How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Traditional Chinese words on “Adverbs”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 59 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Traditional Chinese vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Traditional Chinese vocabulary: adverbs

Often, quickly, already, maybe, very: the Traditional Chinese adverbs that say when, how and how much.

Here are 100 Traditional Chinese words on “Adverbs”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 38 words

Traditional Chinese	English
再次	again
幾乎	almost
已經	already
也	also
不好地	badly
在後面	behind
更好地	better
在樓下	downstairs
在別處	elsewhere
遠遠地	far
終於	finally
這裡	here
在前面	in front
晚	late
一點	little
很久	long time
也許	maybe
在此期間	meanwhile
很多	muchQuantity, with a verb or a noun
然後	next
尤其是	notably
常常	often
在左邊	on the left
只	only
那邊	over there
快速地	quickly
寧可	rather
真的	really
如此	so much
有時	sometimes
直直地	straight ahead
接著	then
這樣	thus
今天	today
明天	tomorrow
太	too much
好好地	well
昨天	yesterday

Level 2: medium 36 words

Traditional Chinese	English
絕對地	absolutely
的確	admittedly
向後	backwards
先前	beforehand
在下面	below
偶然地	by chance
必定	certainly
完全地	completely
目前	currently
直接	directly
顯著地	distinctly
輕易地	easily
極大地	enormously
本質上	essentially
極其	extremely
從前	formerly
幸好	fortunately
坦白地	frankly
免費地	free of charge
從今以後	from now on
立即	immediately
在裡面	inside
主要地	mainly
照理說	normally
完美地	perfectly
永遠地	permanently
大概	probably
很少	rarely
定期地	regularly
相對地	relatively
認真地	seriously
僅僅	simply
稍微	slightly
唯獨	solely
確實地	surely
不幸地	unfortunately

Level 3: hard 26 words

Traditional Chinese	English
突然地	abruptly
每年	annually
大致	approximately
立刻	at once
冷靜地	calmly
謹慎地	cautiously
正確地	correctly
樂意地	gladly
誠實地	honestly
親切地	kindly
每月	monthly
大聲地	noisily
偶爾	occasionally
故意	on purpose
有禮貌地	politely
悠閒地	quietly
即將	shortly
靜靜地	silently
誠懇地	sincerely
忽然	suddenly
有系統地	systematically
暫且	temporarily
習慣上	usually
模糊地	vaguely
明顯地	visibly
艱難地	with difficulty

Mini quiz

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Traditional Chinese words on “Adverbs”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 59 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 39 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Traditional Chinese vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Traditional Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.