Turning adjectives into adverbs

You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with 地 (de). This character is very similar to the English suffix -ly.

The structure is:

Subject + Adjective + 地 + Verb

Some examples:

• 你 要 很 认真 地 学习。
• 爷爷 慢慢 地 走路。
• 我们 舒服 地 躺 在 那里。

Sources and further reading

Books

• Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 72) →buy