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Meaning of 多
Pinyin
duō
Radical
夕
Strokes
6
Definition
many / much / a lot of / numerous / multi-
Usage
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多
[duō]
**Adjective**
1. Many, much; a large quantity. Opposite of "少" (few), "寡" (scarce).
例: 人多。Years are many. Many poses. Many levels. Many angles. Many difficulties. More good deeds lead to more rewards. Great injustices will lead to self-destruction.
2. More than one.
例: Many years produce grass. Many styles. Many synonyms. Many theories.
3. Surplus, larger than a certain number.
例: Surplus. More than a year.
4. Excessive, unnecessary.
例: Too talkative. Too ambitious. Excessive actions.
5. A large degree of difference.
例: Much better.
6. Indicates surprise or admiration.
例: So good.
7. Indicates a certain degree.
例: Has much effort to exert.
8. Indicates questioning.
例: How much is there? How long?
9. A surname.
**Additional Meanings**
1. Excessive, unnecessary.
例: This character has one extra dot; many causes (most likely); much time (a long time); much effort (mostly); mostly certain (probably).
2. Heavy; opposite of "轻" (light).
例: Scholars also consider it heavy.
3. Praiseworthy, virtuous.
例: Very knowledgeable.
4. Used after numerals to represent the remainder or partial amount below a whole number.
例: Two months and more; three feet wide; over five years.
5. The degree of difference is large.
例: The patient is doing much better today; much time passed (a long time).
6. To praise or admire.
例: This is indeed a trivial matter, not worth mentioning.
7. A surname.
**Adverb**
1. How; indicates a degree of amazement or questioning.
例: How good! How tall! Raising a child is so difficult!
2. Used in interrogative sentences to ask about the degree or quantity.
例: How much per pound? How early?
3. Used in exclamatory sentences to express a high degree.
例: Look how well they did!
4. Vague reference to a certain degree.
5. Only, merely.
例: What a pity, I truly regret, having caused trouble for Qin.
6. Mostly.
例: Using ancient methods for foraging herbs usually occurs in the second and eighth months, which may not be appropriate.
Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤, successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
Madoi or Maduo county (Tibetan: rma stod rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
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Input Method for 多
Pinyin
duo1
Wubi
qqu
Cangjie
nini
Zhengma
rsrs
Four Corner
27207
Unicode
U+591a
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category