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title: "Chinese adverbs: 76 Everyday Adverbs by Kind, With Pinyin and Audio"
description: "76 everyday Chinese adverbs by kind (adverbs of degree, adverbs of time, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of scope, adverbs of negation, adverbs of mood), each with pinyin, meaning and sound, and where they go in a sentence. Keep them in one press or print them as flashcards."
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Free · 76 adverbs

# Chinese adverbs

The everyday ones by kind, most common first.

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E5%BE%88%20%E6%9B%B4%20%E6%9C%80%20%E5%A4%AA%20%E9%9D%9E%E5%B8%B8%20%E6%AF%94%E8%BE%83%20%E7%89%B9%E5%88%AB%20%E6%9C%89%E7%82%B9%20%E6%8C%BA%20%E5%8D%81%E5%88%86%20%E5%B0%A4%E5%85%B6%20%E6%9E%81%20%E7%9B%B8%E5%BD%93%20%E7%A8%8D%E5%BE%AE%20%E5%B0%B1%20%E6%89%8D%20%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F%20%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4%20%E5%85%88%20%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8%20%E7%AA%81%E7%84%B6%20%E5%88%9A%20%E7%BB%88%E4%BA%8E%20%E6%9B%BE%E7%BB%8F%20%E9%A9%AC%E4%B8%8A%20%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%BB%20%E5%88%9A%E6%89%8D%20%E6%B8%90%E6%B8%90%20%E5%BF%AB%E8%A6%81%20%E5%8F%88%20%E5%86%8D%20%E7%BB%8F%E5%B8%B8%20%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%20%E6%80%BB%E6%98%AF%20%E5%BE%80%E5%BE%80%20%E5%B8%B8%E5%B8%B8%20%E6%9C%89%E6%97%B6%20%E5%81%B6%E5%B0%94%20%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5%20%E4%B9%9F%20%E9%83%BD%20%E8%BF%98%20%E5%8F%AA%20%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%20%E5%85%A8%20%E5%85%89%20%E4%BB%85%20%E5%87%A0%E4%B9%8E%20%E5%B7%AE%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%9A%20%E4%BA%92%E7%9B%B8%20%E5%A4%A7%E7%BA%A6%20%E4%B8%80%E5%85%B1%20%E4%B8%8D%20%E6%B2%A1%20%E5%88%AB%20%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8%20%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%20%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A%20%E7%9C%9F%20%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%20%E8%82%AF%E5%AE%9A%20%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6%20%E7%A1%AE%E5%AE%9E%20%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95%20%E5%8E%9F%E6%9D%A5%20%E4%BB%8D%E7%84%B6%20%E5%A4%A7%E6%A6%82%20%E7%AB%9F%E7%84%B6%20%E5%B1%85%E7%84%B6%20%E6%AF%95%E7%AB%9F%20%E6%9C%AC%E6%9D%A5%20%E4%B9%9F%E8%AE%B8%20%E7%AE%80%E7%9B%B4%20%E9%9A%BE%E9%81%93%20%E6%9E%9C%E7%84%B6%20%E5%8D%83%E4%B8%87)

## Adverbs of degree

- [很hěnvery; quite](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BE%88)
- [更gèngmore; even more](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9B%B4)
- [最zuìmost; -est](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%80)
- [太tàitoo; excessively](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%AA)
- [非常fēichángvery; extremely](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%9D%9E%E5%B8%B8)
- [比较bǐjiàofairly; rather; relatively](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AF%94%E8%BE%83)
- [特别tèbiévery; extremely](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%89%B9%E5%88%AB)
- [有点yǒudiǎna little; somewhat; rather](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%89%E7%82%B9)
- [挺tǐngquite; rather; very (as in 挺好)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%8C%BA)
- [十分shífēnvery; extremely; fully](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8D%81%E5%88%86)
- [尤其yóuqíespecially; particularly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%A4%E5%85%B6)
- [极jíextremely; very](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9E%81)
- [相当xiāngdāngquite; fairly; considerably](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%9B%B8%E5%BD%93)
- [稍微shāowēislightly; a little](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%A8%8D%E5%BE%AE)

## Adverbs of time

- [就jiùthen; right away](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%B1)
- [才cáijust; only just](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%89%8D)
- [已经yǐjīngalready](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B7%B2%E7%BB%8F)
- [一直yīzhíalways; all along; continuously](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4)
- [先xiānfirst; in advance](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%88)
- [正在zhèngzàiin the process of; in the middle of (doing something)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AD%A3%E5%9C%A8)
- [突然tūránsuddenly; abruptly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%AA%81%E7%84%B6)
- [刚gāngjust; just now (as in 刚才)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%88%9A)
- [终于zhōngyúfinally; at last; in the end](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%BB%88%E4%BA%8E)
- [曾经céngjīngonce; at one time; formerly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9B%BE%E7%BB%8F)
- [马上mǎshàngimmediately; right away; at once](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%A9%AC%E4%B8%8A)
- [立刻lìkèimmediately; at once](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%AB%8B%E5%88%BB)
- [刚才gāngcáijust now; a moment ago](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%88%9A%E6%89%8D)
- [渐渐jiànjiàngradually; little by little](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B8%90%E6%B8%90)
- [快要kuàiyàoabout to; soon; almost](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BF%AB%E8%A6%81)

