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多少

duō shǎo

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

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

What 多少 means

1. number; amount
2. somewhat

Other readings

多少 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• duō shaohow much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

The characters in 多少

• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 少shǎofew; less; to lack

Example sentences

• 多少钱？
  How much is it?
• 多少人？
  How many people?
• 这个多少？
  How much is it?
• 他要多少?
  How many does he want?
• 还要多少？
  How much more?
• 多少苹果？
  How many apples are there?

Words starting with 多少

• 多少有些duō shǎo yǒu xiēsomewhat; more or less

Words containing 多少

• 也好不了多少yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎohardly any better; just as bad

Where 多少 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Question Words and Demonstratives (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read duō shǎo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.