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多少 (duōshǎo) English Meaning
- how much
- how many
Traditional Characters: 多少
多 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to jump to the list.
少 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 4 and HSK 5. CLICK HERE to jump to the list.
Sample Sentences
- 我欠您多少？
Wǒ qiàn nín duōshǎo?
How much do I owe you? - 多少苹果？
Duōshǎo píngguǒ?
How many apples are there? - 他要多少？
Tā yào duōshǎo?
How many does he want? - 你用多少糖？
Nǐ yòng duōshǎo táng?
How much sugar do you use? - 还剩多少时间？
Hái shèng duōshǎo shíjiān?
How much time is left?
Stroke Order & Character Components
多 (duō): many; much; often; a lot of; numerous; more; in excess; how (to what extent); multi-; Taiwan pronunciation (duó) when it means 'how'
- 夕 (xī): evening
- 夕 (xī): evening
少 (shǎo): few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing something); seldom
- 小 (xiǎo): small
- 丿 (piě): oblique
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 多
HSK 1 Word List
- 多 (duō): many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
- 多少 (duō shǎo): how much; how many
HSK 3 Word List
- 多么 (duō me): how (wonderful, etc.); what (a great idea, etc.); however (difficult it may be, etc.)
HSK 4 Word List
- 差不多 (chà bu duō): almost; nearly; more or less
- 许多 (xǔ duō): a great deal of; many; a lot of; much
HSK 5 Word List
- 多亏 (duō kuī): thanks to; luckily
- 多余 (duō yú): superfluous; unnecessary; surplus
HSK 6 Word List
- 多元化 (duō yuán huà): diversification; pluralism; to diversify
- 见多识广 (jiàn duō shí guǎng): experienced and knowledgeable (idiom)
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 少
HSK 1 Word List
- 多少 (duō shǎo): how much; how many
- 少 (shǎo): few; little; lack
HSK 4 Word List
- 减少 (jiǎn shǎo): to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 缺少 (quē shǎo): lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- 至少 (zhì shǎo): at least; (to say the) least
HSK 5 Word List
- 青少年 (qīng shào nián): teenager; teenage; an adolescent; a youth; a young person