## Adverbs of frequency

- [又yòuagain](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%88)
- [再zàiagain](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%86%8D)
- [经常jīngchángoften; frequently](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%BB%8F%E5%B8%B8)
- [永远yǒngyuǎnforever; always; eternally](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C)
- [总是zǒngshìalways; all the time](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%80%BB%E6%98%AF)
- [往往wǎngwǎngoften; frequently; usually](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BE%80%E5%BE%80)
- [常常chángchángoften; frequently](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B8%B8%E5%B8%B8)
- [有时yǒushísometimes; at times](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%89%E6%97%B6)
- [偶尔ǒu’ěroccasionally; once in a while](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%81%B6%E5%B0%94)
- [从来cónglái(with a negative) never; ever](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%8E%E6%9D%A5)

## Adverbs of scope

- [也yěalso; too](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B9%9F)
- [都dōuall; both](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%83%BD)
- [还háistill; yet](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%98)
- [只zhǐonly; just](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%AA)
- [一起yīqǐtogether](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7)
- [全quáncompletely; entirely](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%A8)
- [光guāngonly; merely](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%89)
- [仅jǐnonly; merely; barely](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%85)
- [几乎jīhūalmost; nearly; practically](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%87%A0%E4%B9%8E)
- [差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B7%AE%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%9A)
- [互相hùxiāngeach other; mutually](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BA%92%E7%9B%B8)
- [大约dàyuēapproximately; about](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%A7%E7%BA%A6)
- [一共yīgòngaltogether; in total](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80%E5%85%B1)

## Adverbs of negation

- [不bùnot; no](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%8D)
- [没méidid not; have not](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B2%A1)
- [别biédon't](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%88%AB)
- [不用bùyòngneed not; don't have to](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8)

## Adverbs of mood

- [可能kěnéngmaybe; possibly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD)
- [一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; must](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80%E5%AE%9A)
- [真zhēnreally; truly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%9C%9F)
- [其实qíshíactually; in fact; really](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E)
- [肯定kěndìngsurely; definitely; certainly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%82%AF%E5%AE%9A)
- [当然dāngránof course; certainly; naturally](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BD%93%E7%84%B6)
- [确实quèshíreally; indeed](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%A1%AE%E5%AE%9E)
- [到底dàodǐafter all; in the end](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95)
- [原来yuánláiso it turns out; so that's it](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8E%9F%E6%9D%A5)
- [仍然réngránstill; yet](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BB%8D%E7%84%B6)
- [大概dàgàiprobably; roughly; about](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A4%A7%E6%A6%82)
- [竟然jìngránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; actually](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%AB%9F%E7%84%B6)
- [居然jūránunexpectedly; to one's surprise](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B1%85%E7%84%B6)
- [毕竟bìjìngafter all; all in all](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%AF%95%E7%AB%9F)
- [本来běnláioriginally; at first](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%AC%E6%9D%A5)
- [也许yěxǔperhaps; maybe; probably](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B9%9F%E8%AE%B8)
- [简直jiǎnzhísimply; just; practically](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%AE%80%E7%9B%B4)
- [难道nándào(rhetorical) could it be that; surely not](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%9A%BE%E9%81%93)
- [果然guǒránsure enough; as expected](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9E%9C%E7%84%B6)
- [千万qiānwànby all means; must (in exhortations)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8D%83%E4%B8%87)

## Where do adverbs go in Chinese?

After the subject and right before the verb or adjective: 我也去 (wǒ yě qù, I’m going too), 他常常迟到 (tā chángcháng chídào, he’s often late). Never at the end of the sentence, as “often” can be in English.

## What order do 也, 都 and 不 go in?

也 before 都, and both before 不: 我们也都不去 (wǒmen yě dōu bú qù, none of us are going either). The order changes the meaning: 都不 is “none”, 不都 is “not all”.

## What is the difference between 不 and 没?

不 says no to the present, habits and the future: 我不喝酒 (I don’t drink). 没 says something didn’t happen, or that you don’t have it: 我没去 (I didn’t go), 我没有钱 (I have no money).

## More words

- [Chinese adjectives](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-adjectives)
- [Chinese grammar patterns](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar)
- [The most common verbs](https://mandarinthewild.com/most-common-chinese-verbs)

Ordered by our own count of Chinese web text (FineWeb-2, ODC-By). Meanings from our own dictionary.