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

1. 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 ...)
2. 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)
3. Lesson Three
   • About "topics"
   • Adverbial and 地
   • 一 + V
   • 原来
   • 极了
   • 又...又…
   • 多/少 + V (+ NU + M + N)
4. 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
5. Lesson Five
   • 只是/就是
   • 对他来说 (to him)
   • 至于
   • 要么...要么…
   • 另外
   • Resultative Complements (I)
   • 再, 又, 还 Compared
6. Lesson Six
   • Descriptive Complements with 得
   • ...以后 Compared with ...的时候
   • ...的话
   • 最...不过 (没有) 了
   • Directional Complements (I)
   • Chinese Numeric Series
7. Lesson Seven
   • …, 才
   • 先...再…
   • ...上
   • V来V去
   • Directional Complements (II): Indicating Result
   • 出 (来) (indicating result)
8. Lesson Eight
   • Distinguishing among 的, 地, 得
   • 一边…, 一边…
   • 就是…也… (even if… still…)
   • 反而; 难免; rhetorical questions
9. Lesson Nine
   • 过 (indicating experience)
   • 过 (indicating completion)
   • 除非
   • 哪儿...哪儿…
   • 既然...就
   • 然后
   • Word Order in Chinese (II)
10. Lesson Ten
    • V着V着
    • Resultative Complements (II)
    • 把 Structure
    • Attributives and 的
    • 一向 and 一直
11. 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
12. Lesson Twelve
    • Potential Complements
    • "戴着玩"
    • The Indefinite Use of the Interrogative Pronoun 什么
    • Cohesion
13. Lesson Thirteen
    • 连...也/都
    • 反正
    • (成千)上(万)
    • (有益)于
    • Ways of Making Comparisons
    • Written Style
14. Lesson Fourteen
    • Directional Complements (III): (indicating state)
    • Potential Complement V + 不/得 + 了
    • 要 (应该)
    • 下来 (indicating result)
    • Topics (II)
15. Lesson Fifteen
    • 同样 and 一样
    • 随着…
    • 在...方面
    • 甚至
    • Sentence Structure and Word Order in Chinese (III)
16. 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
17. Lesson Seventeen
    • 很不以为然
    • 简直
    • V + 坏了
    • 适合 and 合适
    • 被 Structure
    • 从来
18. Lesson Eighteen
    • 抢走了火
    • the Adverb 正
    • the Conjunction 并
    • 等(等)
19. Lesson Nineteen
    • 为了 and 因为
    • the Adverb 可
    • (死)于
    • 其中
    • 而
20. Lesson Twenty
    • 怎么 and 为什么
    • (好)多了 and (好)得多
    • ...吧, ...吧…
    • 往往 and 常常