How much of the Chinese Bible's grammar is HSK 1?

The markers of the 12 points at this level account for 13.9% of the 650,628 word tokens in the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). That is a share of words, not of sentences: one clause can carry three of these points at once.

Which point at this level is commonest?

的 — the attributive particle, whose markers occur 46,871 times.

Where does the level come from?

It is derived, not assigned: the highest HSK level of the point's own function words, as data/dict.json grades them; a word the HSK lists do not grade sends the point to 'beyond'. The dictionary is the one this site already ships and grades its vocabulary lists with, so the grammar levels and the word levels on /reference/hsk cannot disagree.

HSK 1 Grammar in the Chinese Bible: 12 Points

Answering: “HSK 1 grammar in the Chinese Bible”

Updated 2026-09-26 · plain text · JSON

的the attributive particlemodifier + 的 + noun39,808 clauses, approx.·HSK 1 了completion and change of stateverb + 了 (completed) · clause + 了 (new situation)6,730 clauses·HSK 1 吗呢吧turning a sentence into a questionstatement + 吗 / 呢 / 吧3,104 clauses·HSK 1 不没有the two negations不 + verb (present or future) · 没有 + verb (did not happen)4,671 clauses·HSK 1 也都adverbs go before the verbsubject + 也 / 都 + verb4,580 clauses·HSK 1 在saying where something happenssubject + 在 + place + verb5,895 clauses, approx.·HSK 1 很and what the Bible uses insteadsubject + 很 + adjective32 clauses, approx.·HSK 1 比comparing two thingsA + 比 + B + adjective100 clauses·HSK 1 会the modal, and 会 the assemblysubject + 会 + verb1 clauses·HSK 1 要want, will, mustsubject + 要 + verb5,044 clauses·HSK 1 正在the progressive, and what stands in for itsubject + 正在 + verb9 clauses·HSK 1 地the adverbial particle the data cannot countmanner + 地 + verb465 clauses·HSK 1

counted — a checked sample, or every match readapproximate — the rule is right most of the timenot counted — the rule could not be trusted, so no number is claimed

The points at this level

Point	Markers	Occurrences	Published count
的 — the attributive particle	的	46,871	39,808 (approx.)
了 — completion and change of state	了	6,737	6,730
吗, 呢 and 吧 — turning a sentence into a question	吗呢吧	3,105	3,104
不 and 没有 — the two negations	不没有	4,760	4,671
也 and 都 — adverbs go before the verb	也都	7,442	4,580
在 — saying where something happens	在	11,604	5,895 (approx.)
很 + adjective — and what the Bible uses instead	很	47	32 (approx.)
比 — comparing two things	比	629	100
会 — the modal, and 会 the assembly	会	100	1
要 — want, will, must	要	6,364	5,044
正在 — the progressive, and what stands in for it	正在	57	9
地 — the adverbial particle the data cannot count	地	2,972	465

Every level, for comparison

HSK	Points	Marker occurrences
1 ← this page	12	90,688
2	4	11,825
3	4	8,434
4	3	1,969
5	2	7,172
6	4	4,752
7	2	1,981
beyond	1	289

A point's level is the highest HSK level of the point's own function words, as data/dict.json grades them; a word the HSK lists do not grade sends the point to 'beyond'.

The vocabulary side of this level is on the HSK 1 coverage page, which measures how much of the text a reader who knows the words can read, and there is a ready deck of those words at /decks/hsk-1.

Questions

How much of the Chinese Bible's grammar is HSK 1?: The markers of the 12 points at this level account for 13.9% of the 650,628 word tokens in the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). That is a share of words, not of sentences: one clause can carry three of these points at once.
Which point at this level is commonest?: 的 — the attributive particle, whose markers occur 46,871 times.
Where does the level come from?: It is derived, not assigned: the highest HSK level of the point's own function words, as data/dict.json grades them; a word the HSK lists do not grade sends the point to 'beyond'. The dictionary is the one this site already ships and grades its vocabulary lists with, so the grammar levels and the word levels on /reference/hsk cannot disagree.

Take it further

97 ready-made vocabulary decks — by HSK level, by book or by topic, exportable to Anki, Pleco or Quizlet.
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The dataset behind these numbers — plain JSON, free to reuse with attribution.

How this was measured

Edition: Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). Every figure comes from one pass over all 1,189 chapters and 31,021 verses, 650,628word tokens in total, using the site’s own segmentation. A construction count is published only when a hand-checked sample of the rule that found it was at least 90% correct; between 70% and that it is published as an approximation, and below it no count is published at all. Generated 2026-09-26.