性
✓很重要 / 重要性很大
重要性 is a noun; don’t put 很 before it.
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✗中国式的菜
✓中式菜 / 中国菜
Use the set forms 中式 or 中国菜.
Check yourself
Choose the word that fills the gap.
1. 我们应该重视环境保护的重要 。
2. 这个国家越来越国际 了。
3. 这是一家大 超市。