或多或少 huò duō huò shǎo — more or less

Meanings

1. 1

   more or less

   more or less

   adverb

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
• 少

  shǎo (third tone, dipping) shào (fourth tone, falling)

  few, little; to be short of, to be missing; (shào) young

  4 strokesRadical 小

Words containing 多

• 多duō (first tone, high and level)many, much, a lot
• 多少duōshao (first tone, high and level)how many, how much
• 许多/許多xǔ (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 好多hǎo (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 多么/多麼duōme (first tone, high and level)how …! (exclamatory)
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 多久duō (first tone, high and level) jiǔ (third tone, dipping)(of time) how long?
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 多数/多數duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)majority; most
• 多次duō (first tone, high and level) cì (fourth tone, falling)many times
• 众多/眾多zhòng (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level)numerous
• 多云/多雲duō (first tone, high and level) yún (second tone, rising)cloudy (meteorology)
• 大多dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level)for the most part
• 多年来/多年來duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising) lái (second tone, rising)for the past many years
• 多余/多餘duō (first tone, high and level) yú (second tone, rising)superfluous
• 多种/多種duō (first tone, high and level) zhǒng (third tone, dipping)many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
• 绝大多数/絕大多數jué (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)the vast majority

Words containing 少

• 少shǎo (third tone, dipping)few, little, not much
• 至少zhì (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)at least
• 多少duōshao (first tone, high and level)how many, how much
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 减少/減少jiǎn (third tone, dipping) shǎo (third tone, dipping)to lessen
• 少年shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)early youth
• 少女shào (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping)girl
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 缺少quē (first tone, high and level) shǎo (third tone, dipping)lack
• 少数/少數shǎo (third tone, dipping) shù (fourth tone, falling)small number
• 少见/少見shǎo (third tone, dipping) jiàn (fourth tone, falling)rare; seldom seen
• 少量shǎo (third tone, dipping) liàng (fourth tone, falling)a smidgen
• 少有shǎo (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)rare
• 必不可少bì (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) kě (third tone, dipping) shǎo (third tone, dipping)absolutely necessary
• 少不了shǎo (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) liǎo (third tone, dipping)cannot do without
• 少儿/少兒shào (fourth tone, falling) ér (second tone, rising)child
• 稀少xī (first tone, high and level) shǎo (third tone, dipping)sparse