多 duō

much, many; more than, over

HSK 1 #61

DEFINITIONS

  • much, many
  • more than, over
  • many
  • much
  • often
  • a lot of
  • numerous
  • more
  • in excess
  • how (to what extent)
  • multi-
  • Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"

STROKES

多 stroke order diagram
多 stroke order animation

WORDS

多边 duō biān multilateral
多边形 duō biān xíng polygon
巴贝多 bā bèi duō Barbados, Caribbean island (Tw)
所多玛 suǒ duō mǎ Sodom
智多星 zhì duō xīng resourceful person; mastermind
特立尼达和多巴哥 tè lì ní dá hé duō bā gē Trinidad and Tobago
名目繁多 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
士多啤梨 shì duō pí lí strawberry (loanword)
多一事不如少一事 duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom); the less complications the better
多元论 duō yuán lùn pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
多山 duō shān mountainous
多彩多姿 duō cǎi duō zī elegant and graceful posture; splendid, full of content
多义词 duō yì cí polyseme; polysemous word
多头 duō tóu many-headed; many-layered (authority); devolved (as opposed to centralized); pluralistic; (as classifier) number of animals; long term (finance); long (investment)
最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal
玛多 mǎ duō Madoi or Maduo county (Tibetan: rma stod rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai
圣多明各 shèng duō míng gè Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic
能者多劳 néng zhě duō láo it's the most capable people who do the most work (idiom) (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
言多必失 yán duō bì shī if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
马拉多纳 mǎ lā duō nà Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer
一多对应 yī duō duì yìng one-to-many correspondence
一多對應 yī duō duì yìng one-to-many correspondence
一夫多妻 yī fū duō qī polygamy
一年多 yī nián duō more than a year
一心多用 yī xīn duō yòng to multitask
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