The most common Chinese adverbs

272adverbs

9.5%of everyday speech

#6rank of the commonest

#	Word	English	Say it	Share
6	不	no; not so	bù	2.050%
13	就	in that case; then	jiù	0.820%
22	很	adverb of degree; quite	hěn	0.600%
28	都	all; both	dōu	0.530%
37	也	also; both ... and	yě	0.390%
39	还	still; still in progress	hái	0.390%
50	真	really; truly	zhēn	0.310%
60	只	only; merely	zhǐ	0.220%
61	别	to leave; to part	bié	0.210%
66	太	highest; greatest	tài	0.190%
73	再	again; once more	zài	0.170%
83	已经	already	yǐ jīng	0.150%
94	最	most; the most	zuì	0.140%
119	才	ability; talent	cái	0.110%
123	又	again; also	yòu	0.110%
131	一起	in the same place; together	yì qǐ	0.100%
133	更	more; even more	gèng	0.100%
151	就是	exactly; precisely	jiù shì	0.080%
157	非常	very; really	fēi cháng	0.080%
162	当然	only natural; as it should be	dāng rán	0.080%
163	也许	perhaps; maybe	yě xǔ	0.080%
164	行	to walk; to go	xíng	0.080%
171	将	will; shall	jiāng	0.070%
175	一直	straight; continuously	yì zhí	0.070%
177	车	car; vehicle	chē	0.070%
195	只是	merely; only	zhǐ shì	0.060%
203	一定	surely; certainly	yí dìng	0.060%
210	正	straight; upright	zhèng	0.060%
217	肯定	to be certain; to be positive	kěn dìng	0.060%
221	棒	stick; club	bàng	0.050%
240	掉	to fall; to drop	diào	0.050%
241	先	early; prior	xiān	0.050%
268	穿	to wear; to put on	chuān	0.040%
285	够	enough; really	gòu	0.040%
293	完全	complete; whole	wán quán	0.040%
327	刚	hard; firm	gāng	0.030%
334	真是	indeed; truly	zhēn shì	0.030%
337	马上	at once; right away	mǎ shàng	0.030%
346	每	each; every	měi	0.030%
348	到底	finally; in the end	dào dǐ	0.030%
355	永远	forever; eternal	yǒng yuǎn	0.030%
361	总	general; overall	zǒng	0.030%
397	从来	always; at all times	cóng lái	0.030%
398	总是	always	zǒng shì	0.030%
410	或许	perhaps; maybe	huò xǔ	0.020%
434	好好	well; carefully	hǎo hǎo	0.020%
436	确实	indeed; really	què shí	0.020%
437	挺	straight; erect	tǐng	0.020%
438	此	this; these	cǐ	0.020%
461	特别	unusual; special	tè bié	0.020%
466	甚至	even; so much so that	shèn zhì	0.020%
468	真正	genuine; real	zhēn zhèng	0.020%
472	其实	actually; in fact	qí shí	0.020%
487	绝对	absolute; unconditional	jué duì	0.020%
489	员	person; employee	yuán	0.020%
491	至少	at least; least	zhì shǎo	0.020%
497	正在	just at; right in	zhèng zài	0.020%
499	已	already; to stop	yǐ	0.020%
501	选	to choose; to pick	xuǎn	0.020%
520	刚刚	just recently; just a moment ago	gāng gāng	0.020%
524	努力	to make an effort; to try hard	nǔ lì	0.020%
534	刚才	just now; a moment ago	gāng cái	0.020%
549	倒	to turn upside down; to pour; actually / on the contrary	dào	0.020%
565	难道	don't tell me; could it be that...?	nán dào	0.020%
571	极了	extremely; exceedingly	jí le	0.020%
572	同意	to agree; to consent	tóng yì	0.020%
579	曾经	once; already	céng jīng	0.020%
618	真的	really; truly	zhēn de	0.020%
639	曾	once; already	céng	0.020%
661	简直	simply; really	jiǎn zhí	0.010%
667	大概	roughly; probably	dà gài	0.010%
668	的确	really; indeed	dí què	0.010%
