A Study of the Adverb“Jindao” in Dazhou Dialect

The Dazhou dialect is a branch of official languages in Southwest China. Its adverb “jindao” is different from “always” in Mandarin Chinese in both meaning and usage. This word means the continuation of an action or no change of a state. As a lexical means expressing continuation, it has strong subjectivity and defied anticipation. And it expresses the speaker’s complaints, dissatisfaction and impatience. It implied the speakers’ subjective evaluation on others’ action or state.