(hěn duō) - a lot, many, much in Mandarin
hěnduōTraditional: 很多
Translation
a lot, many, much
Word origin
很多 means 'many, a lot': 很 (hěn, 'very') plus 多 (duō, 'many'). 多 is formed from two 夕 (evening) elements stacked, conventionally read as a doubling that suggests abundance.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 很 (hěn, very) + 多 (duō: two 夕 stacked)
Stroke order
很
多
Examples
。
There are a lot of people here.
。
I learned a lot of things.
。
Thank you very much.
。
There are many books in the library.
语言。
He knows many languages.
很多 (hěn duō) means a lot, many, much. It is used as a other in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
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Stories
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Grammar articles
(12)Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something
The Mandarin Durative 着 (zhe): Marking a State That Continues (门开着, 拿着书, 笑着说)
Mandarin Existential and Presentative Sentences: 有, 出现, 发生 and Why New Things Go After the Verb
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
Mandarin Location and Existence: 在 for Where, 有 for There Is, and the 上/下/里/外 Position Words
Mandarin Possession with 有 (yǒu): To Have
Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不
The Mandarin 所 (suǒ) Family: 所有, 所谓, 所 + Verb, and the 为...所 Passive
Mandarin 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): Building Abstract Nouns and '-ise' Verbs
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的
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