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31.3
31.3 describing the performance of an entire action with
an adverbial modifier
To describe how an entire action is performed on a specific occasion, precede the verb phrase
(or prepositional phrase + verb phrase if there is a prepositional phrase) with an adverbial verb
modifier + 地 de as follows. Note the tone changes on the second syllable of the modifier:
adverbial verb modifier + 地 de + verb phrase
他偷偷儿地把钱拿走了。
他偷偷兒地把錢拿走了。
Tā tōutōur de bǎ qián názǒu le.
He secretly took away the money.
你们得好好儿地学。
你們得好好兒地學。
Nǐmen děi hǎohāor de xué.
You have to study hard/well.
他慢慢地把汉字学会了。
他慢慢地把漢字學會了。
Tā mànmān de bǎ Hàn zì xuéhuì le.
He slowly learned the Chinese characters.
快快地吃吧！
Kuàikuāi de chī ba!
Hurry up and eat!
孩子高高兴兴地在公园里玩。
孩子高高興興地在公園裏玩。
Háizi gāo gāo xīng xīng de zài gōngyuán lǐ wán.
The children are playing happily in the park.
他们静静地睡了一个晚上。
他們靜靜地睡了一個晚上。
Tāmen jìngjìng de shuì le yī gè wǎnshang.
They slept peacefully the whole night.
你得留心地听老师说话。
你得留心地聽老師說話。
Nǐ děi liúxīn de tīng lǎoshī shuō huà.
You should listen attentively to the teacher.
她急急忙忙地逃走了。
Tā jíjí mángmáng de táozǒu le.
She hurriedly ran away. (She ran away in a hurry.)
Phrases that frequently occur as adverbial modifiers of an entire action include the following:
慢慢地 mànmān de slowly
快快地 kuàikuāi de quickly
好好地 hǎohāo de well
偷偷地 tōutōu de secretly
靜靜地 jìngjìng de peacefully
安靜地 ānjìng de peacefully/quietly
急忙地 jímáng de hurriedly/hastily
匆忙地 cōngmáng de hurriedly/hastily
兴奋地/興奮地 xīngfèn de excitedly
大声地/大聲地 dàshēng de loudly
