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多

duō

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

多 (duō) means "many; much". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 多 means

1. many; much; more; a lot of
2. too many; in excess
3. (after a numeral) ... odd
4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
5. bound formmulti-; poly-

How 多 is used in grammar

多 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Large Numbers: 千、万、亿 and Approximate Numbers (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 1, pronouns (疑问代词); level 2, adverbs (程度副词); level 2, numerals; level 6, quasi-prefixes.

Example sentences

• 多!
  A lot!
• 多谢！
  Duōxiè!
  Thank you very much!
• 很多!
  That's a lot!
• 它多贵?
  How much is it?
• 多少钱？
  How much is it?
• 你多高？
  How tall are you?

Words starting with 多

• 多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
• 多么duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc)
• 多年duō niánmany years; for many years; longstanding
• 多余duō yúsuperfluous; unnecessary; surplus
• 多亏duō kuīthanks to; luckily
• 多元化duō yuán huàdiversification; pluralism; to diversify
• 多次duō cìmany times; repeatedly
• 多种duō zhǒngmany kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
• 多数duō shùmajority; most
• 多久duō jiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
• 多多duō duōmany; much; a lot
• 多半duō bànmost; mostly; most likely
• 多媒体duō méi tǐmultimedia
• 多谢duō xièmany thanks; thanks a lot
• 多伦多Duō lún duōToronto, capital of Ontario, Canada
• 多情duō qíngaffectionate; passionate; emotional
• 多方duō fāngin many ways; from all sides
• 多方面duō fāng miànmany-sided; in many aspects
• 多样duō yàngdiverse; diversity; manifold
• 多重duō chóngmulti- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
• 多时duō shílong time
• 多于duō yúmore than; greater than
• 多用duō yòngmultipurpose; having several uses
• 多样化duō yàng huàdiversification; to diversify

Words containing 多

• 许多xǔ duōmany; a lot of; much
• 差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly; more or less
• 好多hǎo duōmany; quite a lot; much better
• 见多识广jiàn duō shí guǎng(idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
• 最多zuì duōat most; maximum; greatest (amount)
• 大多数dà duō shù(great) majority
• 大多dà duōfor the most part; many; most
• 众多zhòng duōnumerous
• 过多guò duōtoo many; excessive
• 绝大多数jué dà duō shùthe vast majority
• 诸多zhū duō(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
• 增多zēng duōto increase; to grow in number
• 没多久méi duō jiǔbefore long; soon after
• 顶多dǐng duōat most; at best
• 贝多芬Bèi duō fēnLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer
• 居多jū duōto be in the majority
• 丰富多彩fēng fù duō cǎirichly colorful
• 繁多fán duōmany and varied; of many different kinds
• 或多或少huò duō huò shǎomore or less
• 维多利亚Wéi duō lì yà(name) Victoria; (place name) Victoria…
• 为数不多wéi shù bù duōnot many; only a few
• 至多zhì duōup to the maximum; upper limit; at most
• 几多jǐ duō(dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc)
• 不可多得bù kě duō déhard to come by; rare

Characters that look like 多

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 务wùaffair; business; matter
• 条tiáostrip; item; article
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 岁suìclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
• 齐qíneat; even; level with
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age

Sounds the same

Read duō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哆used in 哆嗦
• 掇to pick up; to collect; to gather up
• 咄(old) (interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!; Taiwan pr. duò
• 裰to mend clothes
• 㙍(used in place names)
• 剟to prick; to cut blocks, to engrave
• 嚉old variant of 咄

Where 多 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Feelings and Adjectives (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read duō correctly.
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