| How to connect nouns | 是 (shì) | 1 |
| How to make simple sentences (noun + adjective) | 很 (hěn) | 2 |
| How to use the adverb "also" | 也 (yě) | 2 |
| How to ask questions (general questions and “Where”) | 呢 (ne) | 2 |
| How to make suggestions | 吧 (ba) | 3 |
| How to express to go somewhere or to plan to perform an action | 去 (qù) | 3 |
| How to express “together” | 一起 (yīqǐ) | 3 |
| How to express an exclamation, certainty or urgency and how to make a question | 啊 (a) | 4 |
| How to place question words | - | 5 |
| How to express possession or affiliation | 的 (de) | 5 |
| How to ask yes-no questions with "ma" | 吗 (ma) | 6 |
| How to express possession | 有 (yǒu) | 7 |
| How to express "and" with "he” | 和 (hé) | 8 |
| How to express close possession without "de" | 的 (de) | 8 |
| How to form tag questions | 不 (bù) | 9 |
| How to negate the standard way | 不 (bù) | 9 |
| How to use ordinal numbers in Chinese | 第 (dì) | 9 |
| How to negate "you" with "mei" | 没有 (méiyǒu) | 10 |
| How to use the most commonly used measure word | 个 (gè) | 10 |
| How to express “or” | 或者 (huòzhě) | 10 |
| How to ask yes-no questions with "you" | 有没有 (yǒuméiyǒu) | 10 |
| How to express that you want to do something | 要 (yào) | 11 |
| How to offer choices | 还是 (háishì) | 11 |
| How to express “would like to” | 想 (xiǎng) | 11 |
| How to express "excessively" | 太 (tài) | 13 |
| How to express "be going to" | 要 (yào) | 13 |
| How to express coincidence | 正好 (zhènghǎo) | 13 |
| How to ask yes-no questions with "bu" | 不 (bù) | 14 |
| How to use the basic structure for times | - | 14 |
| How to ask quantity questions with measure words | 几 (jǐ) | 14 |
| How to indicate a location | 在 (zài) | 14 |
| How to ask for the price and count money | - | 15 |
| How to express “every” | 每 (měi) | 17 |
| How to change the state | 了 (le) | 18 |
| How to use Result Complements | - | 18 |
| How to express the structure of days of the week | - | 19 |
| How to Emphasize quantity | 都 (dōu) | 19 |
| How to express someone's age | 岁 (suì) | 21 |
| How to express "a little too" | 有点 (yǒudiǎn) | 23 |
| How to say "but" | 但是 (dànshì) & 可是 (kěshì) | 23 |
| How to express certainty | 的 (de) | 24 |
| How to express “really” | 真 (zhēn) | 25 |
| How to modify adjectives | 的 (de) | 25 |
| How to give negative commands | 不要 (bùyào) | 26 |
| How to concede a point | 吧 (ba) | 26 |
| How to emphasize | 就 (jiù) | 26 |
| How to use "er" and "liang" | 二 (èr) and 两 (liǎng) | 27 |
| How numbers are structured | - | 27 |
| How to express cause and effect | 因为⋯⋯所以⋯⋯ (yīnwèi... suǒyǐ...) | 28 |
| How to use the "shi...de" construction | 是⋯⋯的 (shì... de) | 28 |
| How dates are structured | - | 30 |
| How to indicate someone or something’s name | 叫 (jiào) | 31 |
| How to express "about to happen" | 快(要)...了 (kuài(yào)... le) | 32 |
| How to Intensify adjectives with "sile" | 死了 (sǐ le) | 33 |
| How to express existence | 有 (yǒu) | 33 |
| How to express “always” | 总是 (zǒngshì) | 35 |
| How to express appearance | 看起来 (kànqilai) | 35 |
| How to express "some" | 一些 (yīxiē) | 36 |
| Comparing the three modal verbs all meaning “can” | 会 (huì), 能 (néng), 可以 (kěyǐ) | 36 |
| How to express "all" | 都 (dōu) | 39 |
| How to express ability or possibility | 能 (néng) | 39 |
| How to express "in my opinion" colloquially | 要我说 (yào wǒ shuō) | 39 |
| How to ask questions about completed actions | 了吗 (le ma) | 40 |
| How to express "should" | 应该 (yīnggāi) | 40 |
| How to express „enough“ | 够 (gòu) | 40 |
| How to express “not only” | 不但⋯⋯，而且⋯⋯ (bùdàn..., érqiě...) | 41 |
| How to express "and also" | 还 (hái) | 43 |
| How to express "don't need to" | 不用 (bùyòng) | 43 |
| How to use "this" or "that" with nouns | 这 (zhè) or 那 (nà) | 44 |
| How to express "except" and "in addition" | 除了…以外… (chúle…yǐwài…) | 44 |
| How to ask advanced yes-no questions with "ma" | 吗 (ma) | 44 |
