duō in a sentence

Many (more - how)

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 103 sentences

多 (duō) means Many (more - how). Below are 24 of the 103 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

学校里人很

Xuéxiào li rén hěn duō.

There are many people in the school.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

这个 少钱?

Zhège duōshao qián?

How much is this?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 多少

一共 少钱?

Yígòng duōshao qián?

How much is it altogether?

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 一共

船上有很 人。

Chuán shàng yǒu hěn duō rén.

There are many people on the boat.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

你们班有 少人?

Nǐmen bān yǒu duōshao rén?

How many people are in your class?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 多少

这件衣服 少钱?

Zhè jiàn yīfu duōshao qián?

How much is this piece of clothing?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

商店里东西很

Shāngdiàn li dōngxi hěn duō.

The store has many things.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 商店

运动对身体好。

Duō yùndòng duì shēntǐ hǎo.

Getting more exercise is good for your health.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 身体

你看,天 么蓝!

Nǐ kàn, tiān duōme lán!

Look, how blue the sky is!

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 多么

From the graded readers

饭馆里人很

fàn guǎn lǐ rén hěnduō.

There were a lot of people in the restaurant.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant

我们喝了很 水。

wǒmen hē / hè le / liǎo / liào hěnduō shuǐ.

We drank a lot of water.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

菜很好吃,我吃了很

cài hěnhǎo chī, wǒ chīle hěnduō.

The food was delicious and I ate a lot.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant

我坐车去,车上人很

wǒ zuò chē qù, chē shàng rén hěnduō.

I took the bus, and it was crowded.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

我们准备了很 吃的东西。

wǒmen zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào hěnduō chī de / dì dōngxī.

We got a lot of food ready.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day

路两边盖起了很 新房子。

lù liǎngbian gài qǐle hěnduō xīnfáng zǐ.

New buildings had gone up on both sides.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

商店里的衣服很 ,很漂亮。

shāngdiàn lǐ de / dì yīfu hěnduō, hěn piàoliang.

There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping

From the travel phrasebook

久?

Yào duō jiǔ?

How long will it take?

Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing

少钱?

Duōshao qián?

How much?

Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing

吃点!

Duō chī diǎn!

Eat more!

Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting

押金 少?

Yājīn duōshao?

How much is the deposit?

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

我付 了。

Wǒ fù duō le.

I've overpaid.

Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment

最低 少?

Zuì dī duōshao?

What's your lowest?

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

你要 少?

Nǐ yào duōshao?

How many do you want?

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

From the grammar library

这个比那个贵得

Zhège bǐ nàge guì de duō.

This one is much more expensive than that one.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons

多 appears in 103 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Words that contain 多

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 多

How is 多 used in a sentence?

This page shows 103 sentences using 多 (duō, "Many (more - how)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 多 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 多 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 多 an HSK word?

Yes — 多 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 多?

The dictionary page for 多 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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