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
- 佛得角埃斯库多(佛得角埃斯庫多) Cape Verde escudo
- 多角体(多角體) polyhedron; polytope
- 绝大多数(絕大多數) absolute majority; overwhelming majority
- 心眼多 to have unfounded doubts; overconcerned
- 贝多罗树(貝多羅樹) Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as writing media
- 异源多倍体(異源多倍體) allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species)
- 多头市场(多頭市場) bull market
- 多水分 juicy
- 僧多粥少 many monks and little gruel (not enough to go around)
- 多足类(多足類) centipedes and millipedes
- 多粒子 many-particle
- 多孔性 porous; having many holes (e.g. filter gauze or sieve)
- 坎坷多舛 full of trouble and misfortune (referring to someone's life)
- 所多玛(所多瑪) Sodom
- 智多星 resourceful person; mastermind
- 多报(多報) to overstate
- 多模光纤(多模光纖) multimode fiber
- 绚丽多彩(絢麗多彩) bright and colorful; gorgeous
- 多醣 polysaccharide
- 多伊尔(多伊爾) Doyle (name)
- 话多不甜(話多不甜) too much talk is a nuisance
- 足智多谋(足智多謀) having ample understanding and knowing many strategies
- 或多或少 more or less
- 多发性骨髓瘤(多發性骨髓瘤) multiple myeloma
- 多幕剧(多幕劇) play in several acts; full-length drama
- 名目繁多 names of many kinds; items of every description
- 多言 wordy; talkative
- 多愁善感 melancholy and moody; depressed personality
- 多疑 mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid
- 多咱 when?; what time?; whenever
- 差得多 fall short by a large amount
- 孔多 dense; many and dense
- 多礼(多禮) too polite; overcourteous
- 多次 many times; repeatedly
Also contained in
多平台 、 奥维耶多 、 域多利皇后 、 狄奥多塔斯 、 狄奥多特 、 多租户 、 好市多 、 摩诃婆罗多 、 阿萨多 、 科罗拉多州 、 蒙特维多 、 多媒体 、 纽芬兰与拉布拉多 、 维克多·雨果 、 民多朗 、 多字节 、 博多
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
- 卷九十四 列傳第八十二: 高麗 百濟 新羅 勿吉 奚 契丹 室韋 豆莫婁 地豆干 烏洛侯 流求 倭 Volume 94 Biographies 82: Goryeo, Baekje, Silla, Wuji, Xi, Khitan, Shiwei, Doumolou, Didouyu, Wuluohou, Liuqiu, Japan 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
- 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
- 家多 (家多) 未堪家多難 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧閔予小子之什‧訪落 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Min Yu Xiao Zi - Fang Luo — count: 2
- 雪多 (雪多) 落下的雪多盛啊 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧北風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bei Feng — count: 2
- 材多 (材多) 能多材多藝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
- 多鱼 (多魚) 潛有多魚 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧潛 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Qian — count: 2