| How to moderate positive adjectives | 还 (hái) | 45 |
| What to double verbs for | - | 45 |
| How to intensify adjectives with "jile" | 极了 (jíle) | 45 |
| How to express “doing something more” | 多 (duō) | 45 |
| What to double adjectives for | - | 46 |
| How to ask "why?" or "how come?" | 怎么 (zěnme) | 47 |
| How to use the “dummy verb” | 来 (lái) | 47 |
| How to negate past actions | 没有 (méiyǒu) | 48 |
| How to express "just now" | 刚才 (gāngcái) | 50 |
| How to use causative verbs | - | 50 |
| How to modify nouns | 的 (de) | 51 |
| How to express a brief action | 一下 (yīxià) | 51 |
| How to intensify verbs that express thoughts or feeling | 很 (hěn) | 53 |
| How to use the basic pattern | 给 (gěi) | 54 |
| How to use the advanced pattern | 给 (gěi) + 把 (bǎ) | 54 |
| How to express "stop doing" | 别⋯⋯了 (bié... le) | 55 |
| How to express “even more” | 更 (gèng) | 55 |
| How to express "towards" | 往 (wǎng) | 56 |
| How to express “just” | 刚 (gāng) | 57 |
| How to express "already" | 了 (le) | 57 |
| How to express "it seems" | 好像 (hǎoxiàng) | 57 |
| How to use separable verbs | - | 59 |
| How to express permission | 可以 (kěyǐ) | 60 |
| How to use directional verbs | 来 (lái), 去 (qù) | 60 |
| How to express "for" | 给 (gěi) | 60 |
| How to express “with” | 跟 (gēn) | 62 |
| How to express "towards" | 向 (xiàng) | 62 |
| How to form tag questions | 吗 (ma) | 66 |
| How expresses that an action is in progress | 在 (zài) | 66 |
| How to use ba | 把 (bǎ) | 67 |
| Advanced uses of "ba” | 把 (bǎ) | 67 |
| How to indicate a sudden realization of something previously unknown | 原来 (yuánlái) | 68 |
| How to tell the family name | 姓 (xìng) | 70 |
| How to express completion | 了 (le) | 70 |
| How to express "already" | 已经⋯⋯了 (yǐjīng... le) | 72 |
| How to use the degree complement | 得 (de) | 72 |
| How to express that an action has achieved the desired result | 到 (dào) | 73 |
| How to indicate the target of a verb | 给 (gěi) | 74 |
| How to turn adjectives into adverbs | 地 (de) | 74 |
| How to express that an action is finished | 完 (wán) | 76 |
| How to express „as mentioned“ | 所述 (suǒshù) | 78 |
| How to express a time duration | 了 (le) | 80 |
| How to express "in addition" | 另外 (lìngwài) | 81 |
| How to form superlatives | 最 (zuì) | 82 |
| How to express "to" or "towards" | 对 (duì) | 82 |
| How to express "will" | 会 (huì) | 85 |
| How to express "every time" | 每次⋯⋯ 都⋯⋯ (měi cì... dōu...) | 86 |
| How to express “again” or “another” | 再 (zài) | 86 |
| How to express “quite” | 挺……的 (tǐng…de) | 86 |
| How to express “before” and “after” | 之前 (zhīqián), 之后 (zhīhòu) | 86 |
| How to express "all along” | 一直 (yīzhí) | 87 |
| How to soften speech | 吧 (ba) | 87 |
| How to express inability | 没办法 (méi bànfǎ) | 87 |
| How to use the result complement "xiaqu” | 下去 (xiàqù) | 87 |
| How to express how to do something | 怎么 (zěnme) | 88 |
| How to indicate that something happens simultaneously | 一边 (yībiān) | 89 |
| How to express information about the view of a person | 对……来说 (duì…láishuō) | 90 |
| How to express that you have mistakenly assumed something | 以为 (yǐwéi) | 92 |
| One way to express "if” | 如果⋯⋯的话 (rúguǒ... dehuà) | 93 |
| How to intensify adjectives | 多 (duō) | 94 |
| How to express "not… but rather…" | 而是 (érshì) | 94 |
| How to express having learned a skill | 会 (huì) | 95 |
| How to make a basic comparison with "bi" | 比 (bǐ) | 95 |
| The different meanings of daodi | 到底 (dàodǐ) | 95 |
| How to make comparisons with "you" | 有 (yǒu) | 96 |
| How to make comparisons with "buru" | 不如 (bùrú) | 96 |
| How to express "had better" | 最好 (zuìhǎo) | 98 |
| How to express in different ways that something happens later or afterwards | 然后 (ránhòu), 以后 (yǐhòu), 后来 (hòulái) | 99 |
| How to express "both A and B” | 又 (yòu) | 100 |
| How to express distance | 离 (lí) | 100 |
| How to express that something happens before a certain time | 以前 (yǐqián) | 101 |
