多
many; much; how (in questions)
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HSK level
- Pinyin
- duō
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Level
- HSK 1
- Strokes
- 6
- Register
- neutral
- In episodes
- 5
Stroke order for 多
多 is written with 6 strokes. The animation replays automatically.
What does 多 mean?
多 (duō) means 'many' or 'much' — it describes QUANTITY, not size.
It works as an adjective (人很多 — there are many people) and also as a question word meaning 'how': 多大 (how old / how big), 多少 (how many / how much), 多远 (how far). When 多 modifies a noun directly, it usually takes 很 first — 很多人 (many people) — but never 多人 on its own.
Unlike English 'many' (countable) vs 'much' (uncountable), 多 covers both: 很多书 (many books) and 很多水 (much water) use the same word. As a question prefix, 多 + adjective asks the DEGREE of that adjective and is one of the most useful patterns in beginner Chinese.
Memory hook: 多 is 夕 (evening) twice — one evening after another piling up: many evenings, many things.
Hear 多 in real episodes
多 appears in 5 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed, 4 of them below. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
全世界有很多人看公司的电影。
Many people all over the world watch the company's movies.
Netflix Stock Falls 52.8% as Viewing Hours Drop 9% and Ad Revenue Forecast Is Cut
美国公司给帕兰提尔的钱更多了。
U.S. companies are paying Palantir more money.
Palantir Profit Soars as U.S. Commercial Revenue Overtakes Government Business for the First Time
六万多人来看一场足球比赛。
More than 60,000 people came to watch a football match.
Wuxi Beat Changzhou 2-1 to Win First Jiangsu City Football League Title Before Record 62,356 Crowd
我们每天走多少步好呢？
How many steps should we walk every day?
Must You Walk 10,000 Steps? Research Finds Benefits Around 7,000
Example sentences
我有很多朋友。
Wǒ yǒu hěn duō péngyou.
I have a lot of friends.
spoken
这个多少钱？
Zhè gè duōshao qián?
How much is this?
spoken
你今年多大？
Nǐ jīnnián duō dà?
How old are you this year?
spoken
今天人很多。
Jīntiān rén hěn duō.
There are a lot of people today.
neutral
Common phrases with 多
Synonyms
许多 also means 'many / a lot' but is slightly more written and formal. 很多 is the everyday spoken default; 许多 shows up more in books and articles.
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