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<h1>Turning adjectives into adverbs</h1>
<p>You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with <span class="hanzi">地</span> (<span class="pinyin">de</span>). This character is very similar to the English <a href="Suffixes" title="wikilink">suffix</a> <b>-ly</b>.</p>
<h2>Contents</h2>
<ul><li>1 One-Syllable Adjectives (AA)</li>
<li>1.1 Structure</li>
<li>1.2 Examples</li>
<li>2 Two-Syllable Adjectives (AABB)</li>
<li>2.1 Structure</li>
<li>2.2 Examples</li>
<li>3 Used as Adverbs (AABB)</li>
<li>3.1 Structure</li>
<li>3.2 Examples</li>
<li>4 Used as Predicates (ABAB)</li>
<li>4.1 Structure</li>
<li>4.2 Examples</li>
<li>5 Sources and further reading</li>
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<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
<p>In Chinese, we place the structural particle <span class="hanzi">地</span> (<span class="pinyin">de</span>) after the adjective to make it an adverb.</p>
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Subj. + Adj. + <span class="hanzist">地</span> + Verb
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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<li><span class="hanzi">你 要 认真 地 学习。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Nǐ yào rènzhēn de xuéxí.</span><br/><span> You must study seriously.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">爷爷 慢慢 地 走路。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Yéyé màn man de zǒulù.</span><br/><span> Grandpa walks slowly.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">我们 舒服 地 躺 在 那里。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒmen shūfu de tǎng zài nàlǐ.</span><br/><span> We comfortably laid down here.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">小 狗 大声 地 叫。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Xiǎo gǒu dàshēng de jiào.</span><br/><span> The puppy barked loudly.</span></li>
<li><span class="hanzi">我 希 望 你 健健康康 地 长大。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ xīwàng nǐ jiàn jiàn kāng kāng de zhǎng dà.</span><br/><span> I hope that you grow up healthy.</span></li>
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<h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>
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<li><a href="Structural_particle_"de"" title="wikilink">Structural particle "de"</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<li>Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 72)</li>
<li>Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 192)</li>
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