| How to express "when" | 的时候 (de shíhou) | 102 |
| How to express "thanks to" | 多亏 (duōkuī) | 102 |
| How to express "only" | 只 (zhǐ) | 103 |
| How to insist on doing something | 非要⋯⋯ 不可 (fēiyào… bùkě) | 103 |
| How to use zai after a verb | 在 (zài) | 104 |
| How to express "less than" | 不到 (bùdào) | 106 |
| How to express "although” | 虽然⋯⋯ 但是⋯⋯ (suīrán... dànshì...) | 107 |
| How to express the duration of an action | 到 (dào) | 108 |
| How to express approximations | 差不多 (chàbuduō) | 109 |
| How to express "hard to do" or “bad” | 难 (nán) | 109 |
| How to use this filler word | 那个 (nèige) | 110 |
| How to express "not anymore" | 了 (le) | 110 |
| How to express "never" | 从来 (cónglái) | 110 |
| How to ask rhetorical questions | 难道 (nándào) | 110 |
| How to express "in this way” | 这样 (zhèyàng) | 111 |
| How to express a softer but | 不过 (búguò) | 111 |
| How to express "how about" | 要不 (yàobù) | 111 |
| How to express that you do not know how to do something | 不知道⋯⋯好 (bù zhīdào... hǎo) | 112 |
| How to express different aspects of something | 一方面 (yī fāngmiàn) | 112 |
| How to express "some (of a group)” | 有的 (yǒude) | 116 |
| How to express a sequence of events | 先⋯⋯，再⋯⋯ (xiān..., zài...) | 117 |
| How to express that something happens after a specific time | 以后 (yǐhòu) | 118 |
| How to express that you do not understand something | 不懂 (bù dǒng) | 120 |
| How to express "now” | 了 (le) | 126 |
| How to express "not very” | 不太 (bù tài) | 127 |
| How to express "always" as a complaint | 老是 (lǎoshì) | 127 |
| How to emphasize something that is obvious | 嘛 (ma) | 127 |
| How to express "luck” | 幸好 (xìnghǎo), 幸亏 (xìngkuī) | 129 |
| How to ask about the degree of an adjective | 多 (duō) | 130 |
| How to relate a location to an object | 在 (zài) | 135 |
| How to use direction complements | - | 136 |
| How to express "must" | 得 (děi) | 136 |
| How to give approximate information with a sequence of numbers | - | 137 |
| How to mark a topic | 的话 (dehuà) | 138 |
| How to emphasize the degree of an adjective | - | 139 |
| How to express "including" | 包括 (bāokuò) | 140 |
| How to use the two most common result complements | 到 (dào) & 见 (jiàn) | 141 |
| How to express "more and more" | 越来越 (yuèláiyuè) | 141 |
| How to negate commands | 别 (bié) | 145 |
| How to indicate the whole of something | 全 (quán) | 147 |
| How to express experiences | 过 (guo) | 152 |
| How to express "already" | 都⋯⋯了 (dōu... le) | 152 |
| How to express "and so on" | 等等 (děng děng) | 153 |
| How to make simple comparisons | 没有 (méiyǒu) | 155 |
| How to express "rather” | 比较 (bǐjiào) | 155 |
| How to express "when" | 时 (shí) | 156 |
| How to concede and raise reservations at the same time | 是 (shì) | 157 |
| How to express "from... to..." | 从⋯⋯ 到⋯⋯ (cóng... dào...) | 159 |
| How to indicate the continuous aspect | 着 (zhe) | 161 |
| How to express "either... or..." | 要么 (yàome) | 163 |
| How to make basic comparisons with "yiyang" | 一样 (yīyàng) | 167 |
| How to express "in addition” | 还有 (háiyǒu) | 167 |
| How to express "if... then..." | 假如⋯⋯，就⋯⋯ (jiǎrú..., jiù...) | 167 |
| How to express "not very” | 不怎么 (bù zěnme) | 170 |
| How to express "in addition” | 再说 (zàishuō) | 170 |
| How to use passive voice | 被 (bèi) | 172 |
| How to express "everything" or "all" | 什么……都 (shénme...dōu) | 173 |
| How to express "in order to" or "for the purpose of” | 为了 (wèile) | 174 |
| How to express "no wonder" | - | 174 |
| How to list things | 啊 (a) | 175 |
| How to express "and so on” | 什么的 (shénme de) | 176 |
| How to express that something is about the future in general | 以后 (yǐhòu) | 177 |
| How to express ongoing duration | 了……了 (le … le) | 178 |
| How to express "to go to” | 到 (dào) | 178 |
| How to express "doing something less” | 少 (shǎo) | 178 |
| How to express "It's time to/that..." | 该⋯⋯了 (gāi…le) | 178 |
