Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.(as opposed to‘few’)many; much; more; a lot of
他平时事情多。
He usually has a lot of things.
他买的东西过多了。
He bought too many things.
林子里的蘑菇多极了。
There are thousands of mushrooms in the forest.
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- 2
adj.be in excess, or have too many or too much
班上多了三个新同学。
There are three more new students in the class.
你多给了我两个。
You gave me two more.
他多喝了一点。
He drank a little more.
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- 3
num.[used after a number] more; over; odd; plus
这有三公斤多。
This weighs three kilograms more.
他给二十多位病人做了手术。
He operated on more than twenty patients.
全书两千多页。
The book has more than 2,000 pages.
- 4
adv.[used in interrogative sentences] to what extent
多厚？
How thick?
多高？
How tall?
多重？
How heavy?
- 5
adv.[used in exclamations to express a great extent]
这里多好！
How great it is here!
多美的声音啊！
What a beautiful voice!
多可爱的小猫啊！
What a lovely cat!
- 6
adv.[to an unspecified extent]
火车开出不多远就停下了。
The train hadn't been moving long before it stopped.
我帮不了多大的忙。
I won't be much help.
给我一根绳子，多长都行。
Give me a piece of rope, any length will do.
- 7
adj.excessive; overly
多嘴
shoot off one's mouth
- 8
adj.much more; much less; far more; far less
重要得多
much more important
他比我强多了。
He is far more capable than I am.
难得多
much more difficult
Words and phrases with 多
- 多发性[word]multiple
- 多余[word]be surplus; unnecessary
- 多形[word]multiform
- 多管[word]multibarrel
- 多谢[word]thanks a lot
- 多久[word]how long
- 多事[word]do what is unnecessary or superfluous; be meddlesome
- 多多[word]a great deal; a large quantity
- 多少[word]amount; a little
- 多愁善感[idiom]be excessively sentimental
- 多种多样[idiom]many and various
- 多多少少[idiom]in some degree
- 多才多艺[idiom]versatile
- 多姿多彩[idiom]very charming and colourful
- 多管闲事[idiom]poke one's nose into somebody's affairs
- 多快好省[idiom]more, faster, better and cheaper
- 多多益善[idiom]the more, the better
- 多此一举[idiom]take unnecessary action
Word usage
- Note"多" is used mostly to modify adjectives in positive senses such as "大" " 高" "长" "远" "粗" "宽" and "厚", etc.