Pills: grammar in small doses.

Each pill is one pattern: a one-line rule, real examples with readings, and a quick check. Twelve to taste below, all 122 pills across 17 topics live in the app.

Sentence basics 句型
主谓宾
Subject + Verb + Object
The default sentence shape, same as English
L1 +10 in the app
Negation 否定
不的用法
不: the default 'not'
不 negates present, future, habits and adjectives
L1 +4 in the app
Questions 疑问
吗问句
吗: the yes/no particle
Statement + 吗 = yes/no question
L1 +5 in the app
Measure words 量词
量词入门
Measure words: number needs a helper
In Chinese you can't say 'two book', something must sit between
L1 +3 in the app
Particles 语气词
句尾了
了 at the end: 'things have changed'
Final 了 signals a new situation, not just 'past tense'
L2 +4 in the app
Aspect 体
动词后了
了 after the verb: a completed action
V + 了 marks an action as done, when context is concrete
L2 +5 in the app
Comparisons 比较
比字句
比: 'A is more X than B'
比 goes before the thing you compare against
L2 +4 in the app
Modals 能愿动词
会能可以
会 · 能 · 可以: three kinds of 'can'
Skill vs ability vs permission
L2 +5 in the app
Connectors 关联词
因为所以
因为…所以…: because / so
Chinese likes saying 'because … therefore …' out loud
L2 +19 in the app
Complements 补语
结果补语
Result complements: V + what happened
The second character tells you the outcome
L3 +6 in the app
的 / 地 / 得 的地得
的地得区别
的 · 地 · 得: the three de
的 glues to nouns, 地 glues to verbs, 得 trails after verbs
L3 only one in this set
把 / 被 把被
把字句
把 sentences: deal with the object first
把 moves the object before the verb when you 'do something to it'
L4 +2 in the app

All 122 pills · 17 topics in the app

Sentence basics 句型 ×11Negation 否定 ×5Questions 疑问 ×6Particles 语气词 ×5Aspect 体 ×6Time 时间 ×7Measure words 量词 ×4Comparisons 比较 ×5把 / 被 把被 ×3Complements 补语 ×7的 / 地 / 得 的地得 ×1Connectors 关联词 ×20Modals 能愿动词 ×6Prepositions 介词 ×4Adverbs 副词 ×14Numbers & dates 数字 ×6Word patterns 词法 ×12

Phrase collections

成语 Chengyu · four-character idioms 720 set phrases, each a compressed story 熟语 Set phrases & sayings 300 惯用语, 歇后语 and folk sayings 两岸差异 Cross-Strait divergences 953 words the Mainland and Taiwan name differently 方言 Dialects of China 18 major groups, one written language 中华饮食 Chinese food & drink 314 dishes plus the banquet & toast game 文字学 Orthography & the script 185 entries on strokes, radicals and structure 网路新词 Internet & Gen-Z slang 267 terms the internet actually writes 国学经典 The classics 146 works from Confucius to the Dream of the Red Chamber 中国地理 Geography of China 209 places: provinces, cities, rivers and biomes 中国历史 History of China 202 entries from the Xia to the present 书法丹青 Ink arts & tattoos 101 entries on brushwork, painting, opera and hanzi ink 现代潮流 Modern society & pop culture 81 entries on trends, holidays, screens and fandom 职场商务 Workplace & commerce 56 entries on office etiquette and business Chinese 脏话 Swearing & insults 169 entries from playground jabs to fighting words, Taiwan to the Northeast 撩人 Flirting & dating 170 entries from openers to wedding bells, plus the spicy tier 语言游戏 Wordplay & riddles 112 tongue twisters and character riddles 姓氏称谓 Chinese names & kinship 188 surnames and every seat at the family table 网梗 Net codes & wordplay 160 number codes, puns and chat culture 民俗 Symbols & fate 98 entries on color symbolism and the zodiac 砍价 Bargaining in Chinese 58 entries for the market haggle and online discounts 就医 Chinese hospital vocabulary 87 entries from registration to the pharmacy 理发 Hairdresser & salon Chinese 43 entries for the salon visit 敬语 Chinese honorifics & courtesy 60 entries on elevating others and lowering yourself

122 pills + drills inside the app

Grammar pills, idiom and colloquial collections, cross-strait tables and dialect guides, each with exercises and audio.

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