How many words are in this list?

This page gives 100 Simplified Chinese words on “Adverbs”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 59 at the easy level, 57 at the medium level and 36 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 Simplified 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.

Simplified Chinese vocabulary: adverbs

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

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

Level 1: easy 38 words

Simplified Chinese	English
大约	about
也	also
总是	always
同样多	as much
不好地	badly
在后面	behind
完全地	completely
目前	currently
相当	enough
终于	finally
首先	first
向前	forward
这里	here
在前面	in front
在里面	inside
晚	late
较少	less
一点	little
很久	long time
更多	more
附近	near
从不	never
然后	next
现在	now
常常	often
在左边	on the left
只	only
正好	precisely so
快速地	quickly
宁可	rather
真的	really
有时	sometimes
接着	then
那里	thereAt that place, nearby or pointed out
这样	thus
太	too much
在楼上	upstairs
好好地	well

Level 2: medium 38 words

Simplified Chinese	English
在上面	above
绝对地	absolutely
立刻	at once
向后	backwards
勉强	barely
先前	beforehand
在下面	below
偶然地	by chance
清楚地	clearly
不断地	constantly
每天	daily
早	early
轻易地	easily
在别处	elsewhere
到处	everywhere
极其	extremely
从前	formerly
免费地	free of charge
通常	generally
立即	immediately
实际上	indeed
主要地	mainly
在此期间	meanwhile
自然地	naturally
照理说	normally
故意	on purpose
完美地	perfectly
永远地	permanently
大概	probably
最近	recently
相对地	relatively
认真地	seriously
稍微	slightly
缓慢地	slowly
轻轻地	softly
唯独	solely
忽然	suddenly
充分地	sufficiently

Level 3: hard 24 words

Simplified Chinese	English
突然地	abruptly
的确	admittedly
每年	annually
大致	approximately
粗暴地	brutally
冷静地	calmly
仔细地	carefully
谨慎地	cautiously
显著地	distinctly
本质上	essentially
诚实地	honestly
亲切地	kindly
每月	monthly
整体上	overall
部分地	partially
有礼貌地	politely
精确地	precisely
悠闲地	quietly
诚恳地	sincerely
暂且	temporarily
可怕地	terribly
猛烈地	violently
明显地	visibly
艰难地	with difficulty

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Frequently asked questions

How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Simplified Chinese words on “Adverbs”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 59 at the easy level, 57 at the medium level and 36 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 Simplified 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 Simplified Chinese vocabulary on iPhone.