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Radical 32 · 6 strokes

-ly

HSK 3 (2.0)HSK 1 (3.0)2 meanings#271Measure word
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. particle

    -ly

    用在形容词后面,表示动作的方式或状态yòng zài xíngróngcí hòumiàn, biǎoshì dòngzuò de fāngshì huò zhuàngtài

    • He laughed happily.

    • She sat quietly by the window, reading a book.

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    • She cried all night long.

    • Khabarovsk is one of the largest cities in the Russian Far East.

    • I work hard to improve my grades.

    • The surrounding area is very quiet.

    • He bought an enormous butcher's cleaver and kept taking it out to hone and sharpen it over and over.

  2. particle

    structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

    在动词或形容词前面,用来连接前面的修饰语zài dòngcí huò xíngróngcí qiánmiàn, yònglái liánjiē qiánmiàn de xiūshì yǔ

    • The children play happily in the park.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.

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