多
duō HSK1

much

多 duō
many adjective
many; much; a lot of

我们要去的地方有很多好吃的特色餐厅。

wǒ​men yào qù de dì​fang yǒu hěn duō hǎo​chī de tè​sè cān​tīng.

There are many delicious specialty restaurants in the place we are going.

how adverb
to what extent; used in questions or exclamations

你看这花多漂亮啊！

nǐ kàn zhè huā duō piào​liang a!

Look how beautiful these flowers are!

odd numeral
after a numeral, indicating a remainder or unspecified amount over a round number

操场上站着三十多个人，正在练习晨跑。

cāo​chǎng shàng zhàn zhe sān​shí duō gè rén, zhèng​zài liàn​xí chén​pǎo.

There are over thirty people on the playground practicing their morning run.

excessive adjective
more; in excess; too many

你在汤里加的盐太多了，这道菜太咸了。

nǐ zài tāng lǐ jiā de yán tài duō le, zhè dào cài tài xián le.

You added too much salt to the soup; this dish is too salty.

more verb
to have a higher quantity or number of components/elements.

“太”字比“大”字多一点。

“ tài” zì bǐ“ dà” zì duō yī​diǎn.

The character '太' has one more dot than the character '大'.

multi- adjective
bound form indicating multiple or poly-

处理这件事情需要进行多方面的仔细考虑。

chǔ​lǐ zhè jiàn shì​qing xū​yào jìn​xíng duō fāng​miàn de zǐ​xì kǎo​lǜ.

Handling this matter requires careful consideration from many aspects.

mostly / quite a bit adverb
used to indicate a significant degree or extent, often meaning 'to a great extent' or 'mostly'

这些古老的石碑已经多有伤残。

zhè​xiē gǔ​lǎo de shí​bēi yǐ​jīng duō yǒu shāng​cán.

These ancient stone tablets have suffered a lot of damage over time.

Frequency
Character
Written text
61st most common 2489.3 per million
Movie subtitles
77th most common 2221.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1568.1 per million appears in 99% of films

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+591A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH