Degree adverbs & modality

Intensity, frequency, certainty and modal adverbs.

Intermediate · HSK 3–4HSK 2–5123 words in this topic (cleaned list)

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Intensity, frequency, certainty and modal adverbs. This page lists 123 words from Chinese Trainer's inventory, with hanzi, pinyin and English, in the HSK 2–5 band. It is not a scan of an official paper; the same rows feed SRS in the app. Start with HSK 1–2 rows when the topic includes them, and add the rest once you can say three sentences out loud.

Word list

123 words in this topic (cleaned list) · HSK 2–5

HSK 1 — use these today

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
1	会	huì / kuài	to know how
1	太	tài	too
1	差	chà / chā / chāi / cī	difference
1	很	hěn	very
1	最	zuì	most
1	能	néng	can
1	有一些	yǒuyīxiē	somewhat
1	请假	qǐngjià	to request leave of absence
1	非常	fēicháng	very

9 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 2

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
2	份	fèn	job
2	刚	gāng	hard
2	力	lì	strength
2	可	kě / kè	may
2	必	bì	surely
2	须	xū	beard
2	不少	bù shǎo	many
2	从小	cóngxiǎo	from childhood
2	刚刚	gānggāng	just recently
2	十分	shífēn	very
2	可以	kěyǐ	can
2	可能	kěnéng	might
2	好多	hǎoduō	many
2	完全	wánquán	complete
2	就要	jiùyào	About to / Soon
2	应该	yīnggāi	ought to
2	必须	bìxū	to have to
2	快要	kuàiyào	nearly at the point of
2	或者	huòzhě	or
2	挺好	tǐng hǎo	very good
2	能够	nénggòu	to be capable of

21 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 3

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
3	势	shì	power
3	概	gài	generally
3	职	zhí	duty
3	至	zhì	reach
3	责	zé	one's responsibility
3	功能	gōngnéng	function
3	听力	tīnglì	hearing
3	大概	dàgài	roughly
3	大约	dàyuē	approximately
3	才能	cáinéng	talent
3	本领	běnlǐng	skill
3	极了	jí le	extremely
3	果然	guǒrán	really
3	能力	nénglì	capability
3	责任	zérèn	responsibility

15 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 4

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
4	劲	jìn / jìng	strong
4	权	quán	authority
4	甚	shén	considerably
4	几乎	jīhū	almost
4	权利	quánlì	right
4	极其	jíqí	extremely
4	而是	ér shì	bastante
4	近代	jìndài	the not-very-distant past

8 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 5

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
5	欠	qiàn	to lack
5	人力	rénlì	manpower
5	体力	tǐlì	physical strength
5	将要	jiāngyào	will
5	尽可能	jìn kěnéng	as far as possible
5	技能	jìnéng	technical ability
5	漫长	màncháng	very long

7 words · Practice them in the app

HSK 6

HSK	Hanzi	Pinyin	English
6	不怎么样	bùzěnmeyàng	not up to much
6	全新	quánxīn	all new
6	好不容易	hǎobùróngyì	with great difficulty
6	政权	zhèngquán	regime
6	潜力	qiánlì	potential
6	用得着	yòngdezháo	to be able to use
6	看得见	kàndejiàn	to be able to see
6	远方	yuǎnfāng	far away
6	通红	tōnghóng	very red