People, emotions & relationships
Feelings, personality, friendship, dating and networking.
12 subtopics · ~693 words
People and emotions is the lexicon survival HSK barely touches: 开心, 累, 不好意思 as a feeling, partners, in-laws, compliments. Use it once you can greet and make plans; if you still cannot say 明天几点, go back to time and greetings. Small talk and conflict/apology are the most useful leaves in year one. Do not turn this into an HSK 6 psychology dictionary. Practice short lines on WeChat; Chinese Trainer SRS holds ten well-used adjectives better than forty synonyms.
Emotions & basic psychology
Joy, sadness, anger, fear, stress and expressing opinions.
50 words →
Personality & character
Traits, strengths, weaknesses and compliments.
47 words →
Interpersonal relationships
Friendship, dating, conflict and social bonds.
33 words →
Dating & social life
Social outings, invitations and casual conversation.
66 words →
Romantic date
Dating scenarios and relationship phrases.
36 words →
Extended kinship
表哥, 舅妈, 亲家: the web A6 cannot hold and that shows up at every 年夜饭.
22 words →
Small talk
Weather, work, where you are from: keeping a thread going without an interrogation.
149 words →
Conflict, apology & making up
吵架, 和解 and fixing it without losing 面子.
33 words →
In-laws & marriage family
婆婆, meeting the parents and a meal where you are being assessed.
49 words →
Making plans, cancelling & being late
对不住, 堵车 and not leaving someone 20 minutes at the door.
56 words →
Compliments without awkwardness
Receiving 厉害 and returning it without endless 哪里哪里 or British silence.
87 words →
Meeting the parents (Chinese family)
Gift, formal address, 吃饭 and an evaluation disguised as soup.
65 words →