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多
duō
1.
many
2.
much
3.
often
4.
a lot of
5.
numerous
6.
more
7.
in excess
8.
how (to what extent)
9.
multi-
10.
Taiwan pr. <duó> when it means "how"
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
基多
Jīduō
Quito, capital of Ecuador
增多
zēngduō
to increase
士多
shìduō
(dialect) store (loanword)
多久
duōjiǔ
how long?
多事
duōshì
meddlesome
多佛
Duōfó
Dover
多个
duōge
many
多伦
Duōlún
Duolun county in Xilin Gol league [[錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟<Xīlínguōlèméng>]], Inner Mongolia
多值
duōzhí
multivalued (math.)
多元
duōyuán
poly-
多利
Duōlì
Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
多助
duōzhù
receiving much help (from outside)
多半
duōbàn
most
多咱
duōzan
(dialect) when?
多哈
Duōhā
Doha, capital of Qatar
多哥
Duōgē
Togo, West Africa
多嘴
duōzuǐ
talkative
多国
duōguó
multinational
多报
duōbào
to overstate
多士
duōshì
toast (loanword)
Example Sentences (10)
别看报纸了，医生说你要多休息。
Bié kàn bàozhǐ le,yīshēng shuō nǐ yào duō xiūxi.
Stop reading the newspaper; the doctor said you need more rest.
Text 2
那份调查还要多长时间才能做完？
Nà fèn diàochá hái yào duō cháng shíjiān cáinéng zuò wán?
How much longer will it take to finish that survey?
Text 2
妈妈，你看那只狗多可爱，眼睛大大的，嘴小小的，我们买回去吧。
Māma, nǐ kàn nà zhī gǒu duō kě'ài, yǎnjing dà dà de, zuǐ xiǎo xiǎo de, wǒmen mǎi huíqù ba.
Mom, look how cute that dog is. Its eyes are big and its mouth is small. Let's buy it and take it home.
Text 2
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
这个笔记本电脑我去年买的时候要五千块左右，现在便宜多了。
Zhège bǐjìběn diànnǎo wǒ qùnián mǎi de shíhou yào wǔ qiān kuài zuǒyòu, xiànzài piányi duō le.
When I bought this laptop last year, it cost around five thousand yuan. It's much cheaper now.
Text 4
桌子上放着很多饮料，你喝什么？
Zhuōzi shàng fàngzhe hěn duō yǐnliào, nǐ hē shénme?
There are many drinks on the table. What do you want to drink?
Text 4
很多人都觉得现在人和人的关系冷冷的，
Hěn duō rén dōu juéde xiànzài rén hé rén de guānxi lěng lěng de,
Many people feel that relationships between people nowadays are cold,
Text 4
你终于回来了！从哪儿买回来了这么多东西啊？
Nǐ zhōngyú huílái le! Cóng nǎr mǎi huílái le zhème duō dōngxi a?
You're finally back! Where did you buy so many things?
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 60
- Word Frequency Rank
- 113 of 84,292