多少 duōshao — 询问数量

义项

1. 1

   询问数量

   Asks about quantity with no upper limit in mind. 几 is preferred when the expected answer is small (under about ten) and always keeps its measure word; 多少 can drop the measure word entirely.

   pronoun
2. 2

   表示不定的数量

   numeral

字形拆解

• 多

  duō (first tone, high and level)

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

  6 画⿱夕夕部首 夕
• 少

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

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

  4 画部首 小

例句

• 这个多少钱？/這個多少錢？Zhège (fourth tone, falling) duōshao (first tone, high and level) qián? (second tone, rising)···

  How much is this?

• 你们学校有多少学生？/你們學校有多少學生？Nǐmen (third tone, dipping) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) duōshao (first tone, high and level) xuésheng? (second tone, rising)···

  How many students are there at your school?

常见错误

• 不太对多少个钱？

  正确多少钱？

  多少 goes straight onto the noun with no measure word, and 钱 never takes 个 in any case. 多少钱 is a fixed way to ask a price.

近义词

含“多”的词

• 多duō (first tone, high and level)形容词，数量大
• 许多/許多xǔ (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)相差不多，很接近
• 好多hǎo (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 多么/多麼duōme (first tone, high and level)副词，用在感叹句里，表示程度很高
• 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

含“少”的词

• 少shǎo (third tone, dipping)形容词，数量小
• 至少zhì (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)at least
• 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
• 或多或少huò (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) huò (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)more or less
• 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