多 (duō): many, much, more, a lot of, too many, in excess, (after a numeral) ... odd
多 (duō) is a Chinese character meaning “many.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 夕 (structural) and 夕 (structural). It ranks #61 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 多 two nights 夕, suggesting many. Its radical form 夕 (evening) appears in many related characters such as 外 (wài, outside), 夜 (yè, night), 够 (gòu, enough (sufficient)).
Definitions
- many
- much
- more
- a lot of
- too many
- in excess
- (after a numeral) ... odd
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTwo nights 夕, suggesting many
Decomposition: ⿱夕夕 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 多
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 多少adjective | duō shǎo | number | 1 |
| 差不多adjective/adverb | chà bu duō | almost | 3 |
| 多么adverb | duō me | how (wonderful etc) | 4 |
| 许多numeral | xǔ duō | many | 4 |
| 好多numeral | hǎo duō | many | 3 |
| 多亏verb | duō kuī | thanks to | 6 |
| 多数noun | duō shù | majority | 4 |
| 多余verb/adjective | duō yú | superfluous | 6 |
| 众多adjective | zhòng duō | numerous | 5 |
| 大多adverb | dà duō | for the most part | 5 |
| 多才多艺phrase | duō cái duō yì | multitalented | 6 |
| 诸多adjective | zhū duō | (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of | 6 |
| 丰富多彩phrase | fēng fù duō cǎi | richly colorful | 5 |
| 多媒体noun | duō méi tǐ | multimedia | 6 |
| 多样adjective | duō yàng | diverse | 4 |
| 多元adjective | duō yuán | poly- | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多久adverb | duō jiǔ | (of time) how long? |
| 多谢interjection | duō xiè | many thanks |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 维多利亚 | wéi duō lì yà | (name) Victoria |
| 多年noun | duō nián | many years |
| 多次adverb | duō cì | many times |
| 多多adverb | duō duō | many |
| 多管闲事phrase | duō guǎn xián shì | meddling in other people's business |
| 多半adverb | duō bàn | most |
| 波多黎各proper-noun | bō duō lí gè | Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States |
| 萨尔瓦多 | sà ěr wǎ duō | El Salvador |
| 绝大多数 | jué dà duō shù | the vast majority |
| 科罗拉多 | kē luó lā duō | Colorado |
| 多疑adjective | duō yí | mistrustful |
| 多米尼克 | duō mǐ ní kè | Dominica (Commonwealth of Dominica) |
多 appears in 117 compound words: 72 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 多 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (63)
Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
Showing 12 of 63 idioms containing 多.
Example Sentences
这个城市有很多博物馆，每个周末都可以去不同的地方参观。
Zhè gè chéngshì yǒu hěn duō bówùguǎn, měi gè zhōumò dōu kěyǐ qù bùtóng de dìfang cānguān.
This city has many museums, and every weekend you can visit different places.
机器人春晚PK赛:热闹之余,多想三个问题 | 视频
jī qì rén chūn wǎn sài rè nào zhī yú , duō xiǎng sān gě wèn tí shì pín
Robot Spring Festival PK Match: Three Questions to Ask While You're Watching | VIDEO
忻州市房地产市场多项指标居全省首位
忻 zhōu shì fáng dì chǎn shì chǎng duō xiàng zhǐ biāo jū quán shěng shǒu wèi
Xinzhou real estate market tops the province in a number of indicators
这场新春之约,让更多家庭感受到浓浓暖意
zhè chǎng xīn chūn zhī yāo , ràng gēng duō jiā tíng gǎn shòu dào nóng nóng nuǎn yì
This New Year's date will make more families feel the warmth.
川AG大军注意!雅西高速成都往西昌方向多路段车多缓..
chuān dà jūn zhù yì ! yǎ xī gāo sù chéng dū wǎng xī chāng fāng xiàng duō lù duàn chē duō huǎn . .
Sichuan AG army attention! Yaxi Expressway, Chengdu to Xichang direction of many sections of the traffic slow ...
...春晚与沈腾马丽同框的机器人 在全国100多个地方..
. . . chūn wǎn yú 沈 téng mǎ lí tóng kuàng de jī qì rén zài quán guó duō gě dì fāng . .
... The robot that shared the frame with Shen Teng and Ma Li at the Spring Festival Gala is in more than 100 places across the country...
这个班有多少男生？
Zhège bān yǒu duōshao nánshēng?
How many boys are in this class?
大概会花多少时间？
Dàgài huì huā duōshao shíjiān?
About how long will it take?
你会在这里逗留多久？
Nǐ huì zài zhèlǐ dòuliú duōjiǔ?
How long will you stay here?
你来上海多少时间了？
Nǐ lái Shànghǎi duōshao shíjiān le?
For how long are you in Shanghai?
Character Family
夕 Radical Family — Characters sharing the evening radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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