多么/多麼 duōme — how …! (exclamatory)

Meanings

1. 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？

Similar words

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
• 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