HSK 1 · Adjectives

多 duō “many” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 多 means

  1. many, much
  2. more
  3. a lot of
  4. too many
  5. in excess
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (after a numeral) … odd
  • how (to what extent)
  • (bound form) multi-
  • poly-

How to say 多

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale多duō1st tone, high and level

多 in a sentence

  1. 我时间不多。

    Wǒ shíjiān bù duō.

    I don’t have much time.

    Sentence #813630 from Tatoeba

  2. 你想太多了。

    Nǐ xiǎng tài duō le.

    You think too much.

    Sentence #361716 from Tatoeba

  3. 你多吃苹果。

    Nǐ duō chī píngguǒ.

    Eat more apples.

    Sentence #10966791 from Tatoeba

How 多 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.

How to write 多

多 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 多

Words with 多

多少duōshǎo · how many多么duōme · how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

More words: Adjectives

好hǎo · good大dà · big小xiǎo · small少shǎo · few冷lěng · cold热rè · hot高兴gāoxìng · happy棕色zōngsè · brown

FAQs

多 (duō) means “many, much” or “more”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it duō: duō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 多 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 多 from the suggestions. Typing duo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
多 is an HSK 1 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.