669	特	special; unique	tè	0.010%
700	不好	no good	bù hǎo	0.016%
706	越	to exceed; to climb over	yuè	0.016%
713	实际上	in fact; in reality	shí jì shàng	0.016%
718	直接	direct; immediate	zhí jiē	0.016%
721	突然	sudden; abrupt	tū rán	0.016%
729	正常	regular; normal	zhèng cháng	0.013%
731	终于	at last; in the end	zhōng yú	0.013%
739	不再	no more; no longer	bù zài	0.013%
761	丢	to lose; to put aside	diū	0.012%
783	随便	as one wishes; as one pleases	suí biàn	0.012%
792	从没	never; never did	cóng méi	0.012%
841	必要	necessary; essential	bì yào	0.011%
852	首先	first; in the first place	shǒu xiān	0.011%
853	组	to form; to organize	zǔ	0.011%
868	显然	clearly; evidently	xiǎn rán	0.011%
878	到处	everywhere	dào chù	0.010%
905	比较	to compare; to contrast	bǐ jiào	0.010%
906	边	side; edge	biān	0.010%
912	经常	frequently; constantly	jīng cháng	0.010%
918	乱	messy; in disorder	luàn	0.010%
941	正确	correct; sound	zhèng què	0.010%
952	似乎	it seems; seemingly	sì hū	0.009%
980	认真	conscientious; earnest	rèn zhēn	0.009%
981	真相	the truth	zhēn xiàng	0.009%
996	原来	original; former	yuán lái	0.009%
1002	同样	same; equal	tóng yàng	0.009%
1017	仍然	still; as before	réng rán	0.009%
1027	约	to make an appointment; to invite	yuē	0.009%
1032	居然	unexpectedly; to one's surprise	jū rán	0.009%
1033	就要	will; shall	jiù yào	0.009%
1039	真实	true; real	zhēn shí	0.009%
1053	几乎	almost; nearly	jī hū	0.008%
1063	最终	final; ultimate	zuì zhōng	0.008%
1065	再次	one more time; again	zài cì	0.008%
1074	罪	guilt; crime	zuì	0.008%
1077	不得不	to have no choice but to	bù dé bù	0.008%
1112	轮	wheel; disk	lún	0.008%
1116	一边	one side; either side	yī biān	0.008%
1132	反正	anyway; in any case	fǎn zhèng	0.008%
1137	正是	is precisely	zhèng shì	0.008%
1149	未	not yet; did not	wèi	0.008%
1168	不必	need not; does not have to	bù bì	0.007%
1169	反对	to oppose; to be against	fǎn duì	0.007%
1208	便	plain; informal	biàn	0.007%
1220	相当	equivalent to; appropriate	xiāng dāng	0.007%
1229	自然	nature; natural	zì rán	0.007%
1236	通常	regular; usual	tōng cháng	0.007%
1270	究竟	actually; in the end (asking what's really going on)	jiū jìng	0.007%
1275	恐怕	fear; to dread	kǒng pà	0.007%
1284	越来越	more and more	yuè lái yuè	0.007%
1303	鸟	bird	niǎo	0.006%
1327	不许	not to allow; must not	bù xǔ	0.006%
1372	常	always; ever	cháng	0.006%
1374	随时	at any time; at all times	suí shí	0.006%
1378	从未	never	cóng wèi	0.006%
1381	度	to pass; to spend	dù	0.006%
1398	顺利	smoothly; without a hitch	shùn lì	0.006%
1413	不少	many; a lot	bù shǎo	0.006%
1415	于是	thereupon; as a result	yú shì	0.006%
1439	赌	to bet; to gamble	dǔ	0.006%
1442	立刻	forthwith; immediate	lì kè	0.006%
1443	绝不	in no way; not in the least	jué bù	0.006%
1452	尽力	to try one's best	jìn lì	0.006%
1453	十分	very; completely	shí fēn	0.006%
1461	仍	still; yet	réng	0.006%
1476	狂	mad; wild	kuáng	0.006%
1479	顺便	conveniently; in passing	shùn biàn	0.006%
1498	慢慢	slowly	màn màn	0.005%
