(hěn duō) - a lot, many, much in Mandarin
hěnduōTraditional: 很多
Translation
a lot, many, much
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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
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There are a lot of people here.
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I learned a lot of things.
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Thank you very much.
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There are many books in the library.
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He knows many languages.
很多 (hěn duō) means a lot, many, much. It is used as a other in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Grammar articles
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Mandarin Causatives: 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng)
Although in Mandarin: 虽然…还是, 不过 and 还是
The Mandarin Particle 着 (zhe): States That Continue
There Is in Mandarin: 有, 来了一个人, 出现 and 发生
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管
Mandarin Noun Suffixes 子, 家 and 员: Things, Experts and Members
Mandarin 所 (suǒ): 所有, 所谓, 所 + Verb and 为...所
为了 (In Order To) in Mandarin: Purpose Clauses
Mandarin Suffixes 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): -ness and -ise
一点儿也不 (yìdiǎnr yě bù): Not at All in Mandarin
The Mandarin Suffix 者 (zhě): 作者, 读者, 记者
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 三分之一 and 总之
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