HSK 3 · Function Words

多么 duōme “how” in Chinese

Traditional 多麼

What 多么 means

  1. how
  2. what
  3. how (wonderful etc)
  4. what (a great idea etc)
  5. however (difficult it may be etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
  • to what extent

How to say 多么

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale多duō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own么meneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

多么 in a sentence

  1. 多么糟糕的天气啊！

    Duōme zāogāo de tiānqì a!

    What awful weather!

    Sentence #8727951 from Tatoeba

  2. 多么有趣啊！

    Duōme yǒuqù a!

    How interesting!

    Sentence #7772100 from Tatoeba

  3. 不管天气多么冷，我每天都去公园跑步。

    Bùguǎn tiānqì duōme lěng, wǒ měitiān dōu qù gōngyuán pǎobù.

    No matter how cold it is, I go running in the park every day.

    Sentence #10501705 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 多么 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 多 (duō) with each of its parts in a different colour
多duōmany; much; more; a lot of
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 夕evening · xī

Memory aidTwo 夕 shapes stacked up: many.

The character 么 (me) with each of its parts in a different colour
么mesuffix, used to form interrogative 什么
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 厶private · sī

How to write 多么

多 6 strokes · 么 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

多么 (duōme) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 多么 (duōme). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 多么

Words with 多

多duō · many多少duōshǎo · how many好多hǎoduō · a lot of许多xǔduō · many差不多chàbuduō · almost多余duōyú · superfluous多亏duōkuī · thanks to多元化duōyuánhuà · diversification见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced

Words with 么

什么shénme · what怎么zěnme · how怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it那么nàme · like that这么zhème · so much为什么wèishénme · why怎么办zěnmebàn · what should I do?

More words: Particles & Connectors

不但búdàn · not only而且érqiě · moreover除了chúle · besides地dì · earth跟gēn · to follow关于guānyú · about还是háishi · or还huán · to return

FAQs

多么 (duōme) means “how” or “what”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it duōme: duō with a 1st tone, then me with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 多么 is written 多麼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duome with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 多么 from the suggestions. Typing duome into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
多么 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.