HSK Conjunctions

These page makes it easy to find a conjunction, regardless of what HSK level it is.

HSK 1 Conjunctions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
和	hé	and	HSK 1

HSK 2 Conjunctions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
但是	dànshì	but	HSK 2
虽然	suīrán	although	HSK 2
所以	suǒyǐ	so, therefore	HSK 2
因为	yīnwèi	because	HSK 2

HSK 3 Conjunctions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
不但	bùdàn	not only (... but also...)	HSK 3
而且	érqiě	in addition, furthermore	HSK 3
还是	háishì	or; still	HSK 3
或者	huòzhě	or [in statements]	HSK 3
然后	ránhòu	and then	HSK 3
如果	rúguǒ	if	HSK 3
虽然	suīrán	although	HSK 3
一边	yībiān	one side; while doing...	HSK 3
只有	zhǐyǒu	only (if)	HSK 3

HSK 4 Conjunctions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
但是	dànshì	but	HSK 4
并且	bìngqiě	and besides, moreover	HSK 4
不管	bùguǎn	no matter (what, how)	HSK 4
不过	bùguò	but, yet	HSK 4
不仅	bùjǐn	not only (this one);not just (...) but also	HSK 4
而	ér	but (not), yet (not) [indicates contrast]	HSK 4
否则	fǒuzé	otherwise, or else	HSK 4
尽管	jǐnguǎn	although	HSK 4
既然	jìrán	since..., this being the case...	HSK 4
即使	jíshǐ	even if; even though	HSK 4
可是	kěshì	but	HSK 4
另外	lìngwài	in addition	HSK 4
然而	ránér	however, but	HSK 4
甚至	shènzhì	even	HSK 4
同时	tóngshí	at the same time	HSK 4
无论	wúlùn	regardless of	HSK 4
相反	xiāngfǎn	opposite	HSK 4
要是	yàoshi	if	HSK 4
因此	yīncǐ	therefore, thus, as a result	HSK 4
由于	yóuyú	since; because	HSK 4
于是	yúshì	thereupon	HSK 4
只要	zhǐyào	if only;so long as	HSK 4

HSK 5 Conjunctions

Chinese	Pinyin	English	HSK Level
不然	bùrán	otherwise; how about ...?	HSK 5
除非	chúfēi	unless; besides	HSK 5
此外	cǐwài	in addition, furthermore	HSK 5
从而	cóngér	thereby	HSK 5
反而	fǎnér	instead; on the contrary; contrary (to expectations)	HSK 5
反正	fǎnzhèng	anyway...	HSK 5
何必	hébì	there is no need	HSK 5
何况	hékuàng	let alone, what's more	HSK 5
或许	huòxǔ	perhaps/maybe	HSK 5
假如	jiǎrú	if	HSK 5
假设	jiǎshè	supposing, assuming	HSK 5
可见	kějiàn	it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)	HSK 5
难怪	nánguài	no wonder	HSK 5
哪怕	nǎpà	even if, even though	HSK 5
宁可	nìngkě	would rather	HSK 5
万一	wànyī	in the event that, what if; just in case	HSK 5
要不	yàobù	otherwise, how about...	HSK 5
一旦	yīdàn	once (something happens, then...)	HSK 5
以及	yǐjí	as well as	HSK 5
以来	yǐlái	since (a previous event)	HSK 5
因而	yīnér	therefore	HSK 5
与其	yǔqí	rather than...	HSK 5
则	zé	(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but	HSK 5
至于	zhìyú	as for, to go so far as	HSK 5
自从	zìcóng	since (a time); ever since (something happened)	HSK 5
总之	zǒngzhī	in a word, in brief	HSK 5