adverbs that describe habitual action
35.3
35.3 adverbs that describe habitual action
Adverbs that describe habitual action include:
常常 chángcháng ‘often’
我们常常去网吧上网。
我們常常去網吧上網。
Wǒmen chángcháng qù wǎngbā shàng wǎng.
We frequently go to an internet café to surf the web.
平常 píngcháng ‘ordinarily, usually’
学生平常在周末跟朋友玩儿。
學生平常在週末跟朋友玩兒。
Xuésheng píngcháng zài zhōumò gēn péngyou wár.
Students often have fun with their friends on the weekend.
经常/經常 jīngcháng ‘usually, often’
弟弟经常上课迟到。
弟弟經常上課遲到。
Dìdi jīngcháng shàng kè chídào.
My younger brother is often late for class.
时常/時常 shícháng ‘regularly’
你得时常运动运动，锻链身体。
你得時常運動運動，鍛鍊身體。
Nǐ děi shícháng yùndòng yùndòng, duànliàn shēntǐ.
You should exercise regularly and strengthen your body.
总/總 zǒng ‘always’
她总跟男朋友在一起，不愿意一个人出去。
她總跟男朋友在一起，不願意一個人出去。
Tā zǒng gēn nán péngyou zài yīqǐ, bù yuànyi yī gè rén chūqu.
She’s always with her boyfriend; (she’s) not willing to go out by herself.
总是/總是 zǒngshì ‘always’
他真是好人，总是帮助朋友。
他真是好人，總是幫助朋友。
Tā zhēn shì hǎo rén, zǒngshì bāngzhù péngyou.
He really is a good person; (he) always helps his friends.
都 dōu ‘all/always’
我每天都看报。
我每天都看報。
Wǒ měitiān dōu kàn bào.
I read the news every day.
老 lǎo ‘always’
我不要老待在家。
Wǒ bù yào lǎo dāi zài jiā.
I don’t want to always stay home.
向来/向來 xiànglái ‘always in the past’
他向来都听父母的话。
他向來都聽父母的話。
Tā xiànglái dōu tīng fùmǔ de huà.
He always listened to his parents.
