<p>From the Taiwanese Ministry of Education dictionary <a href="http://dict.concised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/jbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=SX_XuY&amp;o=e0&amp;sec=sec1&amp;op=v&amp;view=0-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">教育部國語辭典簡編本</a></p>
<p>的 has 5 usages:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Particle after adjective.</p>
<p>e.g. 美麗 (beautiful) <strong>的</strong> 風景 (scenary)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Possessive pronoun, placed after a noun or pronoun.</p>
<p>e.g. 我 (my) <strong>的</strong> 書 (book)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Particle after a modifier phrase or clause.</p>
<p>e.g. 他寄來 (which he had sent) <strong>的</strong> 信 (The letter)，我已經在昨天收到了 (I received yesterday)。</p>
</li>
<li><p>Placed after adverb. Same as &quot;地&quot;.</p>
<p>e.g. 慢慢 (slowly) <strong>的</strong> 走 (walk)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Placed after sentence, to show confidence or strengthen the tone.</p>
<p>e.g. 你這樣做是不可以 (you should not be doing this) <strong>的</strong>！</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>In Chinese grammar, 1. and 3. forms the <strong>Modifier-Head</strong> construct, in that an adjective-acting piece of text is used to describe a noun-acting word or phrase.</p>
<p>And 4. forms the <strong>Adverbial-Head</strong> construct, in that an adverb-acting word or phrase is used to describe a verb-acting word or phrase.</p>

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Daniel Cheung
<p>"我真要走了" and "我真的要走了" are both good expressions. They are in fact no different at all. "真" and "真的" are both adverbs here.  </p>

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also see Q regarding whether 似的 or 似地, http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/19376/why-does-this-phrase-use-%E4%BC%BC%E7%9A%84-instead-of-%E4%BC%BC%E5%9C%B0
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<p>I came across the sentence: "我真的要走了".</p>

<p>I am wondering why it has the 的. I didn't know 真 needed a 的 to be an adverb, or that it was even ok. </p>

<p>Is it equally correct to say "我真要走了"? Or is "我真的要走了" better?</p>

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Use of 真的 as adverb: are 我真要走了 and 我真的要走了 equally correct?
# Use of 真的 as adverb: are 我真要走了 and 我真的要走了 equally correct?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-24)

I came across the sentence: "我真的要走了".

I am wondering why it has the 的. I didn't know 真 needed a 的 to be an adverb, or that it was even ok.

Is it equally correct to say "我真要走了"? Or is "我真的要走了" better?

**Tags:** grammar, adverbs


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-02-24. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

"我真要走了" and "我真的要走了" are both good expressions. They are in fact no different at all. "真" and "真的" are both adverbs here.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: also see Q regarding whether 似的 or 似地, http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/19376/why-does-this-phrase-use-%E4%BC%BC%E7%9A%84-instead-of-%E4%BC%BC%E5%9C%B0  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-15. Score: 0

From the Taiwanese Ministry of Education dictionary [教育部國語辭典簡編本](http://dict.concised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/jbdic/gsweb.cgi?ccd=SX_XuY&o=e0&sec=sec1&op=v&view=0-1)

的 has 5 usages:

1. Particle after adjective.

   e.g. 美麗 (beautiful) **的** 風景 (scenary)
2. Possessive pronoun, placed after a noun or pronoun.

   e.g. 我 (my) **的** 書 (book)
3. Particle after a modifier phrase or clause.

   e.g. 他寄來 (which he had sent) **的** 信 (The letter)，我已經在昨天收到了 (I received yesterday)。
4. Placed after adverb. Same as "地".

   e.g. 慢慢 (slowly) **的** 走 (walk)
5. Placed after sentence, to show confidence or strengthen the tone.

   e.g. 你這樣做是不可以 (you should not be doing this) **的**！

In Chinese grammar, 1. and 3. forms the **Modifier-Head** construct, in that an adjective-acting piece of text is used to describe a noun-acting word or phrase.

And 4. forms the **Adverbial-Head** construct, in that an adverb-acting word or phrase is used to describe a verb-acting word or phrase.


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