HSK Guide

多么多麼 duōme — how …! (exclamatory)

duōme (first tone, high and level)duo1me

Traditional: 多麼

how …! (exclamatory)

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)adverb
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Meanings

  1. how …! (exclamatory)

    Raises an adjective into an exclamation: 多么安静 how quiet. It belongs only to exclamations and usually ends with 啊. It is not the 多 that asks questions — "how far", "how much" is 多 or 多少.

    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

Example sentences

  • 这个地方多么安静啊！這個地方多麼安靜啊！Zhège (fourth tone, falling) dìfang (fourth tone, falling) duōme (first tone, high and level) ānjìng (first tone, high and level) a! (neutral tone)···

    How quiet this place is!

  • 你看，那些花多么好看！你看，那些花多麼好看！Nǐ (third tone, dipping) kàn, (fourth tone, falling) nàxiē (fourth tone, falling) huā (first tone, high and level) duōme (first tone, high and level) hǎokàn! (third tone, dipping)···

    Look — how beautiful those flowers are!

Common mistakes

  • Not quite这个东西多么钱？

    Correct这个东西多少钱？

    多么 exclaims, it never asks. A question about quantity takes 多少; a question about degree takes 多 — 你多大？ 这条路有多长？

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