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多 duō — many, much, a lot

duō (first tone, high and level)duo1

many, much, a lot

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 1· Three-band, nine-level standardadjectiveadverb
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Meanings

  1. many, much, a lot

    Large in quantity. Before a noun it hardly ever stands alone — Chinese says 很多书 rather than 多书, because a bare adjective cannot modify a noun directly.

    adjective

  2. how (asking a measurement, in 多大, 多少)

    adverb

    多 + adjective asks for a measurement: 多大 how old / how big, 多少 how much.

Character breakdown

  • 多
    duō (first tone, high and level)

    many, much; more; how (in questions of degree: 多大, 多远)

    6 strokes⿱夕夕Radical 夕

Example sentences

  • 这个商店的东西很多。這個商店的東西很多。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) shāngdiàn (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) dōngxi (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō. (first tone, high and level)···

    This shop has a lot of stock.

  • 你的儿子多大了？你的兒子多大了？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) érzi (second tone, rising) duō (first tone, high and level) dà (fourth tone, falling) le? (neutral tone)···

    How old is your son now?

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