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* 他们 每天 工作 十 二 个 小时,<em>多</em> 累!<span class="trans">They work twelve hours every day, they must be so tired!</span>
 
* 他们 每天 工作 十 二 个 小时,<em>多</em> 累!<span class="trans">They work twelve hours every day, they must be so tired!</span>
 
* 这样 做 <em>多</em> 麻烦!<span class="trans">This is so inconvenient!</span>
 
* 这样 做 <em>多</em> 麻烦!<span class="trans">This is so inconvenient!</span>
* 这 个 游戏 <em>多</em> 好玩!你 不 玩 吗?<span class="trans">This game is so much fun! Aren't you having fun?</span>
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* 这 个 游戏 <em>多</em> 好玩!<span class="trans">This game is so much fun! </span>
 
* 这 个 房子 离 地铁 站 很 近,<em>多</em> 方便!<span class="trans">This apartment is very close to the metro, it's so convenient!</span>
 
* 这 个 房子 离 地铁 站 很 近,<em>多</em> 方便!<span class="trans">This apartment is very close to the metro, it's so convenient!</span>
* 女生 跟 男生 住 在 一起?<em>多</em> 不 方便!<span class="trans">Does the girl live together with the boy? That is not suitable!</span>
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* <em>多</em> 好吃!<span class="trans">It is so delicious!</span>
 
* 汉字 <em>多</em> 难!我 不 学。<span class="trans">Chinese characters are so difficult! I don't study them.</span>
 
* 汉字 <em>多</em> 难!我 不 学。<span class="trans">Chinese characters are so difficult! I don't study them.</span>
  

Revision as of 10:33, 25 December 2013

One of the ways to make an exclamation and intensify something is to use 多(duō). It's really exciting!

Structure

As well as asking about degree, you can also use 多 (duō) to intensify adjectives.

Subject + 多 + Adjective

Examples

  • 外面 舒服!It's so nice outside!
  • 好!That's great!
  • 这 种 啤酒 好喝!This kind of beer tastes great!
  • 你 看 这 个 地方, 美!Look at this place, it is so beautiful!
  • 学 中文 有 意思!Studying Chinese is so interesting!
  • 你 穿 这么 少, 冷 啊!You are wearing so few clothes, you must be so cold!
  • 他们 每天 工作 十 二 个 小时, 累!They work twelve hours every day, they must be so tired!
  • 这样 做 麻烦!This is so inconvenient!
  • 这 个 游戏 好玩!This game is so much fun!
  • 这 个 房子 离 地铁 站 很 近, 方便!This apartment is very close to the metro, it's so convenient!
  • 好吃!It is so delicious!
  • 汉字 难!我 不 学。Chinese characters are so difficult! I don't study them.

See also

Sources and further reading