Structure: Subject + 不断 + 地 + Verb Meaning: “不断” is usually placed before the verb it modifies, and it often requires the particle “地” to show that it is an adverb. Examples: 1. 过去 的 两 年 里，我们 不断地 Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + Positive adjective + 极了 Meaning: It’s as simple as using 极了 after the positive adjective. Examples: 1. 这 个 啤酒 好喝 极了。 Zhè ɡè píjiǔ hǎohē jíle.     This beer is very tasty. 2. 你的 中文 Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + Adjective + 地 + Verb Meaning: You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with 地 (de). This character is very similar to the English suffix -ly. Examples: 1. 我们 舒服 地 躺 在 那里。 Wǒmen shūfu Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + 几乎 + Adjective/Verb/[Verb phrase] Meaning: 几乎 means ‘nearly’, ‘almost’ or ‘practically’, and is used to emphasize that someone or something ‘almost’ meets a certain standard or is close to doing something. Examples: 1. 你 看 她 几乎 Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + 还是 + Action + (吧) Meaning: 还是 as an adverb can express “had better” or “it would be better to”. The idea is that the speaker has given the matter some thought, and after considering it, has Continue Reading

Structure: 尽量 + Verb/Adjective Meaning: Using 尽量 is as simple as adding it before a verb. Examples: 1. 你 看 书 吧，我 尽量 不 打扰 你。 Nǐ kàn shū bɑ, wǒ jǐnliànɡ bú dárǎo nǐ.   Go ahead and study, Continue Reading

Structure: Subject + 从来 + 都 + Verb Phrase Meaning: Without the negative adverbs 不 and 没, 从来 takes on the meaning of “always.” (Literally, 从来 means something like “from the beginning,” although no one is really thinking that phrase Continue Reading

Structure: 老是 + (Adverb +) Adjective Meaning: When it is used together with an adjective, it usually has an adverb before it, such as “很, 非常, 这么, 那么” etc. Examples: 1. 他 的 脸 老是 很 红，很 可爱。 Tā de Continue Reading

Structure: 老是 + Verb Meaning: 老是 is an adverb, usually translated into English as “always”. It expresses that an action or a condition constantly repeats or continues. It also has an unsatisfied or frustrated tone. It can be interchanged with Continue Reading

Structure: 全 + Noun Meaning: The structure is quite simple, just put 全 in front of the noun you want to emphasize “the whole” of. You cannot use it with 的. Pay attention to the types of nouns you can Continue Reading