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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)
很多外国人认为所有中国人都会功夫和乒乓球，其实只是喜爱这两种运动的中国人比较多。
Hěn duō wàiguórén rènwéi suǒyǒu zhōngguórén dōu huì gōngfu hé pīngpāngqiú, qíshí zhǐshì xǐ'ài zhè liǎng zhǒng yùndòng de zhōngguórén bǐjiào duō.
Many foreigners think all Chinese people can do kung fu and play table tennis, but actually it's just that more Chinese people like these two sports.
Text 5
怎么又买了这么多饼干和巧克力？难道你不减肥了？
Zěnme yòu mǎi le zhème duō bǐnggān hé qiǎokèlì? Nándào nǐ bù jiǎnféi le?
Why did you buy so many cookies and chocolate again? Aren't you dieting anymore?
Text 1
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
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
你网球打得真好，还得过那么多国际大奖！每次看你比赛，感觉你轻轻松松就赢了。
Nǐ wǎngqiú dǎ de zhēnhǎo, hái déguo nàme duō guójì dàjiǎng! Měicì kàn nǐ bǐsài, gǎnjué nǐ qīngqīngsōngsōng jiù yíng le.
You play tennis really well, and you’ve even won so many international awards! Every time I watch you play, it feels like you win easily.
Text 2
现在的大学生一遇到不明白的问题，可以马上在网上查找答案，几秒钟就把问题解决了，这比我们上学的时候方便多了。
Xiànzài de dàxuéshēng yí yùdào bù míngbái de wèntí, kěyǐ mǎshàng zài wǎngshàng cházhǎo dá'àn, jǐ miǎozhōng jiù bǎ wèntí jiějué le, zhè bǐ wǒmen shàngxué de shíhòu fāngbiàn duō le.
Nowadays, college students can immediately look up answers online when they encounter a question they don't understand and solve it in a few seconds. This is much more convenient than when we were in school.
Text 2
你最近比以前来得早多了，搬家了？
Nǐ zuìjìn bǐ yǐqián lái de zǎo duō le, bānjiā le?
You've been coming much earlier lately. Did you move?
Text 3
每一个人都希望成功，可是很多时候，在成功之前会遇到很多困难。
Měi yí gè rén dōu xīwàng chénggōng, kěshì hěn duō shíhou, zài chénggōng zhīqián huì yùdào hěn duō kùnnán.
Everyone hopes to succeed, but often, before success, people encounter many difficulties.
Text 5
筷子在中国大约已经有3000多年的历史了。
Kuàizi zài Zhōngguó dàyuē yǐjīng yǒu sān qiān duō nián de lìshǐ le.
Chopsticks have a history of over 3,000 years in China.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 60
- Word Frequency Rank
- 113 of 84,292