Chinese Intermediate 1 - Everything in HSK 3 (Course A)

Explains how Chinese verbs use 来 and 去 to show direction, as a two-part structure of the action verb and 来/去, and how to place objects or details.

Learn essential taxi vocabulary and measure terms for objects with handles, including the vehicle and hand radicals, while practicing how to call a taxi and discuss buildings, floors, and umbrellas.

Learn how the Chinese particle 就 expresses immediacy and sequencing, showing that after completing action one, you immediately do action two.

Conduct listening and speaking practice every two lessons. Listen without subtitles, answer the questions yourself, and practice aloud with your Chinese friends, with questions repeated with subtitles.

Learn to say climb the hill, explore the heart-shaped Chinese character and its meaning, and practice using last time and next time structures in sentences.

Explore the topic of tea or coffee and practice the word with two meanings—spend (verb) and flower—while discussing drinks and what you want to drink.

Learn how to describe people and events in Chinese, including taking a photo, discussing competition, and expressing academic year, as in the example 'that girl is tall and pretty'.

Delve into Chinese intermediate 1 lesson 3-4, covering HSK 3 level vocabulary and practical cafe and daily life dialogue themes.

The lecture explains the Chinese word for 'for' used to express for you, for a reason, or in order to, with examples like 'I specially bought this for you'.

Learn how to describe seasons and green landscapes as grass and trees turn green, practice measure words for dresses, and discuss weather and preferences in simple Chinese dialogues.

Learn how to add emphasis to verbs of result completion to create affirmative forms, review negative constructions, and practice with examples that highlight the ability to complete the first action.

Explore glasses vocabulary and the noun–verb uses of help in everyday Chinese (HSK 3), with examples about finding glasses and asking for help to look at something.

Learn how to use the chat verb in Chinese, placing it in the middle or at the end of a sentence, with examples of chatting, asking out, and park talk.

In lesson six of Chinese intermediate 1, this lecture introduces additional words, revisits prior material, and shows how combining characters can create new meanings such as garden, school, and gold.

Explore how to express not being able to sleep at night and compare options using the 'gun' construction in Chinese intermediate 1, with dialogues about coffee versus milk for sleep.

Practice expressing interest in someone and discussing music through a dialogue, including how to say 'sing for two hours' or 'sing a song' in Chinese and related grammar notes.

Learn to tell time in Chinese with 15 minutes, quarter past, and quarter to. Apply the difference to ages and contrasts, with examples like five years' difference and color differences.

Practice expressing lateness and punctuality with phrases about a watch being fifteen minutes early. Use dialogues about meeting at seven thirty and realizing it is already a quarter to eight.