多
Meaning
- many; much; more; a lot of
- too many; in excess
- (after a numeral) ... odd
Example sentence
你有多高？
How tall are you?
The character 多
多 is 夕, an evening, drawn twice — one night piling on another. Much or many: 很多, 多少 how many, 多久 how long, 差不多 nearly. Before a verb it asks for more of it: 多吃点儿.
Words containing 多
- 多少 duō shao how much?; how many?
- 差不多 chà bu duō almost
- 大多数 dà duō shù (great) majority
- 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long?
- 多么 duō me how (wonderful etc)
- 多数 duō shù majority; most
- 多云 duō yún (meteorology) cloudy
- 好多 hǎo duō many
- 许多 xǔ duō many
- 大多 dà duō for the most part
- 多次 duō cì many times
- 多年 duō nián many years
- 多样 duō yàng diverse
- 多种 duō zhǒng many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-