indefinite, universal, negative pronouns
大家 da4jia1 everyone
所有人 suo3you3ren2 "everyone, all people"
每个人 mei3ge4ren2 "every person"
任何人 ren4he2ren2 anyone
谁都 shei2dou1 "anyone, everyone"
有人 you3ren2 someone
某人 mou3ren2 "someone, a certain person"
没人 mei2ren2 "no one"
没有人 mei2you3ren2 "no one, nobody"
无人 wu2ren2 "no one"
随便 sui2bian4 "whatever, any"

time, temporal references
最近 zui4jin4 recently
近来 jin4lai2 lately
如今 ru2jin1 nowadays
这阵子 zhe4zhen4zi "these days"
很快 hen3kuai4 soon
一会儿 yi1hui4r "in a moment"
以前 yi3qian2 "in the past"
将来 jiang1lai2 "in the future"
目前 mu4qian2 "at present"
当前 dang1qian2 currently
现在 xian4zai4 now
暂时 zan4shi2 temporarily

frequency, repetition
总是 zong3shi4 always
常常 chang2chang2 "often"
经常 jing1chang2 frequently
有时候 you3shi2hou4 "sometimes"
有时 you3shi2 sometimes
偶尔 ou3er3 occasionally
不常 bu4chang2 seldom
很少 hen3shao3 rarely
几乎不 ji1hu1bu4 hardly
从不 cong2bu4 never
从来不 cong2lai2bu4 never
一向 yi2xiang4 "always"
一直 yi4zhi2 consistently
一向 yi2xiang4 "always (habitual)" (already present)
一直以来 yi4zhi2yi3lai2 "all along"

degree constructions
稍微 shao1wei1 slightly
有点儿 you3dian3r "a bit"
一点点 yi1dian3dian3 "a tiny bit"
非常 fei1chang2 very
十分 shi2fen1 "very, extremely"
极其 ji2qi2 exceedingly
比较 bi3jiao4 relatively
尤其 you2qi2 especially
更 geng4 more
更加 geng4jia1 "even more"
最 zui4 "the most"
部分地 bu4fen4de partly
微妙地 wei1miao4de subtly
稍稍 shao1shao1 "slightly, just a little"
略微 lüèwei1 "a bit, slightly"
太 tai4 "too, overly"
挺 ting3 "quite, pretty"
相当 xiang1dang1 "quite, considerably"
过于 guo4yu2 "too much"
过分 guo4fen4 "excessively"
异常 yi4chang2 "exceptionally, unusually"
极了 ji2le "extremely"
有些 you3xie1 "somewhat"
完全 wan2quan2 "completely, entirely"
全部 quan2bu4 "entirely, all of"
彻底 che4di3 "thoroughly"
尽 jin4 "to the fullest extent"
大多 da4duo1 "mostly, for the most part"
多半 duo1ban4 "mostly, most likely, probably"
大部分地 da4bu4fen4de "mostly, in large part"

limiting, quantifying, approximation
仅 jin3 "only"
只 zhi3 "only"
光 guang1 "only/merely"
不过 bu2guo4 "only, no more than"
至多 zhi4duo1 "at most"
最多 zui4duo1 "most, at most"
至少 zhi4shao3 "at least"
起 qi3 "starting from" (e.g. 起价)
左右 zuo3you4 "around"

comparative, gradual improvement degree
好点了 hao3dian3 le "a little better"
好多了 hao3duo1 le "much better"
好一些了 hao3yi1xie1 le "somewhat better"
好些了 hao3xie1 le "quite better"
稍微 shao1wei1 "slightly"
略略 lüe4lüe4 "just a bit"
有点 you3dian3 "somewhat"
一点儿 yi1dian3r "a little"
渐渐 jian4jian4 "gradually"
越来越 yue4lai2yue4 "more and more"
稍 shao1 "slightly"

aspectual gradation
逐渐 zhu2jian4 gradually
一点一点 yi4dian3yi4dian3 "little by little"
越来越 yue4lai2yue4 "more and more"
日益 ri4yi4 "increasingly"
突然 tu1ran2 suddenly
一下子 yi1xia4zi "all at once"

possibility, certainty
也许 ye3xu3 maybe
可能 ke3neng2 "possible, probably"
应该 ying1gai1 should
必然 bi4ran2 inevitably
肯定 ken3ding4 "definitely, certainly"
一定 yi2ding4 certainly, must
大概 da4gai4 "probably, approximately"
似乎 si4hu1 "it seems"
明显地 ming2xian3de obviously
隐约 yin3yue1 "faintly, vaguely"
从不 cong2bu4 never
不可能 bu4ke3neng2 impossible
绝不 jue2bu4 "absolutely not"
或许 huo4xu3 maybe
未必 wei4bi4 "not necessarily"
不一定 bu4yi2ding4 "not necessarily"

contrast, concession, turn of thought
但是 dan4shi4 but
不过 bu2guo4 however
然而 ran2er2 nevertheless
虽然 sui1ran2 although
尽管 jin3guan3 "even though"
即使 ji2shi3 "even if"
反而 fan3er2 "on the contrary"
却 que4 "yet, however"

cause, reason, purpose
因为 yin1wei4 because
由于 you2yu2 "due to"
因此 yin1ci3 therefore
所以 suo3yi3 so
为了 wei4le "in order to"
导致 dao3zhi4 "to lead to"
结果 jie2guo3 "as a result"

focus, emphasis, restriction
只是 zhi3shi4 "only, just"
仅仅 jin3jin3 "merely, just"
特别 te4bie2 especially
主要 zhu3yao4 mainly
甚至 shen4zhi4 even
连 lian2 even
只要 zhi3yao4 "as long as"
就 jiu4 "only, just "
才 cai2 only
唯独 wei2du2 "only, solely"

sequence, logic, ordering
首先 shou3xian1 "first of all"
然后 ran2hou4 then
接着 jie1zhe next
最后 zui4hou4 finally
于是 yu2shi4 "so, as a result"
再者 zai4zhe3 "moreover, next"

lexical scales
大小 da4xiao3 size
小 xiao3 small
中等 zhong1deng3 medium
大 da4 large
数量 shu4liang4 amount
少 shao3 few
一些 yi1xie1 some
多 duo1 many
温度 wen1du4 temperature
冷 leng3 cold
凉 liang2 cool
温 wen1 warm
热 re4 hot
速度 su4du4 speed
慢 man4 slow
普通 pu3tong1 "ordinary, average"
快 kuai4 fast
强度 qiang2du4 strength
弱 ruo4 weak
一般 yi4ban1 average
强 qiang2 strong
重要性 zhong4yao4xing4 importance
不重要 bu2zhong4yao4 unimportant
重要 zhong4yao4 important
非常重要 fei1chang2zhong4yao4 "very important"