22.3 Forming Comparative Adverbs with the Suffix 啲 di1 (‘more’)

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We can put the suffix 啲 di1 (‘more’) after an adverb to form a comparative adverb.

AdverbComparative Adverb
早
zou2
early		早啲
zou2 di1
earlier
晏
aan3
late		晏啲
aan3 di1
later (on the same day)
遲
ci4
late		遲啲
ci4 di1
later

We can also put 啲 di1 after an adjective to form a comparative adjective. We will learn more about this in later lessons.