If there is more than one adverbial modifier in a sentence, we should put them in the following order:
1) the adverbial modifier denoting purpose or reason. It answers the question: why?; for what purpose?
2) the adverbial modifier denoting time. It answers the question when?
3) the adverbial modifier denoting place. It answers the question where?
4) the adverbial modifier denoting quantity or degree. It answers the question how much?
5) the adverbial modifier denoting the type of action. It answers the question how?
Examples
他为表谢意昨天在电视台又诚挚地为她点了一首歌
To express his gratitude, he ordered a song for her on TV yesterday
tā wèi biǎo xièyì zuótiān zài diànshìtái yòu chéngzhì de wèi tā diǎn le yì shǒu gē
许多教师今天早上在会议室里都热情地同他交谈
Many teachers were enthusiastic to talk to him in the conference room this morning
xǔduō jiàoshī jīntiān zǎoshang zài huìyìshì lǐ dōu rèqíng de tóng tā jiāotán
他昨天在教室里认真地写完了作业
Yesterday he diligently finished his homework in the classroom
tā zuótiān zài jiàoshì lǐ rènzhēn de xiěwán le zuòyè
Pay attention
The order of adverbial modifiers is not strict and is not always maintained. Sometimes the speaker may swap adverbs to modify a certain word.
In colloquial speech, we don’t usually use long sentences containing many adverbial modifiers. Short sentences are used more often.