Integrated Chinese: Level 2
Integrated Chinese: Level 2, by Cheng & Tsui, is one of the leading intermediate-level (B1) textbooks in the United States. It is not available for purchase in mainland China.
Grammar Points by Chapter
- Lesson One
- The Dynamic Particle 了
- The "是...的" Construction
- 除了...以外,还…
- 再说…
- 有的...,有的...
- 觉得(与"认为"比较)(觉得VS.认为)(feel)
- 不见得(not necessarily)
- 对...有好处(good for ...)
- Lesson Two
- Word Order in Chinese (I)
- Existential Sentences
- 比较
- (方便)得很
- 那(么)
- 恐怕(I'm afraid)
- 一般(generally speaking)
- 差不多(about;roughly)
- 听说(hear;hear of)
- 不怎么样(not that great;just so so)
- Lesson Three
- About "topics"
- Adverbial and "地"
- 一 + V
- 原来
- 极了
- 又...又…
- 多/少 + V (+ NU + M + N)
- 特别是(especially)
- 并(not really)
- 总的来说(generally speaking)
- 这(就)要看...(了)(It depends on ...)
- 其实(actually)
- (要)不然(otherwise)
- Lesson Four
- the Position of Time Phrases
- 无论...都…
- 于是
- 真
- Adj/V + 是 + Adj/V, 可是/但是
- 难道
- Reduplication of Verbs
- 另外(besides)
- ...什么的(...etc)
- 大小、厚道...(size,thickness,etc)
- 打折(discount)
- 要不然(otherwise)
- 非...不可(insist on)
- Lesson Five
- 只是/就是(it't just that)
- 对他来说 (to him)
- 至于
- 要么...要么…(either...or)
- 另外(another;other)
- Resultative Complements (I)
- 再, 又, 还 Compared
- 反复(repeatedly)
- 肯定(definitely)
- 跟...打交道(deal with)
- 这样(in this way)
- 但是(but)
- Lesson Six
- Descriptive Complements with 得
- ...以后 Compared with ...的时候
- ...的话
- 最...不过了
- Directional Complements (I)
- Chinese Numeric Series
- 一直(all along;continuously)
- 或(者)(or:only in declarative sentences)
- 差不多(almost)
- 最好(had better;it's best that...)
- 稍微...点儿(slightly)
- Lesson Seven
- …, 才
- (先...)再…
- ...上
- V来V去
- Directional Complements (II): Indicating Result
- V+出 (来) (indicating result)
- ...以后and...以来compared
- 听起来好像(sound as if)
- 电视里(on television)
- 跟...一样(the same as...)
- 越来越(more and more)
- 难怪(no wonder)
- 见面(meet)
- Lesson Eight
- Distinguishing among 的, 地, 得
- 一边…, 一边…
- 就是…也… (even if… still…)
- 反而
- 难免
- 反问句(rhetorical questions)
- 几乎(almost[more formal than 差不多])
- 偶尔(occasionally)
- 多半(lit.more than half)(used before verbs)
- 引起...反对/火灾/兴趣/争论
- Adverb "老"(colloq.always)
- 还是(had better)
- Lesson Nine
- 过 (indicating experience)
- 过 (indicating completion)
- 除非
- 哪儿...哪儿…
- 既然...就
- 然后
- Word Order in Chinese (II)
- 从来不/没(never)
- 曾(经)(indicating past action)
- 就要...了(almost)(indicating an imminent action or state)
- 不是...,就是...(if it's not A,it's B;either A or B)
- 像...一样(like a...;resemling)
- 顺便(in passing)
- 赶快(hurry up)
- Lesson Ten
- V着V着
- Resultative Complements (II)
- 把 Structure
- Attributives and 的
- 一向 and 一直
- 轮到(it's someone's turn)
- 趁(take advantage of the fact that...)
- 特地(specially;for a special purpose)
- 却(however)
- 万一(in case)
- Lesson Eleven
- 几天来
- 才 and 就 Compared
- 好不容易
- 再三
- the Prepositions 跟, 向, 对 Compared
- 了 after a Verb and 了 at the end of a Sentence
- 快...了(soon;before long)
- 催(urge)
- 忍不住(cannot help doing sth.)
- 千万(be sure)
- Lesson Twelve
- Potential Complements
- 戴着玩
- The Indefinite Use of the Interrogative Pronoun 什么
- Cohesion
- 表面上(on the surface)
- 好像(seem like;seem as if)
- 跟...有关系(have to do with)
- 各种各样(of various kinds)
- ... 之一(one of the...)
- 尽可能(try one's best)
- Lesson Thirteen
- 连...也/都
- 反正
- (成千)上(万)
- (有益)于
- Ways of Making Comparisons
- Written Style
- 本来(originally;at first)
- 倒也是(That is true)
- 这是...的,就是...(...it's just)
- 每当...时/的时候,就...(whenever)
- 所以...,是因为...
- Lesson Fourteen
- Directional Complements (III): (indicating state)
- Potential Complement V + 不/得 + 了
- 要 (应该)
- 下来 (indicating result)
- Topics (II)
- 而(a conjuction to show contrast between the 1st&2nd clause)
- 最好(had better;it's best)
- 要不是(if it were not for)
- 说不定(probably)
- 没想到(didn't expect)
- Lesson Fifteen
- 同样 and 一样
- 随着…
- 在...方面
- 甚至
- Word Order in Chinese (III)
- 反过来(conversely)
- 实际上(in actual fact)
- 就拿...来说(take somebody or something for example)
- 明显(appreciably;obviously)
- Compare...以后and...以来
- Lesson Sixteen
- Multiple Attributives
- 是 Indicating Emphasis or Confirmation
- V + 不/得+起
- Modal Verb 会
- 毕竟 (到底, 究竟)
- Using 不如 to Make Comparisons
- Reduplication of Measure Words
- 加上(in addition)
- 至少(at least)
- 毫无(none whatsoever)
- (没)有+N+可+V
- 只有...,才...
- Lesson Seventeen
- 很不以为然
- 简直
- V + 坏+了
- 适合 and 合适compared
- 被 Structure
- 从来
- 自然(naturally)
- 不是...,就是...(if not A,then B)
- 害得(make [used in a negative context])
- 的确(truly)
- 看来(seem)
- 即使...也(even if)
- Lesson Eighteen
- 抢走了火...
- the Adverb 正
- the Conjunction 并
- 等(等)
- 万一(in case)
- 只要(so long as)
- 难过(introducing a rhetorical question:"Do you mean to say...?")
- 通过(through)
- Lesson Nineteen
- 为了 and 因为
- the Adverb 可in 你可别后悔
- (死)于
- 其中
- 而
- 抗议(proest)
- 说好(to come to an agreement)
- 凭什么(why on earth;on what basis do you)
- 尽量(as much as possible)
- Lesson Twenty
- 怎么 and 为什么
- (好)多了 and (好)得多
- ...吧, ...吧…
- 往往 and 常常
- (竞争)不过(cannot compete with;be no match for)
- 委托(enrust;ask)
- 原来如此(So that's how it is;so that's why)
- 不就是(meaning"只是"or"只有"and introducing a rhetorical question)