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 106 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 +3 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 +4 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 +4 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 +13 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 106 pills · 17 topics in the app

Sentence basics 句型 ×11Negation 否定 ×5Questions 疑问 ×6Particles 语气词 ×4Aspect 体 ×5Time 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 ×14Modals 能愿动词 ×5Prepositions 介词 ×4Adverbs 副词 ×8Numbers & dates 数字 ×6Word patterns 词法 ×11

Phrase collections

成語 Chengyu · four-character idioms 62 set phrases, each a compressed story 慣用語 Colloquial set phrases 52 three-character figures of native speech 兩岸差異 Cross-Strait divergences 37 words the Mainland and Taiwan name differently 方言 Dialects of China 9 major groups, one written language

106 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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