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This is a list of adverbs in Cantonese. This includes adverbs of time, place, manner and frequency. Which sums up most of what you need for daily use.
| Now: 而家 ér jiā |
Later: 遲啲 chí dì |
Tonight: 今晚 jīn wǎn |
Last night: 噚晚 xún wǎn |
| This morning: 今朝早 jīnzhāo zǎo |
Yesterday: 噚日 xún rì |
Today: 今日 jīnrì |
Tomorrow: 聽日 tīng rì |
| Next week: 下星期 xià xīngqí |
Already: 已經 yǐjīng |
Recently: 近排 jìn pái |
Lately: 最近 zuìjìn |
| Soon: 好快 hǎo kuài |
Immediately: 馬上 mǎshàng |
Still: 仍然 réngrán |
Yet: 仲未 zhòng wèi |
After the above adverbs of time, now we move on to adverbs of place.
| Here: 呢度 ne dù |
There: 嗰度 gè dù |
Everywhere: 周圍 zhōuwéi |
Anywhere: 任何地方 rènhé dìfāng |
Now adverbs of manners, used to describe how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb.
| Carefully: 小心 xiǎoxīn |
Alone: 自已一個 zìyǐ yīgè |
Very: 好 hǎo |
Really: 真係 zhēn xì |
| Quickly: 好快 hǎo kuài |
Slowly: 好慢 hǎo màn |
Almost: 幾乎 jīhū |
Together: 一齊 yīqí |
These are adverbs of frequency, which are used to answer the question "how often?".
| Always: 經常 jīngcháng |
Sometimes: 有時 yǒu shí |
Rarely: 好少 hǎo shǎo |
Never: 永遠唔會 yǒngyuǎn wú huì |
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