(duō) - many, much, more in Mandarin

duō

Traditional: 多

HSK 1

#105 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

many, much, more

Word origin

多 is an associative compound traditionally read as two 夕 (evening, meat) elements stacked, suggesting an accumulation, hence 'many, much, more'.

Origin: ideograph
Root: two 夕 (evening/meat) elements stacked, suggesting plenty

Stroke order

多

Examples

。

There are many people here.

。

You drank too much.

？

How much time do I have?

业yè。

There is really a lot of homework today.

。

Please eat a little more.

多 (duō) means many, much, more. It is used as a adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 多.

多少duōshaohow many, how much 很多hěn duōa lot, many, much 多久duō jiǔhow long (time)差不多chà bu duōabout the same, almost, roughly 许多xǔ duōmany, a lot of 好多hǎo duōa lot of, many, much 多么duō mehow, what, so 多谢duō xièmany thanks, thanks a lot 多年duō niánmany years

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This word is part of lesson 3.