1507	故意	deliberately; on purpose	gù yì	0.005%
1530	好处	benefit; advantage	hǎo chù	0.005%
1536	竟然	unexpectedly; to one's surprise	jìng rán	0.005%
1539	直	straight; to straighten	zhí	0.005%
1561	录	diary; record	lù	0.005%
1562	单独	alone; by oneself	dān dú	0.005%
1563	反	contrary; in reverse	fǎn	0.005%
1574	赶快	quickly; at once	gǎn kuài	0.005%
1576	更加	more; even more	gèng jiā	0.005%
1596	尽快	as soon as possible	jǐn kuài	0.005%
1598	仔细	careful; attentive	zǐ xì	0.005%
1603	互相	each other; mutually	hù xiāng	0.005%
1611	彻底	thorough; thoroughly	chè dǐ	0.005%
1644	稍	somewhat; a little	shāo	0.005%
1645	仅	barely; only	jǐn	0.005%
1649	正式	formal; official	zhèng shì	0.005%
1692	则	but; then	zé	0.005%
1694	千万	ten million; countless	qiān wàn	0.005%
1726	糖	sugar; sweets	táng	0.005%
1754	乔	tall	qiáo	0.004%
1756	物	thing; object	wù	0.004%
1758	不对	incorrect; wrong	bú duì	0.004%
1774	尤其	especially; particularly	yóu qí	0.004%
1782	共	common; general	gòng	0.004%
1794	今	now; the present time	jīn	0.004%
1821	尽量	as much as possible	jǐn liàng	0.004%
1825	暂时	temporary; provisional	zàn shí	0.004%
1829	亲自	personally; in person	qīn zì	0.004%
1833	极	extremely; pole	jí	0.004%
1837	响	echo; sound	xiǎng	0.004%
1846	笨	stupid; foolish	bèn	0.004%
1864	毒	poison; to poison	dú	0.004%
1872	早就	already at an earlier time	zǎo jiù	0.004%
1874	相处	to be in contact; to associate	xiāng chǔ	0.004%
1876	绝	to cut short; extinct	jué	0.004%
1879	拳	fist; boxing	quán	0.004%
1896	赶紧	hurriedly; without delay	gǎn jǐn	0.004%
1905	大约	approximately; probably	dà yuē	0.004%
1908	仅仅	barely; only	jǐn jǐn	0.004%
1917	症	disease; illness	zhèng	0.004%
1955	独自	alone	dú zì	0.004%
1986	重复	to repeat; to duplicate	chóng fù	0.004%
1990	绑	to tie; bind or fasten together	bǎng	0.004%
1997	难以	hard to	nán yǐ	0.004%
2027	不断	unceasing; uninterrupted	bù duàn	0.004%
2067	不仅仅	not only; not just	bù jǐn jǐn	0.004%
2082	妮	girl; Taiwan pr	nī	0.004%
2091	相同	identical; same	xiāng tóng	0.004%
2124	即将	on the eve of; to be about to	jí jiāng	0.003%
2229	一致	unanimous; identical	yí zhì	0.003%
2303	踩	to step on; to tread	cǎi	0.003%
2326	判	to judge; to sentence	pàn	0.003%
2373	最新	latest; newest	zuì xīn	0.003%
2406	到来	to arrive; arrival	dào lái	0.003%
2429	公开	open; overt	gōng kāi	0.003%
2432	宁愿	would rather	nìng yuàn	0.003%
2465	逮	to catch; to seize	dǎi	0.003%
2473	共同	common; joint	gòng tóng	0.003%
2478	稍微	a little bit	shāo wēi	0.003%
2518	反而	on the contrary; instead	fǎn ér	0.003%
2519	宁可	would rather	nìng kě	0.003%
2520	乃至	even to the extent of	nǎi zhì	0.003%
2521	逐渐	gradually	zhú jiàn	0.003%
2522	渐渐	gradually	jiàn jiàn	0.003%
2523	陆续	one after another; successively	lù xù	0.003%
2524	纷纷	one after another; in droves	fēn fēn	0.003%
2525	仍旧	still; as before	réng jiù	0.003%
2526	依旧	still; as before	yī jiù	0.003%
2527	照样	as before; in the same old way	zhào yàng	0.003%
2528	依次	in order; successively	yī cì	0.003%
