多 duō
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duō
verb
over; indicates a number greater than the number preceding it
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the sense of 有余; for example, 一年多 'more than a year' (Guoyu '多' adj 2; NCCED 1 '多' 4; Unihan '多') -
duó
adjective
many; much
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 慈母多敗兒 'a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them', from Han Feizi's Xian Xue (DCP 'C222'; Guoyu '多' duó; Kroll 2015 '多' 1a; NCCED 1 '多' 1; Unihan '多') -
duō
adjective
more
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '多' v 2; NCCED 1 '多' 1; Unihan '多') -
duō
adverb
an unspecified extent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED 2 '多' 3) -
duō
adverb
used in exclamations
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '多' v 1; NCCED 2 '多' 2) -
duō
adjective
excessive
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: In the sense of 过分 (Guoyu '多' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '多' 2; NCCED 1 '多' 3) -
duō
adverb
to what extent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used in questions, such as 你多大？ (NCCED 2 '多' 1) -
duō
adjective
abundant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 丰富 (Guoyu '多' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '多' 1c) -
duō
verb
to multiply; to acrue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '多' 1) -
duō
adverb
mostly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the snese of 大部分 (Guoyu '多' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '多' 3) -
duō
adverb
simply; merely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 只 or 只是 (Guoyu '多' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '多' 4) -
duō
adverb
frequently
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 经常 (Guoyu '多' adv 1) -
duō
adverb
very
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 非常; for example, 多谢 'thank you very much' (Guoyu '多' adv 2) -
duō
proper noun
Duo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '多' n)
Contained in
- 多余(多餘) surplus ; superfluous; unnecessary
- 哥林多前书(哥林多前書) First epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
- 多面体(多面體) a polyhedron; a polytope
- 多音节词(多音節詞) polysyllabic word; Chinese word made up of three or more characters
- 大兰多毒蛛(大蘭多毒蛛) tarantula
- 多发性骨髓瘤(多發性骨髓瘤) multiple myeloma
- 哈米吉多顿(哈米吉多頓) Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16)
- 多工作业(多工作業) multitasking
- 多菲什 dogfish
- 什多(甚多) extremely many
- 多疑 mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid
- 多轮(多輪) in many stages; multilayered; multipronged (attack)
- 贝多罗树(貝多羅樹) Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
- 多元不饱和(多元不飽和) polyunsaturated
- 多产(多產) prolific; fertile; high yield
- 加多 add more
- 敌人逾多(敵人逾多) enemies became more numerous
- 多样(多樣) diverse; diversity; manifold
- 多胎妊娠 multiple pregnancy
- 艺多不压身(藝多不壓身) it's always good to have more skills
- 凸多面体(凸多面體) convex polyhedron
- 多工器 multiplexer
- 几多(幾多) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such ...
- 多氯联苯(多氯聯苯) polychlorinated biphenyl; PCB
- 知识越多越反动(知識越多越反動) the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary
- 贬多于褒(貶多於褒) to get more criticism than praise
- 般若波罗密多心经(般若波羅密多心經) Heart Sutra
- 夜长梦多(夜長夢多) a long night with many dreams; much can happen over a long period
- 绚丽多彩(絢麗多彩) bright and colorful; gorgeous
- 粥少僧多 many monks and little gruel (not enough to go around)
- 言多必失 if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point
- 埃斯库多(埃斯庫多) escudo (Spanish and Portugese: shield), former currency of Portugal and other countries
- 多元文化主义(多元文化主義) multiculturalism
- 太多 too much / too many
- 多元论(多元論) pluralism
- 多元酯 polyester
- 多种(多種) many kinds of; diverse; multi-
Also contained in
古斯塔夫·多雷 、 好市多 、 科尔多凡 、 治多 、 多特蒙德 、 多租户 、 分时多工 、 旃陀罗笈多 、 印多尔 、 维多利亚岛 、 多摩梨帝 、 奥兰多 、 科罗拉多大峡谷 、 圣多美
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- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 526
- 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 190
- 卷三 北山經 Chapter 3: Classic of the Mountains - North Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 144
- 卷四 東山經 Chapter 4: Classic of the Mountains - East Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 80
- 卷一 南山經 Chapter 1: Classic of the Mountains - South Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 75
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 64
- 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 62
- 卷二百六十四 列傳第二十三 薛居正 沈倫 盧多遜 宋琪 宋雄 Volume 264 Biographies 23: Xue Juzheng, Shen Lun, Lu Duoxun, Song Qi, Song Xiong History of Song 宋史 — count: 61
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 52
- 卷九十七 列傳第八十五: 西域 Volume 97 Biographies 85: Western Region History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 47
Collocations
- 衆多 (衆多) 后妃子孫衆多也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧螽斯 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Zhong Si — count: 6
- 多福 (多福) 詒爾多福 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧天保 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Tian Bao — count: 5
- 多难 (多難) 王事多難 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧出車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Chu Che — count: 4
- 多诰 (多誥) 予不惟若茲多誥 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness — count: 4
- 多罪 (多罪) 有夏多罪 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 3
- 实多 (實多) 忘我實多 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧晨風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Chen Feng — count: 3
- 行多 (行多) 謂行多露 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧行露 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Xing Lu — count: 2
- 多艺 (多藝) 能多材多藝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
- 多露 (多露) 謂行多露 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧行露 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Xing Lu — count: 2
- 多内 (多內) 君多內寵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2