How much of the Chinese Bible's grammar is HSK 7?

The markers of the 2 points at this level account for 0.3% 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?

之 — the classical 的, whose markers occur 1,850 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 7 Grammar in the Chinese Bible: 2 Points

Answering: “HSK 7 grammar in the Chinese Bible”

Updated 2026-09-26 · plain text · JSON

之the classical 的modifier + 之 + noun1,804 clauses·HSK 7 乃the classical 是subject + 乃 + noun phrase131 occurrences, not counted·HSK 7

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
之 — the classical 的	之	1,850	1,804
乃 — the classical 是	乃	131	not published

Every level, for comparison

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

Questions

How much of the Chinese Bible's grammar is HSK 7?: The markers of the 2 points at this level account for 0.3% 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?: 之 — the classical 的, whose markers occur 1,850 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.

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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.