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
- 多用 multipurpose
- 凸多胞形 convex polytope
- 异源多倍体(異源多倍體) allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species)
- 西奥多 Theodore
- 多细胞(多細胞) multicellular
- 多用途 multi-purpose
- 多足类(多足類) centipedes and millipedes
- 多产(多產) prolific; fertile; high yield
- 能者多劳(能者多勞) the most capable people do the most work
- 债多不愁(債多不愁) not worry about a great deal of debt
- 多工 to multiplex; multiple; multi-
- 多处款(多處款) text in multiple places on an art work
- 多样化(多樣化) diversification; to diversify
- 多亏(多虧) to be fortunate; thanks to
- 至多 at most
- 灿烂多彩(燦爛多彩) multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc)
- 多士 Numerous Officers ; toast ; many gentleman
- 多心 oversensitive; suspicious
- 阿多尼斯 Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
- 丰富多彩(豐富多彩) richly colorful
- 多选题(多選題) multiple-choice question
- 多功能 multi-functional; multi-function
- 非常多 much; very many
- 钱多事少离家近(錢多事少離家近) lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job
- 敌人逾多(敵人逾多) enemies became more numerous
- 巴尔多禄茂(巴爾多祿茂) Bartholomew
- 多学科(多學科) interdisciplinary
- 费奥多尔(費奧多爾) Theodor of Fyodor (name)
- 多项式(多項式) polynomial ; multinomial
- 多放 add extra (of a spice etc)
- 多如牛毛 as numerous as the hair on an ox; countless
- 多种维生素(多種維生素) multivitamin
- 失亡多 lost many troops
- 笈多文 Gupta script
- 数不多(數不多) a small number; one of a very few
- 薄利多销(薄利多銷) small profit but rapid turnover
Also contained in
马布多 、 多任务 、 多普勒 、 古斯塔夫·多雷 、 阔悉多 、 狄奥多·阿多诺 、 多点广播 、 泥多佛大 、 基本多文种平面 、 多佛尔 、 特鲁多 、 科罗拉多大峡谷 、 多特蒙德 、 维多利亚港 、 治多县
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 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
- 多罪 (多罪) 有夏多罪 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 3
- 多逊 (多遜) 多遜 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 2
- 多材 (多材) 能多材多藝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
- 事多 (事多) 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: 2
- 多违 (多違) 男女多違 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧東門之楊 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Dong Men Zhi Yang — count: 2