2529	随手	without extra effort; conveniently	suí shǒu	0.003%
2530	随即	immediately; presently	suí jí	0.003%
2531	事先	in advance; beforehand	shì xiān	0.003%
2532	事后	after the event; afterwards	shì hòu	0.003%
2533	分明	clearly; plainly	fēn míng	0.003%
2534	果然	as expected; indeed	guǒ rán	0.003%
2535	偏偏	contrary to expectation; just	piān piān	0.003%
2536	索性	simply; might as well	suǒ xìng	0.003%
2537	干脆	simply; just; straightforwardly	gān cuì	0.003%
2538	幸亏	fortunately; luckily	xìng kuī	0.003%
2539	幸好	fortunately	xìng hǎo	0.003%
2540	好在	fortunately; luckily	hǎo zài	0.003%
2541	难怪	no wonder	nán guài	0.003%
2542	怪不得	no wonder	guài bù dé	0.003%
2543	未必	not necessarily	wèi bì	0.003%
2544	差点儿	almost; nearly	chà diǎn ér	0.003%
2545	险些	nearly; almost (dangerously)	xiǎn xiē	0.003%
2546	一律	all alike; without exception	yī lǜ	0.003%
2547	一概	all; without exception	yī gài	0.003%
2548	统统	all; completely	tǒng tǒng	0.003%
2549	一齐	simultaneously; together	yī qí	0.003%
2550	分别	separately; respectively	fēn bié	0.003%
2551	各自	each; respectively	gè zì	0.003%
2552	特意	specially; intentionally	tè yì	0.003%
2553	特地	specially; for a special purpose	tè dì	0.003%
2554	专门	especially; specially	zhuān mén	0.003%
2555	自行	by oneself; of one's own accord	zì xíng	0.003%
2556	顺带	incidentally; in passing	shùn dài	0.003%
2557	此外	besides; moreover	cǐ wài	0.003%
2559	一向	always; all along	yí xiàng	0.003%
2560	向来	always; all along	xiàng lái	0.003%
2561	历来	always; all through the ages	lì lái	0.003%
2562	始终	from beginning to end; always	shǐ zhōng	0.003%
2563	迄今	up to now; so far	qì jīn	0.003%
2564	至今	up to now; to this day	zhì jīn	0.003%
2565	眼下	at present; right now	yǎn xià	0.003%
2567	刚好	just right; happen to	gāng hǎo	0.003%
2568	恰好	just right; coincidentally	qià hǎo	0.003%
2569	恰巧	by coincidence; happen to	qià qiǎo	0.003%
2570	凑巧	by coincidence	còu qiǎo	0.003%
2571	碰巧	by chance; happen to	pèng qiǎo	0.003%
2572	偶然	accidentally; by chance	ǒu rán	0.003%
2573	偶尔	occasionally; once in a while	ǒu ěr	0.003%
2574	时而	from time to time; now and then	shí ér	0.003%
2575	不时	from time to time	bù shí	0.003%
2576	平常	usually; ordinarily	píng cháng	0.003%
2577	平时	usually; at ordinary times	píng shí	0.003%
2579	从头	from the beginning; afresh	cóng tóu	0.003%
2580	从此	from now on; from then on	cóng cǐ	0.003%
2581	就此	at this point; hereupon	jiù cǐ	0.003%
2582	由此	from this; hence	yóu cǐ	0.003%
2583	据此	based on this; accordingly	jù cǐ	0.003%
2590	猛然	suddenly; abruptly	měng rán	0.002%
2591	骤然	suddenly; abruptly	zhòu rán	0.002%
2592	逐步	step by step; gradually	zhú bù	0.003%
2997	格外	especially; unusually	gé wài	0.002%
2998	尚未	not yet	shàng wèi	0.002%
2999	从不	never	cóng bù	0.002%
3000	毫不	not at all	háo bù	0.002%
3796	全年	year-round	quán nián	0.001%
4257	情不自禁	unable to control oneself	qíng bù zì jìn	0.001%

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