duō
Radical 36 · 6 strokes

many; much; more; a lot of

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MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    many; much; more; a lot of

    数量大;不少shùliàng dà;búshǎo

    • He has a lot of money.

    • There are many interesting books in the library.

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    • He ran as fast as he possibly could.

    • He ran as fast as he possibly could.

    • There isn't much traffic on this road.

    • Doing this will, for one thing, help you meet more Chinese friends, and for another, give your spoken language skills a workout.

    • All that work has taken up every bit of my time.

  2. adverb

    how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2])

    表示数量大或次数频繁biǎoshì shùliàng dà huò cìshù pínfán

    • How old are you?

    • How tall is this mountain?

  3. adverb

    too many; in excess

    数量很大;超过正常或适当的程度shùliàng hěn dà;chāoguò zhèngcháng huò shìdàng de chéngdù

    • You've eaten too much.

    • I bought one too many of this shirt.

  4. numeral

    (after a numeral) ... odd

    数字后面表示比那个数字多一些shùzì hòumiàn biǎoshì bǐ nàge shùzì duō yīxiē

    • He has over twenty books.

    • She has been studying Chinese for more than three years now.

  5. adjective

    (bound form) multi-; poly-

    很多个;超过一个hěnduō gè;chāoguò yī gè

    • A multifunctional smartphone is very convenient.

    • This platform supports multilingual interfaces.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Two evening periods stacked together symbolize abundance and plenty.

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